Engagement Card for Sarah and Rob

I am so happy that Sarah and Rob are engaged! Here is a card for them!!








Sarah: Will you carry me forever?






Rob: I already am.

Jess' Bridal Shower Card

Best Wishes to Jess and Marcin!! I am so looking forward to their wedding!!

Happy Birthday to Aaron!!!

Today is Aaron's birthday!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo!!

This entire family is coming to MI celebrate his birthday. We will go to Mackinac Island in Northern Michigan this long weekend, I am going to enjoy the summer, relax by the lake, and watch the wonderful fireworks!

Hope you enjoy the summer!!!

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Hi everyone! Hope you are enjoying your weekend.
Saturday I went to a potluck, and I prepared red velvet cupcakes!

Of course I didn't make it from scratch, lol. I bought this cute cupcake mix from HomeGoods for $7.99. The company is

Pelican Bay Ltd from Florida.

You can make 12 cupcakes or 18 minis. Here is the instruction on the back:

The instruction is very easy to follow. And the cupcakes are delicious! Hope you also try to make them!

Birthday Card For LiYan

This card is for my middle school friend LiYan who lives in Chicago. Her birthday is coming in July 4th! Hope she will have a great one.



Detail instructions to make the bear from papercraftcentral.com

Simply Delicious - Seafood Pasta

I made this seafood pasta dish for dinner. It was really simple, and it took about 15 minutes to make.

What I used:
pasta, olive oil, garlic, shrimp, mussels, Chinese red pepper black bean sauce, Chinese cooking wine, parsley, oregano, salt and pepper.

1) Follow the instructions on the pasta package and start making the pasta.
2) While waiting for the pasta to cook, pour olive oil into a pan. When the oil warms up, add garlic.
3) Put mussels (meat side down), Chinese red pepper black bean sauce, and shrimp into the pan.
4) When the mussels and shrimp are almost cooked, add Chinese cooking wine. Wait till the wine evaporates.
5) The pasta should be done by now. Drain it and add the pasta into the pan with the seafood.
6) Add parsley, oregano, salt and pepper. Mix everything well.

And that's it! Very simple, and very delicious!!
Hope you will try to make it too.

- Ying

Father's Day Cards

Card for dad:

And this one is for Aaron's Dad:

Birthday Card For Mom

Hello Card For Heidi

Haven't seen Heidi and Dean for a long while, this is a hello card I made for them.

Kiwano!

We had Kiwano for the first time!

The Kiwano (also known as the Horned Melon, melano, African horned cucumber, jelly melon, hedged gourd, and/or English tomato) is a fruit native to a region of the Kalahari Desert. When picked green and allowed to ripen, the fruit tastes like a mix of cucumber and kiwifruit. When it's picked fully ripe, it has a banana-like taste.
(Credit: Wikihow)



Ours were purchased at Meijer for $3.99. It really tasted like banana and a bit sour. The texture was interesting. It is mushy. You suck the juice and eat the fleshy fruit around the seeds of the Kiwano, then spitted them out (you can also eat the seeds). The best place to eat is near the sink. We enjoyed the experience. And I would recommend to anyone who never tried it before.



Overall: 3.5/5
Taste: 3.5/5
Texture: 3/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Would I eat it again: Less likely (I am glad that I tried it once, but I won't buy it again because the texture.)

Card for Orna and Evan's Baby Girl

Thanks for Kristina ("Starofmay" from Youtube) had a giveaway, I won a whole bunch of scrapbook materials!! Today, I followed Kristina's tutorial online and made this card for Orna and Evan's baby girl.

St. Martin's gans

We went to dinner at a restaurant in Blackforest on St. Martin's day (November 11). On this day it is a tradition to have geese for a meal. This photo is our appetizer. All the elements on this plate are made from different parts of geese. It is very tasty of course.