tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76932613576208156572024-03-12T23:26:58.886-04:00Love in EnvelopeEvery piece crafted with loveEileen Ng-Frumkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14550934481464713472noreply@blogger.comBlogger220125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693261357620815657.post-76963507259936025052015-08-25T11:55:00.001-04:002015-08-25T11:55:53.540-04:008.5 Months<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here we are at the stage where we want her to slow down a bit, so we can digest it. Coralie's almost 9 months already! My husband keeps saying she looks different to her every day. She's more mobile now and we get more feedback in the smiles department too! Teething has been hard, but we are now proudly displaying 2 bottom front teeth and the top 2 are coming through now. She's pretty shy in person. Whenever we go out, people approach us to first comment about her hair and then say how serious she looks! Last week someone said, "she's the silent, but strong type then." That was a new one.
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<span style="text-align: left;">I haven't played with paper in a long while. :T I'd really like to, but can never find a good chunk of time to do so. She's had skin rashes from the age of 2 months, so recently I started making my own body products for her to use whenever I can. It is starting to clear up, but we know she has a mild cat allergy. She had a reaction last week when Butters, the tuxedo cat, drooled on her. The cats only recently started to warm up to her and now they can't get enough which is making it tough for me to keep the skin contact to a minimum.</span></div>
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I also just started to meet with other moms in the Hartford, CT area. We moved here in January, so it has been a while. It's too bad the summer is ending because I think it has been really good for both mommy and baby to be around others. <br />
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Well, this is all I have time for at the moment. She's stirring from her nap now. I miss everyone on here! Hope you're all faring well. :)
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Hi everyone,
I'm sorry it has taken me so long to update. It has been one challenging period. Caring for a newborn and recovering is quite an undertaking! She was also very colicky all the way up until 3 months. Breastfeeding and bonding wasn't as easy breezy as I had once imagined. Now we have some eczema issues where I find myself watching her like a hawk, so she won't scratch! Everyone tells you, but you never truly realize the reality of it until it hits you in the face! It was a huge transitioning period for both baby and ourselves. On top of that, we moved to another state, Connecticut, a month after her birth and in the middle of winter! It was far from desirable as far as postpartum recovering goes.<br />
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We named her Coralie and she was born on 12/7/14 after 33 hours of laboring at home! I almost didn't make it to the hospital in time! Ha! Imagine that...<br />
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The home is still a mess as I find myself struggling to find a good moment to clean. When she's awake, my time is with her and when she's not she wakes up to the slightest noise. I'd rather not stir her since it takes an hr of rocking for her to fall asleep sometimes. I know it's bad to tiptoe around her, but I'm just too exhausted sometimes to want to deal with the consequences.<br />
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She's already 4 months. It's crazy how she has changed from birth. The first pic is day 2 and the second pic is from 2 weeks ago:<br />
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Yes...she was born with a full head of hair! She gets that from me. :D Aside from the eyes and eyebrows, she doesn't really share any of my features.<br />
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I've made a couple of cards since her birth, but really there isn't time to post things and each one takes forever to make. We travel a lot to visit family and friends (not exactly fun with a newborn) as our parents are pretty up there in age and cannot really travel. This basically sums up the last 5 months. :) Hopefully you're all faring well. I hope to get back into things in the near future. We will see!<br />
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Miss you guys out there! Enjoy the last day of April!<br />
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We are getting pounded with a lovely snowstorm right before thanksgiving. Up until now, we've been getting freezing rain and light dustings of snow. We're expecting about a foot of snow. I took my pregnant behind outside and carved out a path in the driveway hoping that the delivery men and Dimma won't get stuck later. Unfortunately, it is covered again. Boo...</div>
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Many of the people who are traveling for the holiday are already out of the area. We haven't planned anything, so we will just have a relaxing day at home...I hope. :) I am looking forward to dinner tonight though. For the last month or so I've been steaming and boiling all of my food and seasoning with just plain salt. Today, I will be cheating and making some tacos with ground turkey. Hopefully my body will cooperate or I will pay for it later. :D</div>
