Original Hand-Cut Greeting Cards

Have you seen our original hand-made greeting cards?  In the spirit of kiri-e (the Japanese art of paper-cutting), each greeting card design is made from painstakingly hand-cut paper. Each one is one-of-a-kind.  ...and you won't find them in any other store!

Available at the shop or by mail order.  $5 (CAD) each.

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

Our Mini Tabis Bring Good Luck!

A little gift to those who like our tabi socks: mini Xmas tabis with good luck charm inside!  (「福」means "good luck"). All hand-made!  With a purchase of 2 pairs or more of tabi socks, you get our little gift.   

Good while supply lasts!)

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Hakodate's Christmas Fantasy

Tonight, we will be lighting up the Christmas tree at the Grand Parade in Halifax.  

On December 1st, another tree from Halifax will be lit.  This one will be in far away Hakodate, a city in Hokkaido, Japan.  Hakodate is Halifax's sister city.  Every year, Halifax sends a Christmas tree to Hakodate.  The people of Hakodate greatly appreciate this.  On the poster (below the dates) it says,

"Christmas tree from our sister city, Halifax."

  The tree is the main attraction of the

Hakodate Christmas Fantasy

 celebrated every December on the Hakodate waterfront.  They light it up accompanied by fireworks.  See also below a promotional video from 2008.

'Tis The Season

Now that we got the first snow out of the way, we are officially declaring the start of the holiday season for the shop! :-)

Our shop holiday schedule:

Nov 27 ~ Dec 24  10 am - 7 pm (open everyday including Sundays)

Dec 25 & Dec 26   shop closed

Dec 27                   12 noon - 6 pm

Dec 28 ~ Dec 30   10 am - 6 pm

Dec 31 & Jan 1      shop closed

Jan 2                      12 noon - 6 pm

Jan 3 onwards       10 am - 6 pm (back to regular business hours...

                                                           Sundays closed except on lesson Sundays)

We will also start giving away our hand-made Japanese postage stamp gift tags in token of our appreciation. (Good while supply lasts.)  We have lots of new stuff in the store so please come over for unique gift ideas.  See you!

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Holiday Tabi!

Do you like our holiday tabi? (^-^) It's just for fun and display.

Tabi socks are great if you want to keep wearing your flip-flops on cold days. 

See what we have available here.

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

Inquire here: inquiry@theikebanashop.com

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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

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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!