Ningyogami Dolls

The craft fair season has started for me.

This year I am making Ningyogami frames.

and family frames.

Here are several frames that have recently been sold.

Our next craft fair will be at the 30th Islandwide Christmas Crafts and Food Expo held at the Blaisdell this Thanksgiving weekend. Can't believe my family has participated for 30 years!! Please stop by and say, Hi!

BTW, have you seen my new watermark?  I finally had time last weekend to try an app.  I am so proud of myself!  You can teach an ol' dog a new trick ;o)

Crafty day!

Saturday hanging out and having a crafty day with friends.

Here's my beautiful island style candle holder champaign class taught by Sherri.

Totally awesome gift card holder taught by Kyoko

The gift card holder oped up. Kyoko always makes fabulous gift holders!

My shared two tags, the same as ones made in October's class.

Today's project . . . cleaning out the scrapping area and getting ready for the craft fair projects.

Shoebox tag class - Saturday October 29

Hi, everyone!

This Saturday we are having a Shoebox Christmas gift tag class, and its the Last Class of 2015!  Here is a picture of some of the tags you will be making in class. You will go home with at least 10 tags.

Class is on Saturday, October 29 at 1:30 p.m. at A Place In Time.
Cost is $20.
Please bring the following items to class: Adhesive of your choice, liquid glue, black pen for doodling, scissors, ruler, bone folder, small scoring tool, paper trimmer, tweezers (opt): black ink pad, versamark ink pad, crop-a-dial, dimensional tape
Check back in case I forgot something.

If you are interested in joining the fun, email me or call Bill.

Hope to see you soon!

Jungle punch art cards

I had some left over pieces from my Jungle mini album class so I made quick cards of them.

Aren't they too cute!

Apple? Or??

This is a beautiful ... Boiled egg with mint leaf.

Beautiful and yummy. To create, boil and she'll egg. Place in food coloring and hot water. Then hold in the two ends with fingers until cool and the shape holds.

Tea Party at the Kahala Veranda

I'm going to a tea party!

Here's my tea favor. They are all goodies we made in our last class: a tag, mini-pad, checkbook cover, calendar and Sending Sunshine card. I've included Macadamia Lilikoi cookie and a Hawaiian tea bag.

I'm excited! I haven't been at to the Veranda in over 10 years. Hope it's a good experience!

Welcome to the Jungle - Mini Album with Punchart Class

The project for this coming class is a mini album that you can fit 10-4x6 pictures.

Great idea for a birthday gift or to showcase a trip to the zoo.

Class is scheduled for this Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. at A Place in Time in Kailua. Please email me or call Bill to reserve your spot.

Cost for the class is $25. Please bring the following supplies to class: scor-pal or other scoring device, bone folder, ruler, Japanese hole punch or other small punch tool (for the eyes), scissors, adhesive, black pen, chaulk for the cheeks, tweezers (optional).

Note that the color of the album may not be identical to the one shown herein. Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to seeing you at class!

Sneak peek - Elegant Card Set

Here's a picture of our Card Holder which we will be making in class tomorrow. I also hope to post another picture of the other two cards we will be making.

This will make a beautiful inexpensive gift set for someone!

Yes, there is a class on Saturday - Elegant Gift Card Set

Yes, if you are asking, there IS a class on Saturday, August 27, 1:30 p.m.  It is another Gift Card Set and will be featuring 4 cards and a card holder in the Teal color scheme.

Here are two sample cards we will be creating at class. I am sorry for the last posting, I have been busy at my other job for almost two months now, working lots of overtime and staying late, as well as other commitments needing to be taken care of.

I will be posting the rest of the projects by Saturday (fingers crossed).

The class is simply called Elegant Gift Card set, featuring my latest obsession, Classic Calligraphy and floral designs.  Class will be held at A Place in Time in Kailua this Saturday at 1:30 p.m.  Cost of the class is $23.