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Below, are the cards I have sent out to thank everyone who sent gifts and/or attended the baby shower back in Oct. I believe it was 14 cards in all. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I drew inspiration from this </span><a href="http://marybethstimeforpaper.blogspot.com/2014/06/couldnt-wait-to-case-this-one.html?spref=pi" style="text-align: left;">card</a><span style="text-align: left;">. "You're" was cut out, backed with acetate, and framed from behind with foam tape to create a compartment filled with glitter and sequins. "Sweet" was printed out using my photo printer. The embossed daisies were created using a Darice plate and the Cuttlebug. I topped off the petals with puffed glitter to create a sparkle to them. </span></div>
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This was what I made for guests to sign at my wedding back in April. It's an alternative to the traditional guestbook that I saw on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/174419755/chick-wedding-guest-book-one-of-a-kind?ref=related-5">Etsy</a>. I decided to use the idea and make it personalized because I was on a budget. Also, I felt strongly about making something that I can then display as art rather than keeping a book that would probably go into storage sooner rather than later. Boy, was it a lot of work, but I was quite satisfied with the end result. The only thing I would omit are the smaller petals. It was hard to sign on because it was so tiny. I would also use stronger glue or not do a double layer of petals for some of the larger ones. I thought I would be able to get away with it by creating more writing space, but it turns out some of them started popping off because the spine didn't adhere well enough to withstand the wear and tear of people flipping through it.<br />
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I liked the coral/peachy tones coupled with gold, so I went with that. Gold is a favored color by Chinese culture, but unfortunately it wasn't enough to make my dad happy about not following tradition. Normally, we would put out a red handkerchief and have people sign that. I felt that it was tacky and what would I do with this napkin afterwards anyway?<br />
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This is what the poster looked like after everyone came through. I thought it would be fun to let it be colorful by leaving out pretty colored markers, but I believe permanent markers would've done a better job.<br />
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Everyone tells me that it is absolutely normal to not feel ready for the baby. I think that part is the nerve wrecking part for me because I like to map out all scenarios beforehand usually. This is totally out of my hands though...at least I care, I know this much. I've never read so many books and general prep literature in such a short period of time post-college. lol I think for me 90% of the comfort comes from feeling mentally prepared and so the physical prep for the baby suffers greatly. I am only half packed for the hospital--shame on me. We have no nursery because we might be moving AGAIN. It's almost funny at this point how often we move. Anyway, I've been planning to load music into my phone to listen to in case I'm in the mood, but have still not done that either. I've been a mad lady doing laundry almost daily to keep things up as much as possible beforehand. </div>
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I am already feeling bad for our cats. They're more needy than ever. I'm not sure if it's my hormones or they hear the baby, but all they do is snuggle next to me and cry if I move. They follow me into the bathroom and keep crying if I disappear behind the curtains to shower. I think I might have feline body guards. Many things will change and my dad isn't too happy to have cats near a newborn, so he will be more mean to them when he's around too--I'm guessing it'll be quite often. I've already seen it happen and the baby isn't here yet. I doubt I will have all of this energy to lecture my dad continuously later. I will have my hands full and can't physically be their FT cat mommy anymore. I hope they too will find a new normal eventually. </div>
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My generation is very connected to people on social media and messaging. I've been staying away from that to train myself to prioritize tasks. I actually feel good being disconnected. My mind is more at ease and I have a lot more time to take care of other things; focus on myself. I didn't grow up with all of this technology right away, so maybe this is why I can do it without feeling withdrawal symptoms. I know I will be a better parent because of it too. Freely expressing myself to no one in particular on here also feels good because it feels more like journal writing from younger days. At least there's no commitment to chatting when I don't have time through this method. Feedback or no feedback, my voice will always be put out there and I don't necessarily have to delve into other people's drama when I can't put 100% of myself into it. Win-win for me. hehe </div>
