Cinnabar

Carved Cinnabar Pendant Paired With Coral

Carved Cinnabar Center Bead Necklace
Cinnar Fans in Pendant, Bracelet & Earrings

Geisha Bracelet

Asian Kitchen Items Haul...

Bamboo Steamers which are great for steaming gyozas, pork buns, fish, vegetables, rehydrating stale bread...

A large Chinese wire mesh spoon (also called a "skimmer") is great for scooping out homemade pasta and dumplings, deep-frying and wok stir frying. Basmati Rice bag which I kept for it's graphics, which can be "recycled" as a gift bag or to hold regular rice or pasta!

Imported Toiletries & Pharmaceuticals

Japanese Green Tea Candy - tasted very much like a strongly brewed cup of green tea!

 and to extend the mood, green tea towels...

Many of you know about the effectiveness of Tiger Balm as an ointment for sore joints and muscles...

Camellia Oil - the Japanese swear by this for skin and hair health, and Geisha have always used this as a hair strengthener...

A vintage box of German Sandelholz sandalwood soap with Chinese junks (a type of BOAT)... the soaps were wonderful but I use the box now for ambience in my Southseas bathroom...

This soap is Chinese made and incredibly affordable at around 25c a piece in LA's Chinatown! (so I got four boxes).

My Singapori Chinese lantern, a covered Chinese mug and a Japanese glazed Sake cup holding a pink lip gloss. The perfume is Elizabeth Arden's Green Tea fragrance...

I love the freshness of Green Tea by Elizabeth Arden in summer...

For me, Asian and "Southseas Tiki" just go together beautifully...Tiki Mugs also are great for storage and displaying things like chopsticks and makeup pencils!

Mahjong bracelet holds an Alphahydroxy face serum...well, what else could it be used for?

New Age and World Music

Ottmar Liebert's Asian, Indian, Latin, Gypsy and American Southwest fusion talents...
The Gipsy Kings, with their Flamenco and Moorish rhythms...
Arabic and Spanish language collaboration...very sexy and great to dance to; makes you wanna learn Belly Dancing!!!

A Chinese Pumpkin!

The teal dots on this "pumpkin jar" just pop right out and I love the way they are paired with rust and gold details...

Scheherazade and "A Thousand and One Nights"

Tall Tales rendered by Scheherazade. If you've ever attempting reading this multiple volume series...for me, reading it is still a work in progress... nice chiseled cheeks fellas...
And speaking of Scheherazade's story-telling talents, this CD was one of the best marked-down deals from Borders...don't you just LOVE the artwork?
Got this lamp at Cost Plus but I wish a genie would come out if I rubbed this...what(or who) would I wish for...? Um, I've got a Christmas List...as they say...TALL ORDER!!! (three wishes wouldn't cover it)

Little Egypt

Ankh Necklaces

An Egyptian Corner, with Nefertiti and an Egyptian Papyrus...
The Egyptian Papyrus in Detail...

Indonesian Crafts

A Papier Mache winged mermaid flying from the ceiling!
The mythical Garuda Bird...if any of you know the legend of this beast...is part man and part bird...well, the face is a definite match, but this one's all bird...

Balinese Dancer Praying

Frog Mask, featured here with a Backscratcher from China and Philippino shell garlands(for that Tiki look!)

Tie Dye

Tie Dye Scarves From India

These Tie Dye Scarves can also be used in home decorating, as shown in the pictures below...

A Tie Dye hanging to the left of the room...
And here as curtains in a rustic plastered doorway...

Moorish and Moroccan Inspired

Italian plate, that I call my "Venetian" (think Doge's Palace in Venice) plate has the Moorish arch motif.

Moorish Glass by CULVER of USA

Moroccan looking but very Indian, Cutwork Side Table

Silk Caftan

This versatile Indian silk caftan can be worn as a dress, with or without a belt or sash or open as a coat! And...it has a luscious cobalt blue lining...

The hexagonal motif has a definite Moroccan influence, or at least I think of the Souks of Morocco when I look at this pattern!

A Moroccan Cookie Jar(also featured on my Blue and White Home Blog)

Gothic Hutch With Moorish Details

This rustic old-world hutch, which I call my Gothic Hutch is made in Mexico but has an unmistakeable Moorish influence...
The bottom of this hutch has a definite Moorish Star motif...
Detail of the Rosarie Lariat Necklace which I put together one spiritually inspired day...

Here Kitty, Kitty...

I absolutely adore Hello Kitty, also known for being KAWAII (cute) in Japan. I just got this as a gift for participating in a Japanese holistic nutraceutical taste test. If you're wondering what "Kawaii" tastes like, well, it's STRAWBERRY!

International Markets

I love shopping at Asian Ranch Markets and Import stores for the ambience and novelty of food, produce and products, the next best thing to travel!

Noodles and Other dried goodies in an Asian super market

99 Ranch Market

Pier1 Imports
Cost Plus World Market

Korean Wall Hangings

Korean Airlines' lacquered Silk Fan...the colours just pop right out!!!
Found at a Korea Day expo in Anaheim California, the food was great too - Ever had Korean BBQ?

Crane detail...

The moon, a pagoda and children in bright, colourful clothes...all the elements of a perfect evening...