How to Summer, Part I

Enjoy the Day!

The colors of the rainbow are a beautiful sight, especially when adorned by the wonderful keiki (children) and hula dancers, whose graceful sways and waving arms tell the stories of old Hawai'i. This fun summer photo was taken during Keiki Day at the Bishop Museum in late May. My niece Daniella is haumana (a student) of Kumu Mapuana Desilva, Halau Mohala Ilima. The day was as beautiful as a rainbow with many hawaiian arts, crafts, foods and wonderful entertainment! A great way to spend a summer day!

Keep cool!

Slip-n-slide

How to:

• Plastic...you need a nice long piece of it!
• Water...the more, the better!
• A good running start...just don't fall before you hit the plastic, LOL!
• A nice dive...grace is not always possible
• Enjoy the ride!
  
  

I actually DID get to stamp!

A quick post because this is old news, but news nontheless...I actually DID get to stamp several weeks ago! My sister-in-law got married and I was asked to create the bridal shower invitations in colors that matched those of her wedding.
The shower was a Tea, held at one of our local Tea spots, Tea at 1024....

I stamped and I stamped, and stamped, and stamped...then I colored, and colored until my fingers wanted to fall off! Ice Stickles and Dew Drops and some 26 invitations later, I thought I'd had my fill of stamping for the rest of the year, LOL!
(Invites created using an image from the Greeting Farm's, Cup of Stuff set)...

Summer =)

Okay, and the winner is...

Congratulations to

Sonja of Stempelfan!

You were the random winner of my

Roses on Paper Blog Candy!!

Contact me with your address so that I can get your candy out to you!

Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments and thank you most of all for visiting Elisabeth's blog to read the wonderful news for yourselves! It truly is exciting...more wonderful stamps will be coming our way in the very near future!

And the winner....

has been chosen! I will be posting who the lucky winner of the blog candy is a little later today...thanks for hanging in there everyone!

SWEET Somethings! (Blog Candy?!)

WELL! I haven't been around here for literally MONTHS, so I thought that I'd better make this first post of 11 weeks or so a very SWEET one, LOL!

SWEET SOMETHING number One:

Mmmm, mmmmm.....Malasadas!

Yesterday was Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. It's a tradition here in Portuguese households in Hawaii to celebrate the coming of the Lenten season with a feast for dinner followed by Malasadas for dessert, hence the name "Fat Tuesday"! What is a Malasada you ask? Well, they are simply scrumptious bites of heaven! Deep fried balls of dough are tossed in a sugar coating when they are through......mmm, mmmmm! So last night was our annual Malasada frying, with the kids helping to toss them in the sugar. Did I mention, mmmm, mmmmm?!!

SWEET SOMETHING number Two:

My Little Sweetheart!

I've recently become a "Soccer mom" on Saturdays and a Flag Football mom on Sundays...my 5-yr old sweetheart is having sooo much fun, and we're having soo much fun watching him too! He's a "natural" when it comes to sports of all kinds and a real go-getter too!

SWEET SOMETHING number THREE:

Some really SWEET news!!

Perhaps you haven't heard, so I'll let you know right now...I am extremely fortunate and blessed to have the most wonderful opportunity to work this year with the most talented, most personable, gorgeous stamp artist out there today! Creator of the much loved Sugar Nellies' Sweet Art Ebony(Honey & Pip) rubber stamps, also the Guardian Angel and Willow & Oakley collections of Whiff of Joy, the amazing artist, Elisabeth Bell, will be illustrating a new line of rubber stamps, exclusive to Roses on Paper! Through her beautiful, "serendipitous" works, Elisabeth Bell's new line for Roses on Paper will surely tug at the heart strings, evoking memories of past and present, and thoughts of future dreams perhaps! Truly I am thankful to her and I welcome Elisabeth to the Roses on Paper Design Team with the widest of open arms!

And now SWEET SOMETHING number FOUR:

Some SWEET BLOG CANDY!

To celebrate my big news AS WELL AS year number 2 for Roses on Paper (Happy Birthday ROP!), I have some Blog Candy to give away! Now I want everyone to participate, Blog or no Blog, so this will be simple...leave a comment to this post (you do not have to have a blog to leave a comment), then go to Elisabeth's blog for more information about the exciting stamp news (2/9) and leave a comment on her post as well! The winner will be randomly selected on the eve of Wednesday, March 4th.

This SWEET blog candy includes: Basic Grey's new Porcelain 6 x 6 paper pad & matching Glazed Brads, a Memento Tuxedo Black Dew Drop Ink pad, Star Dust & Lime Green Ice Stickles, Lily Pad Dew Drops, Dress-up Tilda with Shoes and Jeans outfit by Magnolia Rubber Stamps and an assortment of Prima Hydrangeas, all of these available in my Roses on Paper store!

So what are you waiting for? Post your comments so that I can enter you in the drawing! = )

My Roses on Paper Design Team!

Wholy cow! Nearly a month has gone by since my last post here. I have been busy, I tell you! Busy gathering together a very talented group of friends in effort to create a Design Team for my store, Roses on Paper!

I am so pleased that each of these wonderful ladies I approached were willing and able to help me with this new endeavor. With such overflowing diversity and ability amoung them, this crafty group is sure to wow you with their beautiful creations, as they have wowed me!

Thank you ladies for being part of the Roses on Paper Design Team!

Ann-Christine "Anki" Bärgman (Sweden)
Rosette Camilleri (Malta)
Susan Dube (USA)
Peta Heffernan (Australia)
Jodi-ann Lee (USA)
Ahilim "Lim" Perez (USA)
Iris Wiechmann (USA)

Trick-or-Treat!

It's not just for kids ya know?! Head on over for some wonderful BLOG CANDY over at Bumblebee Creations...you absolutely do NOT want to miss out! She's got some awfully generous, totally over-the-top blog candy to give away! Thanks Rhonda!! = )

Hope your Halloween was as fun as ours was!

Bat-niece Daniella & my little Clone Tropper Andrew...