The time I’ve been waiting for for a loong time — we are going to go welcome our first baby soon! I will try posting some pictures when we get back and settle in so please check back :)
p.s Please check out our welcome baby sale in the meantime!
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Besides the National Stationery Show, I’ve been working on a miracle inside of me :) And we just found out what we are having yesterday!! We are so blessed and full of happiness :)
The due date is October 6th and I am 20 weeks pregnant right now. It’s been amazing to go through all the changes in me (first couple months were tough, though), we can’t wait to meet our new angel soon!
*I used my new letterpress wood type cards ;) I wanted to send this around the world!
I wish I could give everyone my SMILE print… but I have a winner…
I printed all your comments… (If you tweeted, blogged, etc. and you told me that in 1 comment, I typed your name again and made extra entries.)
Cut each in pieces…
and folded them tiny.
I mixed them well…
picked one…
and here is the winner! Congratulations, Lindsay!!!
Thank you, everyone, for all your smile!!! xoxo Hijiri
*Picture is from my last day of letterpress printing — I printed business cards for Randy :)
p.s while I am traveling, I am having a winter vacation sale so make sure to check it out :)
A couple of weeks ago, Randy brought home my first real mistletoe! (I knew what it was, never had one for myself or for the home!) And did you know why you kiss under the mistletoe (I didn’t know why…)? The box that my mistletoe came in had a little cute story behind it so I thought it’d be a perfect thing to share on a Christmas eve…
“Mistletoe Lore:
Mistletoe has been the subject of many legends and traditions for hundreds of years. Ancient Druids considered mistletoe sacred because it grew without roots in the ground and assumed that it must have been planted by the gods. Mistletoe was thought to ban evil spirits and bring good luck and great blessings. When warriors met beneath mistletoe, they had to lay down their weapons and call a truce. From this, it became a sign of peace and good will. But why do we kiss people under the mistletoe?
It all started with a goddess called Frigga. Her son, Balder, was shot with an arrow made of mistletoe. Frigga’s friends succeeded in conjuring up powers to save the boy. Balder lived anew and Frigga ordered that the mistletoe should never again be used to harm. Instead, she made it a symbol of love by kissing anyone who passed under it.”
Don’t forget to xxxxxx
:) :) :)
Merry Christmas!!!
So this is how you play.
There were 8 contestants so draw 8 lines on a piece of paper.
Put the contestants’ names down under each line — I put down the names from the first one who commented to the last one. (yes, vertical here… Japanese way!)
and fold the paper a few times so you can’t see the names any more.
Now, you draw some “random” horizontal lines to connect pairs of adjacent vertical lines. Very randomly. You don’t think about anything, just draw lines as many as you want for as long as you’d like. Just make sure no two of the horizontal lines would touch each other.
I’m done with my rondom lines now.
Since the anniversary was on January 7th, I picked the 7th line. You can pick any line, randomly.
and you just follow the line towards the bottom of the paper, when you have the horizontal line, you make turns.
and….. the winner is…..
Kate from Look Book!!! Congratulations, Kate!!! You will be receiving the “I Blank You” card very soon!!
Thank you so much, everyone, I really appreciate all your support and nice comments!
Hope you all had a nice weekend.
They have many many more here.
It makes me laugh! I like the idea, though, it’s awesome.
I like that it’s all hand-printed. That makes it so special!
1. Mention the person that nominated you
2. List the six unimportant things that make you happy
3. Tag five blogs and let them know they have been tagged via comment section on their blogs
and I was thinking what makes me happy… and I kept thinking “wait, that’s important. I have to think about ‘unimportant’ things…” so here it is, 6 unimportant things that make me happy:
#1: When I look at the clock to see what time it is and when it says “2:23″: It’s my birthday number and this is happening to me ever since I was a little girl. It always makes me happy to see my number right at the moment!
*pictures are from Leo Reynolds β amazing!
#2: When I receive an email newsletter from Jonathan Adler: out of many many newsletters I receive, Jonathan Adler ones always make me happy. Fun, colorful and well-designed.
#3 Soy milk Latte from Starbucks in the afternoon. Ohh, I don’t know how many times it made me happy!
#4 Heart shape: it always makes me happy to see heart shape in anything. As I had to have heart shape on this blog logo, too, so I am happy here all the time!
Here are some “hearts” I have talked about before… (top 3)
Little hearts on letterpressed gift tag:
#5 When I see Christmas decorations: it really makes me happy! Anthropologie has a cute interactive ornament finder at their website. Yes, this makes me happy, too! Wait, is this important?! oh, well…
#6 When I get to sleep in… as long as I want! Yes, this is happiness.
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OK so I would like to tag these amazing blogs/bloggers:
Thank you for tagging me, Sarah and Cheryln, and thank you for getting tagged by me! Don’t feel obligated, though… I know you guys are busy….
Just wanted to quickly post my first fashion blog appearance at CLASSY SASSY my pictures are bad… but oh well. I am so flattered! Thank you, Lily!
I’ll be back soon!!