May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii....

Happy Saturday Peeps!! i'm sneaking in before i have to start getting ready for today's festivities.... it's gonna be one heck of a "bouncing" party!! LOL... lots of pictures on this post so bare with me...

yesterday, DD1 had her school's May Day program... i was totally looking forward to it this year as it was the first i've got to attend... the last 2 years i wasn't able to.... but i would always make sure someone could go to represent our family... although we weren't able to see her dance (we were on the wrong side) the program (atleast up until DD1's performance) was very cute and everyone did an outstanding job!! but before we went to watch the program we went to check out the lei contest....

every year since DD1 started Kindergarten, i would enter her into the lei contest that takes place the day before May Day... the last 2 years she's taken 2nd place... but nonetheless, all that mattered was she got to make a lei, participate and just have fun!! this year i'm super excited and extremely thrilled that her creation was chosen for top honors of "OVERALL ARTIFICIAL GRAND PRIZE WINNER!!!
tadduh!!!! she's old enough now for me to teach her how to make my garland candy leis... and so that is what she made for this year's contest... she said she ran out of time and couldn't curl the ribbon, but i told her that's ok, the lei is still so VERY beautiful!!! believe me when i say i was tearing when i saw it... i was so so so so happy!! this Mama Bear was surely glowing with happiness!!! not that i don't every day, but yesterday was very special...above pix is the Natural Overall Winner that is next to hers and a few other 1st place winners.... i thought she only won the grand prize, but actually she took 2 prizes... 1st place for her division (grades 1 & 2) in artificial and the Overall out of all artificial participants.... can someone say sweeeeet?!

sharing some of the other creations from the students....

and a few more... so cute, someone made a lei with the cheez it crackers... lots of flower (natural) leis... a silly band lei....

some more.... ooh, i spy a HK... do you?!

the other side of the table....

some first place winners....

i thought this one was so cute!!! RUBBAH SLIPPERS!! totally creative and very very cute!!

wanna wish all the participants a warm congrats!!! and to my sweet daughter, mommy is so AWESOMELY PROUD OF YOU!!! Good Job sweetie!!!!

yes and i'm already brainstorming for next year... LOL....

well friends... it's time for me to hele on... gottah cut up some vegetables and then head out for some balloons and the cake... May you all have a wonderful and blessed weekend!! Enjoy today, live for tomorrow and i'll be back with one of my own creations... as in maybe tomorrow!! LOL, i'm going to enjoy today (but think for tomorrow).... hehe!

Thank you cards....

Hello!!! i missed a day!! yikes... did mr. mojo take another vacation?? actually no, but i did... had to take care of biz, run errands and dwell on somethings.... crafting has been a big help lately on taking my mind off some things... technically, being in the craft room in general has helped! did some crafting, rearranging, sorting, "some" cleaning and moving my nesties from my big binder to cd cases.... so i've kept myself pretty busy despite on the things happening... i just needed to... ever have those moments?!?!

anywho... hope you all are having a terrific week... i have 2 sick kiddies in my household so the quiet time comes and goes... good news, bad news and everything in between has happened so far, but i'm still smiling... today's post is a crafty one but not created by me... well some of it is... =D

DD1 had a cookie fundraiser for her elementary school, and we picked up all the orders last week Thursday... before then, i had her create some thank you cards to go along with the delivery of the cookies... and this is what we did....

we used TGF's OA - Just for you set (Amelia) with the "thank you so much" sentiment from the Butterfly Wishes set... DD1 colored all the images and i had die cut the circles and scallop circles and punched out the sentiments... generated a little thank you note for the inside and she addressed each one... we then stuck the image and sentiment onto some cards and that was it!

she's so proud of her creations!!! i am too!!

it's extra special because she created them... she loves to craft, but still on a beginner's level... i hope she continues to craft in areas she enjoys most... who knows, maybe in a few more years i'll have a crafting buddy... =D

short and sweet today... my mind is doing a 180.... hopefully some crafting later will help ease the dizziness... stop by tomorrow for some spotlight creations! enjoy today, because you can never get these moments back!! aloha, until we meet again!!

