The other day I decided it was a good day to practice my picture taking skills.

Thanks to my neighbor, Mrs. Ikehara. For tolerating me. 

Top and Bottom: Pink and Yellow Hibiscus.

sun azalea

Pele's hair (hinahina)

white azalea

Pineapple plant...sorry no fruit just now.

Phalaenopsis

The Diamond Head Arts and Crafts fair is now over and I'm still in recovery mode. It was a little rainy this year and we were a bit worried that no one would come out but by the middle of the day the sky got clearer. 

Early morning...the sky was heavy with probable rain

So far, so good. Mostly just drizzles. 

The rustic "chandelier's" fared pretty well

Here's the chandelier with the plants and lights on.

I wasn't allowed to sell it with the lights or the plants.

This is one of 4 Lillies and Leaves neckaces. I  had so much fun making these.
It was some time ago ... when silver was so much more inexpensive.

In an effort to catch up, here's my latest paper projects...

SVG cuts haunted house. The ghosts and the moon are painted glow in the dark. My mistake: black moon. 

The major construction on the castle is completed but I have to embellish, add the banners and flags. But it may have to wait...'cause...

Busy at work trying to get things ready for the craft fair. These are just some of the samples that went out for screening night. Boy, what an affair that was. So many rules and regulations make it not as fun as it used to be. It's not like we're big business here...we're just small potatoes. Guess I'm just getting old, huh?

Darcie's designs, season pins. Thanks Darcie, for the blessings to make these!

Inspired by one of Roxanne's pins on Pinterest...done my way. She now owns the one on the right.

Prehnite earrings, sterling silver

Wired button headbands and sewn headbands

Okay, so this one is not going for sale, but I'm thinking of stamping some of these to put jewelry purchases in. Hand stamped and colored with Copics. Yes, Copic...but heat set. The inkpad used: Memento Luxe (Tsukineko) and heat set.

My take on a garden/earring/whatever rustic chandelier

I realized I had no bracelets to take to the screening, so here's my 15 minute samples. Whew!!!

DVD Notebooks, inside

DVD Notebooks, outside

Here's the mini chandelier. Pele's hair inside, but according to the fair rules, I can't sell it with the Pele's hair. HA!

I made these to match the DVD notebooks. They're just like the Avery ones you can get in the office stores!

This was last night's project. I stopped by The Bead Gallery for and Instagram class and picked up my gem club special for the month. It's a fluorite dagger. I caged it in wire and added a "topper" to soften it up.  The photo is also filtered...something we learned in the Instagram class. Boy, do I have a lotta learning to do!

Today's project

I have a baby shower to go to tomorrow. I decided to make a few favors for the event. Baby booties using Basic Grey "Paper Cottage".  I had to make the candy fit the opening...no mean feat considering I didn't allow myself to tear the paper in doing so.

Front view

Wow! I'm finally back into production after almost 4 months of reorganization of all my "stuff". Yes, I have been told that I could open a store. And yes, I probably could. But even though I now have a warehouse of sorts and a neater work area  it's not "pretty" by any means so don't start looking for it in a "Where Women Create" magazine.

The Paper Corner...yes ALL PAPER and only some of  the inventory!

Rubber Stamp Lane.  These are only wood mounted ones...the clears and unmounted are elsewhere!

Jewelry Row

Arts and Crafts, Mixed Media and Sewing

Paper Punches in the library card catalog and....more paper! And reference material.

The Jeweler's "Bench"

Yes, I need two computers and 5 screens and 3 printers. (The scanner is hiding)

Sewing corner...and yes, that is a typewriter over on the right.

The pounding/soldering/fusing cart...thanks Jamie and Jason!!!

This month's card swap...theme: Back to School

#4 Hard Drive series...this was donated to the Gay Men's Chorus of Honolulu for silent auction.

It's been a while since my last post. Life has changed a bit for me since then and I'm now only working a little over part time. I've decided to see if I can "make do" with just the part time work and try to get my website going...which has been on the back burner for at least 3 years now. If it doesn't pan out...well, it looks like I go job hunting...which I'm kind of dreading at my age.

Took a short hop over to Hilo to visit Mardi, my sister, just after my birthday in April. She had a card class with Anne Oshiro at Mardiart from the 19th through the 20th. Here's some pics.

 As soon as I got back I had to focus on getting some jewelry ready for The Bead Gallery's Charity Fair on April 28th. Talk about cramming! 

These are some of the pieces that I took to the fair. Most of them sold that day, so I guess I'm back to square one on inventory. That's good, I think?

Unfortunately, I don't have any more small hard drives to disassemble so I'm going to have to work with the large ones which might make for some "hefty" pendants. Hmm. We'll see. 

#1 of Hard Drive series

#2 of Hard Drive series

#4 of Hard Drive series

Dragon power bracelet

#3 of Hard Drive series

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Wired headbands galore!

This past weekend I took Beryl, my other sister, to Empty Bowl Hawaii. It's a benefit event for Hawaii Meals on Wheels...so it's a good cause. The Hawaii Potter's Guild makes a whole bunch of bowls and about 20 local chefs make 20 different soups for the event. You buy tickets that allows you one bowl of your choice and one soup of your choice. Here's our bowls! Beryl chose a Chicken Tortilla soup (I can't remember which restaurant it was from) and I chose French Onion from Le Bistro.

Up next, I've got to make five Mother's Day cards for the card swap this weekend and a bunch of thank you cards for all the birthday gifts I received!