Father's Day: No Deadbeat Dads Here

A personal touch is always appreciated!

I decided against the kids faces for father's day cards,

then I realized each of the dads have a passion in their lives, 

besides their family, of course.

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for the avid tennis players 

for those who love to entertain 

for the one who loves spending time at disneyland with family 

for the one who even has a scuba license 

for the avid golfers 

for the one who love himself some bowl of noodle soup 

for the musician 

 

 

for the doctor of oriental medicine

Birthday Gifts: Anderson's 3!

A personal touch is always appreciated!

Anderson is a fun and friendly kid just like his mama.

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ANDERSON 
a cute dinosaur print allowed me to explore with this color combo. 
wasn't sure how these might turn out and am glad it looks quite good!

the "e" in "adelyn" was replaced by "3". 

YOO original is holding up 3 fingers. 
looks more like a gooey ghost.

Baby's Firsts: Happy 1st Birthday Gabriel!

A personal touch is always appreciated! 

When a couple of my friends and I set John and Efee together, 
we weren't sure it was ever going to work out. 
John was more than interested, Efee, not so much. 
After some pep-talk and some convincing, Efee finally gave him a chance, 
and the rest, as they say, is history. 
After a heartwrenching miscarriage of their first child, 
they gave birth to a healthy and beautiful baby boy, 
and they named him Gabriel, after the angel who gave Mary the good news.

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i was bummed to not find a patterned felt that would match 

this color scheme and that wasn't so cheesy, 

but all in all, i think it turned out pretty well. 

celestial and calming to go with the name, gabriel.

i thought this patterned paper was perfect for gabriel's card. 

also worked well with the colors of the name i made for him. 

notice the halo on top of the "A". 

happy 1st birthday to our angel, gabe. 

  the cut-out of his name, "GABE" from the cover of the card, 

was used on the inside of the card.

YOO original is an angel... with funky looking wings.

Birthday Card: a Growing Family

A personal touch is always appreciated! 

Sue is one of my best friends who married one of my other best friends 
and is now expecting a baby to make his or her debut in December. 
Since it is her first birthday as a soon-to-be mother, 
I wanted to emphasize the "growth" of her family. 

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happy birthday sue 

may there be more growth in your life this year.

blooming flowers. bees busy harvesting honey. displaying growth.

3 flowers & 5 leaves to represent her 35th birthday. 

the bees also have flown away leaving behind a "35" path.

3 distinctively different flowers 

to represent each of the decades of her life.

envelope lid   

YOO original is buzzing away.

Birthday Gifts: Adelyn's 2!

A personal touch is always appreciated!

Adelyn is developing such a personality
and becoming such a girly girl...
but with an attitude. 

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ADELYN
i got this color combo from a pink & brown outfit she wore one day.

the "n" in "adelyn" was replaced by "2". 
found some cute foamie shapes perfect for a princess. 

YOO original is a cute princess

Baby's Firsts: Happy 1st Birthday Brooklynn!

A personal touch is always appreciated! 

Hard to believe yet another baby, Brooklynn, has turned 1. 

And even harder to believe that it's Langhi & Hoang's second child who turned 1. 

I feel like Anderson turned 1 not too long ago. It's madness!

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i went with the cheetah print since i figure 

brooklynn probably has the memphis ghetto fabulousness from her mama.

the "y" in her name supporting a cupcake with 1 candle. 

the cupcake didn't quite turn out the way i had envisioned... 

i probably should have gone with more contrasting color scheme. 

added the beads for the bling effect as i did for her mom's card. haha. 

YOO original wearing the cupcake

Thank You!: Girls are the Best

A personal touch is always appreciated! 

I was asked to make thank you cards for a friend of a friend, 

who saw one of my posts in the birthdays album (it was for Madeline) 

on facebook and wanted one of the works replicated. 

I made 30 thank you cards for the guests 

who came to little Estella's 1st birthday party. 

I must say, I had a ton of fun making them. 

I feel like there's more ways to get creative 

when I work on little girls' projects than boys.

I found these cute flower patterned scrapbook papers, 

could not decide on which color to go with, so decided on all of them. 

All five colors go well with the adorable little girl Estella in hanbok, 

so it all worked out! 

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thank you! 

don't the scrapbook papers work really well with the hanbok colors?

giving the 3-d look always adds something extra to the card. 

several layers of contrasting color & patterns of paper stock 
also adds something extra to the card. 

inside the card was laid with the floral patterns 

that were used for the trims in the hanbok