Holiday Jewelry in my Stacy's Designs 88 etsy shop

The Nutcracker Charm Necklace
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Christmas Glass Blow Ornament Necklace
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Snowflakes and Icicles Charm Necklace
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Oh Christmas Tree Necklace and Earrings
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To show your Holiday Spirits, wear a festive Christmasy necklace. I have several in my Etsy shop...Stacy's Designs 88.

Right now, I have a Free Shipping Offer going on now in my shop. Please check it out. This would be a great time to purchase gifts for those on your Christmas list.

Tutorial...Christmas Vintage Violet Perfume French Bottle Tags

Vintage Violet Perfume French Bottle

Christmas Tag Tutorial


Step 1: Using Shipping Tags purchased from office supply store, Stamp on designs using Black ink.
Here I used my French Violet Stamp and my Christmas Sentiment Stamp.
Use whatever stamps you desire.



Step 2: Using my Close To My Heart "Bonding Memories Chisel Tip Glue",
I applied glue to areas I want to add some "bling" of fine Glitter.
Here I used some Lime Green Fine Glitter.


Step 3: Next, I applied Glue and then sprinkled on
some Purple Fine Glitter to the Violet flowers.



Step 4: Next, I applied my E600 glue to my tag and
then adhered my Swarovski Flat Crystal.
I used my new Gadget, "Quick Stik" to pick up my crystal and place on the glue.
It's a pretty neat tool. It has a bit of sticky stuff at the end which is just enough
to pick up something and weak enough to release on the spot.



Step 5: apply Blue ink to areas on card using ink pad
Step 6: apply Silver ink to areas using ink pad
Step 7: apply Black ink to side of card using ink pad

Step 8: using glue gun, apply drop of glue and adhere Vintage Paper flower

Step 9: attach Ribbon to the tag

I added some fine Aqua Glitter to the tag for some extra Va Va Va Voom!
I'll be selling these at the Xmas Craft Fairs
on December 4th and December 6th in the Kaimuki area.

Hope you enjoy creating some cute Christmas tags. These are so much fun to create. If you do create some tags, please email me your link. Thanks! Happy Holidays. They're also available in my Lilikoi Cottage etsy shop. Get your own HERE.

November Baby, Here's your Birthstone Jewelry! Citrine Gemstone and Yellow Topaz Swarovski Crystal Jewelry New in My Stacy's Designs 88 Etsy shop

November Baby and Scorpion Hot Mama
Just Sold $75
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On Back order to be restocked soon...

Thru Edwards' Eyes Swarovski Crystal Necklace
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Bollywood Chandeliers
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November Citrine Necklace
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Autumn Leaves Swarovski Crystal Necklace
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The Sun Always Shines Citrine and Pineapple Quartz Dangle Earrings
**Currently seen in Etsy Storque (click to check it out)**
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November Citrine Pendant Necklace
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Have Luck, Will Travel Charm Necklace
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Charms of Timbuktu Necklace
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November Citrine Pendant Necklace
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Luxe Citrine and Quartz Extra Large Hoop Earrings
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Thru Edwards' Eyes Swarovski Crystal Earrings
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Topaz Swarovski Baroque Necklace
**Currently Featured on Nomad Crafts Blog...Click HERE to see Blog Feature**
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This Season, the Citrine yellow Gemstone is all the rage as the November baby birthstone. I have several necklaces and earrings for you to choose from in my shops. Please stop by two Etsy shops...Stacy's Designs 88 and my Blue Lovebirds shops to pick up your birthstone jewelry.

All handmade with Love by me in Hawaii.

New Vintage Fabric Rosette Headbands and Hairpins in My Lilikoi Cottage Shop on Etsy

My New Vintage Lemon Drops Hairband

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My New Vintage Orange Creamsicle Hairband
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My New Vintage Undeniable Hairband
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My New Vintage Innocence Hairband
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My New Vintage Sage Dreams Hair pins
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My New Vintage Green Grass Hair Pins
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Recently, I was at a local Xmas Craft and Bazaar at our Japanese Cultural Center. It's called Trash And Treasure and it's put on by Temari. They had real terrific vintage items for sale. I came across a box full of vintage fabric swatches. I filled a bag with all the fabric swatches and wondered what I was going to do with all of this fabric. I have this "thing" for vintage fabric. I'm not really into sewing but something just draws me to the fabric...it's designs, colors, and feel.

When I got home and stared at this bag of vintage wonderfulness, it dawned on me that I could make more vintage fabric rosettes. The idea to turn them into headbands and hairpins popped into my head. Bing! And then I got to creating. I have so many different swatches to choose from and they're all so cute and vintagey! I'm in vintage heaven.

Visit my Etsy shop Lilikoi Cottage to pick up your headband and hairpin set. These are so pretty to wear and will change your most simplest outfit into something fab!

