Hawaiian Flowers Cross Stitch

Hawaiian Flowers

For Christmas this year, I stitched up two Hawaiian flowers for my son’s In-Laws. His wife’s parents love Hawaiian themed items and each year, I’ve tried to make them something original for their house in the country. (Here in Hawaii, country is ‘North Shore’)

I stitched up a yellow ginger and bird of paradise on 18ct. aida and framed them in these dark, partly rounded wooden frames. They are all set to hang on their yellow wall!

These were pretty easy to stitch up. I think the pattern is from a long since discontinued pattern…I found it in my mom’s stash.

Enjoy!

Your life needs fun. Go ahead, have some fun! –
smiles,
alicia in Hawaii
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Hawaiian Flower: Yellow Ginger

Hawaiian Flower: Bird of Paradise

Some Christmas Wrapping

Christmas Creativity

I finally got a few photos off my son’s camera. He has such a good camera my computer simply cannot get the photos off the card…there is a lot of rigamaroll that has to happen to enable my puter to read the file. Mom needs a new computer…hint hint.  

So, without further ado, I give to you…a small collection of our handmade wrapping paper! All done with crayon on kraft paper!

Your life needs fun. Go ahead, have some fun! –
smiles,
alicia in Hawaii
See my ArtFire Studio! http://Curiosities808.artfire.com

Wanting and Waiting

I have so many photos to upload…and so many embroidery and sewing projects that I just can’t wait to get to…

ahhh, but life calls.

We were just called in to install lighting in a shop downtown, then called to revisit the apt. we just remodeled to add a few more finishing touches, and we are due to create a kitchen island this Friday as well. I’m thrilled that we have some fantastic creative work that is paying off nicely!

Bear with me…I have the photos on disc and I have  stitching and sewing lined up for the Chinese New Year!

Please leave comments to share what it is that you are working on right now. I’d love to hear inspirational stories and project ideas.

smiles,

alicia in Hawaii

Simple Abundance Announcement

I am preparing new posts to continue on with exposing what creations went on in December. We’ve been working on remodeling an apartment and I promise that crafting WILL go on!

I want to blog an announcement.

I stepped off into a journey with a few plurk friends to make a marked difference in my life this new year. I’ve been following the readings and path of the bookSimple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, by Sarah Ban Breathnach. I started mid way of January and it has had a TREMENDOUSLY POSITIVE affect on my daily life so far!

Here’s the book: Maybe you’d like to join along?

smiles,

alicia in Hawaii

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I want to keep this blog feed dedicated to crafting, so I’ve created a separate spin-off site to house all my Simple Abundance posts.

Please click here:

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to join me.

Hawaiian Hapa Teddy Bear Boy and Girl

To prove that I have been sewing and stitching creations other than purses and bags…I bring to you…

BEARS

*and…don’t be fooled. Sewing up 3D stuffed animals is WAAAAYYY harder and more difficult that sewing any purse or bag! Talk about digging deep for your sewing skills…  :) *

First the cute little girl. Complete with Honu (turtle) bikini and flower lei! (crochet lei)

And now, the Boy.  Showing off his Honu (turtle) boardshorts and his flower lei.

These were the most fun to make! I got to challenge myself a bit to create a pattern for the clothing…and of course…after crocheting all the lei for graduation after graduation and a wedding this year, I was happy to only crochet an itty bitty lei for the bears!

Your life needs fun. Go ahead, have some fun! –
smiles,
alicia in Hawaii
See my ArtFire Studio! http://Curiosities808.artfire.com