Fashionable Friday: Island Adventure

I admit it. I’ve spent my summer inside, pretending to be a little, big-eyed kitty running around on a fantasy island swimming like a mermaid, baking pastries and scavenging for shells, lemons and pineapples. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, I’ve fallen victim to the delights of Hello Kitty Island Adventure. It’s a video game currently exclusive to the Apple Arcade platform but it has been announced that in 2025, it will be available for the Nintendo Switch (and with lots of speculation that it might be available on Steam and other platforms soon afterwards).

If you loved Animal Crossing during the pandemic, Hello Kitty Island Adventure may be your next video game love. There are some elements that fans of Animal Crossing will find familiar like decorating cabins. But there’s other elements that are uniquely cozy additions to Hello Kitty’s Friendship Island: like being able to swim in the sea (complete with a mermaid tail!)

While I am not inclined to decorate my office in full Hello Kitty products (well, maybe a little bit!), I like the idea of blending in some elements from the game like fruits, mermaids, shells and the like with a few dashes of Hello Kitty cuteness like notebooks, sticky notes and a couple pens. We all have the right to be delighted with our surroundings and our tools and Sanrio has been my favorite cute pick-me-up since I was about 7 years old.

• Beverly Planner Companion Stamp Set – Tea and Sweets ($13.25)
• Hand Painted Strawberry Figural Ceramic Mug ($8.99)
• Hello Kitty x Baggu Standard Baggu (Apples) ($14)
• Silver Buffalo Gudetama Ceramic Mug/Bowl (24 Oz) (19.99)
• 2-Pack Leather Keychain Holder Case (Strawberry & Persimmon) ($14.99)
• Kamio Kuromi Fluffy Patch Pen Case ($25)
• Sanrio Hapidanbui Pentel EnerGel Gel Pen (0.5 mm Black Ink Limited Edition) ($6)
• Kamio Cinnamoroll Turn Open Pen Case ($26)
• Kamio Sanrio My Melody Die-Cut Sticky Notes ($6)
• Erin Condren A5 Spiral Notebook Hello Kitty Daily Kindness and Joy notebook ($26.99)
• LARGE SCALLOP Decoupage Trinket/Ring Dish (starting at $18)
• Kaweco HELLO KITTY Fountain Pen (Opal Silver Edition, Fine Nib) ($158)

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