"Stick me FLICKr!" Nº1 is now available! Please visit YaelFran's Etsy shop to get your own before it's sold out! Again, here is my page; each sticker is 2" by 2", like a little piece of artwork!
Artists include: Sandra Juto Hernan Paganini Mia Christopher Marmushka Vincent Mathy Thereza Rowe Suero Happy Doodle Land
Yaelfran invited me to participate in her first "Stick me Flickr!" collaborative sticker book project. Here is my page. Each sticker is about 2" by 2". You can see similar sticker books at her Etsy shop. Stay tuned! :)
Also I need your help. I am considering setting up a shop. Since I do not own a nice printer at home, which printer do you guys recommend for making nice prints? On what kind of papers? Any suggestions?
Two weeks ago me and my mom were browsing Williams-Sonoma, and I spotted that they have Æbleskiver pans for sale. I've never heard of Æbleskiver, but since I grew up in Taiwan, we have something similar, but salty instead of sweet, and it's called Takoyaki. Takoyaki is a yummy Japanese dumpling with chopped octopus bits and other goodness in it, and they can be made using the same pan. So I ordered a pan on Amazon.com (because it can produce 14 Æbleskiver at once, instead of the one I saw in the store which can only make 7 at a time.)
I guess I really can't call mine Æbleskiver, since they doesn't have any apple in it. Plus I got lazy and used regular pancake mix, so they are more like pancake puffs. I failed twice before successfully made a batch of nice looking puffs! I found out the trick is that you really have to grease the pan well, no matter if it's nonstick or not, otherwise the puffs won't turn nicely.
Here is the material list: 1. an Æbleskiver pan (nonstick or cast iron; mine is nonstick) 2. 1 cup of regular pancake mix (I use the kind that only water is needed) 3. 3/4 cup milk 4. 1 whole egg 5. small marshmallows 6. bamboo skewers 7. nonstick cooking spray (or cooking oil for cast iron pan) (make about 28 puffs)
Mix 2+3+4 all together to make the batter. On the gas/or electric stove (an induction stove won't work), heat up the pan over medium heat and give a generous dose of nonstick cooking spray. When the pan is well heated, pour batter into each cubby only a little more than half way full (because the batter will expand). Then I add one marshmallow into each one of them; you can also add jam or other stuff. After that it's only the matter of using two bamboo skewers to turn the puffs and get it well cooked. This is the most difficult part and hard for me to describe. But here is a teaching clip that I found really helpful:
Here are some photos of my process:
And then sprinkle some powdered sugar on top, and enjoy! :)
This is one of my Halloween card design sold in Hallmark Gold Crown Store. Hope it is not too late to wish you guys a safe and fun night! Happy Halloween!!! :)
Today a couple of people from my staff went to our company's Kearney studio to carve pumpkins. Unlike last year's sunny day on the farm, today it was cool, raining and foggy, but I loved every bit about it! It is weather like this and all the colors on the trees make me enjoy fall so much! I carved one pumpkin with mustache and then spent the all afternoon curled up on the couch with friends, watching "Rosemary's Baby"... yup! (A little disappointed because they never showed the baby's face in the film...) It was perfect!
Here are panoramic views around the studio. (Pardon my awful camera and photos that are pieced together... but you get the idea.) Isn't it lovely?
My company, Hallamark, is going to be 100 years old in 2010! In preparation for the centennial festivities, they've molded blank white resin crowns and invited everybody whoever wants to participate to personalize their own crowns for an exhibition to come. Here is my contribution. Can't wait to see all the crowns line up together! : )
I am a full time graphic designer + illustrator making kids products by day, and my favorite ice cream flavor is butter pecan!
I hope my doodles would make people happy...
I love doodling, making stuff with my hands and being silly. This is my playground away from work. I do read and treasure every comment from you. Hope you have fun visiting!
We all love to inspire and be inspired, however, stealing is not nice, so please don't use, reproduce or alter my artworks in any ways without my permission. They are intellectual properties and are protected by the copyright law. Thank you very much!!
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