Fresh Friday

 Let the picking for this year's Christmas wreaths begin! Couldn't have asked for better weather. Gotta love the holidays in Hawaii.

Working with Your Hands

Today at the 3rd Annual Art is Life Festival I had the privilege of spending time with local artisans that love working with their hands. I arrived at the event thinking I was only going to stay about an hour. I felt obligated to go as it was a function orchestrated by my place of employment. Little did I know that I would not only get to cross one item off my Hawaii bucket list, I would get to cross a second one off as well.

The medium of choice: nature. Such a brilliant combination as I love nature and I love working with my hands. I felt I was among family.

The final result: a bowl made from a coconut frond and a lauhala bracelet.

Mahalo to Pi'ilani for her well of knowledge and patience with her students

 

Halloween Creation

I was stuck for the longest time on what to be for Halloween this year. I have created this $5 rule for myself and wanted this year to be no different. Last year I worked for weeks on the costume and had the idea months ahead of time. This year though time was ticking away.

Then, the student at school were doing research on the ancient civilizations. I was looking over the shoulder of the Egypt group when it hit me. An Egyptian costume would be too perfect!

So, for a week after school, I pulled out the cardboard, glue, and paint. The dining room table became my creativity station as I pushed myself to see things differently and use what I had.

The result was fantastic!! As I have learned in the past, costumes are all about the details. This year was no different as the transformation took place. And thankfully, it was a durable costume because I had three events to attend. This year I was unrecognizable to people I see every week! Their reactions where glorious. And to top it all off, I walked away with first place in the costume contest! Such a sweet victory indeed.