Full of Ham on Christmas

I've been meaning to blog the day after Christmas and I just kept pushing and pushing and got distracted! So here it is!

How was everyone's Christmas?? Hope everyone had a good one!

Ours was great!!!! We baked cookies, gave crumbs to Ellye, made Ham Christmas dinner, ate bunch of food, watched Die Hard which is one of my dad's favorite movie and lots of family time! I just felt bad that we couldn't get our family any Christmas presents this year since we are still broke from our wedding and the move! :( But we promise that we will get them gifts for 2011 Christmas since my husband and I plan on working our butts off to save up money again.

Also, we are thankful for those who gave us Christmas presents this year. We love it!!

Check out some of the photos I took on Christmas Eve & Day!

Ellye was eyeing on our butter cookies!

I used some food coloring to decorate our breakfast.

MMmm Ham! Leftover ham is still delicious! You can put them in your breakfast, sandwich, pasta and all sorts!

Check out some photos I took with my iPhone using Instagram app!

Aren't they really cool? I love their filters! Got to play around with them more!

So 3 days left till New Year's Eve! What are you doing on New Year's? My husband is cooking for me so I'm super excited! :) It's going to be a surprise menu too so I just can't wait!

Xmas Postcard #6!!! The last Postcard!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Yup! This is the last postcard! This has been an awesome experience to make postcards and I loved it. I want to make some more for myself in the future for sure. 

I want to thank for those who have been checking out my blog for 6 days of Christmas Postcard updates!

I'm currently working on a drawing for my dad's birthday which is in December 24th! Will try to blog about it before Christmas if I'm not too busy baking cookies and getting ready for Christmas dinner~

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Xmas Postcard #5!

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"Merry Christmas" in German.

Christmas Angel in Germany. Isn't she gorgeous? I've never been to Germany but my husband grew up there for close to 6 years. We hope that one day we will celebrate our Christmas there.

This youtube video might give you an idea what it's like down there! :) Perfect to bring your kids!

Xmas Postcard #4 by Corey

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A Postcard #4 by my husband, Corey McDaniel!

At the beginning, I planed on doing all 6 postcards myself but then figured if it's FROM The McDaniels then my husband should contribute and make one too. So I made 5 and he made 1. But honestly out of all the postcards, this is looking the best. Mine doesn't feel like postcard where as his does and it's actually FUNNY and cute!

My husband is my hero and I'm his #1 fan. :)

Check back tomorrow for Postcard #5!!

Xmas Postcard #3 + Dinner Menu Complication

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So I've shown this postcard to few and sent to 9 people. And the feedback I got was interesting.

- It's mean!

- It's sad.

- It's gross.

- It's cruel!

- Poor Santa.

- I want cookie...

and etc. Don't worry, Santa is okay. This happens to Santa all the time so they are always prepared with backup Santa. Lol.

Hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday afternoon. I'm sure some of you are relaxing with your kids and family or experiencing hangover from last night's last Christmas party with friends/coworkers or doing last minute Christmas shopping. Or is it too early to call it that? Well what ever you are doing, I hope you are enjoying it and preparing for the Holidays.

Only 6 days left till Christmas! I'm so glad that I finalized the Christmas menu. For a whole month, my husband, my brother and my parents were fighting over what they want to eat for Christmas. My husband wants Ham, my brother wants Turkey and my parents want Chicken. And the winner is Ham. My parents don't want turkey for sure and don't mind ham. My brother doesn't want chicken for sure but doesn't mind ham so we all settled on HAM. I'm glad that's over.

What's your Christmas dinner menu? Just don't end up eating too much desserts and end up like that Santa up there.

Check back tomorrow for Postcard #4!!!

Xmas Postcard #2 + Santa Ellye

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Nutcracker! I would like to own one of these myself one days! Not to use them but to display them! I think they are so cute!

7 days left till Christmas! Yay! And here is Ellye as Santa! Haha.

