Tag Archives: Po’ohala Lei & Flowers

Busy but Back

Posted on May 25, 2010 by yesindede

Well Hello again. The months of March, April and May are usually busy for me. They squeeze together into a tight sometimes bubbling stew of making, doing, seeing, tasting, rushing. This year (since I have observed that I AM a … Continue reading →

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Thankful, Jobfull and Solefull

Posted on November 25, 2009 by yesindede

Having a job is great. I am currently full of job however as my schedule had me working Sunday & Monday then Thursday, Friday, Saturday. The new week commenced with my schedule reading Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Yikes. that’s 6 days in … Continue reading →

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Apres the Lei(shop)

Posted on November 18, 2009 by yesindede

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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Po’ohala Lei & Flowers is Closing

Posted on October 26, 2009 by yesindede

Our Lei Shop is closing today…sob. Po’ohala Lei and Flowers, the last of the Hawaiian owned lei shops in Chinatown Hawaii is shuttering the business. It has been a family owned business for 27 years. It has been a tough … Continue reading →

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A Lei for Every Occasion

Posted on October 19, 2009 by yesindede

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

Posted on October 17, 2009 by yesindede

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

Posted on October 9, 2009 by yesindede

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

Posted on October 5, 2009 by yesindede

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

Posted on September 25, 2009 by yesindede

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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YARD…age Sale

Posted on September 24, 2009 by yesindede

What do you do when you have too much fabric, notions, crafty stuff, beautiful Hawaiian-made quilts, buttons, quilting squares of every size, spools of thread in a rainbow of colors, feathers(what I am doing with feathers, I don’t know, but … Continue reading →