tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53875649382499308242012-01-21T20:08:01.204-05:00LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.comBlogger2391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-17904357858753421492012-01-21T19:48:00.005-05:002012-01-21T20:08:01.212-05:00

Mexican Kaiten Sushi @ Taka TakaSorry guys for being MIA! During the end of last year I got my first full time job and its been exhausting! Some readers/friends have been prodding me to write more posts (you know who you are!) My first review was much better but I had to delete the whole post because there was a glitch in it! SIGH! So here's the first post of the new year!A new year means new

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Otakon 2011 has yet again come and gone and I know it's been over for a few months but here's the pictures finally! This year the weather was nice and sunny but a bit on the hot side. Unfortunately we couldn't be there on Friday so we arrived Saturday instead. The above picture is from the Arena where some of the really big shows are hosted such as Masquerade and concerts. The cosplay above is

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-54035670875518449132011-09-07T18:36:00.002-04:002011-09-07T18:55:25.983-04:00

Nerds Get the Chicks Tote @ LiPeony!I know better late then never but I finally got one of my favorite prints on a tote bag. The reason behind the lateness was I wanted to try it out and it's been about two months that I've been wearing it out hanging with my friends. It's 100% cotton with a whopping 15 x 16 inches of space for random things. I love the size and simplicity because I just throw

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"When Santa runs out of elves he uses happy chicks" I know it's not even the end of August and I'm already preparing for the holiday season in my shop LiPeony! Actually it didn't even cross my mind until one day I was lurking in the Etsy Forums and stumbled upon this post by KreatedByKatrina (btw visit her soap for soap goodies like gingerbread men soap! ) and she's been one of those long

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Governor's Island Nolan Park Isn't it amazing a place so full of trees and picturesque as Governor's Island is literally 10 minutes away from lower Manhattan? For last Saturday which Mr. Weatherman said would be thunder storming (which it did not) I was volunteering to help teach people how to make some origami whales, fish and crabs. Ferry entrance/exit at Governor's Island First off the ferry

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Ah remember the little origami people I use to make? This Saturday I'll be at Governor's Island teaching people how to fold some cute origami sea creatures! Every weekend the New New Team get together and teach a certain craft. I haven't been to Governor's Island for a long time but I do remember it was a very calm and picturesque place and there's a free ferry that goes to the island from both

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-25178724214978181442011-06-07T14:17:00.005-04:002011-06-07T14:50:35.407-04:00

Last Friday my awesome friend Jingo and I went to this little area of pop up restaurants and eateries called Madison Square Park Eats. This little event takes place for a whole month and unfortunately we were only able to make it for the last day. The experience made me wish I had known about this sooner!What make this event so great is that many of these little pop up shops have their main

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Box of Cupcakes @ LiPeonyThe school year is winding down and my sister came back from college. We spent the weekend roaming around the city until we got to this long line along Broadway in NYC. She insisted I had to try these super miniature cupcakes from Baked by Melissa. As small as my thumb they were adorable albeit a tad pricey but all 12 flavors we tried were delicious! My favorite hands

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-28884827181355334252011-05-06T22:06:00.002-04:002011-05-06T22:16:14.475-04:00

I'll be helping out but not vending at this awesome craft fair! Stop by if you're in the neighborhood!

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A Monster Bedtime Story @ LiPeonyI remember as a kid I had a huge book of tiny bedtime stories one for every night of the year. It got passed down to my brother who pours over it. I'm a big fan of books like these because there's just so many stories inside one collection and it was conveniently all in one book with a picture for each. I created the above picture because of this penchant for late

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Dinosaur and Chibi Boy @ LiPeonyThe weather has been awfully nice lately and its definitely a pleasant change then those cold spells and blizzards this winter was filled with. Unfortunately with this sudden change of weather I always have Spring fever/cold . Anyways I hope everyone else is doing great! I had many people tell me I should make more boy oriented art and inspired by my 10 year old

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-23533772060649159402011-04-11T10:51:00.003-04:002011-04-11T11:36:56.079-04:00

Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC was awesome though me and the bf got there during the tail end of the festival. Though unfortunately there was this big rain storm on Friday that seem to have swept a good amount of the blossoms away. We did take some pictures of the remaining blossoms like above. The biggest highlight for me was the Sakura Matsuri which was this giant street fair filled

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-50515553236381599822011-03-26T20:18:00.002-04:002011-03-26T20:42:29.427-04:00

I thought the day before while rushing to finish a whole bunch of felt pins that I would donate my earnings from today's vending at Brooklyn Flea to the Red Cross. I guess someone heard because I had my best day ever. My normally slow prints went out like hotcakes in the afternoon and I sold twice as many pins as I normally sell. I'm taking it as a sign and the minute I put the money into the