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This is another quilled magnet that I gave away as a baby shower favor. It's an owl and originally I thought we were going for an owl theme for the party, but it never happened. <br />
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My long time friend that I've known since 6th grade, Jenny, is expecting her 2nd child and is due just a week before me! She kept it low key throughout, so she didn't have a baby sprinkle or anything. I still wanted to give her something, so I got her a gift card and made her a card. We live so far away now, that I'm a bit sad that I can't visit her in the hospital afterwards. I'm wishing her a smooth delivery and recovery from afar! ;)
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Eileen Ng-Frumkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14550934481464713472noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693261357620815657.post-82147561639675694312014-10-28T00:02:00.000-04:002014-10-28T00:02:17.259-04:00Quilled Baby Shower Wooden Magnet Favors Baby Girl Feet and Blue Flower<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have more baby shower magnet favors to show you today. They've all been given out, but I'm trying to catch up with posting as always. :X<br />
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This one is of a baby foot and a simple heart.<br />
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This magnet has a lot of blue tones. I don't really think I had intentions of doing that, but it turned out to be okay. The wood is stained with different acrylic paints: baby blue, yellow, and white. <br />
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The side view of this magnet shows how I outlined each petal with white quilling strips.<br />
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So...this is week 33 of my pregnancy. I can't believe I'm almost there! I feel miserable and mostly have bad days now unfortunately. Both my energy and time are precious at this point. We are so far behind in getting prepared to welcome the baby, but with all of my illnesses there was no way I could put up a good fight and multitask. All I've been focusing on is trying to heal if possible. My goal is to deliver unmedicated. The US really likes to insert medical intervention and my body is one that usually suffers from this sort of input. The only problem is that lately I've been in so much pain that at times I can't imagine myself going through with my original birth plan. It's a possibility that I am somewhat saddened by. I hope to be able to cast aside all of the doubts in my head by the time she's ready to come out. </div>
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I'm trying to find time to learn hypnobirthing. It's a bit late, but my thought is that even if I can't use it for birthing then I may be able to use it's application in other areas of life; breathing techniques are skills we can always use to help us calm down and relax. </div>
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It's week 29 this week! I think I felt my first Braxton Hicks contraction last night, but I'm not sure. It's gotten me to start thinking about packing a hospital bag!<br />
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The gorgeous fall foliage colors are passing through this region--I can't believe that fall is here already. I hope they stay put for another 2 weeks, so I get a nice scenic ride down to NYC for the baby shower. :)<br />
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Here is another fridge magnet that will be part of the collection of party favors:<br />
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The base of this one is a heavy cardboard flower that I found in one of my old collections of embellishments. It's already laminated with the purple paper and glitter. The only things I added were the star gems and the star shaped purple quilled piece with a flourish trailing behind it. I'd like to think of it like a shooting star, but I can't deny that my original intention was a purple flower. :X </div>
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My baby shower will be on Oct 11th--guess who volunteered with a lot of the crafts? That's right, me! <br />
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One of the things that I'm working on are various quilled magnets. I know they aren't standard baby shower favors, but it'll be one of the last projects that I'll be working on for a while so I wanted it to be something different, yet special. <br />
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The magnet bases are wooden cut outs of hearts. You can find these in your local craft store. The background was decoupaged with pattern paper. The 3 small roses also has a strip of ribbon going across it, much like a pageant ribbon sash. I added glitter as a top coat for the dual purpose of sealing it and making it pop a little.<br />
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Since I easily get bored with mass producing the same style when it comes to projects, I will be making all different kinds. Stay tuned for more quilled magnets in the coming weeks!
