[TRAVEL] JINHAE CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL

Over spring break the boys and I made the trek to Jinhae, a town in the South Gyeongsan province, for the 51st Annual Jinhae Cherry Blossom Festival. Every April millions of people flock to Jinhae to enjoy the country's largest cherry blossom festival. With over 370,000 cherry blossom trees scatterered throughout the town, it is quite picturesque. The festival site is near a small creek with two mini bridges under a canopy of cherry blossom trees. I have never seen so many cameras, tripods, and couples taking photographs. Of course besides the scenic view, one of my favorite things were all the food carts and vendors selling delicious Korean treats. The festival is held in conjunction with the annual commemoration of Admiral Yi Sun-shin, Korea's beloved Naval hero. I have to say one of my favorite things about living in Korea is seeing my boys' interest and widening knowledge of Korean culture and history. I am looking forward to exploring more of Korea this year, as there is still so much to see.

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[I LOVE KOREA] CASA LIVING

Casa Living is one of my favorite Korean lifestyle magazines. It has a nice mix of home interior, food, beauty, and lifestyle features. Although I don't buy many magazines these days (going through two international moves and 3 domestic moves in a 3.5-year time frame will make you think twice about having extra "stuff" around the house), I always flip through the pages of Casa Living when I'm at the book store. I love the styling and photography in this magazine. Speaking of international magazines, I need to get my hands on the latest Milk Decoration. It looks amazing!

Images 1 & 4-Lee Jun Geun / Image 2-Lee Jun Geun, Moon Sung Jin / Image 3-Kang Jin Joo.

HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND!

The boys went back to school this week after two weeks of spring break. Although I enjoyed having them around, it was time for me to get back to a regular work schedule. I feel lucky that I am able to work from home, running a load of laundry while I work on some designs on the computer. Sometimes multi-tasking makes me feel productive, but other times it leaves me feeling like I did not accomplish much. This week I played around with a timer to get myself to start some tasks I've been putting off. You can read more about this method here (it is similar to the Pomorodo Technique). I started off with setting the timer to 10-minute intervals and gradually increased it to 15-20 minutes. I have to say it helped me to stay focused and if I was on a roll, I would just re-set the timer and not take a break. If you have advice on productivity, please feel free to share. Although this will be a working weekend for me, I plan to take a few breaks to enjoy the sunny and breezy weather. Wishing you a lovely weekend!

[READ] THE LITTLE BOY WHO LOST HIS NAME

The boys are bookworms and if they are not playing with their Legos they can be found curled up somewhere around our home reading a book. So when the folks at lostmy.name contacted me about their personalized story books, I could not wait to see them in person. 

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[WRAP] PACKAGE 023

I made this mini balloon gift topper for J & j's 12 year old friend's birthday gift. I think almost everything mini is cute. I have a stash of water balloons in my studio and thought it would be fun to blow one up and stick it on a gift. Since water balloons are small, they make the perfect tiny balloon. 

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[STYLE] ELEVATOR SNAPSHOTS 04

The weather has been warming up and I've been able to get by with a trench or no jacket at all. I have quite a few winter jackets, but realize I don't have many light jackets. So now I am on the hunt for a versatile lightweight jacket. I love this linen slicker, but sadly it is sold out. I also love this nooy jacket in grey. Let me know if you see any cute jackets out there!