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-2443381988263787202011-03-16T11:03:00.002-04:002011-03-16T11:17:58.276-04:00

Nerd and Chicks 5 x 7 @ LiPeonyIts been a while since I've written but I've been studying for an important test and its pretty funny how I got into this situation. Normally I'm pretty lazy and I love to procrastinate but life always comes along and gives me a kick in the rear end to keep on going forward. That takes me here...I've always thought about printing a few select designs of my art on

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-70435891020209180582011-03-03T10:15:00.003-05:002011-03-03T10:22:13.115-05:00

Busy Blue Octopus @ LiPeonyHave you ever had one of those days that you feel like you wish you had extra hands to do all the stuff you needed to do? For the past two months I've been studying non-stop for an exam and now with two weeks away it's crunch time! When I'm suppose to be studying my mind and hands wander off to draw, craft, computer, books, do laundry, clean, cook and a host of a

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-75361777653453752482011-02-25T12:51:00.004-05:002011-02-25T13:34:55.016-05:00

Coffee Love @ LiPeonyToday I'm on a coffee loving trip. On those occasions when I have a pounding headache or just feeling all drained in the morning... coffee works its magic. There are zillions of different ways to make coffee... sugar or not, cream or not, hazelnut, french vanilla and all those different coffee beans. One of my favorite places in Wholefoods and Dean & Deluca is passing by the

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-83917742195691861892011-02-21T16:47:00.006-05:002011-02-21T21:07:47.550-05:00

I must confess I am not one of the neatest person in the world so when I was searching for something else I found these tiny kraft envelopes I brought from Muji almost a year ago. I decided to make some mini cards using another long lost craft I use to do which was rubber stamping carving. I used an old cupcake and heart stamp and carved a new cloud one. I used some sparkle modpodge on the

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-56971985767905570592011-02-15T10:33:00.003-05:002011-02-15T10:45:10.735-05:00

Sunflower Love Song Print @ LiPeonyOh you weather fiend... after months of coldness and snowstorms we just got a touch of Spring and right around Valentine's day so that's pretty awesome! I visited the Philadelphia Art Museum... yes the place where Rocky ran up those steps. The building itself was beautiful and the art inside was gorgeous. My favorite ones were the rooms modeled after Japanese

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-44467096302961970262011-02-02T11:23:00.003-05:002011-02-02T11:48:10.996-05:00

Cotton Candy Balloon Bunny @ LiPeonyHappy Chinese New Year to all! This is the year of the bunny! If you're born on these years 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999 or 2012 then you're a rabbit. New Year's is a time to reflect and be thankful for family and friends. So hope everyone all snug and warm with their loved ones today!Until next time Happy Chinese New Year!

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-58694964121903894212011-01-21T09:57:00.006-05:002011-01-22T23:43:54.735-05:00

LiPeony @ Brooklyn FleaBrr! Tomorrow is suppose to dip into the 20's in the coldest temperatures of the season so far. With my luck I happen to be vending at Brooklyn Flea. Its one of my favorite places to not only sell but buy. It's only though the wonderful people of the NewNewTeam that I was able to really get myself out in my local neighborhood. If you're out braving the cold tomorrow stop on

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Love Letter to a Mermaid @ LiPeonyIn this age of technology with the Facetime, Skype, cell phones, email, im, virtual chats and what not it's seems rare that people send each other handwritten letters. I happen to think of this when I notice Valentine's day is quickly approaching. I also use the above technology to communicate with my long distance boyfriend but once in a while I would write a

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Barn Owl and Mouse Cupcake @ LiPeonyI was on the verge of not posting the little print above because I thought to myself owls have been so overdone and they're everywhere on etsy and also in stores. That changed when I read this article on etsy called Fearless Creativity... it really spoke to me. There are always so many ideas bouncing in my head but few make it on paper because of the reasons

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-24704392798969587462011-01-05T11:36:00.004-05:002011-01-05T12:15:12.637-05:00

Sir Octopus and His Afternoon Tea @ LiPeonyHappy holidays to all! I hope everyone had a relaxing and awesome holidays. I spent mine relaxing in South Jersey and Philadelphia where with my boyfriend and his cousins and friends attempted to make sushi. It wasn't so bad but next time we'll be more prepared! Which reminds me a lot of the drawing above. I must have made several versions of it but

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-15299489826789043822010-12-15T13:22:00.004-05:002010-12-18T19:33:06.136-05:00

Little Gift Giving Chicks Print @ LiPeonyA number was randomly generated and the winner is...Pesky Cat Designs!CONGRATULATIONS! Thank you to everyone that participated and here's a 25% off coupon to my art store LiPeony. Just input the coupon code IHEARTNYC . I hope everyone have an awesome holidays and even though we may be frantic with the shopping, gift giving, partying, planning etc...

