Category Archives: sewing

Happy Boys Day 5/5

My little neighbor Bodi is only 9 months old. To celebrate his 1st Boys Day I created this cute little fish. Japanese custom is to honor all the boys in the household by dispaying carp, usually by stringing paper carp … Continue reading

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Sleepy Sunday

After a fairly busy week; setting up my twice a week booth at the Hilo Farmer’s Market, sewing my YesinDede AlohaWare, attending to my intellectual and social ‘culcha’ with lectures at Lyman Museum on Mauna Loa by a renown volcanist … Continue reading

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Mele Kalikimaka and Flower Friday December 25

We topped our little potted Norfolk Pine with this large and stunning red hibiscus. Very tropical and eco-easy…if you are Lucky to live in Hawaii. We have a new kitty addition to our family. That and the procrastination regarding buying … Continue reading

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Sewing and Sanding

We are getting ready for this weekend’s craft fair. The last big craft fair of the season is The Pacific Handcrafters Guild showing at Thomas Square. There is still a bit of sewing to be completed before tomorrow albeit not … Continue reading

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Apres the Lei(shop)

We closed the lei shop on Monday. With the help of our reliable friends and family, we had the shop thoroughly cleared and cleaned by Thursday. That is a story of course in itself  of which in due time I … Continue reading

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A Lei for Every Occasion

No such thing as Monday Blues when you work in a lei shop. How could that ever be possible when surrounded by these beautiful and fragrant lei. At Po’ohala Lei and Flowers on Beretania St. in Downtown Honolulu Chinatown, today’s … Continue reading

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Saturday Selection

If the Scent-a-rama (although shouldn’t it be scent-a-roma?) ever becomes an app, today’s download would send you to teen heaven. Today’s Saturday selection at Po’ohala Lei & Flowers is a lei lovers delight. This photo does not do justice to these … Continue reading

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A Gorgeous Birthday Lei

This is possibly one of the most beautiful and unique lei that I have created. I made it for my husband’s birthday this past week. As you can see, it is so knock-down-over-the-top-show-stopping-breathtakingly-darn-frickin’-jaw-dropping-GORGEOUS!!!!! And its fragrances are divine!     … Continue reading

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Lei at Po’ohala

Take a look at today’s featured lei at Po’ohala Lei & Flowers. Wow! such unique and lovely offerings. The red rose and tuberose crafted in the rope style pictured on the top has both the long lasting beauty of the rose coupled with the … Continue reading

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Buttoned up

These are only 500 buttons from my stash of 500,000. And yes, somehow I am managing to let them go at the YARDage Sale tomorrow. Lots and lots of fun fabric and notions and other craftiness goodies to be had. … Continue reading

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