tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512382056240396162024-03-08T08:37:53.671-05:00|| made by gina ||a documentation of my short term attention span for various crafts & hobbiesGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020220996274251633noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51238205624039616.post-43688059450400182202016-03-27T20:24:00.000-04:002016-04-24T23:16:25.450-04:00Kitty Quilt for Imri<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L8Y40e3AwDs/Vvh4jEACUTI/AAAAAAAABpY/Q2HmoRVPkVM9dT2i9Bx_B251QcrgFoZ4Q/s1600/IMG_8706.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L8Y40e3AwDs/Vvh4jEACUTI/AAAAAAAABpY/Q2HmoRVPkVM9dT2i9Bx_B251QcrgFoZ4Q/s640/IMG_8706.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was perusing through Instagram and found <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jillyp_studio" target="_blank">a British illustrator</a> I follow had <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/5064430-little-cats-by-jillypstudio" target="_blank">a very cute kitty fabric print</a> available on <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/" target="_blank">Spoonflower</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My best friend was expecting a little girl very soon. I normally reserve quilt sewing projects for family since they take so much time and effort. But seeing as I consider my best friend as family, I thought her baby could use a nice baby blanket. This print was very adorable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was in the middle of sewing when I heard news baby decided to arrive
two weeks early! So I <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">switched myself into high g<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ear</span></span> to get the quilt done <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and </span>ship over the
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I got to use my new woven labels! It's sort of like a little signature for my projects. Now people will know who made the blanket. I <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hope the kitties will keep Imri warm and cozy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After my friend, Phil, bought the farm animal blocks for Sena, he made a special request for a sea turtle. His wife's favorite animal is a sea turtle. HRM... I made a small ocean themed set. Here we have a crab, octopus, and a sea turtle. My favorite out of this bunch is the octopus. The sea turtle is a bit of a stretch. Some animals aren't easily able to be translated as a cube shape. I got custom ribbon made with my name on them for a little branding. These plush blocks look all offishul now.</span><br />
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Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020220996274251633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51238205624039616.post-73433684404982325902016-01-15T09:00:00.000-05:002016-02-01T15:42:56.283-05:00Farm Animal Soft Blocks for Sena<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While working as a toy designer, I learned the most popular animal theme is farm. Who doesn't like farm animals! Here we have a duck, pig, chicken, cow, horse, and sheep. I might make a super farm set and include cat, dog, and goat. This particular set is for my friend, Phil's daughter, Sena. She is at the stage where she is sitting up on her own so these blocks are the perfect toy for her.</span>Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020220996274251633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51238205624039616.post-1202123384417094922015-12-24T09:00:00.000-05:002016-02-01T16:48:32.815-05:00Christmas Cookies!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are all the holiday cookies I baked this Christmas. Above we have Ghirardelli Chocolate Crackle Cookies. The recipe is on their box for double chocolate brownie mix.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lemon ricotta cookies with lemon glaze. Giada Delaurentiis' recipe! She has you spoon the cookie dough onto the baking sheet. If you want perfect circles, it's best to pipe the dough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Oatmeal cookies with dried cranberries and green raisins... because red and green is Christmas. Recipe is from the Quaker oatmeal box!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chewy ginger cookies. My friend's gramma's recipe. Here, I tried to get all fancy with the decorating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sadly, I did not have time to bake traditional gingerbread cookies. Wish I had :( But these are quite enough to last me throughout the holidays!</span>Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020220996274251633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51238205624039616.post-66814959473308746962015-12-14T09:00:00.000-05:002016-02-01T16:32:25.498-05:002015 Ornament Swap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Christmas is my favorite favorite holiday. I love having holiday traditions. This year, I rounded up a bunch of friends for my annual handmade ornament swap. The friends who participated were mostly from Alex. I invited everyone over to my place for a Christmas pizza party. This batch is very impressive! Everyone is setting the bar higher each year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Top row: candy cane, snowflake, and Christmas tree made of cracked marbles</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Middle Row: angel, taco, and meowlet kitty</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bottom Row: paper pine cone, stained glass penguin, and Krampus </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> All the ornament swag before we busted them all open. There was such pretty packaging and gift wrapping!