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10.25.2008
| Finally Mihoko's Products are available online! Wooohooooo ;D Let's Relax & Feel Good with Mihoko's Products~!! Already sold 5 pairs of shoes and a mug! Thank you soooo much for your support, my dear wonderful friends! Enjoy~!;D |
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10.21.2008 My cool friend Nicky Enright aka DJ Lightbolt created this Fantastic musicaaaa with Obama's voice! |
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| GOBAMA MIX!! You can also download the song from the web page. Rock ON!! Nicky is a fantastic multimedia artist too! Check out his website :D | ||
| 10.25.2008 Blue Taco Logo was born! and I am LOVING it!! I met this super friendly lady Stephanie at the changing room at David Barton Gym. Oh yes, you are right, the most common meeting spot! Haha ;D I am so happy to be working with you, Stephanie! You have such a great energy :D Blue Taco will be all organic super delicious healthy Taco place in the city! |
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If you live in New York City, you have definitely seen Stephen Charles Lincoln's Protein Bakery Products! I knew his products before I met him at David Barton Gym! He is the founder of Protein Bakery as well as a fantastic yoga program director! If you take his class, you will feel energized, if you eat his products, you will melt!! ;D |
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| 09.21.2008 Mihoko's Street debut! First time to sell my artworks on the street in SoHo! I didn't sell anything in the first 3 hours (tears!) then in the last 30 mins I could sell a collage artwork and a watercolor painting! Yay!! Both are original, the only one in the world! Here are my happy customers, a cheerful family and a doctor :D Thank YOU so much for loving the artworks!! They must be SO happy to be celebrated in your place! Wonderful meeting you! :D |
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Featured in Swagger 360! Besides selling the artworks for the first time on the street, I was also lucky to be discovered by Gear from Swagger 360! It was such a great day! :))) "SWAGGER 360 is for everyone who understands that there is a big difference between style and fashion. Fashion is what you buy, style is self expression and how you live." Sounds faaabulous, Gear! He said I am the only one who has 5 pictures in his website! Yay! :D Thank you SO MUCH for finding me ;) |
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Have you ever seen ties like these?! The amazing "Creative Force" Brandon Welti, the founder of N2DKQ, created such original plastic ties! Check out Brandon's super duper cool ties and our happy customers! |
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| 09.13.2008 Photographer Blake Ribbey and his assistant talked to me just after I enjoyed fantastic yoga classes, steam room and hot shower ;) So! Of course I am feeling goooood in this picture! It was great meeting you, Blake!! Thank you so much for speaking to me! Enjoy his talkative photography at his website :D |
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| Thank you SO MUCH, Jason Solarek, for mentioning my artwork in your website!! "I love Mihoko's illustration work for posters, magazines, and anything worth loving" Click here to see more of Mihoko's Press :D Jason is the creator of this cool bag Air Wear!! What a great naming! He is such a talented business man yet also a fun guy :) It was fun meeting you, Jason! Check out his website to see his products! :D |
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| 08.21.2008 | ||
| Selected!! Designer for Fishs Eddy! Many of my friends love Fishs Eddy, and of course, so do I! I am excited to be a part of the Fishs Eddy designers!! It was wonderful meeting you, Julie and Sara!! I am really happy and excited to work with you two :D I will keep everyone posted once the products are born to the world! |
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08.20.2008 My dear yoga friend, Chris, is leaving New York because he is off to the adventure! I will miss you a lot!! Look at his cool invitation for his "Goodbye" party! You can also enjoy his website, The Essentialist - What's Hot and What's Not! Chris used to work for an advertisement company and has a fabulous taste for design! |
08.07.2008 |
| 07.18.2008 |
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| Cafe Amrita ordered more 100% Recycled Postcards + Greeting Cards! Thank you SO much, Rob Song! As always, you can also purchase cards directly from me at www.RelaxandFeelGood.com :D Yes! Your support means a lot ;))) | |
| 07.17.2008 |
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| Enjoy Mihoko's Column at NY-MIX.com! NY-MIX.com is full of useful information about New York (in Japanese). Kyoko-san, Thank YOU for giving me this great opportunity! Since this column was for a gourmet section, I wrote about one of my favorite cafes in New York, Le Pain Quotidien :D |