Check back tomorrow for Postcard #3!!!

Xmas Postcard #1 + Christmas Decor

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"Can't stop thinking about those sweet pepperminty curved sticks!!" - Fat Reindeer

I've been wanting to draw deers for a long time so I did it and I loved it.

Also, check out our Christmas decorations around the house! The white angel flew all the way from Korea! Literally! From my awesome friend Hyoji unnie!

Quite honestly, we are broke after our wedding so I decided to make some of the Christmas decorations myself. I'm not very good at crafting as you can see but it was fun! I felt like a little kid again! Also, this is really our first time decorating our place. When we lived in Yaletown apartment, they were so strict about christmas trees and decorations since it's fire hazard and the apartments are super tiny. So couldn't decorate our place close to 3-4 years. Next year I want Christmas Tree! :)

Did you decorate your place? It's fun isn't it?

Happy Holidays! Check back tomorrow for Postcard #2!!! :)

2010 Christmas Postcards Sneak peek!

Check out the sneak peek of the Christmas postcards that I designed excluding the one that was designed by my husband. :)

Check back starting from tomorrow till next Wednesday to see the full designs! I will post one of each every day~

Few of you asked me if they are on sale. No, they aren't. I've designed them for personal use to send it to my family and friends to wish them Merry Christmas~

The quality of the postcards are superb! I love Moo.com!

Weekend Happiness

A fabulous weekend has gone by and it's already Tuesday. I can't believe it's almost halfway into weekdays. Feels like just couple hours ago I was sitting in my dining table enjoying my birthday party.

It was a surprise birthday tea party that was thrown by my most wonderful friends that I will treasure for rest of my life. Everyone did so well trying to hide this party from me. Including my husband, my brother AND my parents. Especially my mom, who normally isn't so good at hiding things from me~ ;) Again, I want to thank everyone for the party and those who wished me happy birthdays. I feel so lucky to have such a wonderful family and friends!

The weekend was packed with surprises and happiness. Snow was my first gift from mother nature. It really started to pile up 30 minutes before my birthday. I just had to go outside with Ellye and play with snow till past midnight. Then, a birthday breakfast by my mom. Seaweed soup! It's tradition in Korea to eat seaweed soup on your birthday. Then, a surprise birthday party by my friends and my husband when I came home for lunch. Then, birthday dinner with one of my best friend and her boyfriend. Sunday was mainly relaxing, do nothing and playing The Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess on Wii day. And birthday dinner with my brother. Also, I got a job offer too which I took! So I'm all set for 2011! :D

I told you it was a packed weekend!! :) It's surprise surprise every year. Did I mention that Ellye was a surprise birthday gift from my husband last year with a help from our friend? I seriously had no idea even till I got to the place to check out the puppies! Cause I thought my friend was getting a puppy. Not me! I bawled my eyes out immediately after my husband said, "Pick one". Lol. Good times.

Check out some of the photos my friends and I took over the weekend!

Snow snow snow!!!!! Thank you mother nature!

Photo taken by Shirley. All cooked and baked by my friends for my birthday tea party! They are all so talented!

Photos taken by Athena. Some shots from the party. Loved the decoration & food!

The gifts I've received!

Handmade birthday card from my hubby! Isn't it cute?

My hubby & I. I heart him!

We went a little crazy with the balloons. Haha. And nah, she is not being tortured. She actually loves balloons. We popped all the balloons but one for Ellye to play with!

After my birthday weekend, I've been pretty busy with my Christmas postcards! Will post updates soon!

"Postcards Postcards Postcards.... Post.. cards.."

These days all I'm thinking about is "Must get Christmas postcard designs finished!"

That's the first thing I think of when I wake up, after finishing lunch, after finishing dinner, after cleaning the house and just whenever I'm done with something I HAVE to do during the day. 

I've gave myself 4 days to design each postcards and only counting 4-5 hours a day since I still got to do chores around the house. Can't just ignore all that cause then the house will fall apart and my husband will starve. Lol. 

