DIY Fabric Book Cover

I just stumbled upon this easy project, and thought "Aha! Another perfect project for our Japanese fabrics.  Perfect timing for our sale!"

An step by step tutorial on creating a fabric book cover!

Check out the tutorial on Zakka Inspired.

Check out Omiyage.ca for Japanese fabrics... and a selection of Japanese cotton fabrics on sale for 24 hours only!

Back to School with Cotton Canvas

As we announced yesterday, we're celebrating Back to School season with daily specials all week long!

As a companion to our Pencil Case round-up, we're offering a smattering of our fabrics at a special price.

We've chosen some of our cotton canvas prints, because we think they're perfect for pencil cases, lunch bags, tote bags and all sorts of other Back to School sewing.  We have a limited supply of all these patterns, so get them while they last!

On sale today in the fabric section on Omiyage.ca:

Daiwabo Tip Top Elephants

Kokka Modern Woodland

Kokka Juicy Apples

Keep watching this space, our Twitter (@Omiyage_ca) or our Facebook page for daily specials throughout the week.

This deal is valid until 12 noon EST on Wednesday, August 24th.

Back to School with Storage.It

As August speeds along, and Labour day weekend looms not that far in the distance (yes, that's right, I said it - but you can choose to pretend that summer's gonna last forever - but it's really not, at least not if you're in Canada), and I might have mentioned that the end of the summer brings with it a need to stock up on shiny new things for Fall - a fresh beginning of sorts.  Well, for me anyway!

So over the course of the week, we're going to have a series of 1-day specials to celebrate Back to School 2010.  (We'll admit that they might not all that practical for your little students - but hey, big students and non-students love Back to School stuff too - even when there's no actual schooling involved!)  So watch this space, our Twitter (@Omiyage_ca) or our Facebook page for daily specials throughout the week.

Anyway, we thought we'd start with a product that is cute and clever!  storage.it notebooks from Mark's Inc are essentially a notebook and pencil case in one.  Of course, they don't have to be just a pencil case! Depending on the size you choose, you could carry your cell phone, keys, bus schedule, spoon, granola bar ...

The cover of the storage.it notebooks is a large plastic pocket which zips closed.  The inside of the cover features an extra storage flap, card slots (2 in the small A6 notebook, 3 in the large A5 notebook) and a pen loop.  The included lined notebook is replaceable - which extends the life of your storage.it indefinitely. 

Omiyage carries storage.it notebooks in two sizes and three different stripes.  Fabulous, says we!

Check out our selection of storage.it notebooks on Omiyage.ca  Find them in our Stationery section, under "Notebooks".

On sale until noon EST tomorrow, August 24!