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February 2011

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Protecting my precious books :)

Hello friends,

It’s been a long while but I seriously can’t help it. I have been so busy with school, there isn’t much time for anything :-(

Today I want to share with you something cool. You can tell it’s tightly related to what I have been doing lately :-) BOOKSSSS

These are the the books I reach for everyday. I’m a tiny bit OCD so I hate bended corners, ink smears,…any kind of unnecessary damage to my books so I cover them. Growing up, going to school in Vietnam, we always had to cover all books and notebooks. It was mandatory. Yup, some serious stuff :-) Mainly because we were given calligraphy pens and carrying small ink containers with us to class in first grade. It might be hard for you to imagine but let’s just say it was a disaster before any of us learn how to write anything.

Anyway, back to the books. I started covering them with Karft paper with the intention of doing the same thing as I did here but after only 3 of my books were covered I ran out of paper :-(

My first thought was subway map :-) like here but I didn’t have any maps on hands. Staring right at me was a stack of newspapers…so BOOM!, the rest of my books were covered with the art section of the New York Times :)

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How fun is this one as the cover of Behavioral Science?

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Then I whipped out my calligraphy marker…

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Look pretty good on the shelf, don’t they?

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Hope you like my little coping mechanism with OCD :-P

Say what? You might get your hands covered in ink from the newspapers?

Oh well, maybe you can use it as proof that you studied ;-)

Until next time…

Psst…My best friend got me a sewing machine for my birthday!! How awesome is it?

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My hubbie on the other hand, got me this baby

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If you know me at all, I’m dying to make something using the sewing machine and sharing it with you using the new camera! :) be still my heart!

Feb 25, 20112 notes
#books #camera #covering books #sewing machine #craft #DIY #kraft paper #newspapers

January 2011

5 posts

Jan 12, 201122 notes
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Jan 7, 20113 notes
#Cards #card making #Valentines's day cards #card making video #tutorial #instructions
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Jan 6, 2011
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Jan 4, 20112 notes
#cards #card making #card making video #card making tutorial #tutorial #instructions #Valentines's day cards #sea turtles #coloring #Gamsol #colored pencils
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Jan 3, 20111 note
#DIY #card making #card making video #craft #Valentines's day cards #tutorial #instructions #monkeys #love

August 2010

9 posts

Aug 25, 201016 notes
All clear for the semester!

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Aug 23, 20104 notes
#DIY #card making #craft #cards #handmade #crafts #papers #doilies #orange
Happy Birthday Videhi!

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Happy Birthday my friend! I’m so glad you’re BD in now and not later when we’re already apart! :-( I will miss you so very much!

You better keep in touch! You know what I will do if you don’t!

Can’t wait for ice cream time with you later! ;-)

Aug 15, 2010
#cards #card making #handmade #crafts #papers #paper flowers #Happy Birthday #Happy Birthday Card
One more week!

I’m thankful that there’s only one more week of school. One more week of Basic Sciences. One more week of Antigua…

One more week until Brooklyn. One more week till back to life in NY. One more week until friends and family…

One more week.

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Aug 11, 2010
#one more week #cards #handmade #DIY #crafts #papers #thank you card #paper flowers
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#cupcake #wedding #yellow #purple #flowers #cupcake stand
Playing along with EtsyInspired Challenge!

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What can actually keep me calm while studying for big big big Shelf exam? Taking on another challenge that helps me use the other side of my brain!

Check out the 100th EtsyInspired Challenge here

My chosen inspiration:

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My very own interpretation:

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It’s not a weekend for us medical school students but I hope it’s a real weekend for everyone else! Have a good one :-)

Aug 7, 2010
#Challenge #Etsy #EtsyInspired #EtsyInspired Challenge #cards #handmade #DIY #crafts #papers #flowers
I'm thankful for my Babushka

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I got a call from my grandma in law the other day wishing me luck on my exams, asking me how I was and also making sure I ate :-D. Besides reading my every blog post, she always makes me feel so cared for and loved. I can’t wait to come home and eat her awesome food :-P

I wanna learn Russian. Any suggestion on what program I should use?

Aug 6, 20102 notes
#cards #card making #babushka #butterflies #butterfly card #thank you card #thanksgiving #fall #orange #handmade #crafts
I'm thankful for the Antiguan Carnival!

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I have 2 exams on Wednesday and they’re worth 38% of the whole course. Right now, I’m thankful for the Antiguan Carnival. “What in the world?” you’d ask. But you see, The Antiguan Carnival is a big celebration for the locals here. So our school is closed for 2 days. That gives me 2 extra days to study. Boy, I don’t even want to think about what would happen if I don’t have these 2 days. Anyways…

Hope you enjoy the card. I love the little birdie. It makes me smile.

Have a great week everyone!

Aug 1, 2010
#cards #handmade #card making #thanksgiving #thanks #thank you card #bird #fall #papers #crafts

July 2010

10 posts

Thank you!

I got an idea :)

I have a few thank you cards to share with you all so every time I share one with you, I’ll tell you a few things that I’m thankful for at the moment…whatever pops in my head :-). In return, you tell me what you’re thankful for as well. Deal?

Here goes…

I’m thankful for the fact that my quest of completing my MD degree is almost half way through. This means moving back to NY, living with hubby, being closer to family and old friends, getting used to NY all over again. I’m so excited!

I’m thankful for my med school friends. The people who laughed and cried with me through the ups and downs of the roller coaster ride called med school. We were destined to be at the same place at the same time to get through the same challenge together.

I’m thankful that I’ll get to see my husband in a few days.

I’m thankful for this delicious bowl of cereal and milk right in front of me right now :D

Your turn…

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For this card, I felt like playing around with inchies, using different type of pattern papers from the same collection and arranging them again and again until they look right to me. I used foam tape to pop some of them off of the card to create some interest.

Disclaimer: This process helps calm me down so now I can go study again for my upcoming 7 exams left for this semester. Yay! Wish me luck!

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Have a wonderful weekend!

Jul 31, 20102 notes
#cards #thank you card #fall #papers #paper flowers #card making #crafts #handmade
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Jul 30, 20101 note
#cards #card making #tutorial #instructions #card making video #card making tutorial #DIY #papers #crafts #handmade
Thank you very much :-)

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Jul 29, 2010
#cards #card making #card making video #DIY #handmade #crafts #papers #paper flowers
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Jul 29, 2010
#cards #card making #card making video #card making tutorial #tutorial #instructions #congratulations card #Congrats cards
Phi Delta Epsilon

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Jul 28, 20103 notes
#cards #card making #DIY #handmade #Phi Delta Epsilon #purple #cream #papers #crafts
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