Aloha, all! With everything else that’s been going on, I’ve been involved in getting ready for quite a few holiday parties sponsored by many organizations to which I belong. For the most part, given that we’ve been so focused on making our home livable, I’ve been able to beg out of doing too very much…. [Read More]
Handmade Christmas Ornaments
Our Apartment Renovation is Finished!
Aloha, all! In mid-October, once again our life was interrupted by constant moving of furniture back and forth. While I tried to weather through all that was going on, by the beginning of November, I realized that I needed to focus on where we lived and keeping it livable than on my crafting. If you… [Read More]
Getting Started Early on Christmas Treats!
Aloha, all! While I do enjoy making greeting cards with a Halloween theme, I'm not much for trick or treating. So when the SUO Challenge came around with the theme, "The Treat's the Thing," I wanted to do something other than a Trick or Treat project. In looking through all my Stampin' Up 2014… [Read More]
Another QUICK Diagonal Double Pocket Card!
Aloha, all! Just after I posted about the Diagonal Double Pocket Card earlier in the week, I decided to make a few more to see just how quick and easy it was to make them. Today's card is one that I made in just 10 minutes! The first thing that made this so… [Read More]
Peek-a-Boo Snowflake Card!
Aloha, all! Once again it's time for the Stampin' Up! Only Challenge over at the SUO Challenges Blog! The challenge this time around is for us to make a card that's folded in an unusual way – "usual" being a piece of paper or card stock folded in half. So, for "unusual," we had… [Read More]
More Personalizing!
Aloha, all! We had a totally busy day in paradise today–starting with a visit from an electrician who fixed that smoke alarm that has been going off at 4 in the morning more than I’d care to have it go off (um, actually, one time would be more than I’d care; but I’ve been patient). … [Read More]
Decor Elements for Christmas
Aloha, all! I finally had some time to day to start decorating for Christmas! Of course, last week just after Thanksgiving, my grandson and his Grandpa Harry went out into the back garden to cut two Norfolk Pines to flank our home’s front door. And there are more than a few Stampin’ Up! handmade Christmas… [Read More]
