I was thinking especially this month…
…that I am surrounded by so many wonderful people in my life. Families and friends (like all of you who are so kindly reading my blog) and any random people who help me out (like when I get lost!).
Life is too shot (well sometimes it feels long) so I decided that I wanted to live my life fully and do more of good things and spread the happiness as much as possible.
So I thank all my friends and families for always thinking about me and I want to tell you that I am always thinking of you and love you lots!
To reflect my feelings about life in the world of Cotton & Cloud, I will be focusing more on “green knitting and sewing” this year. This may be challenging but I say “where there is a will, there is a way”!
Meeting with my friend Charmaine (left) who I hadn't seen for nearly 10 years!
Mary from Brazil made this tea box for me. Inside there used to be loads of wonderful tea bags. I loved them all. Thank you so much!
A gift from Maria. She said to me that this is the first vintage tin she found with an animal on it 
I love it! Thank you.
A gift from Mary from the UK and her little daughter. They are so cute. How thoughtful of her daughter to get a little cat-nip stuffed mouse for Kumo and Wata! *big hugs*
Trying out on Kumo...
It's super potent. Kumo and Wata LOVE IT.
Life is full of happiness. The more you search, the more you find it
Hope you all have a good week ahead. On Friday, I will be reviewing the coolest knit kit .
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Hi Kyoko!
We are glad that Wata and Kumo love playing with the catnip mouse. We bought it at the Ideal Home exhibition and it was so cute that we had to buy it.
I must show her the photos when I get home.
Hope to catch up with you soon for some more knitting.
Have a lovely week.
Mary
Hi Mary!
Did you show her the photo? I bet she was excited to see them.
They were totally crazy about the triangular mouse
Definitely catch up with more knitting!
x
Kyoko
Hey, I forgot to say thanks for the Japanese cookies, we ate them all at the picnic, so I didn’t have any time to take any photos.
I’ll be getting my rascal to do some washing up tonight. 
hehe!
So glad that you liked them. I can just imagine she is washing up the bottles with the beans
x
Kyoko
Being thankful and appreciating how amazing life is should be a must for us all, even when we get all whiney on occasion!
As usual, you’re such an example that motivates us to be more thankful and work more on being positive and grateful!
Thank you, Kyoko!
I hope you’ll have a great week!
Hey Pili!
My week has been quite busy but hope I will get things more organised tomorrow (although it is nearly the end of the week… aaggh!).
You are inspirational to me too and all the hard work you do
Hope your week is going well
x
Kyoko
Thank you for such a wonderful post Kyoko~
We all should have more positive energy!! but it’s good to get a reminder once in a while:P
Hope you are having a wonderful week too!!
Hi Jo!
Whenever I read blogs of others I always get lots of positive energy. Blogland is such a great place to be happy ;D
Thank you
x
Kyoko
What a beautiful post! thank you for remind us to stop and see all the great people that we share our life with.
Enjoy the rest of the week
Hi Lizzet!
Thank you for the lovely comment.
Hope you are having a good week!
x
Kyoko
This post brims with happy, Kyoko! Such fun you got a chance to meet your friend after a long time… And lovely gifts. Those mice for the kitties are so cute! And so are the kitties. ;o) Happy Day ((HUGS))
Hello Tracy!
Meeting my old school friend was amazing. It was so nice to catch up and one day was not enough
Kumo and Wata went completely crazy over this triangular mouse. I think there are different potencies in catnips… Sometimes they don’t react at all but other times they go crazy. Does Charlie react to catnips? Kumo and Wata rolls all over the carpet afterwards drooling!
Hope you had a lovely weekend!
x
Kyoko
a lovely post, oh my kitties love their cat nip toys, yours are so cute
Thank you for the ruffles tutorial too, I will have to try that when feeling brave with my knitting! hugs, Catherine x
Hello Catherine!
Mine drool all over the toy (horrible to touch afterwards!!) and roll over on the floor.
Cats behave so comical when they detect catnip
So happy that you liked the tutorials. You should definitely try and make little jumpers for your teddies
Hope you had a lovely weekend!
x
Kyoko
Such a lovely post!
You deserve all the happiness!
Cute kitty pics! I wonder how my kitty would react to catnip.
Hi Rain!
hehe! you have to take a photo of your kitty when you try out catnip on your kitti cat
I tried various catnips (organic / non-organic / fresh / dry) on mine as well as a piece of wood from Japan that is claimed to have some effect on cats (LOL!!).
Hope you had a wonderful weekend
x
Kyoko
Oh yes it’s all around us when we open our eyes
Loved knitting the iphone purse by the way 
Hi Sarah!
Yep, I totally agree! Right now my happiness is to have eaten my brownies
Thank you so much for making the iphone purse. I am soooo happy and excited when I saw you made it!
Hope you had a wonderful weekend
x
Kyoko
Dear Kyoko,
You – through your blog (with great texts and good news) and creations – inspire us to see the good in life!!!
I love circles and tea and I’m very happy to see the tea box I gave you in this amazing text about happiness!!
Mary, from Brazil
Hello Mary!
Your tea box is absolutely wonderful. I enjoyed looking at it and also loved drinking the tea. Such an amazing gift. Thank you so much. I cannot describe how happy I am to have received it
I hope all is well with you and hope you had a wonderful weekend!
x
Kyoko