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Green Tea Cup Spa @ LiPeonyWho else is stressed over the holidays and need a nice pick me up? Or if you're going to be visiting NYC soon then here's a little contest for you guys! I've made a mini prize of the new Chibi's Guide to NYC Eats (a limited run of a mini illustrated zine with info on some of my favorite eats in the city, also includes spaces for note taking) also a "Choose Your Three 5

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-18653937587061359822010-12-03T08:02:00.004-05:002010-12-03T09:52:53.855-05:00

Sneak Peek to Chibi's Mini Guide to NYC Yummies!I'm extremely excited to give you a sneak peek of a mini food guide of my favorite places in New York City. It's going to be a couple of pages of illustrated goodness with restaurant addresses and small tips on some of my favorite eateries. I'm planning on making it about wallet sized with some blank pages for note taking and stuffs. The one above

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-33408688801164013422010-12-02T09:56:00.004-05:002010-12-02T10:25:20.080-05:00

For a wedding for about 300 people and about 34-36 tables my friend decided to go though the DIY flower centerpiece arrangements. It took about 8-9 hours to create a bouquet of 15 roses (salmon and light pink color) for 30 odd tables. Though for the first few hours it was just two people making it but it sure got a whole lot quicker when five people were bunching them up. If you're going though

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-81072232386573228362010-11-22T19:40:00.004-05:002010-11-22T20:02:34.650-05:00

Deer Girl and Her Bird Friends @ LiPeonyIt's been a while since I updated and it's been busy busy! I've been helping my friend and her wedding this Thanksgiving and it's drawing mighty close! I'll have photos of the DIY things I did with help from my buddies. I'm in the middle of making tiny personalized tags for the chopstick favors and just finished creating the "money box" where people stuff

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-36629462140338769302010-10-19T10:25:00.003-04:002010-10-19T11:22:18.954-04:00

Last Saturday I vended at Crafts in Chelsea which is a joint fundraiser between the NewNewTeam and P.S. 11. Needless to say it was a huge success! The school raised about $8,000 and imagine all the extra programs this will provide! That day was also unbelievably WINDY! There was reported 50mph gusts and I definitely do not doubt that. I was sharing a space with Linda from PurtyBird and in the

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-82428582664164786022010-10-15T09:12:00.004-04:002010-10-15T09:30:05.872-04:00

Astronaut Chibi Girl and Bunnies @ LiPeonyEveryone was wondering what the "3,2,1 Blast Off" teaser by the Etsy Twitter was talking about. Apparently in celebration of the space program NASA and Etsy have teamed up for a CRAFT CONTEST! Basically creating an original work dedicated/inspired by space, stars, astronauts, spaceships and all that outer space goodness! The above little print is what

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-4487032501907786632010-10-12T12:14:00.006-04:002010-10-12T13:43:34.840-04:00

This weekend I attend New York Comic Con / New York Animefest 2010 for the first time. It's located all the way on the west side and is a pretty far trek from any subway station. Though I am a sci-fi and know a bit about comics and superheroes (I grew up watching all the cartoons of the 1990's from Batman, Spiderman, Ironman, Incredible Hunk, Fantastic Four, X-men) there was a lot more to this

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-1138077783957076702010-09-21T22:31:00.004-04:002010-09-22T10:38:58.221-04:00

It's that time again, this September 22 is the Mid-Autumn Festival aka Mooncake Festival. My friend said something very important whilst we were in bakery where people were clamoring for boxes of these mooncakes. "Why do we celebrate the Mooncake Festival?" Being born and raised in the USA sometimes we are caught too much into mainstream culture that we sometimes forget our heritage's culture and

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-41129335424730024022010-09-14T11:03:00.004-04:002010-09-14T11:17:09.885-04:00

Dumpling time at my house and my mom just happen to be making some and I jumped on the chance to take pictures of her in action! Dumplings are fairly easy to make and keep for a long time the freezer. It takes about 10 minutes to cook'em up which is great for breakfast or a a snack. Also you can put in a whole lot of different stuffing. The dumpling skin my mom got the premade ones and they're

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The real reason I've been extremely busy this last couple of weeks was doing a favor for my buddy and making her wedding invitations. The above is the final result. The blank pocket invitation was part of a DIY from AC Moore though there are other stores online and in stores that sell blank pocket invitations. This is when those coupons come in handy! They ended up being around $11 for 25 pack

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-4501017988767703932010-09-01T11:20:00.003-04:002010-09-01T12:01:05.042-04:00

Yarn Basket Head Print @ LiPeonyI've been going though an artist block though maybe it could be due to the heat wave coming though. Yesterday I did have a stroke of inspiration and drew some new sketches like the one above and I'll be having some Chibi Boy drawings up too! I'm very excited since at craft fairs people ask whether I have some boy drawings. Which reminds me of a forum post I was

