Sugar and Spice...

...AND EVERYTHING NICE...
Happy Monday Everyone! Hope the weather here has decided to stay sunny. It was an awesome mother nature filled event last week! Will never forget that one for a while. Anywhoo, it gave me a chance to catch up and get my crafting going! I will be mailing out boxes today. I have been trying so hard to catch up and starting getting my mojo back. Well, this card had to be decked out because it's for a dear sweet friend, who amazes and inspires me with her creations all the time. I am always blessed that she shares some of her awesome creations with me. So what to do. I had to look at other layouts and came out with this one. I am happy how this turned out. I used lots of black and pink, flowers, nesties, ribbon and stickles.
I hope she likes this card and the goodies I am sending. I am sending it out so late. I hope she understands! well, it's spring break for my kid here in Hawaii. So traffic should be good. Have a blessed week!

Be Blessed,

2012 Calendar Creations...

...CALENDAR FUN...

Happy Friday everyone! Are we surviving the rain, thunder storms & hail?! Yes, Hail! We had hail early this morning in Kaneohe! Well, I am trying to catch up with all my creations and being able to post at the same time! Well I finally finished all my coaster calendars. Thanks to Janice who gave me some calendars, I put them to good use. I wanted to give some away for girl's day and others just as gifts. I better hurry up as it's already March! Here's one...I used the cute CC design image.
Here I used my first sister stamp (from Joni) called Mei Lin...so cute!
I love this Magnolia stamp! She's so cute! I used some pink w/ brown polka dot ribbon and a flower...

Last but not least...I made a few of these. I had lace ribbon that sorta looked like a curtain, so I tried to make it look like she's looking out the window.

here's the picture of the hail I went out to collect during a thunder storm! I know...CRAZY but I wanted my daughter to experience/see it. It was both our first time!

till next time...be safe, stay warm & dry!

Be Blessed,

Happy Girl's Day Gifts...

...MINI PURSES...
Well Girl's Day is here and I wanted to make something for the girls I will be playing soccer with tomorrow. So I went to check out some you tube videos and came across this one. A cute mini purse. It just takes one 6" x 6" double sided patterned paper. so easy to make! Here's what it looks like...(sorry the picture is so dark)
here's what it looks like once you open it...I used ribbon handles instead of paper ones and used a border punch to line the top of my purse.

this is another bad picture...but here are all the purses I made to give them. I made a total of 20! I put some chocolates inside...yum!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend! My weekend is soccer packed! I have a UH 6-a-side tournament on Saturday and my regular WISA game on Sunday! and if that wasn't enough I have a game Monday night for co-ed! yikes! hope my body survives :)
till next time...LIVE like there is no tomorrow!

Be Blessed,

Gorjuss Girl...

...MY FAVORITE ONE...
Happy "hump" day everyone! I am here to share another creation with you! A dear friend has just celebrated her birthday and I wanted to create something special for her. I decided to use my favorite gorjuss girl on all my projects. I made a card, a calendar and a tag. I saw "MAMA" make her own present/wrap for a friend and so I decided to do the same thing for her! What an easy idea! I love it! I hope MAMA received her gift! Happy Birthday girl!!!
Well...thanks for stopping by today! hope your week is "GORJUSS"!
till next time...BIG HUGS!!!

Be Blessed,

LaLa Land...

...AUTUMN MARCI...
This past weekend we were invited to a dear friend's daughter, Hailey's 4th birthday party. I wanted to make a special card for her. I bought this cutie from Stamp and Create a little while ago and I knew that I wanted to use this image for her card. I colored her with my copics, paper pieced her hat, used some ribbon, border punch and some perfect pearls mist on the background. I found a cute sentiment to finish it off.
It was a real fun water party. they had a 13' water slide! I didn't try it, but Taelyn sure did and she had a blast! Well, I am starting to make cards again. I hope to share more with you when I have time to post! Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Be Blessed,

BIG ♥...

...♥FRIENDS♥...

I am determined to create my thank you cards in a timely manner and so here's my first one! I love this new Tilda and she's so sweet! I colored her with my copics, used my nesties, glittered her up and added some crocheted ribbon to finish it off.
I hope that this is to their liking! I am trying to keep up and start crafting again. hopefully it will be a daily thing. But if not...be good to each other and keep smiling! Have a good Tuesday!

Be Blessed,

Memory Books...