</span>Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020220996274251633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51238205624039616.post-49203025556582440042015-12-03T09:00:00.000-05:002016-02-01T15:35:16.869-05:00Forest Animal Soft Blocks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I had so much fun making the jungle animal soft blocks for Ruby, I came up with another set with a forest theme. Here we have an owl, deer, bunny, raccoon, fox, and bear. I'm thinking about making a bunch of these and putting up on the Etsy store.</span>Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020220996274251633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51238205624039616.post-51203059562288821582015-11-20T09:00:00.000-05:002016-02-01T15:44:14.887-05:00Jungle Animal Soft Blocks for Ruby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I miss being a toy designer. Since I'm not currently a professional, I may as well make toys for fun. Here's a set of jungle animal blocks I made for <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">my friend<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, Maricla<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ir's baby, Ruby</span></span></span>. I am told she loves to knock things over as she is si<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tting up.</span> Joann's Fabrics had a few textured and printed pattern felt so I experimented. After some attempts of using regular poly-fil for stuffing a square shape, I found foam to be the ideal material for the cubes to hold their shape. There's also a rattle inside. In a perfect world, I'd stuff the penguin's wings and elephant's ears with some crinkle material since babies like that feature.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I realize penguins may not be considered a jungle animal but my friend made a special request. They're at least included in "Madagascar", right? Ruby will be getting these over Thanksgiving when a mutual friend makes the delivery. Hope she likes them!</span><br />
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Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020220996274251633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51238205624039616.post-19125401013315159622015-11-05T09:00:00.000-05:002016-02-01T15:13:27.616-05:00pizza brooch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I tried looking for a pizza crochet pattern to make a little brooch. I wasn't able to find one so I made up a pattern after a couple tries. It didn't turn out so bad. Although after making a few of these for friends, I realized crocheting made my carpel tunnel syndrome flare up! Dr. Friend's orders was a couple Ibuprofen and a wrist splint for a day or so. I'll have to make these in moderation :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A friend told me about some baby smocks she was making. She showed me a pattern and it looked easy enough! <a href="http://etsy.me/1JVlIyM" target="_blank">You can buy this pattern on Etsy.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I browsed through <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/" target="_blank">Spoonflower</a> and picked some super cute fabric prints. Here are some teeth related prints I bought for my Cousin Sonia's baby, Emmy. Sonia is a dentist so I thought these prints were very appropriate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Baby Emmy is big enough to fit into the baby smock now. The back side is lined with terry cloth for easy clean up. Hope this makes feeding time more fun!</span> Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020220996274251633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51238205624039616.post-37385406814829074532015-07-24T23:19:00.000-04:002015-07-26T21:46:39.592-04:002014 Sketchbook Project<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yes, yes, I know. It's 2015, but this sketchbook was two years in the making! I finally had time to finish it so here it is. It's about my trip to London a couple years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is my book making its way home to <a href="http://www.thesketchbookproject.com/" target="_blank">the Brooklyn Art Library</a>! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yesterday the weather was awful. It was hot and steamy. So grozzzzz! I felt like I was amidst the Jurassic Period. So I used the left over Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies I had and turned it into ice cream. I used a little bit of green food coloring but looks like I didn't use enough. Still very tasty though!</span><br />
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Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020220996274251633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51238205624039616.post-13516213004423006532015-06-03T09:00:00.000-04:002015-06-12T00:09:46.366-04:00Mini Strawberry Donut Cell Phone Charms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Geem! Or as the Japanese would call it, nori. Or laver. Whatever, it's dried and roasted seaweed! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mandoo! Gyoza! Dumplings! Perogis! Empanada?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://lizurso.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Liz</a> and I are sharing a booth at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/747337868690173/" target="_blank">Fort Lee Arts & Music Festival</a> in a couple weeks:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've been scrambling to figure out what to make to sell. There are too many choices I couldn't decide! So I may end up doing a little bit of everything I think of. This weekend, I made these cute ice cream cell phone charms. I bought a couple cute plush cell phone accessories in Korea and thought I could make my own. Here are three flavors: vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While I was in Korea, I bought these super cute animal cookie cutters at Daiso. When I came home, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to use them to bake cookies to send to relatives as a 'thank you' for showing me around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I used these recipes for <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/graham-crackers-recipe.html" target="_blank">regular</a> and <a href="http://paintchipsandfrosting.com/2013/01/31/homemade-chocolate-graham-crackers/" target="_blank">chocolate graham crackers</a>. </span><br />
