Perfect Handmade Holiday

Create Amazing cards,

Beautiful packaging,

and Cherished gifts

this holiday season!

Now until December 16, 2010, choose from these gorgeous Stampin' Up! holiday bundles- perfect for creating cards, gift packaging, tags, and gifts- all at 20% off!

If you are in Hilo, Hawaii, be sure to visit my calendar here. Classes featuring these bundles will be available in November and December. Classes are free when you purchase your bundle. All events are held at my home in Hilo, near Waiakea Intermediate School, directions will be provided upon receiving your RSVP. Seats are limited. RSVP early! Contact me with any questions.

If you are interested in classes, and are unable to make the date, consider hosting a workshop in your home or mine. Gather a few of your friends, and I will be glad to show you all how to create beautiful projects using Stampin' Up! products.

Happy Stampin'!

Mojo Monday 160

Wow! I always feel guilty when I miss a day of blogging. However, I was creating! Yesterday was my mother-in-law's birthday. I made her a 12x12 framed scrapbook page of my kids, along with a card, of course. I wish I had taken a picture of it to post here. I don't do scrapbooking too often. Oh! But I did start a Halloween scrapbook of my kids. I shall post some pics this week.

Since I was busy yesterday, I completed my Mojo Monday creation today. This is the sketch:

Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Whisper White, Peaceful Season Hostess Stamp Set, Soft Holly Stampin' Around, 1/4" Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon, Basic Pearls Jewels

I wanted to do a Christmas card today to experiment with colors. My next SU! order will be all my Christmas supplies, so I must figure out which green and red I will be working with this year. This combo of Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive is okay. I think I just used too much white! Yikes! I'm looking at Riding Hood Red and Wild Wasabi also. I haven't decided yet. I must play more!

Well, it is getting late. My daughter had no school all last week, and this week I am having a hard time waking up at 6am to get her ready for school. I'm actually yawning while blogging and watching Y&R. Talk about multi-tasking!

Thanks for stopping in! Good night!

Jolly Old St. Nick

OMG! 80 days 'til Christmas!

I'm really dreading the holidays this year. For my readers in Hawaii, you can imagine the shock I am about to face... I often had a trouble shopping for the perfect gifts for family and friends in Honolulu (yes, even with Ala Moana, Pearlrige, Waikele and Windward Mall), and now I am about to tackle holiday shopping in Hilo (at the Plaza?!) For my non-resident readers, I have moved from Hawaii's capital city to a small "big town" on another island, where we have one tiny mall on the island, some small shopping centers, and NO Toys R Us!!! LOL. Is there even a toy store here? I know KB closed down years ago.

It seems I will be doing all of my shopping online. Problem there is that you cannot always rely on shipping to arrive in time during holiday season, shipping can be expensive (usually, if they don't offer free shipping, I don't buy!), and I have to pay shipping out to my family in Honolulu. I'm thinking about flying to Honolulu (alone-without my kids *crossing fingers*) for Black Friday. That will decrease my shopping funds by (what is interisland airfare nowadays?) 160?? Oh my... I'm begging, if you live on the Big Island and have any holiday shopping tips and tricks to share, I would love to hear them. Ü

Wouldn't it be nice if all my family members were stampers... Stampin' Up! gifts for everyone!!  Ü 

Okay, enough blabber... I do have a set of cards to share with you:

Featured: Jolly Old St. Nick Stamp Set (Holiday Mini Catalog)

Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Jolly Old St. Nick Stamp Set, 1 3/4 x 7/8" Oval Punch, Extra Large Scallop Oval Punch, 1/4" Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon, Basic Pearls Jewels

Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Jolly Old St. Nick Stamp Set, 5/8" Victoria Lace Trim, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pen

Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Jolly Old St. Nick Stamp Set, Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pen, 1/4" Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon

I'm not yet ready for Christmas, both shopping and stamping. This is the first Christmas set I have purchased for the new Stampin' Up! IB&C and Holiday Mini Catalog. If you've seen Friday's post, not much of that was Christmas. I'm still having fun with Halloween and I'm preparing for Thanksgiving. I've got so much on my holiday wish list, I'm afraid I'll go crazy when I place my next demonstrator order.  Ü

I have lots of plans for this set. Check back soon... I will be making tags next.

Thank you for visiting!