Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Santa Onigiri

It is super COLD today, and I am wearing a scarf while I write this. Today I am featuring a bento I made about two weeks ago. I needed a Christmas-y image for my super awesome bento calendar.

In this bento: an adorable handshaped onigiri rice ball with a pink egg sheet hat with a cheese tassle, and nori facial details, slices of chicken sausage, steamed broccoli, and various cheese and egg sheet stars and snowflakes. I made the egg sheet by following tips from Lia at Bentolicious. Her tips section is really great, I highly recommend checking it out.

As I mentioned, this image is featured in my brand new bento calendar. It's filled with fun bento images and bento tips for each month. My copies arrived yesterday and I could not be happier! The quality of the paper and construction of the calendar is excellent. I really love zazzle.com and have used them multiple times for custom t-shirts, post cards, and more. Today is the last day to get 40% off of calendars, so if you want to pick up the Sonoma Bento 2011 Calendar, today is the day to do it! Use this code at checkout for the 40% discount: 40CLNDRS2011 

26 comments:

  1. Aww ... sooo cute!! love the calendar too ^_^

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  2. Thanks Lina! This one did not turn out quite like I wanted, I hoped to make the broccoli into a Christmas tree, but it is pretty cute. :)

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  3. I love love love this Santa onigiri! Sooo cute. Nice work! The calendar looks awesome, too!

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  4. Thank you Kari! It was really fun to try egg sheets, but I want to practice again.

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  5. I must say, this smiling santa onigiri put a big smile on my face, SB! Really charming!

    Awesome calendar project :D

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  6. なんてかわいい!!! That is seriously the cutest onigiri I've ever seen...and now I want to try making egg sheets, I thought they were unattainable until reading that tip post!

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  7. Happy Santa! Nice job with the egg sheet! Wonderful way to start the season!

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  8. oh my, it's a very cute bento! Love the color combination and the detail!

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  9. Love it! Santa onigiri is too cute and your calendar looks so fabulous, very nice idea! I need to make snowflakes too ... nice details for Christmas theme bento :)

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  10. brrr.. actually felt the cold winter and snow..
    hehe.. lovely snowflakes and snowman

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  11. Very nice Santa, Michelle...
    and good idea of calendar...looks awesome

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  12. Oooooooh, so, so cute! If I didn't know what was in my bento box, and I opened it and saw this, it will so totally make my day.

    Thank you for making it and sharing it!

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  13. I love the snowflakes you've made, they're gorgeous! Super cute onigiri too!

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  14. So cute!! The smiling santa onigiri put a big smile on my face too. Nice X'mas bento, love the detials too. :)

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  15. Thanks bentobird! I think this little Santa came out pretty cute. Thanks for the compliment on my calendar. I am so thrilled with it. :)

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  16. Hi Krysta! You should totally try egg sheets. Lia's tips are amazing.

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  17. Thank you Sysyl! I was trying to make red, but the pink is pretty fun. :)

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  18. Thanks Lia! The snowflakes were super easy. Use straws after you cut out a flower shape.

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  19. Thanks Yenny! I am so proud of the calendar. :)

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  20. Thank you so much for your nice compliment, cocopuff1212. That really made me smile. :)

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  21. Thanks Ohayobento! The snowflakes were super easy. You should try them. Perhaps I will do a little tutorial.

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  22. Thanks so much Emily! Happy Christmas!

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  23. Heehee, I love your santa onigiri! He's so cute! Merry Christmas!

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  24. Thanks Susan! He did turn out pretty good. :) Merry Christmas!

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