Friends, a RAK and a Win!

Wow, was my weekend a whirl wind!! i hope you all had a fantabulous weekend!! i sure did... finally found some time this morning to load so pixs and now i'm ready to share them with you... bare with me, there's a lot to share today... hehe!

as some of you may have known, the DH and i took a day trip to Oahu for a doctor's appt. and we couldn't just go for that... of course we hoped to meet some friends and do a little shopping before coming back home... and yes, we did!! Friday was such a busy day... because we had to go to my appt., we missed DD#1's May Day program, which made me a sad... but we kept in contact with family that went in our place to make sure they had a chance to video tape it... the day before the program, DD#1 entered the artificial lei contest... thinking of what to give her as supplies, i used yarn to make pompoms and gave her a bag of beads... and this is what she created for her entry...
she was so proud of her lei... she said "Mommy, i made a pattern! i used one pompom and 5 beads and then did it again!!" *smiles* it turned out wonderful and well made... all the leis were displayed on the day of the program and we received a call that DD#1 placed 2nd in her division!!! WOW!! we are so PROUD of you sweetie!! it is the 2nd year that she placed in the top 3... last year she took 2nd too... just knowing that she won something makes her smile with pride... i couldn't get a picture of last year's entry... one of her classmates pulled the lei and the whole thing broke... poor girl came home crying! so this year i used dental floss to be sure it would hold....

so onto my trip to Oahu for the day... we took the first 2 flights to Oahu (yep, i was so tired, and hubby couldn't get onto the same flight as me, so he took the first on at 6am... i finally reached around 7am then we headed to get the rental car and off to my appt. the echo with the specialist lasted about an hour and half and from there it was smooth sailing to do whatever we wanted... we headed to Mililani and because it was too early to go shopping, we had some breakfast at Zippy's in Mililani Town Center... LOL, of all places to eat he chose Zippy's... i laugh because we have one here... hehe! by the time we were done, the mall was just opening up... the whole reason i wanted to go there was to check out Munchkins (a craft store there)... and i'm so glad i did! i got to meet Cyn, owner of Munchkins, who was so nice.... it was my first time there and it was nice to see the different products she had and so forth... i did pick up some new stamps and goodies that i can't wait to start playing with... and then by chance, we bumped into Shirley of Stampin for the Fun of it, there too!! i met Shirley through the blog world and we've communicated through email and RAKs and the like, but this time i got to meet her in person!! it was FABULOUS to meet these wonderful ladies, and i'm hoping we can get together again soon!!

did some small shopping at another mall and then it was off to check out J's knickknacks in Honolulu.... and guess who i met there?!?!
Cheryl of Life is Sweet!!!!! i met Cheryl last year in blogland and we chatted through cyberspace too... i emailed her before out trip to say i wanted to check out J's and hoped she'd be there... and she was!!! hubby and i got to meet her and her wonderful hubby Cliff!!! they are the sweetest... of course i couldn't leave without browsing the store and picking up a few things... went on a little spree since i can't get a lot of crafting stuff here... Thanks Cheryl and Cliff for letting me browse!!! hehe! oh and hubby too!!

Cheryl also suprised me with this cute RAK.... isn't this adorable?!? LOVE the color combo and the cute lil' buggy... =D

she also had this in the bag for me to take home... Thank you so much Cheryl!!! for your kindness and friendship!! Hope to meet you again!!!

i was hoping to meet my GFs Joy and Michelle too... but it was a work day and we had a flight back home and they had schedules i didn't want to mess up, so i didn't want to bother them just for a short visit... hope to see these gals in September for their trip to Maui!!!

alright... i think i babbled enough for today... it's back to reality and house chores and what not... hoping to get some craft time today since i didn't all weekend... well, as soon as i clean up the craft room, LOL! so i'll end this post with a little "eye" sweetness!! DD#1's 2n birthday cake from her pool party Saturday... oh, sorry you can't really see the Tinkerbell deco... i take horrible pictures... haha! Have a SWEET day!!!