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-75905893617592486882010-08-26T15:06:00.004-04:002010-08-26T16:04:57.420-04:00

It's been forever but I finally got the pictures from my boyfriend's camera! Here's all the swag I got from Otakon! Besides the usual maps/event list/magazine that comes with the Otakon bag I brought five shirts one for my old college roomier, her fiance, my other h.s. college buddy, my cousin and my sister. I also snagged some cute cute pins (I'm a sucker for pins) and went to the "Welcome to

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-35253963616052723252010-08-18T16:28:00.003-04:002010-08-18T16:53:47.060-04:00

Jar of Fireflies @ LiPeonySo odd it's already mid August and I see people gearing up for Fall, Halloween and Thanksgiving. I'm still not ready to say good bye to those lazy days of summer. Lately I've had a huge artist block and after looking at my drawings decided to do another firefly silhouette piece. There's something about fireflies that literally makes them magic you find in your backyard.

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-36022404561136672272010-08-10T11:12:00.004-04:002010-08-10T11:47:40.791-04:00

Otakon this year was the best. This would be the 3rd or 4th time I went. Between me and my bf we took tons of pictures of the cosplays and some are on my Flickr account. Here are some highlights of cosplays I thought that were cool. The above picture is looking over the fountain in the Baltimore Convention Center. This year it was so huge it took up the entire center and also part of the Hilton

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-78464213594326917892010-07-27T12:47:00.003-04:002010-07-27T13:32:33.648-04:00

Every culture and country has it's own version of a food that is homey and in China "Jook/Congee" is that homey food perfect food that's warm, soothing and great for people who are ailing. My sister caught a pretty bad cold so I decided to try my hand at making some congee. I used the Rice Congee Soup Recipe as a base and changed it a bit to mimic the awesome congee my grandma use to

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-21277731289670406332010-07-22T09:07:00.002-04:002010-07-22T09:29:06.743-04:00

Carrot and Rabbit Chibi Girl @ LiPeonySo summer is half gone and it's one of the hottest ones... phew... Besides that it's also middle of gardening season where people should be seeing the fruits of their labor springing to life! I'm not a gardener and besides the chili peppers outside my fire escape I've never grown any veggies or fruits. However my bf and his mom have been cultivating a rather

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-75174985260537948422010-07-11T18:29:00.009-04:002010-07-11T20:14:28.298-04:00

Phew! It's finally complete!!! WOOT! That is my cosplay (people don on costumes and act like a certain manga/comic/anime character) is done for Otakon. This year I'm doing Yomiko Readman from R.O.D (read or die) who is also a secret agent who is a bibliophile with the power of paper. In my previous post I had finished the vest which was a huge accomplishment for me. Today I got off my lazy butt

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-65275582546882883582010-06-28T09:57:00.004-04:002010-06-29T18:10:18.318-04:00

I've been writing on and off about my attendance to one of the biggest anime conventions Otakon this July 31 - August 2. I've planned to do two cosplays over the three days. So far I am done with Lei Fang (post of how that came along). The next one is Yomiko Readman from Read or Die (ROD) which is the above character. I love her because she's this introvert quirky bibliophile secret agent with

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-74935220078871055912010-06-25T23:04:00.004-04:002010-06-26T01:49:24.803-04:00

It's about a little more then a month till Otakon which is a huge anime convention. Besides meeting some of the creators, voices, writers, music and fan based panels and workshops they have... one of the biggest things is Cosplaying. That generally is making/buying costume and role playing as a character from an anime, game or w/e. I've been debating on who to cosplay as I'm still a beginner..

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-35039847921838234572010-06-16T13:04:00.003-04:002010-06-16T13:08:39.075-04:00

Lately I've had a bit artist block so I've been drawing random things and the lil above dude came up. I'm a very big sci-fi/fantasy/anime fan and it mixes cuteness with scifi and the ever popular cupcake. Anyways enjoy the funny lil art =DUntil next time... step out of the norm and into the weird!

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This weekend was a busy one! I was vending at the Hester Street Fair and it was very fun! I shared the space with two other NewNew Teammates... Corey from Sansmap that makes these awesome bags and Angela that has her own WEBSITE in the making and Etsy shop EnchantraGirl also in progress =D. She mixes and makes all these beautiful jewelry that has a fresh simple taste to it. I've already ordered a

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I'm very proud today because I made the above little purse out of my bf's torn shirt. The shirt was torn beyond repair and I love the feel of the 100% cotton fabric and the nautical stripe pattern of it. So I was looking though different patterns and one of my favorite blogs full of fun things to DIY is How About Orange. Her website is clean and chock full of awesome ideas! I came on this

