Ceremony Backdrops

This past weekend, I attended a friend’s small wedding ceremony at Houston’s Japanese Garden in Hermann Park. The garden itself and two trees served as her casual altar. Her friend captured the moment beautifully.

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Semi-DIY Lunar New Year (Tet) Food

January flew by and it’s already Lunar New Year!

I like sharing Tet with my Texan friends since my family is in California, but it can be time-consuming to prepare all the food by myself. My general policy for hosting is to make half/buy half and this year I focused on a smaller gathering with some new recipes I wanted to try. Continue reading

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Semi-DIY Holiday Cards

Personalized holiday cards–it’s like we’re a real family! Neither C-Man or I are great photographers so we googled images that would convey the cute/cheesy things I love and his love of all things gangsta. Continue reading

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Semi-DIY Princemas Sandwich Cookies

C-Man and I decided to host the second annual Princemas party with Prince music, Prince-themed food, guests dressed in purple, and Prince decorations.

For my Prince-themed food contribution, I thought I would make Prince symbol cookies. I had taken a cookie class at All In One Bakery and felt inspired. However, in class, the dough was premade and we just cut out and decorated the cookies. I naively thought I could easily make cookies from scratch even though I’ve never done it before. Continue reading

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Birthday Hat and Tissue Paper Flowers

Wrapping up the auntie duties, I made a birthday hat for my niece and 14 tissue paper flowers for party decorations. Continue reading

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