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| Renet, thank you for your precious time! He is the manager of the SoHo location. It was really fun listening to your story about the founder Alain Coumont! When Alain started this business, he was selling bread every morning on the street and sometimes he fell asleep in the kitchen. What an inspiring story!! As always, I appreciate your beautiful smile and complimentary dessert, Julia! Woohoooo!! | |
06.22.2008
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| Sold our tiny Vespa and bought the BMW F650GS ;D My wonderful creative partner Brandon Welti and I went to the Fort Tyron Park near the Cloister and it was beautiful! He taught me how to ride this monstor and now I can drive in 1st and 2nd gear :D |
06.18.2008
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| Promotional design for a Swiss company Mettler Toledo! Thank you sooo much, Lumi-chan, for a wonderful opportunity! Arigato ;D The published version above in pink, the unpublished version left in yellow. I still like the yellow version, so here made it bigger :) |
06.13.2008
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Tanya asked me to create a collage artwork with her cute son William's pictures for her Father's day! I used magazine papers and created these colorful hearts. If you see them closely, the hearts are actually raised a little bit ;D It was such a fun project! Tanya told me that her family was so happy to see the finished piece :D Yay! My great friend photographer Takami Shimura took the left picture at the roof top party ;D |
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| 06.12.2008 | ||
Mihoko's exposure in SAMBAZON blog! |
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"Acaaaaaaiiii...!" The magical word! I met this wonderful Sambazon smoothie at a Mexican restaurant when we used to live on a sail boat in New York harbor. I was so excited to find this mysterious exotic name in the menu. They had the Sambazon brochure at the counter and I began learning about Sambazon and I’ve been eating it ever since! |
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| Here is my simple tasty recipe for your smoothie: banana water pure acai frozen smoothie pack (no sugar added) frozen peaches frozen blueberries frozen strawberries Vary the amount of each ingredient as you like and the key is to put the banana first so that your blender will have an easy start. Cherish this beautiful purple color... pour into your glass... icy tart freshness on your hot tongue, play with a little bit of sweet chunks, all the goodness into your throat, stomach, then spread into your whole body, even into your tiny veins. Aaahh... the simple goodness of mother nature! Acai lover mihoko ;D |
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*My dear Jeremy Black (the top right pic), one of the Sambazon founders, asked me to illustrate acai berries for Sambazon a little while ago and here is one of the artworks with me inside! Yes, I love dancing and acai berries make me dance!! |
| 06.11.2008 | |
"Night of Art and Revelry" presented by Bernstein & Andriulli and Spread ArtCulture Magazine at Chelsea Art Museum! |
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| 06.06.2008 |
| New retailer Hiroko's Place in SoHo! I am very happy to hear many customers like my cards ;D Thank you so much, Hiroko-san, for your support! I will come back soon to enjoy your delicious food :D Yay! |
| 05.27.2008 |
| Met David Barton in front of David Barton Gym! "David!" "Hello, my name is Mihoko. Oh! You have a great style." His outfit is always very fun and original. "I LOVE your gym!" "I'm glad you like it. You look REALLY great!! Must be because of the gym." He says with a big smile ;D "I just took yoga classes." "Which ones?" "Gretchen and Steve. They are wonderful!" He was so sweet! I like this gym more than ever :D |
05.19.2008
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Yahoooo! Thank you soooo much, Akane-san, for purchasing the 3 paintings, "Moving in Time - Grand Central Station", "Eat Fresh - Union Sq Green Market" and "Coming & Going - 23rd Street"! Glad they arrived safely after a long trip from New York to Japan! Here are the pictures from her at the memorable opening ceremony :) I feel like I was there ;D Akane-san and her friends from Okinawa, Big smiles from Japan ;D Thank you so much for loving my art! |
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| 05.08.2008 |
| Thank you, Jeff, for purchasing my 100% Recycled Greeting Cards! Hope your friends will love my cards ;D |
| 05.05.2008 |
| Sold more of 100% Recycled Postcards to Universal News on Broadway! Thank you so much, Hela, for your patronage :D |
| 04.28.2008 |
| Thank you so much Duarte in Amsterdam for finding me and posting my art "Sparkling IZZE Flower"+ my picture on your website! Your selected designs are very intriguing and I am so happy to be a part of it!! |
| 04.27.2008 |
