Housewarming Gift

For my brothers new house I made him a housewarming gift. The Chinese characters of  Earth, Water, Fire & Wind to hang on his wall that he really wanted. First I was planning to stencil them but that didn't work out so in the end I decided on paper cut outs. Now they are hanging in my brothers living room in Winnipeg

Winnipeg Trip

My trip to Winnipeg wasn't too bad, got to spend time with my family and friends. I went downtown & chinatown. Went to my aunt & uncle's restaurant to eat, eat, eat. My uncle makes the best egg tarts and dim sum..yummy yummy...visited my aunt & uncle's new place where they had fishies. I went to a Christmas party at a friends place. Went with my family to the Forks which is a market with a lot of different one-of-a-kind shops. All & all it was a good trip but once again I see that I could never move back to Winnipeg..it is just way too cold for me and nothing to do but I do miss having my family and close friends around. But I will still be calling Vancouver my home for now (^_^)

My brothers wedding

The wedding was quite and simple with only close family attending the signing of the papers at my parents house. The reception was a typical Chinese one with a lot of food, 10 dishes & 3 desserts including the cake. I had a good time and I'm happy for my brother & my new sister-in-law (^_^)

I helped out with there wedding by creating the wedding favor boxes for the guests. It was a lot of work cutting out, spray painting, gluing together, creating tags, adding glitter for over 50 boxes. I had help putting everything together thanks to my other brothers girlfriend, my cousin & niece...some girl time together. I also made my own wedding card instead of buying one since I couldn't find anything I liked. I get inspired and creative once in awhile and usually at the very last minute (^_^)

Family visit

My mom, brother & future sister-in-law came to visit last week we ate a lot (Chinese food mostly & once Korean BBQ), some sightseeing (Stanley park & Buddhist temple) & some shopping (Aberdeen Mall & Chinatown). It was nice to spend time with them (^_^)

Grandma's Bday Dinner

Celebrated my grandma's birthday yesterday, like every year we had a lot of food left over that was packed up...we were all too full to eat anymore. Some dishes I didn't even get to try...I was way too full

and like always I took the flower displayed on the plate. This year there was a rose