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Happy Thursday everyone! First off, I'd like to thank Chana from <a href="http://avenue613.blogspot.com/">613 Avenue Create</a> for giving my <a href="http://loveinenvelope.blogspot.com/2014/08/wedding-thank-you-cards-its-girl.html">Wedding Thank You</a> cards a spotlight today on her facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/avenue613/photos/a.218356368344767.1073741828.217497195097351/317452438435159/?type=1&theater">page</a>! How very exciting! :)</div>
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It appears as if I'm going backwards in time...from posting wedding thank you cards, to the wedding invites, and now I'm going further back to post about the bridal party invitations I sent out last summer. :X <br />
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I took a jewelry box and wrapped each of them up in pattern paper. I cut out scalloped circles and die cut a second layer that was printed with my message inside the center of each heart (Will you be my bridesmaid? 4.27.14). Each panel was strung to make a banner. From there, I taped either side to the inside of the bottom and top of the boxes. Once opened, it should give off a popping out effect when the lid is removed. The tops of the boxes were decorated with silk and paper flowers and finished off with a tag of each of the girls' names.<br />
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I have sudden urges to clean the house like a mad woman since becoming pregnant. Similarly, I have a desire to clean up my hard drive and reorganize. This made me realize that I need to play a little catch up with some older projects. This one in particular was my baby for a half a year from Fall '13 to Spring '14.<br />
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From ordering paper and supplies, to the layout, to manual letterpress cranking and assembly...I dedicated 100% of myself. In pleasing my parents, I had to create both an English and Chinese edition--thank you to Jennifer Cheng for assisting me with your Chinese language skills. Also, thanks to <a href="http://www.tugboatcreatives.com/">Colleen Deng</a>, I was able to ask for her help in filling in the rest of the blanks--reviewing the proofs, ordering plates/paper, and going through the whole letterpress experience for the first time. She took me to her favorite <a href="http://www.thearmnyc.com/">letterpress studio</a> in Brooklyn and we along with a few friends pumped them out together over the course of a few hours. I'm so pleased with the final product and wish the pictures did it justice.<br />
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I am 23 weeks along at this point. It hasn't been easy, but I know it doesn't get any easier, am I right? hehe It'll be our first child and we have a lot to learn! The baby market alone is overwhelming in itself! I'm just going to take it day by day even though my mind is racing! Suddenly everything feels like it has a timeline that is creeping up quickly!<br />
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One of the hardest things for me is gaining weight. I only eat gluten and dairy free foods for health reasons, so it isn't that I don't crave ice cream and pizza but I honestly can't touch it without risking unwanted complications. Sometimes I crave things so badly that it makes me want to cry. It isn't until the logical side of me kicks in that I can calm down. Boy, am I glad I have a few years of experience on this strict diet rather than having to deal with the mental side of things straight out of going cold turkey.<br />
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Anyway, this is the long overdue and drawn out wedding thank you card project I've been working on on and off. My good moments these days tend to involve eating and cleaning. I wish there was more time in the day!<br />
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Eileen Ng-Frumkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14550934481464713472noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693261357620815657.post-62829456078820071752014-07-15T10:14:00.000-04:002014-07-16T13:06:09.084-04:00Quilled Purple Orchids Unique Stringed Mom Card<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well summer is in full swing and of course I caught one of those horrid summer colds...yay! Thank you mom! :D Yes, she passed it onto me when she was visiting from Maine a few WEEKS ago. I still can't shake this cough!<br />
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How has your summer been so far? It's hot, humid, and extremely wet over here. In fact, we have thunderstorms more often than not lately. It's really not so great for those of us who just want to get outside and enjoy the day!<br />
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In honor of an awesome mother who has left me this great gift of sickness before she left, I present to you this card:<br />
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:P It's a card that took a lot of time making, not only because of all of the quilled pieces but also because of what it took to spell the word "mom." I took a thicker thread and free handed the letters, so essentially, they are "stringed." Each piece had to be carefully glued down...then you wait for it to dry...glue some more...wait some more, etc., etc... Needless to say, a lot of love went into it.<br />
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As for the quilling part, I made orchids and a bunch of smaller leaves glued together to make larger leaves. All of the quilling together did not come close to equaling the time it took to glue down the string! My head was really spinning after all of the concentration it took to complete this card. I'll probably be needing a long, long break before tackling anything like this again when I have time.<br />
