Woof Woof!

And the pictures are in!

Remember the fleece dog jackets I made for my sister's dogs? The timing was perfect as my little nieces went to the snowy east coast for Christmas vacation. My sister sent me some action shots of the dogs sporting their Hawaiian style wear! Looks like they had tons of fun!  

 

Want more handmade gift ideas or inspiration? Check out "A Crafty Soiree" hosted by Katie's Nesting Spot!

Crayon Apron - Full and Reversible!

After the holiday craziness I was finally able to get some sewing done yesterday. YAY! A friend had asked if I could make a boy-friendly crayon apron. When I asked if she had a theme in mind she mentioned dinosaurs.

Whoa.

Just two days prior I ordered some Michael Miller dinosaur fabric and was waiting for it to come in the mail! It was definitely a sign!

So here's how it turned out. One side has the crayon pockets and the reverse has a chest pocket. My model was snoozing at the time so I had to take the picture on "Addie" the dress form:

When Momo woke up from her nap she reluctantly put it on for me so I could take a picture. Oh the drama!

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Happy Holidays!

Merry Belated Christmas! Hope you had a wonderful holiday with loved ones!

Our Christmas was great! First and foremost, I am incredibly grateful that my husband is home and not deployed elsewhere. On that note, my thoughts go out to the military families (and all other families) that had to spend the holidays apart!

We did a lot of running around days prior to Christmas day. You know, the usual....last minute shopping, trips to the post office, etc. etc. But we also paid a visit to Santa and both girls actually took a decent picture!

 We also did some easy Christmas crafts. I bought some glass bulbs and had the girls drip paint into them and roll it around. We turned them upside down and placed them into a small paper cup to drain. When they were dry we hung them up. Here is a picture of a few of them: 

 

Kailani also left some cookies and a note for Santa:

 

We were also invited to a Christmas party where our friend Jill had a local style mini-Christmas tree on display. She hung it with Li Hing Mui, nori make and gumdrops. Isn't it cute?

 

And then of course, Christmas morning. Can you believe the kids actually slept in? Of all days! I even made it a point to wake up early so I could at least have a cup of coffee before all the opening of the gifts! I ended up waking them up! 

Hope you had a merry one! 

More Soap Bottles....

More Personalized Bottles.....

I lost count of how many I made.

I also lost count of:

• how many times I had to go back to the store (during holiday season, mind you) for more bottles because a certain someone said, "oh....I forgot about so-and-so"
• how many times I had to go to the copy store to make more transparencies.....(must be printed using a laser printer) 
• how many times I had to remove all the labels and then scrub off all the gummy bits (Thank goodness for Goo Gone!)
• the number of ribbons I tied....
• the number of finger cramps...
• etc. etc. etc.

All this with two kids in tow. If you're a mama I know you're feeling me. 

But in the end, with all the bottles lined up next to each other they looked great. Unfortunately the picture doesn't do them justice but I was done.....D.O.N.E. stick-a-fork-in-me-done! I just hope my husband's coworkers like them. They don't have to LOVE them, but remotely like them will be okay. Each one got a bottle of hand soap and a bottle of hand sanitizer....along with a Girl Scout cookie ticket. :)

Want to know how to do it? You'll have to head over to one of my favorite sites, "The Idea Room". Amy was nice enough to provide a link to download the circular monogram design for freeeeeee! As if the awesome idea wasn't enough! ;)

Lunar Eclipse

Did you see it? 

With all the cloud coverage it was pure luck that I was able to see anything. Quite honestly I had totally forgotten about the eclipse until a girlfriend's sweet daughter mentioned it on Facebook. I chanced it and went outside to see what I could see:  

The picture doesn't do it justice. The moon looked like it was glowing....radiating......

Unfortunately the rest of my family wasn't nearly as enthusiastic as I was. However, as I was trying to take a picture Kailani did ask as if the eclipse was man-made. That gave me a good chuckle (and I forgave her for not being excited enough.)  ;)

Apparently the best viewing of the eclipse is about an hour from now but with the heavy cloud coverage here in Hawaii it's doubtful we'll see a thing. Darn. 

Thank you, Emily. <3