| Received more orders of 100% Recycled Postcards + Greeting Cards from Cafe Amrita! Thank you so much, Rob Song, for your support as always! You can also purchase cards directly from me at www.RelaxandFeelGood.com ;D Thank you! |
03.23.2008
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"Flying Easter Dove" illustration for Grandaisy Bakery! Do you know one of the most delicious bakeries in New York called Grandaisy Bakery in SoHo? It is previously called Sullivan Bakery. Their bread and pastries are so beautiful and delicious! Many of New York restaurants are in love with their bread :D The left image is "Flying Easter Dove" illustration I did for their Easter Dove bread campaign. The owner of the bakery, Monica, loves the illustration, which makes me really happy!! She gave me the Easter Dove bread the other day, which tastes so amazing! ... Crispy outside with sugar and almond, then you go into the many layers of softness and will be surprised at the refreshing open-minded orange peel+citron sparkles and Italian chocolate melty in your mouth... what a perfect harmony! Cheers to Monica :D You do magic! Thank you so much for giving me this fabulous opportunity, Monica! Happy Beautiful Easter to you, everyone~!! Look at the picture below. Very sunny & cozy bakery, isn't it? ;D |
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03.10.2008
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Mihoko on the cover of SOS magazine! Khuz @ ACT, inc. sent me the cover image for SOS magazine (Vol.24) published in Japan, distributed in New York, London, Canada, Malaysia and China! He asked me to have my pictures for his magazine cover a little while ago. Of course! What a wonderful idea! haha. He even chose this pink color for me :) Arigato sooo much, Khuz-san! Hope many people will read your magazine :D >>> Click the left pink image to see a larger view! |
03.07.2008
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I went to see my friend Tamango's Urban Tap at Town Hall with my dear friend Rhonda. Tamango is the most talented tap dancer I have ever seen!! "One is tempted to call him the best dancer of any kind around." - The New York Times His feet are unbelievably talkative, his dance is so elegant & delicate yet powerful & urban at the same time. One time I took tap dancing lessons from him but of course I cannot make a sound like his... very difficult! >>> Click here to read the latest review in the New York Times :D Tamango inspired me to create this piece called "Tamango's Tap Energy". Here is the part of the drawing. His body is composed by the letters, e, n, e, r, g, y! I wanted to express his explosive amazing energy through drawing. This picture of my drawing was taken by my friend Kai when she came to my Open Studio Show :D Thank you so much, Kai! |
| 02.28.2008 | |
| I am in LOVE with David Barton Gym! Let's Look Better Naked :D Loving this gym! Because it is in Chelsea, the members are mostly gay and some of them I see in the changing room are transsexual. What a fun place to hang out! Not only that, you don't have to care about guys staring at you, if you are female ;) I met Amanda Lepore the other day, who is the most famous transsexual in New York. She was such a sweet person :) She liked my eye liner shape and asked me if the eye liner is a tattoo and I said "no, I just drew these now." She told me her eye brows are tattoos, so even after the shower, she had the perfect eye brows lines already. She also would like to have her eyeliner tattooed on in a shape like I drew, OUUUCH...sounds SO painful! She has beautiful smooth skin and amazing body shape; I heard she had some ribs removed to enhance her hourglass shape. She has full lips, busty breasts and voluptuous butt. You can change your body shape in any way you want! What an amazing world we live in! |
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| The best part of this gym is the gorgeous shower room and changing room, and of course the wonderful yoga teachers!! My Big Respect goes to Gretchen Borgum, Stephen Lincoln (Program Director) and Phillip Kyle-Askew! Gretchen, I am so addicted to your classes!! I wish I can take your class every day! Even though your classes are hard, your sense of humor and fabulous energy keep me going!! I am so lucky to have met beautiful you ;D These days I go there to take yoga classes at least three times a week and other days do the machines :D I want to be more flexible and stronger this year ;D When I lift free weights, I can only lift the bar by itself 45lbs, I look funny, but it's fun and challenging. ...meanwhile all the macho yet very feminine gay guys are lifting unbelievably heavy weights non-stop next to me! I LOVE the DBG posters and their clever copy line, "Look Better Naked"! This is David Barton, the founder of David Barton Gym and his wife, nightclub promoter, Suzanne Bartsch in the center. Don't ask me about the right one but I love this one too :D |
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