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Eileen Ng-Frumkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14550934481464713472noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693261357620815657.post-18166156491880830862014-06-11T15:12:00.001-04:002014-06-11T15:12:08.835-04:00Happy 31st Birthday Handmade Quilled White Flowers Card with Heart Leaves<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This summer we decided to try to eat more organic veggies and support local farms by signing up for <a href="http://www.localharvest.org/csa/">CSA</a> farm shares. I'm pretty sure it's nationwide, so if you're interested you can read a little about it. It's probably more interesting to those who live in cities since it's hard to access fresh produce. The season has been starting off on the slow side. I hope it picks up soon! We've had a lot of salad-type greens and even tried spring nettles for the first time! My husband said that in his motherland, Belarus, they learned to avoid them at an early age because of their ability to give you horrible rashes, similar to our poison ivy. Therefore, they're pests and he said if his parents knew, they'd laugh at us and call us idiots (so we won't tell them then :D). We had to handle them with gloves until we got it into the water to boil. Sounds counter intuitive to stick something like this in my mouth, but I did it anyway...I didn't mind it so much in the end, but it wouldn't something I'd be dying to try again!<br />
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This card has a playful nature to it that I like. It's clean, simple, and modern. I played with the leaf petals to try to get it to look like heart outlines. It was a little hard to control the waves, so parts of it weren't fun at all! They came out a bit clunky, but I am satisfied with the outcome. </div>
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I'm finding it easier to sit in front of the computer today with the severe thunderstorms outside, so here I am writing another post. It's so rare for me to get into a back to back blogging groove nowadays. We're trying desperately to settle in as much as we can since we're receiving a lot interest from family and friends about visits next month. I don't know what's so special about June, but apparently it's a good time to travel? I could use the company, so I'm not complaining!<br />
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This summer will be really different for me in that it's the first summer I am not spending in NYC with my friends and family. Yes, I've been away in college and yes, I've been gone for extended periods of time to other places, but never have I not been able to check in with people physically at some point during the summer months. I think I'll feel it a lot more than usual because summers in NYC are unlike any other. Whether you spend time alone or with others, it's always an exciting time with a lot of action. I am struggling to understand what there is to do in this area while my Facebook feeds have been buzzing with activity from all of my connections in my hometown. I'm not one to truly take advantage of and embrace city life, but I do enjoy little doses of it sparingly. I'm curious as to how I will sum up this period of time when September rolls around.<br />
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This is a card that I made for soon-to-be bride, Karen, for her bridal shower earlier this month. I've known her since late HS/college days and I can't believe she's finally marrying her fiance after so many years (est. 2005). It's a rare thing for people of our generation to push through all of the changes and pressures of life to make it so many years later. They've had to endure many periods of long distance dating when her fiance was in dental school. Well folks, he's finally starting his residency in the city, so they can finally reunite and have the happily ever after they always dreamed about. I wish them all the best! </div>
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All the wedding festivities have come and gone...a month has passed by, yesterday! Time really doesn't wait for you to catch your breath! <br />
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Many more weddings are coming up next month! It's a busy year for those who are my age. Here's a card that I made with simple quilled white blooms:<br />
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The girls threw a surprise bridal shower for me a couple of weeks ago! I rarely get to see these girls anymore being that I live 3 hours away now, so it was definitely a treat for me. :)<br />
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The background decor was made by Jenny on the far right, back row. She's a really great friend to craft with and it's one of the things I miss most about living in NYC. All of the details that went into it was really awesome of her since I treasure that kind of stuff a lot as you may already know. ;)<br />
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This great picture was taken with a tripod on Colleen's camera (far right, bottom row). It felt a bit funny re-gifting the picture she took for me, but what can I say...it is one of the best group pics I've seen out there for any of our gatherings. hehe<br />
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I put my own personal touches on the picture to personalize it a bit more and then printed it with my photo printer. It turned out fabulous! The mat I cut from a larger sheet of pattern paper. It worked out well...quicker than most other cards I've made!<br />
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It's the final stretch! The wedding is next Sunday! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone and, truthfully, getting this over with!!!<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">It's my birthday month and I am actually going to be celebrating my 28th birthday! I'm not big on doing anything, but we do have a lot to be happy for this year so I'd like to think of it as a nice time for reflection. Hopefully it'll be warmer and I can get in a nice stroll. I'm scheduled for the dentist to get in a permanent crown on that day, so it'll make for a memorable birthday for that reason if nothing else. </span></div>
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Lately I've been doing a lot of coupon clipping because why not? What I didn't like was the clippings ending up randomly all over surfaces when I wasn't ready to use them yet. Therefore, I borrowed an idea from my friend, Jenny, and decided to upcycle a small box that I already had:
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From here, it'll turn into a functional box and affix temporarily by way of magnets to the fridge.<br />
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I snipped off the top portion to create an opening. Then, I covered the entire box with my choice of scrapbook paper, which happens to be a gray polka dot paper. I did a crisscross on the front with peach ribbon (yeah, I know I'm loving peach these days!). I threw on the die cut flourish and a premade flower from Michaels.<br />