Brad Pitt Homes on the Hurricane Katrina New Orleans City Tour

Welcome Earthlings to New Orleans!
Our arrival into the New Orleans airport. We were greeted by 2 Lego Star Wars buffs.

Heading out on our Hurricane Katrina City Tour
This was an excellent tour of New Orleans ("NO" as the locals refer to their home)
and the devastation and resurrection of the outer areas of NO that got hit by Hurricane Katrina
Learn more about Hurricane Katrina HERE.

Duane and Sarah

In the 9th Ward, we visited a once inhabited neighborhood
that is now only a field of green grass with few homes here and there

One of the most interesting parts of the tour was seeing all the Brad Pitt homes. Thru his non-profit organization, Pitt helps families in the 9th Ward rebuild using the most hi-tech materials.
Read More about Pitt's homes Here.

Another of the Pitt homes.
They all appear very Mod and not blend in well with the NO style.
But, hey, it's a mod house with mod features and they are being built for the families.
So, can't complain about that.

Another house being built in that same neighborhood.

And another...

This one was so pretty.
Another Brad Pitt house.

Here's the new wall built after Hurricane Katrina.

A mod Children's Playground ala Brad Pitt.

Summer of 2009 Lychee Bonanza in Laurie's Backyard

Bucket of Delicious Lychee

Laurie and Jimmy picking Lychee from her tree

Laurie with a branch of her bounty

Branches from the Lychee Tree

This is the Last Bucket of the 2009 Season

Lychee is One of my Favorite Fruit. When it's good, it's Very Very good. The flesh is opaque white, firm, fragrant, and JUICY!!!! I love it when it's ice cold. You can even freeze it, like grapes, and eat them frozen. Yum Yum just thinking about it.

This year, we went to our friend Laurie's house in Honolulu and helped her pick the last of her Lychee bounty. The miraculous thing about this is that this Lychee tree never bore fruit for the longest time. Last year was the first year this tree bore fruit in years. I'm glad it decided to bear fruit again bc it certainly has sweet juicy fruit.

Jimmy and Laurie used fruit pickers to "pluck" the fruit along with some branches and leaves. Later, they cut down some of the branches as the tree needed a bit of pruning.

All I can say is, I can't wait for next summer to arrive. Yum Yum for my Tum Tum. :)

NOTE: To see an OLDER POST on Lychee from 2008 with lots of pictures. Click HERE.

In Memoriam of Mocha & Mochi...A Gift for Emma

A Memory Charm Necklace designed especially for Emma...

an Old Soul at Heart

"M & M" stands for Mocha & Mochi
Emma's 2 pet rats who recently passed away about 2 months apart
That's a lot for a kid to take don't you think?

A Heart Shaped Glass Vial containing the Ashes of Mocha

A Silver Toned Angel's Wing
symbolizing that they are
in Heaven

Emma's into Goth so I placed her Charm Necklace in
a drawstring pouch in her favorite color...
Black

(Note the pretty tin can in background, house Mocha's ashes in a plastic ziplock type bag )

A pretty gift for Emma

My GF's daughter Emma's 2 pet rats Mocha & Mochi passed away recently about 2 months apart. Mocha's little body was cremated and the mortuary placed them in a plastic bag and then into a pretty tin can which they placed into a pretty velvet bag with wording embroidered on front. Emma carries the velvet bag with the ashes tied to a stuffed white rat doll around in her back pack.

When I heard about her 2 pets passing and the ashes and her carrying them all around with her, I immediately thought about placing Some of the ashes into a glass vial for her so she could wear around her neck. After receiving the precious tin with ashes, I filled the tiny glass vial with a small portion of Mocha's ashes. I had to use a plastic spoon. My tinfoil funnel idea did not work. Ashes are gritty and dusty.

I decided that an angel's wing charm would be so appropriate as well as a little Fresh Water Pearl to symbolize purity and enlightenment. On a Sterling Silver Heart charm, I stamped the initials "M & M" for Mocha and Mochi.

All of this, I placed onto a Sterling Silver chain with a Sterling Silver Lobster clasp and Tab with Fresh Water Pearls at the back.

Emma's favorite colors are Black & White which is an interesting choice of fav colors for one so young but I heard she just decided her thing would be "goth" for a bit. So I placed her Memory Charm necklace in a Black pouch and then into a lauhala gift box which I then decorated. I wrote a little sentiment in a hand made gift card which I tied to the top.

Upon opening the gift, Emma called me and thanked me and said she really liked it. I was so glad. Now, she can wear a bit of Mocha and remember her 2 pets everyday when she wears this Memory Charm necklace. Just a little something to ease the pain of her pets' passing. I know it took me awhile to recover after my pet pooch passed away. While they are not here, they are never far away.

In Memoriam...