Gerade zur Weihnachtszeit wollen wir nochmal kurz auf einen unserer Klassiker eingehen: die schönen RICE Spielzeugkisten in Hausform. Als wir zur letzten Kollektionsvorstellung bei den netten Hamburger RICE Mädels eingeladen waren hatten sie in ihrem Showroom eine ganze Wand damit dekoriert. Einzeln sehen die Körbe ja bereits klasse aus, das kunterbunte Arrangement hatte aber auch etwas besonderes für sich. Unser Sohn Emil (der kleine blonde Mann auf dem Bild links) hatte allerdings zuerst arge Schwierigkeiten sich bei diesem riesigen Angebot auf dem Immobilienmarkt für das richtige Eigenheim für sein Spielzeug zu entscheiden. Letztendlich suchte er sich dann die grüne Zookiste mit dem braunen klappbaren Dach aus, auf jeden Fall eine gute Wahl. Und falls Sie entscheidungsschwach sind, wir machen es Ihnen mit unserem Sortiment sicher auch nicht leichter. Aber sehen Sie einfach selber auf unserer speziellen RICE Hauskorb Seite: www.takatomo.de/de/rice-hauskorb

Whenever we got time we like to start a competition for our customers. This time we started one and you are able to win two lovely marrakesch printed kids pouffe from RICE Denmark. You only have to go to www.TakaTomo.de/Gewinnspiel and leave you email address. Thats all, good luck!

The first two products from J.I.P that we got in our shop have been a pink and a blue lunchbox with stars. One for the girls and one for the boys. Now we finally have all the lovely and colourful lunchboxes and travel mugs and kindergarten bags from this young brand. Alll items perfectly fit together as you can see on the left picture. Since one year our son Emil takes his blue lunchbox with the white stars with him to his Kindergarten. On christmas he will get the lion bag and the orange and blue travel mug. Hope he will love it! What items do you like? You can see the whole range by clicking here: www.TakaTomo.de/en/marken/jip

Each season has it’s charm and it is just a matter of finding it and enjoying it. And for now we are really happy to welcome you into The RICE High Winter world 2012. It is a world that lets you add a splash of color to your daily routines and brightens up those long dark winter nights. And after having added each single item to our RICE Denmark shop we are glad for having booked our next skiing holidays (in Santa Cristina beginning of next year ) Yippie! You will find the actual RICE Catalogue also in our shop. Welcome to this lovely Scandinavian High Winter World! And after a visit at RICE in Hamburg last month we look forward with a glance in our eyes for the upcoming 2013 collection. It will be also great! But for now have a look at: www.TakaTomo.de/RICE

Our series of uni-coloured and patterned RICE Tuscany tableware is already some years old. It is one of our best selling product line and TakaTomo.de was mentioned already in some German homeware and lifestyle magazines. Now RICE Denmark has also a new series of ceramic tableware within its new autumn/winter collection 2012. This time it is not made in Tuscany but from sunny Portugal. Its characteristics are bright colours and a clean line. Like everything from RICE it is designed with love and also made by hand. You will find all RICE tableware from Portugal by clicking here: www.TakaTomo.de/de/rice-portugal-keramik-geschirr

The new RICE Denmark autumn / winter 2012 collection is online. So: “Stay playful!” We also have all other products from RICE Denmark in our shop. And that’s what Charlotte, the founder from RICE, told us about the new RICE collection: “As something new we have divided our big Autumn/Winter collection into 2 smaller ones, ensuring you a flow of newness every 2 months. The name of the new Autumn collection is STAY PLAYFUL”. So: Let’s play! As usual you will find all other RICE products in our RICE shop.

After all I have finished to make our RICE melamine tableware ready to configure it easily in our shop. So you don’t have to search each single melamine cup, plate or bowl but you only have to go to one page and choose your favourite colours. You will see how it works by simply clicking on the following link and start to configure: TakaTomo.de/RICE-Cups. Have a RICE day!

Graziela Preiser is a pattern and textile designer who is well known in Germany for her 1970s designs. Born in Germany she was educated at the Werkkunstschule Hannover, now called Akademie der bildenden Künste. For the majority of her career she worked as a creative director, graphic designer and illustrator. Alongside her work for several lifestyle magazines she is best known for her print and textile designs of the 1970s. She gained an international audience through exposure in the magazine Brigitte. We love to have Graziela products in our shop: TakaTomo.de/Graziela

Surely you also have been in the uncomfortable situation that you needed a last minute gift? Or you want to give a present to a TakaTomo fan? No problem, w have the right product for you: a TakaTomo.de gift coupon. You only have to click and buy and within seconds we will send an eMail with a coupon code to you or someone elso you want us to send it to. Cool! Or?

