late night project

It took me such a long time to make this. Perhaps my hands aren't steady enough, or I just haven't found the right carving tool. I'm still experimenting :)  Will I ever perfect this art? Until then, I will droll over those amazing handmade rubber stamps I see on the Japanese craft blogs. 

traditional Japanese confectionery

honeybee brought this back from his recent vacation in Japan. this is a famous traditional Japanese confection (菓子) from the Tokyo shop – ひよ子本舗吉野堂. Apparently, there has been many imitation of this little chick, but this is the real thing.

too cute to bit into it >_< 

did i say it was delicious?   ^-^