Posts from — May 2008

1. Abstract Nature Walk 3
2. Peppermint Stilts
3. Frenchie Blue
4. Abstract Nature Walk 5
5. In Full Bloom 2
6. Lost and Found Lea

I love these fun and whimsical original mixed media art pieces by Sophia’s Sweet Spot.

images snagged from Sophia’s Sweet Spot etsy shoppe.

I’m so excited. I’ve finally gotten my “ducks” in a row and I’m finally ready for my huge grand opening of Simply Embellish Cards and Stationery!  I’ve got my tax and business papers in order, I’ve got all of my business and tax licenses and I’ve ordered my supplies.  Now I stalk my USPS and UPS mail carriers for my packages.   My huge order of lovely paper and envelopes came on Friday, today I got some card boxes, tomorrow my stickers should come. I have so many cards and stationery sets and designs waiting to be printed. Keep checking back. Lots and lots more to come!!

1. Crinkle Cut, 2. the rose, 3. Yellow gloss, 4. Hostal, 5. Red shoes, 6. Orchid., 7. Macro, 8. PNR_0156, 9. rhododendron, 10. Mother’s Day Orchid, 11. Loto, 12. Flora, 13. Up close….., 14. Bud, 15. Creamy Ruffles, 16. IMG_0005

I love fresh flowers. I mean who doesn’t? If I had the money, I’d have fresh flowers in my office, living room and dining room every day.

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I just love browsing through the macro tag on flickr. Macro photos are photographs of objects taken really close. Macro photography allows you to take a detailed, extremely close-up photograph of anything.

I am not a very good photographer, in fact a lot of my photos come out blurry, but I promised I’d share some photos from the Relay for Life Walk last week Saturday and of our KoiNobori from Children’s day on Monday.

Here is a photo of the luminaries from the Ceremony of Hope. Each luminary represents a person who has battled cancer. Many of them commemorate the lives of those who have been lost to this disease.

The luminaries were placed in a double row all around the walking track. It was very touching to see just how many people have been affected by cancer. The light from the luminaries lit the track the whole night. My little guy and I did not stay for the whole event. There was no way that I could stay up that long, or make my little guy sleep there. My husband stayed to walk and ended up walking over 12 miles.

Here’s my little guy with our koinobori. We used white butcher paper to cut out a fish and stuffed it with newspaper. I tried to get him to color his fish, but my husband and I ended up finishing it for him.

We hung the fish outside on our flag pole. The fish stayed on the flag pole until it rained and blew away. You can see the dark rain clouds in the background….

**Oops! I thought I posted this yesterday! I go in to starting writing today’s post and I realize I never posted yesterdays… sorry my blog readers!**

Instructables.com “is a web-based documentation platform where passionate people share what they do and how they do it, and learn from and collaborate with others.”

Instructables dot com is a fun little website that allows users to “show and tell”. Some of the categories on Instructables.com include food, games, life, art, craft, kids, photography. Here are a few things you can learn, that I found pretty interesting…

• How to Turn Junk Mail and Paper into Very Nice Bowls
• Photo-emulsion Screen Printing
• T-shirt Rug
• How to Make your Own Polymer Stamps
• How to remove most of the seeds when cutting up a watermelon
• How to soften stiff jeans

Collage of Etsy Glass Kiln-formed dishes

1. blue glass square bowl::flaminglily 2. Cubicles::napierartdesigns 3. Round striped fused glass plate::torchsong 4. Fused Art Glass Mini Dish::LaurenUrban 5. Green glass dish::redvinedesigns 6. Green and Black Fused Glass Anything Dish::DenaultStudios 7. Funky Green Striped Fused Glass Dish::LaurenUrban 8. Cobalt Blue with White Confetti Fused Glass Dish::JoanJewels 9. Notched Black Platter::drewjaeger 10. Green Asterisk Dish, Kiln-Fired Glass Enamel on Copper::marstinia 11. Red and White Sushi Plate::drewjaeger 12. Mmmmm, Chocolate::jsglassart 13. Spring Colors Kilnformed Sushi Platter::drewjaeger 14. Patchwork Fused Bowl::unblinkingeye 15. Fused Art Glass Trinket Dish Blue Wave::Outoftheflames 16. Colorful Blues Kilnformed Plate::drewjaeger

I’m really loving these kiln-formed glass dishes I found on etsy.  I went through and found 16 of my favorites.  Looking back at the collage, I can tell that I was really drawn to the blues and greens… interesting since, I hope to design my kitchen using red.

Koinibori

Kodomo no Hi or Children’s Day is a Japanese national holiday. It is a day set aside to respect children’s personalities and to celebrate their happiness. I am not Japanese, but here in Hawaii, Children’s day is widely celebrated. I don’t exactly know what I’m supposed to do to celebrate this Japanese holiday other than make Koinobori. A koinobori is a carp-shaped wind-sock flown to celebrate children’s day. The koinobori are using flown in groups, with the largest carp at the top representing the father, the second carp representing the mother and the third representing the children.

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Today, my lil guy and I will make our own koinobori out of white kraft paper. I’ll come back later with pictures.

Image snagged from Wikipedia

1. colorful windsocks, 2. Boys Day Carp, 3. koi nobori, 4. Untitled, 5. (Boy’ Day Carp) KoiNobori, 6. Koinobori