Since this week we have some lovely new products in our shop. This time we talk about photo albums, puzzles and little baby books from the byGraziela series by Spiegelburg: TakaTomo.de/Neuheiten. The prints have been beautiful in the Seventies and they still are today. And: our son Emil is sleeping (or should I say “should be sleeping” ) in original Graziela bedclothes from the  70ies. And he loves it!

“Let Me Entertain You” is the motto of the new RICE Denmark spring / summer collection 2012, tailormade for cosy coffee mornings, as well as dinner parties or wild partying. This time the RICE designers have been inspired by old postcards from Venice from a time where it seems that if it all was just one big party. So have a look and play, smile enjoy and kiss: TakaTomo.de/RICE

We are really happy about the nice little article in the Cologne cinema magazine “Choices” about our TakaTomo.de shop. Thanks to the editors!

My wife and me first get in contact with PiP Studio while visiting the nice little town Veere in the Netherlands. Now, one year later, we made our first order from PiP. For the beginning you will find beauty cases und shopping bags from the “Birds in Paradise” collection. It will be worthy to have a look at pour webshop the next weeks because we will try to ghet the whole PiP Studio collection: TakaTomo.de/PiP-Studio.

Silly Gifts started in 1980 as a wholesale gift company selling items with a smile. The company started growing quickly and soon became one of the most well-known brands in the gift sector. In July 2008 Present Time took over Silly. There it stayed growing as a strong brand with funny gifts, which makes everybody smile.  The Silly collection consists of funny, hilarious and affordable gift items for young and trendy people. In stores Silly gifts are very easy to recognize, because of the pink packaging and the famous Silly logo. We are very happy to get a collection of colourful chandeliers for our shop: TakaTomo.de/Silly-Gifts.

TakaTomo.de is now online since almost 10 years. But since today we also have a shop in the real world. We have it from begin of May but the last two months we have been busy  with decorating. Especially my wife Kerstin. Also Bine and Stephi from RICE Denmark have helped us to build a little RICE Shop in one corner. You will see it in the right corner of the image. And now we will be happy if you like to visit us. You will find our nice little shop here: Jülicher Straße 24a in Cologne.

“Fun, funky & fabulous” – that’s the name of the new RICE Denmark collection autumn/winter 2011. It’s a lovely patchwork of colourful articles inspired from places and people all over the world. A mix of colourfil baskets, boxes, melamine tableware, paper and other materials. If products could talk the new RICE articles would have a lot to tell. You will find the new collection in our RICE Denmark shop: TakaTomo.de/RICE.

Till this week I didn’t got the time to buy some of the nostalgic pedal cars by Baghera. But since yesterday all the wonderful full metal cars can be bought at TakaTomo.de. I think the images will speak for themselves. Have a look: www.TakaTomo.de/Baghera

The beautiful baby blankets  by David Fussenegger carry all the seal “Textiles Vertrauen” (textile confidence) according to Ökotex standard 100. This standard guarantees that all blankets are tested for harmful substances and achieve all standards from the EU legislation. But beside this the predominant cause for the popularity of our David Fussenegger baby blankets are the beautiful motives and the good quality. Take a look: www.TakaTomo.de/David-Fussenegger

Djeco from Paris stands for high creativity and very good quality at the same time with a really good price. Looking at the whole catalogue it was really hard for me to choose which products I wanted to buy because they all are so lovely. So I decided to start with the colourful wall stickers, mobilés, lamp shades and wooden animals: www.TakaTomo.de/Djeco

After the last hard days before christmas we are a little bit tired from sending out all the packages. Our chief has let us work very hard to get ready in time. And now all packages have been sent out and we look forward too see our families. We hope that you enjoy to make gifts and receive them. The TakaTomo family (Emil, Kerstin und Marcus Blatt) wishes you merry christmas!