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I hope everyone has a great weekend! I spent mine with my bf where he grilled for the first time this summer and boy is he happy with his new grill. I stopped by Micheal's, A.C. Moore and JoAnne's and got the stamping ink and cleanser. After a lot of research and deliberation I've decided to get the Memento Dew Drops. They come in many vibrant colors and the small size and shapes makes it easy to

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It's hard to believe that June is already here! I have a craft show June 12th at the Hester Street Fair. I've been experimenting with an idea of making some stamped notebooks and cards. I've been falling a bit behind on drawing so I've slowed down in putting new art to my LiPeony Art Print shop. Anyhos I made the above little stamps... a camera, penguin and fish. They're three things my

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Ice Cube Popsicle Fun @ LiPeonyIt's getting pretty hot and June is already here. Time sure flies by! I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend! I went to my cousin's graduation and boy it was cloudy then it rained then 10 minutes of rain it got all hot and sunny. Anyways I remember when we were all young our dear grandma would make some toothpick Popsicle in the ice cube trays. They were

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Living in the packed urban area of NYC especially in Manhattan it's hard to grow most anything. My mom decided to change that. She had some trimmings and bulbs and went to get a small long flower pot. Now they're growing pretty nicely. The tall ones are chili peppers and I'm not sure what the small bulbs are. We've tried many times to grow various plants outside on our window but they all tend to

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Cotton Candy Balloon Bunny @ LiPeonyWhen it gets warmer around here I get a craving for cotton candy. Around the summer there are several small fairs and carnivals with rides for kids, games and lots and lots of food! Last weekend I went to the Hester Street Fair. It was small with about 20-30 vendors and most of it was food. There were also vintage and jewelry shops there. It was very windy when

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My last post where I mentioned some hidden gems of Chinatown in NYC I decided to go out and take photos of the neighborhood. This will be the first of my Intimate Look series that I'll continue highlighting a different part of the place I know and love. Today we'll focus on Mott Street mostly the pictures will be on the markets of the street. Above is a picture of Mott st between Grand st. and

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Okay it's getting hot and humid and the long dog days of summer are about to be upon us. Though ice cream is the one thing I love during the summer another great cold treat is something called "Tofu Flower" (Tofu fa) It's basically very smooth silken tofu in a sweet ginger sugar syrup. Normally they have this during dim sum hours and you really can't miss the cart. It's inside this huge rice

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Prints @ LiPeonyToday started out great and I woke up to a sale of my "Choose Your Own Three 5 x 7 Prints" and it was a gift. The buyer requested that I wrap it and also include a note or card. My sister had taken all my wonderful wrapping paper to school as she had many friends whose birthdays just happen to all fall on the same month >_> . Instead I used the beautiful origami paper I had and

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A Mushroom Nap Print @ LiPeonyDoing combination of digital and sketching artwork I don't usually take photos of my art but after several critiques they suggested I have photos of my art. This shows the actual print and I added my hand to use as a size measurement of the prints. Since today was cloudy it made for very nice diffused natural light. Sea of Tea Print @ LiPeonyIt took me hours of

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I'm glad to hear on how other people wind down. I sure can go for a nice winding down right now =D . It's been a while since I've used pastels. Today I was feeling rather restless and I drew up an outline of this little critter that ran along my page at class today. Though originally I had him frowning and grumpy but I was thinking I should draw what I want to feel and that was to be calmingly

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Green Tea Cup Spa @ LiPeonyAh it's been a while but it's been pretty hectic lately. Spring vacation hit the school and I ended up having to sub for people going on vacations, sick, weddings, funeral. Boy am I tired. I did have a wonderful four day mini vacation with my bf but couldn't hit Washington D.C for the Cherry Blossom Festival =( . I also ended up finishing a few sketches like the one

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I just finished this little sketch yesterday and it's up in LiPeony. One thing I loved as a kid was watching my mom use her big old sewing machine. It's still there now. She had bags of little doodads, spools of threads in many colors and several pin cushions with the various needles in it. As a awesome reminder of those days I thought up of this little print. I've also picked up some favorites

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Howdy! I just got back from a great wedding up in Boston and relatives from as far as Canada and Seattle came to celebrate! The food was great and we danced the night away. One thing I love about weddings are the little favors and favors boxes etc. Like this one below:The top is small flower that is translated as "Love (marriage) reaches as far as the sky and is vast as the earth ." A very loose

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The weather was simply gorgeous this weekend! I had a fantastic time on Saturday selling at the Brooklyn Flea. I was there with my wonderful little sister Anita and my Cousin Victor and they spent their money on the awesome food downstairs. I again had those slamming fish tacos and Anita totally agreed with me. My tables mates were awesome Felicity from WishbyFelicity and Yaniamore. My new 4 foot

