Weekend Wishes…

It has been such a busy week for me, I sometimes surprise myslef managing to do everything somehow… It has been such a fun week, too, I got to go to Affordable Art Fair (lots of pictures to report soon), Design on a Dime event (see my donation!), and then a bachelorette party this weekend… :)

Just wanted to wish you guys a happy weekend, I am off to letterpress studio now…

Also, wishing our moms a happy mother’s day!!! We love you!!!

Pictures are from Brooklyn Botanical Garden I visited last weekend for the Cherry Blossom Festival. Perfect for our moms!

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Brooklyn Lyceum Craft Market

I wanted to share some photos from the craft market this weekend… it was fun, it was a bit slower than we all hoped to be (because it was raining all day, so bad outside all day… :() but it was a great experience, I think I learned a lot and I also realized how hard it is to do this all the time like some artisits do. I have so much more respect now for the people at the craft shows! It was so nice to see people’s reaction and encouragement in person, thank you so much for everyone who stopped by my booth and looked at my stuff!

My welcome area: I brought my wood type blocks to spell out my studio name (it’s mirrored letters so a bit hard to read, though, my stuff is printed with wood types so I wanted to show some at the table) and I wanted to print something for the show for everyone to take home, business cards are small and people might lose them so I printed “HELLO!” postcards on recycled chipboard. My studio information on the back. I love how it came out, it feels so good with the impressions!

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Live What You Love prints:

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and my new cards; alphabet greeting cards and silver and gold note cards… coming soon at my etsy shop! M for Mother card was a hit :) It’ll make a cute Mom-to-be card, too.

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The alphabets are printed with wood types so I brought each letter for display, too. I will be posting a making-of pictures soon, too…

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View from my seat:

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That was another thing… I always enjoy shopping at the craft shows, but this time, I couldn’t shop… so that was a little sad part :) I met a few awesome talented people, though, it was great!

Oh, and I have to thank Randy, my husband so so much for all his support!! I couldn’t do this without him, and he was a big help as always! Also, my cousin-in-law, Greg and his girlfriend Caitlin came by from Boston! It was so nice to see you guys, thank you so much!

Easter Cupcakes

I hope you all had a nice Easter weekend… we did a major spring cleaning this weekend and ran lots of small errands etc. and I baked cupcakes for the Easter! I thought it might be fun to share my very easy cupcake “making of” post today instead of printing and typography stuff :) It’s just fun to create something and if it’s eatable, even better!

Preparation:

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I used a box of cake mix so all I have to do is to add water, oil, and eggs! Now, mix it together.

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Cute pastel color cupcake sheets.

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Put the cake mix into each – I actually put chocolate pudding into vanilla cake mix for extra moisture so it looks brown.

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Oven is preheated at 350 degrees in the meantime…

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Wait for 20 min… and voilà! Smells soo good at this point. (inhaaaale)

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Cool them down for a while and when it’s completely cooled down, put frosting on top… and yay, there they are, cupcakes! I used cream cheese frosting and kept them very simple (well, I wish I knew how to make those cute decorative ones…) – They came out so good! The pudding actually works great, it was so moist!

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For your Monday morning treat… Have a great week, everyone!

Save the Date — May 3rd

Oh my god, I did it, I signed up for this Brooklyn Lyceum Craft Market on Sunday the May 3rd! Please save the date if you are in New York area, this one is entitled “The Anti-Depression Session” — everything you’ll see there will be priced for $30 and under! It’s going to be fun and come say hi to me at my first ever craft show!

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I always love going to craft shows, (I think my friends, chibi. is the first one to inspire me to go to craft shows) and when I opened my online shop, I was of course interested in having my shop at craft shows… but wasn’t really sure if I was ready… and then Deb from Brooklyn Lyceum found my shop and asked me if I was interested… and I finally decided to do one! I am excited and nervous, but it’s in my neighborhood and I went there just before the holiday and I liked it so it’s going to be fun no matter what happens! Please spread the words for May 3rd! I’ll be printing more prints and cards this months for sure… Any advise you guys have would be awesome, too! Thank you :)

Picture is from the holiday show — the place was really cozy and filled with many great booths!

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