RICE Denmark has provided me with the new spring/summer collection 2011. “Peace, Kiss and Glamourama!” They bring you their interpretation of the good old peace, love and understanding. This spring collection is just one happy statement from one end to the other- a mix of rainbows, floral peace signs, love birds and a lot of kissing. RICE had a lot of fun making this collection and I hope this transpires to you. The glamourama twist is what really makes it RICE. When they went to India to work on this collection one day driving through one of the more rough parts of Delhi their designers saw this big sign saying ‘Glamourama Salon for Ladies’ and instantly fell in love with that word – Glamourama! We can all use a bit of glamourama in our everyday lives and it really doesn’t take much to glam up your home, your handbag, your kitchen or yourself if you feel like it. Kiss and Glam up: www.TakaTomo.de/RICE

No, the royal looking lady on the picture isn’t Groucho Marx but Charlotte, the chief from RICE Denmark. Some days before the presentation of the new RICE collection 2011 she seems to feel a little bit crazy. If you also sometimes do so you can buy the disguise set at TakaTomo.de.

RICE has been working already for 5 years with their delicious Italian tableware. For nearly the same time I sell all articles in my shop. Therefore I am really happy as I saw the new collection for 2011 last weekend in Hamburg. New colours and forms will be coming the next weeks. Have a RICE day: TakaTomo.de/RICE

One day Artefina Design from Denmark knocked at my door. The man from Scandinavia showed my some of the beautiful products. Although they were not as colourful as the rest of my shop I had to order them. They looked both traditional and nice. But have a look by yourself. You will find all table runners, placemats and oven mitten here: TakaTomo.de/Artefina

Room Seven is well known as supplier of textiles and asseccories for kids. And finally I found time for ordering a small but fine assortment of bags and rucksacks from The Netherlands. Have fun with it: TakaTomo.de/Room-Seven

The colourful RICE melamine tableware is one of the favourites from the designers from Denmark. It is from the best quality and has all colours you like. Now the melamine story goes on! RICE launched new plates, bowls and cups with different prints. You will find all the hens, daisies, clover, flamingo and  animal prints in our RICE shop: TakaTomo.de/RICE

The T-Shirts, baby bodies, longsleeves and rubber boots from Smafolk are really cool and retro. One of the favourite prints is a green apple. Very tasty! During my first look at the Smafolk collection I felt like being beamed back to my childhood in the 70ties. And now I enjoy that my little son wears his Smafolk shirt with pride. It fits him very well: TakaTomo.de/Smafolk

Some weeks ago a friend told me about a plastic rug he was searching for his mother. After having a look at these colourful rugs I decided to buy some of them for my shop. And I have to say that these rugs are really great. They all are handwoven in Sweden and machine washable at 30 degrees: TakaTomo.de/Pappelina

On the 25th of May, the day of the holy Sophie, this little giraffe was born in the French Alpes. At this time only classic animals where produced for children to play with. But Monsieur Rampeau from France who was specialised in the production with natural rubber invented Sophie. And now each child loves this toy girafe and also our son Emil takes his Sophie everywhere with him. TakaTomo.de/Sophie-la-Girafe

Recently, I discovered a very nice present idea for kids to motivate reading and learning. Children letters are exciting and informative letters, written by renowned authors and imaginatively illustrated. They advance the reading ability and enjoyment of children in elementary school. The comprehensive library contains something for every child-to read to the child, to read together or to read themselves. More information and ordering www.kinderbriefe.de. I have given the Pirates letters to my son and he is thrilled. I am sure that also your child will be excited about its own mail.

After unpacking another large package from Denmark now I have new suitcases and boxes for kids in stock. The prints show rockets, stars, butterflies, strawberries and cars: TakaTomo.de/Suitcases

“Cool & Cozy” is the name of the brandnew and actual Autumn-Winter-Collection 2010 by RICE. I had a first look at it beginning of May in Hamburg and I ordererd nearly every new product. From now on you can shop all new baskets, melamine tableware and all other lovely stuff for living here: TakaTomo.de/RICE

During a weekend with my wife and child in Domburg (Netherlands) I saw some really cool nostalgic pedal cars for kids. I wanted to buy my son one of the cars immediately and because I liked the cars so much I directly ordered some of them for my shop:  TakaTomo.de/PedalCars

Till now I didn’t had babyshoes in my shop. All the more I was happy about a phone call by Starchild and their offer to work together. All their babyshoes are handmade with love from 100% real leather. For starting  I ordered the giftsets but for the future I hope to order more: TakaTomo.de/Babyshoes

From my point of view from Scandinavia the most lovely products for kids. Sebra from Denmark offers beautiful design and quality hand work. By scrolling through their catalogue for the first time this blue crochet elephant on wheels attracted my attention. But also all other productsare really great: TakaTomo.de/Sebra.

End of this week the summerlike special edition “Summer Feeling” by Spiegelburg arrived. Unfortunately the beautiful accessories for beach holiday will be only limited time for sale and I hope that I ordered enough of all products. So take a very quick look at: TakaTomo.de/SummerFeeling.

