early valentine

February is tricky, you feel like Spring is so close but we most likely have heavy snow in this month in NY.

Since I am a March girl, (Yayoi is the name for girls who are born in March) I'm not good at this cold winter season. 

To cheer us up, we had Valentine cupcakes at my studio. 

Can't wait March.

emerald

I've been always loving emeralds.  

I think emerald green looks good to all age, all skin colors and all hair colors.

And having an emerald in a jewelry box makes you feel like so special.

Since last year, my emerald necklace has been really going so fast.  

I have to say good-bye to emeralds right after I make another.  

In my opinion, emeralds look so good with diamonds and yellow gold.  They just get along each other naturally.

Hope emerald guys are doing good wherever you are now.  And be a good friend of twin diamonds.

Happy Holidays

I can't thank people enough for choosing my jewelry as their holiday gifts.  

It makes me so happy to imagine those pieces are placed under the trees right now.

Wish you happy holidays from Brooklyn.

Love,

yayoi

my pink bead ring

We met our niece recently.  

The last time we saw each other was last year in Japan.  

She becomes 8 years old and she is already nice, warm and caring person.

This sweet pink ring is what she gave me as a present.  

It's so amazing one child can make all of us so happy.  

For the first time, you were a little shy to us for the first thirty minutes after you saw us.

I hope you are having fun at school now.
When can we see you again? 

CancerCare

So this holiday season, I wanted to do something new.

I decided to pick one organization to make a donation from my customers' purchase.

CancerCare is an organization that gives free, professional supports anyone affected by cancer.

When my father passed away at a hospice, I thought about other people who suffered from cancer without any family support.  

From his early stage, my family often went to hospitals with my father to talk to his doctors and we shared all information.  When he was in bad shape, there was someone who rubbed his back.   My father was blessed to have his family around him when he stopped breathing.

I asked a nurse at a hospice if there were any patients who had no family or relatives and she said "Yes, many."  And I've been thinking about it since then.

I found CancerCare when I was researching online.  They are one of top rated charity organizations.  5% of your online purchase from Yayoi Forest online store will be donated this organization.

Let's shop for good cause this holiday.

about a cat with diamond eyes

In every winter I miss Tetsu, my cat.  

It was when I was working at an advertising company in Tokyo.  A beautiful girl transferred a call to me, saying "I think your sister is crying".  My sister said Tetsu had died.

I thought of his fluffy gray hair, and remembered how he was not cute.  He was basically mean, but he could become sweet only when he was hungry.

I didn't cry on the phone, but I was thinking why my sister had to call my office to tell that.

Now when I meet my friends' cats, I am always impressed by them because they are cute like cats should be.  

Tetsu was always throwing a scornful look to me and tried to escape from me when I wanted to hold him.

But I still miss him, and I still make cat theme jewelry.

This time I gave him diamond eyes to show him my respect for his beautiful eyes.

Cat Stud Earring / 14K gold + Diamonds  $350

my love

To be honest, I had lost my love for reading and listening to music for a while.  Especially since right before my father's death, I didn't have a space in my heart for anything not, how could I say, real?  Don't know how I can explain it now but you may know what it is.

I moved my studio to this new place and now I have PANDORA, listening music all day while working on my jewelry.  Now I realize that I had been missing great talents out there.  I didn't even know about Regina Spektor.

Her voice is like an instrument, her lyrics inspire me like reading novels.  

She makes me cry just because her songs are so beautiful.