Let the crafting begin . .

Hello and Happy New Year! I'm back -- well kinda back. Class will resume on Saturday, February 24, Jade's place in Kailua starting at 1:30 p.m. I will be out of town but as soon as I come back, I'll post the class samples. I hope you will join me! Above is just a picture of some items I sold at the craft fair this year. We did have a successful craft fair season with not too much stress (Thank Goodness!). So, in the meantime, dust off the card supply kit and gather your supplies..... See you soon!

Happy Girls Day

Happy New Year!

I'm back from "vacation"!!

Playing around with some loose things on my working table. What do you think about this? Stamp set is a past Stampin Up Sale-a-Bration set and so reminiscent of Hawaii. 

Happy Friday! Class starts up again, first one on February 25.  Look forward to seeing you there!

♥fran

Tango no Sekku

Boy's Day or "Tango no Sekku" is celebrated on May 5 in Japan. Unlike Hinatsuri (Girl's Day) when dolls are decorated at home, on this day, the families with boys will raise carp-shaped flags called "Koinobori" to express hope that their boys will grow to be healthy and strong.

I created little goodie bags for the boys and my co-workers filled with Umai Bo (Baked corn snack) and gummy candies.

This little guy is wearing a Kabuto, a samurai warrior's helmet.

More Ningyogami Cards and No Class on Saturday

Hi, All!  Please note there is no class again this month.  I am hoping that Hawaii will open up on gatherings -- enough to hold class next month.  In the meantime, let's all do our part, Hawaii: Mask up, wash your hands often, and social distance.

I'm sharing more Ningyogami cards today:

My daily routine involves packing a kit of washi paper, glue and scissors, taking them with me wherever I go (including at work). If I have a spare minute or so, I’ll make one or two dolls on the go. Then when I’m back home, I transfer the dolls to cards.

People have asked where I learned how to create them. I found out how to create the basic paper dolls several years ago. Then I just rearrange the clothes or hair until it looks like what I have in mind.

These last two cards, I decided to add more things on them.

but I like the plainer cards better. 

They make the dolls look much more serene and elegant, don’t you think?

It’s been a while ...

It's been a while since I posted some pictures of my Ningyogami dolls and I have made quite a few lately. Here is one of them.

Have a great day! 

Reuse and Repurpose

Wow, it's almost the New Year 2020.  Christmas was extremely stressful so I'm looking forward to a brighter and better new year!!  Remember the beautiful origami kimono that Brenda made here?  It's been on my desk for the whole year and now it's time to purpose this gorgeous calender.

When my brother comes to town he asks if I have any Ningyogami cards to give him.  Knowing this, I carefully repurposed Brenda's paper kimonos and made some cards to send him.  Here are some of the 12 cards on its way to Vegas....

(Sorry, not the best pictures)
Paper:  DCWV The Far East
Charms:  Unknown from the LSS
Punch:  All Night Media "Good Luck" 

January is next week and it's all about New Years Resolutions.  As some of you may know, I received  many of my mom's crafting treasures--most of them never used and still in the package.  I resolve to use each one of those "collectibles" (for stamps a minimum of 3 times) or send them to others who I know would appreciate and use them....  that's my crafty goal for 2020.  What's yours?

Karate

Create as a thank you for my son's karate sensei:

Ningyogami

Picked up two asian stamps from people who were purging their supplies so am playing around using them as background. What do you think? I must have created the dolls at least couple months ago. They were just sitting in the box with some other washi paper.

Class: All Things Washi

Class this Saturday, August 26, 2017 starting at 1:30 p.m. in Kailua, A Place in Time.
Cost: $25.00. You will have the choice between the pink washi paper or the blue washi paper for all the class projects.

We will also create something that is not a card and not a mini album. Stay tuned for a sneak peak.

RSVP to reserve your space by emailing me. Also let me know if you prefer the pink or blue kit!! Bring the following supplies to class:
Your Basic Card Kit supplies which include: A paper trimmer, scissors, both tape and liquid adhesive, pencil and eraser, ruler, dimensional tape, tweezers, a scoring device, black ink pad, and baby wipes.

In addition, include Diamond Glass or Glossy Accents, E6000 Glue, Check back here on Thursday evening in case I have forgotten anything.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Eight dancing dolls

Eight dancing dolls.. created and used as...

Napkin/place holders.

Made as a request for a tea party fundraiser. Dolls were placed on cardstock to be reused as a card or bookmark.

More ningyogami and class update (2/25/2017)

Class scheduled for next week Saturday. I am waiting for a couple more things to add to the sample and then will post, hopefully tomorrow. We will be creating a mini album and playing with the Beautiful BoBunny Secret Garden line of papers which have beautiful shades of purple, green, lilac that Priscilla recently picked up.


Specifics of class:  Scheduled for Saturday, February 25 @ 1:30 p.m. at A Place in Time in Kailua.  Cost is $23 and you will need to bring the following supplies:  paper trimmer, scoring tool (with 1/8" scoring increments), scissors, sewing needle (eye large enough to thread embroidery thread), adhesive (liquid and/or tape), needle nose glue (or xyron "x", if you have), ruler with horizontal lines, pencil, anywhere hole punch (i.e. Japanese hole punch), piercing tool, diamond glaze or crystal effects glue (if you have).  I will post the sample this weekend.  I think you will really like it :o)

In the meantime, here are more Ningyogami dolls that didn't make it into my craft fair frames.  They were added onto simple cards and I gave them as a birthday gift to a co-worker.

Thank you for stopping by!

Ningyogami

Sakura stamp from GF Colleen. Love it!

Now to see what else I have time to complete . . .

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)

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)

ohinasama

Ohinasama card for my brother whose birthday is coming up.

A birthday card for my brother.

Dancing Ningyogami

And one more:

More Ningyogami

Here are two more Ningyogami cards, the back view:

and just the Kimono itself:

Have a great week!