Unboxing the new citrus juicer by RICE Denmark in my stock room I ran across a test in the Danish TV. It shows that the cheapest product must not be the badest. Compared to its opponents the colourful RICE juicer wins in all disciplines. You can order the winner by clicking here.

According to an interview with Charlotte from RICE in Denmark they hade had the coldest  and most snow filled winter in the last 23 years. That has to be the cause for RICE to launch its new High-Summer-Collection that early to chase away the cold days. I ordered all products as soon as possible and you will find them as usual by clicking TakaTomo.de/RICE

Kids love to travel and to pack their bags. So one of the first gifts to my goddaughter was a little red suitcase. And to make other kids happy too I ordered some paperboard and metal suitcases for my shop. Suggestions for others alternatives are very welcome: TakaTomo.de/Suitcases

Barbapapa, The Little Prince and Elmar the patchwork elephant are a stable element of my assortment. From now on a new character of the French company Petit Jour will accompany them: Mausi, the colourful mouse. You will find all the melamine plates, melamine cups and melamine bowls at: TakaTomo.de/Mausi

The funny Barbapapa family is well known by everybody who has grown up in the seventies. Now we have extended our stock of the colourful Barbapapa melamine tableware for kids and grown ups both. “Clickety Click – Barba Trick”: TakaTomo.de/Barbapapa.

A few day ago the long awaited palett with new blankets for babies and kids by David Fussenegger arrived at my door. With that I have the whole collection in stock. You will find all the new and ecological textiles here: TakaTomo.de/Fussenegger.

…in English “The Lovely Seven”. These are Emma the zebra, Lotte the duck, Bruno the bear, Henri the dog, Ole the frog, Ida the mouse and Bella the pig. They show that we all are a little but instead of a problem this is very wonderful: TakaTomo.de/Die-Lieben-Sieben

Italian tableware by RICE Denmark is a state of feeling. Each plate and cup, each bowl and each mug is made by hand from clay. Each piece is unique, dishwasher and oven safe. TakaTomo has them all: TakaTomo.de/Italian-Tableware

The new FIVA Jewelry summer collection sparkles at TakaTomo.de and makes every woman happy. Each FIVA necklace and FIVA bracelet is manufactured by hand in the Netherlands. Semiprecious stones, handmade glass beads from Venice, freshwater pearls and crystal are used for all articles. FIVA Jewelry takes care to select unusual and anti-allergic materials: TakaTomo.de/FIVA-Jewelry

Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraim’s Daughter Longstocking, Pippi Longstocking is well known by everybody. Together with her horse Old Man and her monkey Mr. Nilsson the strongest girl of the world lives in her house “Villa Villekulla”. Without parents but with a lot of fun. Each girl who wants to be as Pippi Longstocking should have a look at all the motley products in our shop.

Three months ago I ordered the first products by “Die Spiegelburg”. Now I have enlarged my assortment of all the lovely Funny Dots products. In the future I want to have all of them. By using them garden work is fun and the breakfast table will be a place of happiness: TakaTomo.de/Spiegelburg.

Directly with the beginning of this new year 2010 our son Emil Leo was born one week ago. This means: “Mr. TakaTomo” is father now. And very happy.  I never thought that it can be so satisfying to watch your baby while it is sleeping. Soon Emil will scuttle around and will test each of my colourful products. So for the future each product will have the “tested by Emil Leo” seal

The colourful melamine tableware by RICE Denmark already is a classic. I see this good quality tableware at friends of mine and in different places like school or Kindergarten. Although being in use for a longer time it looks like on the first day. RICE has launched new colours and you will them find all at TakaTomo.de.

“Sunkissed” – This is the motto of the new summer collection 2010 by RICE Denmark. And as usual all new products are full of sunshine and happiness and designed with a lot of love. Flamingos and daisies are the predominant motifs. You will find all new baskets and melamine tableware by clicking here: TakaTomo.de/RICE.

DHL is awarded from the German Institut for Service Quality for being the best German parcel service. For this reason all packages from TakaTomo.de will be delivered only by DHL’s yellow cars. In most cases German customers will get their order within the next day. Our worldwide shipping will supply all other customers also very quick.

TakaTomo.de fosters the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and is proud foster parent of the little elephant Buchuma. in 20o4 this baby elephant had fallen into a pipeline manwhole but hopefully has been saved by the animal welfare activists of Daphne Sheldrick.

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