Please bring the following supplies to class:  scissors, paper trimmer, Scor-pal or other scoring device (12" size), dimensional tape, corner rounder, golden rod stickle, adhesive of your choice.  To make the class go quicker, please bring a stamp cleaner and the following ink pads (or similar colors) if you have them already:

Black, Blues (SU Midnight Muse, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stormy sky, Bordering Blue), Greens (SU Mellow moss, Wild Wasabi, Lucky Limeade), light blue (SU Pool Party), Grey (SU Smoky Slate), Light beige (SU River Rock).

Reserve your space by emailing me or contacting Bill at the store.  More posts to come and I look forward to seeing you there!

Class project

Here is our class project for Saturday's class. I will update the supply list this afternoon. We will be creating a card, checkbook cover, little notebook, calendar and tag. Perfect for gift giving!

See you in class!

Sneak peek: Sending Sunshine class

Here is a sneak peek of the Sending Sunshine class scheduled for Saturday, July 30 at 1:30 pm. We will be making a posy gift set.

Cost is $23. Reserve your space by emailing me or calling Bill.

Supplies to bring to class include: paper trimmer, scissors, black ink pen, adhesive glue (both liquid and tape), Scoring device, Tweezer to pick up small objects, piercing tool, red ink pad with distressing tool or sponge, or daubber, 3/4 inch circle punch if you have one.

Hope to see you there!

Hawaiian Themed Cards

Almost finished with this card set .  A guy ordered a set of Hawaiian Themed cards plus two Ningyogami cards.  For these simple design cards, I think the paper makes the card!  The paper in this case means textured.  Off to create the Ningyogami cards . . .

A couple of months ago, the theme for the tea swap was "Anything Asian". Here's a card I created for my partner. I learned how to do it from a really nice man who worked at The Paper Source. The only thing is it used a nice long sheet of Washi paper. Also for my tea partner, I created the little tea holders and added a hula girl magnet and chocolate mac nut candy. This tea swap went to Texas!

Washi tape card (3x3)

To date, this has got to be my favorite card design using washi tape: Cover a square with washi tape. Add dimentional tape to pop it up. Add small heart punches to the back on the top of your square to represent a bow at the top of the square and you have a gift box card! Add a sentiment and you are done. This design is on a 3 x 3 card. Quick, easy and cute!!

More Ningyogami . . .

More Ningyogami:

I found some scraps of Washi paper on my crafty corner and turned them into cards.

I really like this lavender paper.

The base of these last two cards are actual Christmas cards from Japan. I cut off the cover of the card, downsized it to fit on an A2 card and added the doll. I'm surprised it came out pretty nice :o)

Just because . .

Here's a quicky favor to make.  I don't think I have posted this one:

I just wanted to created something simple and sweet:

Filled with chocolate candy

Stampin Up's Watercolor Wings

Playing around with Stampin Up's beautiful Watercolor Wings:

 And now the complete gift set:

This is a truly beautiful stamp!

Pocket Letter Swap

Each month, we have a pocket letter swap and a tea swap. The pocket letter swap has become quite popular recently and involves filling a 9 pocket trading card sleeve with goodies and mailing it to your partner. One must also add a personal letter to the receiver for that is what makes it a letter. It can be mailed flat into a 9 x 11 mailing envelope or folded in thirds and placed in a legal size envelope.

For the creator of the pocket letter, all the odd number crafting embellishments are put into good use. The small size of the pockets shouts at you to be filled. Then your imagination and creativity are released because it seems so easy to fill out one small sized pocket. Anything goes, as long as it fits into the 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 pockets.  Sometimes there are pockets inside pockets.

The sky is the limit when decorating these fun pocket letters. In fact, I have a hard time knowing when to stop adding things and I just keep on adding, and adding.

For the receiver of the pocket letter, it is always a surprise to see what the creator has created for you. Each little space are filled with little goodies.

Create a pocket letter today and gift it to someone! Or better yet, consider joining our monthly pocket letter swap!

~Pocket letters shown were created by Fran~