Bunny Bean Bags

Don't ask what we use them for... they're just there to be CUTE! (^-^)

Hand-made in Nova Scotia. $5.00 (CAD) ea.

Not in Halifax but want to purchase? We do mail-order! 

Inquire here: inquiry@theikebanashop.com

(Photo by the ikebana shop.  All rights reserved.)

DotLiner Glue

Introducing the Kokuyo DotLiner glue runner.  A very efficient and neat way to stick things together...scrapbooking, gift-wrapping, bristol board projects, etc....all made easier!

The DotLiner glue comes in dots on a spool of tape.  You roll it on the surface and the glue dots adhere.  Then simply stick whatever photograph, clipping etc you want and it's done!  And if you put too much by mistake, you can simply rub it off with your finger. No mess!

• Acid free.  Won't turn brown on you with age.
• Smooth. Paper will not warp after the glue dries.
• Accurate. Pinpoint and know exactly where the glue is.
• Clean. Excess glue dots can be neatly removed by simply rubbing off with your finger.
• Refillable. Yes, we have the refill tape too!
• Three different patterns available: pink hearts, yellow stars and blue dots.

The refillable structure also makes it easy to adjust in case the tape gets a little loose by just twisting the spool a little bit.  Anybody who knows cassette tapes will understand what we mean! (^-^)

Glue dot tape is 8.4mm wide and 8m long. (This is the "cute" size!)   $4.50 (CAD) ea. (Refills $3.50 ea.)

Come and try it out at the shop!

Not in Halifax but want to purchase? We do mail-order! Inquire here: inquiry@theikebanashop.com

(Photos by the ikebana shop.  All rights reserved.)

Holiday Origami Workshop Fun

Thank you to everyone who came to the Holiday Origami Workshop!  We hope you all enjoyed!

(Photo by the ikebana shop.  All rights reserved.)

Heliconia and Aspidestra

Ikebana student, Marina creates a "wall" with aspidestra leaves.  The way she places the mass of foliage and flowers heavily onto one side of the container makes the space interesting.  Also, if we look more closely, we see the faint lines on the variegated aspidestra combine very well with the faint yellow outlines on the perimeter of the heliconia flower.  A very well thought out arrangement!

Photo by the ikebana shop.  All rights reserved.

To see more of our students' works, please visit our flickr gallery.

Harinacs - The Staple-less Stapler

This is a cool gadget!  No more removing staples as you chuck documents into the shredder! Introducing Harinacs - staple-less stapler! It will join together up to 8 pages of paper. Now available at the shop. Give it a try!

Holiday Origami Workshop

How about a little origami to prepare for the holiday season?

Learn to make a holiday wreath plus some accompaniments:

  - a ribbon

  - a Santa figure

  - candy canes

  - a reindeer

  - a stocking

Cost: $7 per person (plus HST)

Date & Time: Nov 19th (Sat), 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Max 8 participants.

Advanced registration required. Call or email us!

First come, first served!

＊If you are a group of 6-8 persons, we can set a separate workshop time for your group! Please check with us.

tel:      (902) 407-0487

email: inquiry@theikebanashop.com

 

Visit Quinpool!

If you haven't been to Quinpool lately, maybe it's time for a visit!  

Quinpool Road's Resurgence
http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/28330-quinpool-roads-resurgence

We love our community and work to make it better every day.  See you soon!

Need to find us?

6417 Quinpool Road, Halifax NS B3L 1A7
tel (902) 407-0487

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Prince Andrew High School Students Visit

Today we welcomed to our studio about 20+ students and two teachers from Prince Andrew High School.  They came to learn a little bit more about ikebana.  They were treated to a live demonstration of ikebana.  Thank you for asking many questions.

Many thanks to Mrs. Shannon Patterson for bringing the students.  We are very grateful for her efforts in giving the young people an opportunity to be exposed to other forms of art like ikebana.  This is our second time to receive a visit from Prince Andrew High students.  We hope to see the next batch in 2012. We love the youthful energy and enthusiasm that they bring!

Sorry it was a little crowded but we hope you found it interesting!

Here are the two arrangement created today: basic upright moribana (right) and free-style (left)...a play with mass and lines...plus, did you notice that the roses were installed just so...to make them peek out from behind the weeds?

Images of the students are published with their permission.

All photos by the ikebana shop.  All rights reserved.

Nocturne 2011

This was our second year to participate in Nocturne: Art At Night.  Miyako and five of her students prepared our ikebana exhibit for the night.

We are older (just a little bit) and wiser!  And it showed in the creativity and profundity of the works of the students.  The more one looked, the more one saw interesting details and gained more insight from the arrangements.  One visitor commented that last night's exhibit showed more maturity compared to last year's.  

We thank everyone who took time to visit us (despite Quinpool being a bit removed from downtown where most of Nocturne took place.)  We also thank those who came to see Miyako during her ikebana demonstrations at Pier 21.  (Thank you Pier 21 for inviting us again!)  And of course, we thank ikebana students: JB, Lien Cayer, Marina Sokolenko, Valerie Sokolenko, and, last but not least, Val Spencer for taking time on Saturday to make the wonderful arrangements.  We know it wasn't just an afternoon's work...everyone probably had had some excruciating hours of planning before the actual day of exhibit!  Special thanks to Val who helped us take the shop apart and put it back together again the following day...really appreciated.  All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't do it, but we're sure you can make Humpty Dumpty whole again! (^-^)

And of course, we thank the organizers of Nocturne for making this happen.  You put Halifax on the map! 

See you next year!

Please enjoy some photos of the exhibit on our flickr gallery: 

(All photos by the ikebana shop.  All rights reserved.)

How To Appreciate Ikebana

Here is a little slide presentation that we prepared for Nocturne 2011.  We are in Zone 4, #68 in the guidebook. (http://www.nocturnehalifax.ca/)  

We hope it will make the experience of seeing our ikebana exhibit more interesting.  Please visit the shop on Oct.15th (Sat), 6PM - 12 midnight.  See you!

Also, Miyako will be performing live ikebana demonstrations at Pier 21 - Canadian Museum of Immigration.  

http://www.pier21.ca/home

 Tentative demonstration schedule: 7:30, 8:30, 9:30.

This slide presentation was prepared for our exhibit at the Nocturne 2011, Art At Night event, Oct 15, 2011, 6PM-12 midnight, Halifax NS. Acknowledgements: * All Japan scenery photos were downloaded from Tomo.Yun (www.yunphoto.net/en/), a free stock photo website. * The basic upright arrangement (depicting "heaven, earth and man) is the work of Heather Schellinck.