My birthday is exactly a week away from today. And honestly, I have no time to think about that. I am aware that it's coming and I am excited but that's about it! I'm just going to let my husband do all the planning! Heh.

"Postcards Postcards Postcards Postcards Postcard.... Post.. cards.." It rings in my head! 

So far I've done 2 postcards out of 6. So far so good and I am very satisfied! :) I am super tempted to post what I've done so far but my husband tells me that it's more of an wow factor when I'm all done 6 and post it all up at the same time. I definitely agree but I can't help the temptation! Lol. 

Anyways, tomorrow I'm starting postcard #3! Looks like I won't be blogging again till I'm done with #3 postcard and have some spare time~ 

If you are working on something Christmasy, share it with me! :)

Why I love Fall

My favorite season of the year is here! FALL!

I love fall! Everything about Fall makes me feel so fuzzy inside. 

Here are 10 reasons why I love Fall!

1. Boots! I love boots. Every time I walk into shoes stores, first thing I do is look for boots and try on boots! Sometimes I wear boots during summer time with skirt! Why not? Heh.

2. Long coat! I seriously own at least 15 med-long coats. I have pink, black, green, blue, brown and white coats! This is why my husband yells at me if I want to buy a new one!

3. Tasty soups! I loveeee eating soup during Fall. It just goes so well with the weather. Chicken noodle soup is my favorite! And Korean Tofu soup!

4. Halloween! I love celebrating Halloween day. Nuff said!

5. Prepping for Christmas! Again, who doesn't love Christmas? Where ever you go it's all Christmas themed. I'm listening to Christmas song right now as I type!

6. Fall trees! It's weird how nature works. As the weather gets colder the leaves turn yellow, orange, brown and golden colors. All warm colors. Even though it's cold out, when I stare in to those trees it make me feel warm!

7. Birthdays! My mom and I's birthday is in November! 10 days apart!

8. Blankets! I know this may sound childish but I like to warp myself in blankets and watch tv. You can't do that in summer! 

9. Cinnamon everything! Cinnamon scented candles, candies, pancake, cinnamon rolls, coffee from Starbucks and more. I enjoy it more during Fall~ It's funny cause I used to hate cinnamon but I heart it now.

10. Packed with happiness! Fall for me is just packed with events and good memories. I love fall. :)

Walking Ellye is so much fun these days cause it's funny to watch her go crazy trying to grab all the leaves on the ground! It can be a headache though if you want to have a smooth quiet walk. Hah.

Halloween day FUN

How was your Halloween weekend? Still recovering from it? Hope everyone had a blast cause we sure did!

I wasn't going to dress up as anything since I dressed up Ellye but figured since I'm handing out candies to kids, I got to make it fun some how so I searched my drawers and decided to go with a nerdy costume. The MOST easy costume ever. No $$$ required! And it was doable for something I had to decide in 10 minutes!

And we had some BBQ! My husband & I literally filled our stomach with lots and lots of BBQ pork ribs! It was delicious. My mom really knows how to marinate meat! :D

Also, check out the pumpkins we carved! :D First one was carved by me. Second and third by my husband! 

Ellye was such a good sport all day! Waiting by the candy basket for kids to come by and protecting it from my husband from stealing one by one! Haha. I'm so glad we got tons of kids that day! I got to say that all their parents are all artists! So creative with their children's costumes! :)

"I Do Not Like The Cone of Shame"

"Squirrel!"

Ellye dressed up as Dug from Up Pixar movie! Took me 3 weeks to make that collar and it was worth it! :) Doesn't she look like Dug? She is very photogenic too! ;)

Here is Dug from Up!

And here is Ellye dressed up as Dug!

From many sides!

And close up of the collar!

I just can't wait to hand out candies to little kids on Sunday with Ellye and my hubby! Hope kids will recognize Ellye dressed up as Dug! 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! :D