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Merry Christmas!

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(Belated) Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope all is having a wonderful holiday.
My husband and I went to a candle service at a church on 24th, and had some friends over at our place later that night. It was a lot of fun, but with different parties and going out last week, I’m a bit drained now:p

1. My gingerbread house – first time making the house! I used a recipe for sugar cookies instead of ginger cookies. I like sugar cookies much better. I drafted a pattern for the house, and used icing as a glue to put the cookies together. It was kinda hard, and you can see some m&ms are coming off! But it was so much fun making it!
2. My decorated Christmas tree
3. Festive nails – red & glitter
4. Some handmade gift for my little sister

Party dress for my friend’s wedding

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I made a dress for myself to wear to my friend’s wedding the other day. I knew about the wedding wayyy ahead of time, but I did not make it until one week before the wedding, because I wasn’t sure how much my belly was going to grow and how much weight I was going to gain. Although I made the dress a week before the weeding, I was a bit nervous whether I can fit in it comfortably.

I had a general idea for what I wanted in the dress – I wanted cinched waist (rather right under bust line) and I-line skirt to show off the bump:) I love how the dress came out, and I really loved wearing it! The only thing I would change, is to make the dress with a fabric with some stretch – I don’t know why I didn’t think of it while I was making it, but it would have been so much more comfortable to wear, and eat during the wedding had I made it with stretch fabric! I picked Satin, which has no stretch, I don’t know why. I do love the deep navy blue color though.

I got the necklace from forever 21, and vintage clutch from a thrift shop in Philly (only $5!). I don’t remember where the pumps came from, since I’ve had them for so long.


Wedding was a lot of fun. Beautiful bride, great food, sunny weather..it was almost like a high school reunion with many of my friends from the same high school:)

New York photo diary & meeting BurdaStyle people!

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I took a trip to NY in early November to see my husband’s family and my friends from Philly. I got to spend 3 days in NY, and it was a lot of fun!

Walked around Soho, had lunch at Thai place, had a super mini cupcakes (this adorable shop is located across the street from forever21 in Union Square), went to a fabric district in NY with tons of beautiful notions, trims, fabrics..had a change to visit the famous Mood fabrics. It was like a sewer’s heaven there! I bet I can find any fabric I want at Mood. It was a bit pricey and I did not have any particular garment project in mind, so I ended up coming out of the store, empty handed. But I really enjoyed walking around between the rows of beautiful fabrics.

Also had a chance to visit BurdaStyle office:) It was really nice to finally meet people behind this amazing website. The last picture is me, with Rachel and David. They are wearing the handmade headbands I brought over as a small gift<3