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Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020220996274251633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51238205624039616.post-5519665104552298262015-02-08T17:25:00.000-05:002015-02-08T17:25:06.926-05:00Polar Bear Quilt for Emmy<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2tnMzxsEVus/VNfgxlk9KjI/AAAAAAAABVk/KyKYHD008Zw/s1600/P1060043copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2tnMzxsEVus/VNfgxlk9KjI/AAAAAAAABVk/KyKYHD008Zw/s1600/P1060043copy.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When I found out one of my cousins was pregnant with her first baby, I found the perfect fabric to sew a quilt for the baby shower. This polar bear print is from <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/3478417" target="_blank">Spoonflower designed by littlesmilemakers</a>. I chose a polar bear because it was my cousin's favorite animal as a child. The back was a pink polka dotted flannel. I hand finished the binding to keep my swearing down to a minimum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My co-workers are so creative! Here are this year's holiday ornament swap ornaments. I saved some room on my tree for these new guys. It's hard to choose which ornaments to put on my tree as my collection is growing bigger each year!</span>Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020220996274251633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51238205624039616.post-37306874718366352014-12-17T09:00:00.000-05:002015-01-02T15:21:24.608-05:00Peppermint Christmas Tree Garland<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After I made all my glittery hot air balloon ornaments, I had a LOT of scraps left behind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then, I sewed them together side by side to make a lovely peppermint garland for my tree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I found <a href="http://papermatrix.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/mobile-001-balloon/" target="_blank">this tutorial online to make paper hot air balloons</a>. I used glittery paper to give them a holiday sparkle. They were relatively easy to make. The only hard part was cutting out the pieces. The tutorial video shows a fancy paper cutting machine. My paper cutting machine consisted of an X-acto blade and a rather sore index finger.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Believe me, I wasn't the only one looking for costume ingredients that day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I saw a lotta dads with their kids on the search for bits and pieces to make costumes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I used iron on transfer paper to make the logos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I even misspelled Amelie's name as many baristas tend to do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For the hat, I used three yards of white tulle sewed onto a felt helmet type hat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The straw is made with a cardboard tube from wrapping paper covered with green construction paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is secured in place with a lot of hot glue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Faith's barista costume was easy peasy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I bought a green visor and apron on Amazon.com for under $10.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Again, I used iron on transfer paper to make the logos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They look ready for their school's Halloween party, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'll be spending this Halloween giving out candy to the kids in my building. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've never done it before! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So I prepared and bought a big big bag of candy and proceeded to sort the poisonous from the nonpoisonous.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">("Poisonous" = for Gina to consume) </span> </span></div>
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Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020220996274251633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51238205624039616.post-59234439051549063522014-08-06T19:25:00.001-04:002014-08-06T19:25:44.973-04:00Peanut Butter Ice Cream.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I made peanut butter ice cream!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cuisinart.com/recipes/desserts/98.html" target="_blank">This is the recipe I used</a>, however, I used 1 cup milk.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I had also bought a king size Reese's peanut butter cup when I was PMS-ing a few weeks ago. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I never ate it so they were chopped up and stirred into the ice cream mixture. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It turned out delicious!</span></div>
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