Cool USPS Stamps

Hawaii Statehood 44 cents USPS stamps

Wedding Rings...For your Wedding Invitations

Another Wedding Selection...King & Queen of Hearts


The Simpsons...what has our society become where the Simpsons have made it to the stamps?

My good friend Joon just blogged about buying stamps online via the USPS website. I never thought of doing that. What a great tip!

So, I checked it out and lo and behold...there are Hawaii Statehood stamps. Ok, I don't normally go into the post office to buy stamps bc Jimmy does it. So, I didn't know these were available.

But, as Joon blogged, the post office never seems to have the stamps you want available so she just buys them online. How neat and what a time saver!

What I have noticed is that the quality of stamp designs for the First Class postage 44 cents stamps has sure gone down the tubes. I mean when the Simpsons have their own stamps, what does that mean? ...no offense to the Simpsons fans.

Living the Greek Life at the Honolulu Greek Festival

The Honolulu Greek Festival
at Ala Moana Beach Park's
McCoy Pavilion

Jimmy and I headed down to the McCoy Pavilion at Ala Moana Beach Park to check out the festivities and eat some Greek food. Yummy! Too bad they ran out of food around 6:30pmish. But lucky us, we were able to get a plate to eat.

Yummy Spanakopita...flaky outside and tasty inside

Wow, aren't those buildings gorgeous in the background?
Like a roomful of mirrors against the blue and pink sky.

Inside McCoy Pavilion, the Greek band was playing and the people
were dancing...Ooompah!

While we waited for the traffic leaving the park to die down,
we sat on the wall and admired the beauty of
the Waikiki city lights

Is this the Indian Version of the Trojan Wooden Horse?

Another crazy pic I found on Tumblr...this time by colinmeloy of A Dull and Witless Boy blog. Pretty cool huh?

OMG, I found the new color for my Bathroom!

Isn't this so cool? I found this blog...Architecture Blog on Tumblr. It's so eclectic and refreshing. Love the soothing aqua blue and white. I think this will work well in my bathroom.

New Jewelry Designs in My Etsy Shop

Gorgeous Watermelon Tourmaline
Sterling Silver Necklace

Rutilated Smokey Quartz with Sterling Silver 4Leaf Clover and Faceted Citrine
Oxidized Sterling Silver Necklace

Rutilated Quartz and Faceted Garnets
on
Oxidized Sterling Silver Necklace

Large Faceted Rutilated Quartz
on
Sterling Silver Oxidized Chain

Faceted Pear Shaped Rutilated Quartz with Rubies Necklace
on Oxidized Sterling Silver Chain

Yes, I've been busy with a whole new collection of Gem Stone jewelry just for you! I've listed them in Stacy's Designs 88. After taking a little hiatus from my shops, I'm back again. Please stop by and say "Hi!". It'll be good to see you again.

Here's links to my 3 shops...
Stacy's Designs 88
Blue Lovebirds
Lilikoi Cottage

I'm Back...from the Movies

I read Julie & Julia awhile ago. Ok, like maybe last year or so before they announced they were making a movie out of this book. I read it bc it was about a girl that blogged and got famous doing it. Thought that would make for interesting and inspirational reading. And it was. I enjoyed that book and was inspired by it being a new blogger myself at the time.

Today, my GF and I did our Tuesday Girls' Only Outing. We started off by eating at our now new hangout "Macaroni Grill" at Ala Moana. We sit at the bar. I always enjoy sitting at the bar and eating. It's so entertaining. Our waiter/bartender is a hoot. Always ripping into us but always refilling our drinks of "heavy" iced tea (regular for me) and strawberry lemonade for my GF. (Hey, MG has some great lunch specials which are affordable and still a lot of food for your money. Check them out but don't take our seats at the bar on Tuesdays Ok?)

Then, off to the 12:30pm showing of Julie & Julia at Ward Center's theatres. I so enjoy a good laugh. And this movie gave me and my GF as well as many members of the audience many chances to laugh out loud in the comfort of total darkness. Needless to say, I would Laugh Out Loud (ok, LOL) even if the lights were all on.

Darkness or not, we were all laughing as Meryl Streep did another OUTSTANDING performance. Boy, I love Streep. She just gets better with every movie. Is that even possible? I grew to love her again when I watched The Devil Wears Prada. She can just take a role and make you believe, really believe that she's that character. And in the beginning of the movie, I believed that I was watching Julia Childs. She was that Great.

Also, I adore Amy Adams from Enchanted, Sunshine Cleaning, and Night at the Museum II. She's like the new Meg Ryan but she has this ability to start off as the underdog and rise to the top at the end of the movie and you're rooting for her all the way.

Click here to see the Trailer...CLICK
Click here to see the now more than famous blog...CLICK

If you like a good laugh, if you need a good laugh, or you should have a good laugh, then run run run now and go see this movie.

And, if you don't laugh out loud at the movies (or anywhere for that matter), then do the following: 1) Close your eyes, 2) feel the urge to laugh or giggle bubble up inside you, 3) Open your god damned mouth and let the World Hear you laugh. To hell with the people around you. If that doesn't do it, then remember you paid at least $8 to see this movie, so you Paid the Rights to Laugh Out Loud.

Bon Appetit! :)

My First Quilt Ever...And I Did Free Form Stitching to Boot!

UPDATE (10-1-09): Here's Ethan laying out on his new Amy Butler Quilt.

Amy Butler Fabric from Star Lit Nest

The Quilt Pattern Layout...on the floor