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All you need to do now is put on the magnets! I actually didn't glue mine to the back. Do you know how the N and S poles of the magnets attract? Well, keeping that in mind, I put multiple magnets on the fridge and I followed up with an equal amount of magnets inside of the box. Just as strongly as they repel, they seem to attract. This allowed me to keep the set up as temporary as possible. My reasoning was that if down the road the box starts falling apart, I would still be able to salvage the magnets cleanly and fuss-free. The trade off is that I am using double the amount of magnets upfront and I'm sacrificing the thickness of the magnet on the inside (where I could've kept more sheets of paper instead).<br />
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So there you have it; a quick project with materials that most of us crafters have on hand and totally useful for coupons, menus, and other notes you may want to keep easily accessible.<br />
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I've been really out of tune with the blogging world and I apologize! <br />
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On the one hand, I have the opportunity to work on all of the crafts I could ever want for my wedding. On the other hand, I do so many repetitions of each aspect that I really miss the freedom of making whatever I want in a heart beat. I am really proud of what I've done thus far, but just in case anyone from my guest list is reading this, I don't want to give away anything prematurely. :X I'm mean like that! :) I am currently working on my guest signing poster. I was glad to shift gears to this after completing a few shy of 100 invites (I will make a separate post for this). Fortunately, they're all out of my hands now and I am very relieved of that. :) We will be traveling down to NYC for it on April 27th (a week after our 5 year anniversary actually) as that is where the majority of our friends and family are. As you can probably imagine, it hasn't been the easiest planning things from 3 hours away.
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For now, I have for you a quilled card for someone celebrating their 29th birthday. I quilled 2 flowers in gold paper, but I felt that it needed more gold so I went ahead and wet embossed the tops in gold as well. That gives you the added metallic look that you see above. I really like this color combo and in fact, I will be using it as part of my wedding color scheme.<br />
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...And just like that we're almost a month into 2014! <br />
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January 31st marks Chinese New Year (lunar calendar). It's the year of the horse. Since the zodiac is on a 12 year cycle, the next year of the horse will not make it's next appearance until 2026!<br />
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I've been pretty bad with keeping up with things lately due to getting settled in and working on my wedding invites, but here, alas, is my contribution to current events in crafting...a Valentine's Day card!<br />
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As usual, November comes around and everyone is working on Christmassy crafts and I'm always stuck in lalaland thinking about flowers. :D C'mon holiday inspiration...any year now!<br />
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Right, so flowers :P...here we go:<br />
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This darling little guy is one of my bridesmaid's son. He's pictured here learning how to walk just a month shy of turning 1 this summer. They really do grow up so quickly!<br />
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Yesterday was a gorgeous 64 degrees and today we're back down to high 30s. Huh? I hope we move into our new home before the snow hits!
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I found this card that I never posted from back in June. It was to my coworker, Khris, for his birthday. He so proudly shows off his softball injuries each week that it's hard not to think of this theme for his card to make his day complete.<br />
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The card took on a cupcake shape and instead of regular frosting, I decorated it using acrylic paint to look like a softball. Each stitch was brushed on with red paint and then sprayed with glitter.
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This is the free cupcake card <a href="http://stampininspirations.blogspot.com/2010/04/little-cs-new-relese-cc-design-stamps.html">template</a> I used.<br />
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I hope spring comes around again soon!
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Eileen Ng-Frumkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14550934481464713472noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693261357620815657.post-249475146489182482013-11-15T14:28:00.002-05:002013-11-15T14:31:49.349-05:00Stunning Thinking of You Card w/ Quilling, Embossing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have to admit, I am a little in love with the clean and simple look of this card. :X It's mostly white, but the gold on it really pops!<br />
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2 quilled flowers and rhinestone centers. The frame was dabbed with a pearlescent paint by hand to create the effect. "Thinking of you" was wet embossed with gold powder. </div>
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It's my 2nd full weekend in Albany. We've been driving down to NYC every other week as my cats are with my dad and we try to drive up things in little batches--whatever we have left in storage. Driving is like night and day. I don't miss that about NYC at all! </div>
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Wishing you all a great weekend!</div>
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Entered in:<br />
-<a href="http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.com/">Delicious Doodles</a> #62 CAS<br />
-<a href="http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/">Crafty Catz</a> Anything Not a Square
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-<a href="http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/">MIM #166</a> Anything Goes<br />
-<a href="http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com/">Paper Playtime</a> #23 Sparkle</div>
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