And now 2 beautiful imaginative Monkeys Japanese labels that I dreamed about for a lot of time

 The Pyromaniac Magician Monkey:

and another older version (not mine) is wating out there:

The Nanny Monkey:

And a Packet label in a different version of this lovely label 
 (label is not mine...yet)

and two other packet labels (not mine...)

The AMAZING Antique Matchbox collection of Mick Lilley from England

I was in touch with Mick for several times via Facebook and he told me that he collects antique matchboxes and that he has a unique collection. Until I found his collection presented on the Bjorn Stenberg's website (that he has himself an amazing collection of old Swedish matchbox labels) I couldn't realized what he is talking about. when I saw it, I was amazed by the quantity and diversity of his unique collection. He has items that a collector can only dream about. 

  

A cute Japanese label of 3 Guinea pigs (Cavia) that I wanted to achieve for a long time! Yehhhhhhh! and finaly my friend Yecheal Biskovitz gave it to me


The guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)

Also called the cavy, is a species of rodent belonging to the family Caviidae and the genusCavia. Despite their common name, these animals are not in the pig family, nor are they from Guinea. They originated in the Andes, and earlier studies based on biochemistry and hybridization suggested they are domesticated descendants of a closely related species of cavy such as Cavia aperea, C. fulgida, or C. tschudii and, therefore, do not exist naturally in the wild. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)




Wednesday, September 11, 2013

The Match Stick Animals



The Bird with the crooked neck

The Drummer fox

The Elephant who needs to pee

The Japanese dog's Story

On the other day my lady took me to the hunting

She managed to hunt a pheasant, so I took my Penny-farthing  
bicycle and rode quickly to bring the pheasant

Since I was so efficient I got the honor to stand on the podium

And even received a Certificate of Excellence

At  the evening we were all very tired, so we made a good shower 
and went to bed 

Some funny Japanese labels

The Nagger monkey 

The FisherRabbit

The CowBee

The Jules Verne Rabbit
Why are my eyes so red, I have to put my eye drops
Bunbuku Chagama (or The Raccoon with BIG nipple on his back....)
Bunbuku Chagama
Bunbuku Chagama (Japanese: 分福茶釜 or 文福茶釜) is a Japanese folktale about a raccoon dog, or tanuki, that uses its shapeshifting powers to reward its rescuer for his kindness



Friday, September 6, 2013

The Telephone Blabbers

I have 2 cute Japanese labels of  Telephone Blabber - The Deer Blabbers and the Rabbits with Pigeon:




But lately I discovered that, like many other labels, there are more version of this motive out there:

The Rabbits with the Pigeon
-  colored version


The Tiger talks with the Deer (2 versions)

The Monkey talks with the Elephant (A Box label)
A slightly different label of the above (A packet label)

ARTB Label
A different monkey