little girls hula hip hay

Hey everyone, I'mmmmmmmmmmmm baaaaackkk! LOL. I've been waiting to get my dslr before blogging again, because mom moved away, and with her went her camera! LOL.

Anyways I wanted to share this idea that I got from my step-mom Susi for making hip hays for your little girls! Before my Luau I was stressing about not having enough tapa cloth for making 13 skirts for my hula girls. When Susi pulled a hip hay similar to this one... What a life saver that was, inexpensive, and super cute! Heres how, click the picture to view:
On my first few hip hays I was using this thick crafting rope, but I found that this curling string works best; its light weight, and it blends well. Tapa Cloth strips are cut in random sizes, this gives it a nice authentic look.
this can take quite along time, but if your smart about folding it, you only have to cut it once. I tried making the stripes thinner, but the larger the rectangles, the fuller the look. ;)
when cutting your string, make sure to over estimate the amount that you ACTUALLY need. You'd rather be safe then sorry! Leave an extra two feet on both sides, to tie it together with.
As with the Tapa, cut the raffia the same random way. You can play around with this and add more raffia and Tapa (if you have extra to spear). And you can also use this same technique to maybe make a head piece!


Enjoy! Let me know how it goes, I'd love to see;)

Reminder

come visit us this week at Samoan Flag week, we are located in booth number two!! I'd love to meet all of you!!! Come cheack out our cute flower clips for little girls, or yourself! LOL! Centennial Park 5405 W. 3100 S. WVC, UT see u there!

FREE FATHERS DAY GIFT

Happy Fathers Day for to all you Daddys out there!

I made this 8X10 personalized Fathers Day picture on photoshop today (I'm so last minute this year). Went online to Walmart.com, ordered it by one hour photo (both for $6.04), picked it up, grabbed two $4 frames, wrapped it, and it's all set and ready for dad and grandpa tomorrow! SOOOO easYY!!! and SOOO cheap ($14 total) and I'm all about the CHEAP! :) If you guys are scrammbling to get your last minute Fathers Day Gift for your husband or dad... Get this! FREEE! Email me your picture(s) at Kween_luv@hotmail.com and I'll email you back your finshed picture...all ready for you to upload to WalMart via one hour photo! Happy Fathers Day!
PS... I'll be standing by all day today and tomorrow!

got lei's?

Feel like I've been neglecting this blog a little! I just have been super busy doing all these!...






They turned out really great! My little model hates theses, she run when she sees e'm. And I can't wait to see them on their special person!
I just love how you can use any candy you want and I like how elegant the herseys kisses look. If you try the jolley Rancher lei, try it without the wrapper, I think it will look better seeing all the colors.

magnet board for Lacey...

I made this Magnet board yesterday for Lacey! I LOOOOOVE the color red, and I wish I did Jaidas room these colors!! a ladybug theme??? that would be sooo cute. oh well, next baby!

it's graduation season!

seems like the years go by sooo fast. I swear I was just making these for my little sister a few months ago, but no, it was a whole year ago! Well whether you are ready or not, you will probably be making some if not tons of lei's for your friends and family. I made this lei for my little brother who is getting baptized at the end of the month.

Anyways, being that I know you are all going to be super busy, why not make one complex lei for each of your graduates? Instead of making 5 or 10 easy roll-up lei's for each, just make one big one! Saves time and money, and the finished product is definitely worth it. Plus afterwards, you can pat yourself on the back, for a job well done.

This is a skittles lei, my brothers favorite candy. My sister-in-law klarah taught me how to make these a few years ago. Whats great about making these kinds of lei's, is that you can make it using pretty much anything. Nerds, suckers, m&m's, Hersey's kisses, money ect...

To make this lei you will need plastic ties, silicon paper, 2 bags of candy (or whatever you want to use) and scissors.
You will cut your silicon paper into 4x4 pieces (make a ton of them, because you will use them up fast).

Then you grab a hand full of candy, place it in the middle of the paper. Then you will collect the ends, and tie off the top with the ties (see the pictures).

As soon as you are done tieing up all the candy, make three long strings to braid the candy in (make sure that the strings are long, you'd rather be safe than sorry).

Then, one by one, braid in the candy.

... I'm sorry I'm not very good at explaining, but if you have any questions just let me know!

If, you don't have the time to make your lei this year, you can order them from me! 15-20$ depending on the candy! Happy Lei Making! Congratulations to all the graduates class of 2010!

excited to announce

... that we will be at Samaon Flag week! I talked to my Grandma a few weeks ago, and I'm joining her and her cousins crafting booth! I'm sooo excited! Samoan Flag week starts July 14 then ends July 18th! If you guys see me there, introduce yourself, I'd love to meet all of you!