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Baby Luukkonen’s blanket

Posted on December 29th, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Crochet.

Baby L is finally here! I finished his blanket last night and delivered it to him today. I’m very pleased that he was willing to model for me.

First, the blanket was all spread out and he was placed in the middle. He enhanced every little valley and peak.

All snuggled up. He’s the most beautiful baby boy I’ve seen in a long time. Congratulations to Kaveri and Vesa!

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Buttery Apple Cake

Posted on November 14th, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Cakes, Food.

I made this cake for a baby shower. It was easy and delicious.

I used this recipe from Martha Stewart. Thanks, Martha!

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Isänpäivä 2009

Posted on November 8th, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Cakes, Food.

Today is Father’s Day in Finland. Reino suggested a chocolate cake for Jouni. I wanted something a little different and found a recipe for Chocolate Mousse Cake Roll in a Hershey’s cookbook that my sister sent me.

Rolled up and cooling.

Filled, rolled, chilled and ready to serve.

A perfect slice, ready to be eaten by the päivänsankari (day’s hero).

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Kaveri’s baby shower invitation

Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Scrapbooking.

A couple of friends and I are hosting a shower for our friend in a few weeks. I volunteered to make the invitations. This is a library card pocket. The party details will be printed and inserted into the pocket.

Thanks for looking!

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Fall Hello Kitty

Posted on October 9th, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Scrapbooking, school.

I swear this is the last one! This is my notebook for the fall semester. I bought a punch to make all of the tiny leaves. Kitty is completely pieced and the tree was cut by hand. What do you think?

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Hello AWC!

Posted on September 12th, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Scrapbooking.

This is a notebook I altered to use when I’m at AWC meetings and to record anything else to do with the club. I borrowed heavily from a picture of a Hello Kitty Hello USA calendar. Everything was cut by hand. The white stars are drawn on the blue background with an Inkssentials opaque pen in white then covered in Glossy Accents to make then pop and shine. The colored dots are different colors of Stickles. The title is printed with American Typewriter font.

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Hello, Kitty! thesis notebook

Posted on August 30th, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Scrapbooking, ramblings, school.

I wanted to alter a notebook, but I didn’t have any particular theme in mind. I got this Hello Kitty princess Sizzix die in Texas this summer, but hadn’t used it yet. I started layering the different colors and got really attached to it. I used Icicle Stickles and Glossy Accents on the crown. Jouni drew the laptop for me and I colored it with a silver pen (Creating Memories). I downloaded the Hello Kitty Angel Font from deviantART. The flower brads are probably from Memory Makers. The border is made with the Fiskars Threading Water punch and I lined the inside with white paper to show through the holes. It’s simple, yet complicated. I’m very happy with it overall.

The notebook will be for my thesis notes. I’ll be starting that in October and now I have a cute notebook ready to see me through the process.

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You Make Me Happy

Posted on July 28th, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Reino, Scrapbooking, travel.

This is an album that I started at GASC 2008 in a class taught by Staci Etheridge. The pictures are from summer 2009 in Texas and represents some of the things that make Reino happy.
The album and papers are all from Cosmo Cricket. The paper is the Get Happy collection. The letters in the album spell H-A-P-P-Y.

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GASC 2009

Posted on June 8th, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Uncategorized.

I was at the Great American Scrapbook Convention Wednesday-Saturday this week. Here are the two large projects I managed to finish. The first is from a class on doodling with stencils.

The second is from a class on journaling taught by Crystal Jeffrey Rieger, my creativity hero.

I also finished a lot of cards, but I’m too lazy to upload those now.

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Cake!

Posted on May 31st, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Uncategorized.

It’s been a while since I’ve made a cake for anyone. This was made for my friend’s niece’s 16th birthday.

I also made a cookie tower of cocoa crinkles.

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