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After a long two month trip to China my bf came back but not empty handed! He got me these beautiful cheongsam ( qipio or mandarin dress) and they actually fit very very well. I'm naturally very slender and short to boot but these were perfect and I love the intricate beading and designs onto the fabric. Everyone liked the brown one the best though upon first seeing it you'd think it looks rather

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Howdy everyone! I hope everyone is having an awesome weekend. This weekend is my only time to relax at home since all my other weekends this month and next month will be out of state, craft fair or out running wedding errands for my roomie =) . I've always mean to show people how I carve these stamps. To be warned this one is intermediate level stamp but the same concepts and techniques are

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Happy March everyone! We're getting closer to Spring and hopefully nice warm weather here in New York City! Anyways today while looking at all my art and craft tools and wishing I had more (really want some new ink like Staz-On or Versacraft etc) I fiddled with what I have and made some neat little cards. When it's closed it looks like that above.But when you open it... sha-zam! Bunnies! It's

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It's a heck of a snow storm today and it's going to last for 3 days! Phew lucky for me we had a snow day and no classes =D Instead I whipped out my carving set and drew some quick sketches and low a behold some new stamps: a rabbit, cupcake and pocket watch. The pocket watch didn't come out exactly as what I planned as these guys are about an square inch so it made carving the little details much

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ROSEBUD COLLECTION!CONGRATS!I want to thank everyone that tweeted and posted on my blog. =D I'm so incredibly sorry that it took so long to pick out a winner I had long 12 hour shift today and got home very late. ;_; I apologize *hangs head in shame* I'll be sending this collection of Red Envelopes ASAP. I was very glad to read everyone's posts and hope everyone had fun checking out their Chinese

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-12572390375811480472010-02-22T08:11:00.006-05:002010-02-22T12:38:53.925-05:00

Chinese New Year is winding down and this will be the end to my Chinese New Year Series on my blog. To commemorate that I have set up a giveaway of 30 red envelopes of different designs and sizes. They're from collection of red envelopes my family has kept over the many years so many of the designs aren't printed anymore. Each year they tend to have similar but different designs. I included

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-4777311777027402892010-02-21T18:09:00.005-05:002010-02-21T18:40:15.915-05:00

This Saturday was a great day at the Brooklyn Flea! Thanks to my awesome space mate Felicity from WishByFelicity for lending me a table and putting up with my chatter =D. Check her out for some awesome jewelry... saw her wire wrapping and it's gorgeous. Speaking of unique jewelry my other space mate the talented daughter and father combo of LuisFernando was selling their beautiful jewelry too!

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-989300252038617982010-02-18T10:55:00.002-05:002010-02-18T11:11:22.183-05:00

While browsing around the Etsy Forums there was this questions that popped out about whether the artist keeps the original or not. I thought about it... all my drawings are first done by hand using pencil and is usually incomplete and rather messy. For example the one above is the pencil drawing of my newest print. Most people would consider that the original.I scan the pencil drawing and set it

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Happy Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day! Today was great weather out in New York City and there was tons to see and tons of people! Here are some pictures of today. Unfortunately I would've had more but my Dad accidentally deleted a whole bunch of them =/ .Morning started out with constant ringing and dialing of the phone to wish everyone a happy new year. We the family shared the first meal

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Howdy Guys! I've decided to make a Friday Feedback weekly post when I answer some questions people have asked me throughout the week or to elaborate on certain things =D This week and next week's blog series would be focusing on Chinese New Year and it's traditions."I've never seen the dragon, only the lion now your mention it, do you know what it means when they 'eat' the lettuce which is

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If you didn't know yet this year is the Year of the Tiger. The above shows the years associated with the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac the Rat being the first and the Pig being the last. Each one is associated with certain traits very similar to the Western Zodiac. But what people might not know is why is it in this order? Why is the small rat first? Here is one of the renditions of the story

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With Chinese New Year coming up quickly everyone looks forward to the Lion and Dragon dances. People tend to group these dances together but they're actually two different things depending on the folklore you read. The Dragon dance above is usually performed by 10 or more people and consists of twirling a huge vivid long dragon. The dragon is viewed as a powerful, dignified and a symbol of

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It's a little less then one week before Chinese New Year which falls on the same day as Valentine's Day February 14. The house is going though a whirlwind of cleaning. This is a tradition dating back way way way back when. The cleaning before New Year's symbolizes "sweeping out" last year's bad luck and starting anew with this year. People get their haircuts before the New Year to also symbolize

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Howdy! It's one week before Chinese New Year to celebrate the year of the Tiger! It's been a while since I put up a crafting related tutorial so today I'll be making one on how to make some Chinese Lantern Like Decorations. This is going to be a picture heavy post so ya'll have been warn =P.What you need are glue (any type of glue is good. Elmer's, glue gun and also tape is fine too) Also some

