frame by frame
crafts, projects, food, photography, design and other good thingsthe blog is moving
10 January 2010 12:27:06
After much deliberation, I am merging my photo blog with frame by frame to make life simpler in the new year. Ronin's will still exist (although I'm incredibly behind) as a private blog, but the photo blog will be my main one. Please update your link to this. Thanks!! image via
french macarons
31 December 2009 21:28:10
plain with buttercream
tinted pink cookies with buttercream rolled in crushed peppermint
plain cookies with egg nog flavored buttercream (cinnamon and nutmeg)As I mentioned before, Noz & I made french macarons before Christmas to give as gifts. Unfortunately, although we doubled the recipe, by the time our husbands and us sampled each of the different flavors we made, there were only about 15 left each to take home/give as gifts. Fortunately, they were incredibly amazing. Crunchier on the first day, and then soft with a hint of crunch on the second. Try them, it takes a little time but won't let you down.
christmas baking
21 December 2009 15:05:39
tonight noz and i are going to be making candy cane and egg nog macarons from this fantastic blog. i can hardly wait. some are going to co-workers, some to friends, and then the rest to southern indiana where we are headed wed. night for a snowy christmas. 
also, here's a sneak peek of ronin's first christmas outfit! i have to put it on him as much as possible to max out the use. (he's sitting on jan's lap at church. he really love his dad.)
ronin as baby jesus
07 December 2009 15:26:14
sorry for all the ro pics lately! (but you have to admit, he's pretty cute, right?) i do have other stuff to post but what with moving and all, i just keep falling further behind.rach took this image of us and ronin for the singles ward project last week. he was 'acting' as baby jesus. didn't he do a great job? i really love having fellow photographers as friends. photo by rachel thurston
first santa encounter
07 December 2009 13:58:52
he didn't mind one bit. plus he was wearing his air jordans in case he got scared and needed to make a quick get away. next year we'll work on teaching him how pull on santa's beard. (at our church christmas party)
the growing ro
24 November 2009 09:16:07
this was taken last week. i wish i could share him with you in person. it's so much better.
egypt in my pocket
23 November 2009 11:20:55
i know, i know, i'm so behind on posting. you want to see more photos of Ro. i need to finish posting on his blessing party. and knotts berry farm last weekend. but we're moving to a new apt right in the middle of the holidsays and we've been going non stop.the focus of today's quick post is pure craziness. i've have these black cords from banana republic for about a year now. one pocket open, one still sewn shut. i cut open the strings to open the left pocket today at work and found..a NOTE. a small folded up white piece of paper. written in EGYPTIAN! (yes, the pants are made in egypt)ok, so now fellow friends, does anyone know what this says?? i'm dying to know. is it nice? creepy? a love note? do tell..
blessing reception: part I, the decor
28 October 2009 23:24:02
I'm splitting this up into two posts. First, the decor & food, and next the people. I went with a simple R theme, for Ronin, and green & white as the colors.First I made simple flags from a white & green sheet of paper. I cut them out, glued them to toothpicks, and then cut out the v-shape on the ends. We put the white ones on the cucumber sandwiches and the green on the pb&j for the kids. We made the pb&j a little more interesting with pear and apricot jam.
Sprinkles are a really easy way to customize a cake without adding extra frosting (for me, less is more). I used Illustrator to print out a large R, cut it out and lightly set it on top of the cake after the frosting had dried a little (about an hour). We pushed green sprinkles into the R, lifted off the paper, and voila.
I got a green and white plastic tablecloth from target along with green & white striped napkins. Chocolate cupcakes in green, white & yellow liners from Surfas and ikea trays helped tie the theme together. We had cranberry white chocolate scones, orzo salad, croissants, meringues, and homemade chinese noodles (thank you uncle!). 
Last but not least, the refreshments. $3.50/case bottled water from albertsons got an easy makover with 2 colors of green paper and a little creativity. We brainstormed words that described Ronin and created labels in illustrator that emphasized the R in each word. It went from simple
to creative
to ridiculous
and on to how the little one came about. (korean + irish & we are both german)
sorry for the lack of posts
19 October 2009 12:59:28
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but i have a bunch to post this week, so stay tuned! i've been busy with freelance work, I'm trying to finish up Ronin's baby announcements, and plan a reception for his baby blessing this week. Above are some of the items i have gathered (iphone picture) - i'm doing a green & white color scheme with easy brunch/lunch foods. Also working on some creative labels using the letter "R". for those of you in the LA area, please join us at his blessing! dets:Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Sawtelle {Sunday, Oct 25th, 9am}reception at Mar Vista Park {10:30-1:30}
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