...CLASS OF 2012...
So, I decided for my daughter's last year in elementary school, I would step in and do something special for the kids in her class. Every year they take a little trip to Turtle Bay...they stay over night and then return. Well, I was going to make the favors, but I decided to make the memory books for each child instead. I wanted to make it special as it's their last time together as others may attend different schools and lives change. I can say that these last 7 years at Kaneohe Elementary has been a roller coaster and truly a blast! So this weekend, I got together with my "best of friends" gang and we got the ideas rolling and we came up with this...
I wanted to use the class logo, class colors which are black and gold and a pen.
So I wanted to take a picture of what 85 books would look like, and yes...this is how many kids are in her class.

I hope the kids enjoy their books!
Wow...2 postings in a week! haha! I hope that the more I create the more I will post. I hope to have more time to be able to share with you! Hope you are having a wonderful President's day and have a beautiful week!

Be Blessed,

BEST OF FRIENDS...

...PARTY LIKE IT'S 2012...
Happy February everyone! Where has the time gone! Well it's another year for me and I can actually say that I feel OLD! lol! I got a chance to get together with my "best of friends" gang and we had a blast! Good food, sweet cake and just simple wonderful FUN with the kids, the dogs and each other! I cannot thank them enough as throughout the years they have been there for me through thick and thin. I NEED them in my life and I am so glad that I do! So I wanted to share my cards that I got from each of them...This one is from Joni! Love the layout and the coloring! Thanks Joni and kids!

This one is from Michelle...look at all that glitter and cute paper too! woo-hoo!

last but not least...Teri! Look at her with her kitty...haha! What a cute card! I know us ladies haven't been creating too much, but thanks for busting out the pens and stamps to create a card for me :)

I just wanted to share a few pics with you...this one is of my dog cake! Isn't it so cute! It looks my yorkie!
Here's Teri with Chopper...he loves the attention and decided to sit on Teri's lap!

And this one with my daughter getting lots of kisses from Zashi...so cute!Well...thanks for stopping by today! I am glad I could post and share a few things with all of you! hope everyone is doing good. I am trying to get to your blogs as much as I can! I love being inspired by your creations! Take care and...
Be Blessed,

FRIENDS make LIFE Grand...

...HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012...

Where have I been? I have been asking that question too. It's been a while since I posted. I hope everyone is doing good and still crafting. Ever since I got my place renovated, I have wanted to craft, just didn't get around to doing so. Finally...my first card in the new year and I even colored an image...lol! I got to shop for some new Tilda stamps and got this one at a dear, sweet friend's store...Lacey's Stamp and Create! I decided to step down from the DT there as I didn't want to disappoint them or stress myself out, but I still shop there :) So this is a cute Tilda with heart stamp from the store. She carries so many Magnolias and at a great price! I used my new nesties, added some flowers, pearls, ribbon and used my ticket die & stamp and a heart charm both from Stamp and Create as well.

I needed to make this card for such a wonderful friend. She's so giving, fun to hang out with and makes me laugh & smile. She's also the new head coach for the UH Wahine Soccer Team. If you get a chance...please come out and support her...the team...UH! I need to send her a check, but couldn't just send it like that...now could I? so it gave me the push to create a card. Well, it's almost the end of January and so February here we come! Hope you all are ready to give me ideas to create for Valentines...lol!

Till next time...Be good to yourself...there is only one you!!

Be Blessed,

Mini Tea Boxes...

...Joy To The World...
Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. I know that this time can be stressful and chaotic at times. Busy malls, crowds, shopping, lines, what to get someone...etc! So I decided to create something for my gifts this year. Well...if you didn't know, my mom just came back from Rome/Italy/Israel. She had a wonderful time and she brought back some tea from Israel. She wanted to share it with some of her friends and her group in mini church. So this is what she tells me: "I am just going to give the tea to them in a ziploc bag". I said what? No ways! So I had to think of something. Then I thought...oh, I was so blessed to receive a original, hand crafted tea dispenser from CHALSIE. If you want to see the post...it's here. I wanted to try to make one, but in a smaller size. Here's what my creation looks like...
It's not too hard to make...once you figure out your dimensions. Then everything is easy peasy. This is what it looks like from the top. I used the new stamp set from SU called "The Sounding Joy"...haha. I had to get this set...not only because it had my name, but because it really sets the tone for the true reason for the season.

here's what it looks like from the front...

I am pretty much done with my Christmas shopping. I just have to wrap and deliver. I plan to make a few more of these mini tea dispensers for some co-workers and friends. Have a Merry Christmas! Try to remember...that if you can't find some Christmas spirit in you this time of year, then you don't have the "Aloha" spirit all year through.

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32

Be Blessed,