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So I've been on a stamp thinking spree. Sketching madly which ones I should make. One day I made a little octopus with a bowler hat though it did seem to be missing something so my friend suggested I do tea set and voila! I made the little stamp above of a tea serving octopus. The color was suppose to be purple but I only had blue ink and I think it turned out pretty darn good! I've got a few

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It's been a while since I made a stamp and I've been oh so so so lazy to get more supplies. I had drawn a little fennec fox with "I'm Listening". Lucky for me I had a 20% off on my entire purchase at DickBlicks where I stocked up on more rubber, new precise carvers and some itty bitty easels. I think I'll be using those easels to for my craft show display =). Anyways it took me about 2 hours to

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It's A Raining Cupcakes Print @ LiPeonyMmm I don't know why but my roomie from college is crazy over cupcakes! I think it's starting to rub off on me if it's not obvious from my newest print above. Living in NYC it's very easy to find cupcakes .. in fact there are these dessert trucks... Dessert Truck that I sometimes find around Aster Place on the 6 train line and Cupcake Stop that can be

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Rainbow Painter Print @ LiPeonyToday's is raining cats and dogs! But one great thing I love about rainy days is that its perfect to sleep in and perfect to stay at home and create! Today has been no exception I have a lot of sketches that I need to scan and finish in photoshop. I notice how my style has become more defined. I used more color and made it more bold like the one above. I normally

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Cocoa Bunny Felt Pin @ LipeonyIt may seem far away but Valentine's day is right around the corner! But to be frank you don't need a holiday to show your love to someone it should be shown everyday. One thing I do like about the holiday is the candies and chocolate and thus I made the little heart cocoa bunny pin above. I have a bunch of little Valentine inspired pins and prints coming up so stay

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Forget Me Not Chibi Girl Print @ LipeonySo yesterday my boyfriend and his family boarded the plane for their two month vacation around China and Vietnam and I'm very much missing him. The few days before his flight I drew quick sketches of how I feel one being the new print in my shop "Forget Me Not Chibi Girl" I really love how the flowers look like blue blue stars caught on a slender green stem

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Winter vacation for me is just about over since work starts as soon as winter sessions starts. I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday. Over at my home we decided to do something called a hot pot. It's basically a steaming always cooking bowl of soup where you dip in various food and leave it in there to cook till they're ready. This year it was my boyfriend, my mom, dad, cousin, aunt,

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Mini Snowman Pin @ LiPeonyIt's been so busy lately with finals, my shop, craft fair and setting up for the holidays! Finals went very well for me so I'm so glad that's over! As for what's new in my shop? I have Limited Edition Pins like the snowman above only here during the winter... there's still other little ones I want to make so far I have a Gingerbread man and a Rudolph that was snatched up

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Awesome new business cards for LiPeony!I am so in love with my new business cards from Overnightprints.com. The quality is awesome, the colors are great and they always have these special promotions also they ship quick and they're usually prompt in customer service. But boy was it an ordeal to get them. Let's just say UPS doesn't like my building. I've had to chase down UPS trucks to get my

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"Little Goldfish Pin" @ LiPeonyEver felt like a little fish in a big pond? When it comes to life it seems like that most of the time to me... but the key is to find your own little niche in the vast ocean. For example I have experimented and refined my own techniques and items to create a certain style that is mine mostly cute kawaii with a dash of odd daydreams. My new favorite is the little

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Okay so I make these little tiny felt pins in my shop LiPeony and one thing I love and hate about it, is making tiny tiny details. For example in the last craft fair someone asked if I had a penguin pin. I sadly said no... though this is not the first time someone asked me if I had one. So I decided to hunker down and make one. I even jazzed the photos up by making a sort of snowy scene for

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"FireFly Girl" @ LiPeonyI had this crazy idea one day and went on a frenzy drawing up silhouettes and worked on them in Photoshop. These take so much more longer then my usual art but I really love how they retain the whimsy and playfulness of my Chibi Girl series but also allows me to create art that expands to other styles. Of course as always I doubted my work but after asking people, people

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-43319796952614802962009-11-11T19:47:00.004-05:002009-11-11T20:02:57.541-05:00

Mix n Match ACEOS @ LiPeonyI just made my first ACEOs which are Art Cards Edition or Originals. Which is basically 2.5" x 3.5" little cards of art. This is the first time I made them and I think they turned out great! I also started taking pictures of my art against a wooden box I got from Kate's Paperie which is a pretty high end little paper, stationary, semi crafting store. Though the prices

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Shark Fin Soup Surprise @ LiPeonyBrr! It's November and it's getting chilly... it's times like these that I savor the many many different soups my mom boils up. Growing up there was hardly a day that goes by that I don't drink some weird concoction of soup that my grandma or mom makes. Now I'm sure everyone has heard of Hot and Sour Soup or Won ton Soup or Shark Fin soup but there are so many

