{Character Series} Aoi Ahiru

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The latest craze of Florentijn Hofman’s Rubber Duck Project in Hong Kong lately inspired me to create a new character called Aoi Ahiru. Aoi in Japanese refers to the blue-green color. Ahiru in Japanese means duck. The name is partially a tribute to one of my favorite Sanrio characters from the early ’90’s Ahiru No Pekkle. Who remembers this cutie? 🙂

Aoi Ahiru has a special story. He was born originally yellow in color but over the course of time his feathers started turning blue green because he ate too many glowing microorganisms while swimming  in Okinawa. Soon Aoi Ahiru’s feathers began glowing at night. He often helps lead lost ducklings back to their family.

Come show Aoi Ahiru some love by downloading and sharing his free wallpapers below!

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{Events} Baby’s 1st Birthday Safari Design

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I just designed a fun birthday event for a very special baby turning one years old.  The theme was baby safari, using characters of baby jungle animals.  I used a buffet and a birthday pendant banner as the focal point for the whole design and was inspired by all the many fun ideas on Pinterest!  To save time, I bought a safari event decor set from accenttheparty.com set and created the birthday & photo pendant banners from scratch.

Here is a list of what I used to complete the design:

  • water bottle labels
  • favor tags
  • apothecary jars with a favor sticker label on the top
  • wire cupcake holder
  • plastic cupcake tower holder
  • 2 ivory colored tablecloths
  • orange, green and brown balloons with white polka dots
  • a large tissue paper flower
  • pendant banner of baby’s photos
  • cupcake character toppers
  • cake character toppers
  • cupcake liners
  • balloon animals and coconut tree

Here are photos from the event for inspiration!

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i used the plastic cupcake tower holder as a favor holder/display

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i used the cupcake towers for brownie bites

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the wire cupcake holder with cupcake toppers and cupcake liners

{Character Series} Jelly Roll the Lucky Baby Snake

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Happy New Year of the Snake! 新年快樂!☆*:.。. o(≧▽≦)o .。.:*☆

Introducing Jelly Roll! She’s a baby snake that usually likes to curl up and snooze most of the time making her look like a poofy croissant roll. Jelly Roll is super excited that this lunar year is the year of the snake. When Jelly Roll is happy, a special insignia shows up on her forehead! Anyone who catches the insignia’s appearance is bound to have good luck.

Right click the image above and save as to download Jelly Roll’s free 1920×1080 wallpaper.

Here are also some cute decorations to print, cut and tape up to decorate your home lunar new year style!

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