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Dragonslayer Chibi Girl @ LiPeonyHave you ever waked up ready to take on the world? Well sort of feel like that today. I was humming the "Rocky" theme song putting my clothes on adn even brushing my teeth. Yesterday was a really crappy day due to P.O issue and another department at work being extremely rude to me for no apparently reason. But today is a new day! I spent last night drumming up new

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Chibi Pilot @ LiPeonyIt's well into fall and it's so so very cold! Brr! I've just been doing sporadic artwork and custom orders. This October has definitely been revving up in my little shop and the post office has been jam packed lately. I was reading an Entertainment Weekly and they were making a film of Amelia Earhart and even though I'm deathly afraid of heights the idea of soaring around in

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Sharkfin Soup Surprise @ LiPeonyLast Saturday's craft fair went pretty well. There was a good amount of families that attended though most were outside playing with their kids in the many tiny amusement like rides and the BBQ and bake sale. I must say the stuff at the bake sale was delicious! I brought a lime cupcake and had to buy three more because they were just THAT GOOD! Though there was a

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Little Bat Pin @ LiPeonyIt's two days before my first craft fair at All Angel's Church this Saturday October 3rd. If you're in the neighborhood stop on by it's close to the Museum of Natural History! So... I've had heck of a time on displaying and tagging my items. I came up with a very very simple way to make tags for my little pins like the one above. All you need is:Your Business Card (1 side

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-76477735892049301272009-09-29T16:07:00.004-04:002009-09-29T16:20:47.698-04:00

Black Cat Felt Pin @ LiPeonySO I was on ye olde twitter when I found out the NewNewTeam Twitter found that I've been featured in Super Cute Kawaii blog! They have and showcase the cutest things especially kawaii which is Japanese for "cute". So I'm extremely happy with that! SO I'm extremely happy about that =). I think you can submit your shop and items to be blogged for free here in :

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"Sugar Maple Seed Felt Pin" @ LiPeonyWith school well along it's way it's been very busy here in the LiPeony studios. Currently I'm making painted silhouettes on felt with use of stencils and touch ups by hand. I really love how they came out. The one above is from the Sugar maple Tree seed that's the state tree of New York. I'm not one for super bright colors but I think this gives a very

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Black Cat Pin at LiPeony.etsy.comIt's officially the start of Fall and it's also my boyfriend's birthday! SO happy birthday to him! With the start of Fall it's also the early signal for the shopping season to start. I'm sure there are many crafters and artists out there all booked up for those shows and fairs. My first craft fair of the season is going to be at All Angel's Church Block Party.

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-57112219212972811152009-09-17T07:39:00.004-04:002009-09-17T08:09:19.667-04:00

It's my boyfriends birthday coming up and today he's coming to pick me up so we can celebrate his birthday early. I decided to surprise him with his favorite strawberry cheesecake. If anyone knows me I am a horrible cook so I had to find a simple recipe even I can't screw up. That's when I found this simple cheesecake recipe on EasyStrawyberryRecipes.com. There is under ten ingredients and I had

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-78465480981850300462009-09-13T12:22:00.004-04:002009-09-13T12:45:17.752-04:00

I've yet to see Miyazaki's latest movie Ponyo but it's already making a huge splash overseas and in the U.S. If it's anything else like his other wondrous movies (Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro) it has be great. The stories told are so magical and what I love was how the animation and art though may be simple captures the tinest details that really make the movies

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-61882051005955393192009-09-09T07:33:00.003-04:002009-09-09T07:58:58.727-04:00

When I was younger I use to watch Golden Girls and even though I didn't really understand all of it (I was like 9 at the time or something) I did understand the close knit friendship all these women had. Plus the song was catchy. I created a new card above all about being a friend. Whether it's to say "hey thanks for being there for my crazy butt throughout the years" or "I'd think we'd be

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-63088524649287479472009-09-03T13:38:00.003-04:002009-09-03T13:48:12.834-04:00

After carving my little stamp (How I Made the Stamp) and making my first stamped card I realized I can make so many different scenes with this one stamp. My cards are simple with a lot of white space. Personally I like simple... I've decided to steer my shop towards that direction. The one above called "Peeps on Earth" is an example of it. It may or may not be a good move shop wise but for me

LiPeonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01625808606899763475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387564938249930824.post-52134838597682012842009-09-01T18:04:00.005-04:002009-09-01T18:37:15.669-04:00

So my significant other took a wood carving class and gave me his carving kit as he will never use it again. That was months and months ago. After putting it off for a long while I finally used them! I made my first rubber stamp of a little robot alien head and body with antennas. I went to experiment with them and made the above little card and I love it =D. The thing about the stamp is that I

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