My poor baby!

No creative post for this week or maybe even for the next few weeks.  I am on nurse duty.  My little baby had  surgery on her two back knees this past Monday.  She's slowly recovering, but today I notice a little swelling on her left leg.  Please say a prayer that it's nothing serious.  I will be taking her to the Vets tomorrow morning.  Hoping it's nothing and just part of the  healing process.  I'm taking her in because they say if there's swelling to take her in.  So hope it's just a precautionary thing they do. 

Here's some pictures of her progression from Monday night till today:

This was the first night we brought her home.  Wish the pic wasn't so dark, you would have seen her tongue sticking out.  It was cute and sad at the same time.   We had a bit of a rough night with her because she was in pain and uncomfortable.  She woke up every hour and we figured it was because she wanted us to turn her to her other side, she's usually a restless sleeper so once we did that she was fine.

Tuesday morning, she looked miserable.  But earlier we had given her her pain meds and she went right to sleep after we gave it to her.  It was adorable because she wanted to sleep on my chest so we both got a good three hour sleep.

This was taken after we came from the vets, he removed two of her bandages and she was a happy camper.  He also gave her a bigger cone since the other one was way too small and she was able to lick her stitches. 

This was taken today, since we didn't have to go to the vets nor were there any service people coming to the house I decided it would be a stay in bed day.  She and I hung out together all day keeping one another company.  She's such a great dog and an even better companion.  She's always entertaining me, even if she's not feeling well.  Gotta love her!

That's it for now...again, if you don't mind saying a prayer for her, we'd really appreciate it!  Have a Blessed Day! 

What I'm working on...

...another Shutterfly book:

Another Album

Made this album for my auntie who celebrated her 60th, remember those favors? Well here's her book, this was my present to her...it came late but from what she said, it was well worth the wait (even though she had no idea I was giving this to her or that my toilet paper gift (idea I got from Teri) was gift enough ^_^)

So w/o further adieu , here's her book:

Click here to view this photo book larger

Obsession!

Oh wow, where did the week go?  I don't even remember what I did this week!  Seriously, I don't remember!  LOL!  I know a lot of it has to be because of dh's uncle.  BTW, thank you all for the prayers!!!  GOD was really listening and our uncle is progressing slowly but surely!  So BIG THANKS to everyone!!!

Today's post is about a few of the things I am obsessed about!  It's a hodge-podge of stuff. This first pic is an order of my Smash Book goodies!  They forgot to send me my black one (which is on backorder) I'll get that later in June or is it July?  I also got a red one from Paper Source, each book as a different things in it.  I just love this line!  It's so cool!  I ordered extra pens/glue so I can make my own Smash Books.  It's a pretty neat book!

I'm so into mini scrapbooking!  I have yet to finish my Hawaii - California book, I'll get to it soon, but I did create one of our little Road Trip a few weekends ago...check below for some pics!

 

  Still need to finish it up but here are the first few pages.  

Lastly, you know I love me some washi tape.  Got these goodies from the Japanese bookstore from Little Tokyo:

And let us not forget about a card...

Thanks for stopping by, I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Weekly post...

Hello!  Before I start on today's post I want to thank everyone for stopping by my poor neglected blog.  Thanks so much for the comments and I hope to be back in full blog-surfing soon so I can  visit everyone's blog!  

Onto my card..  This was made for dh's niece who had her 1st Communion the day before my in-law's 50th Anniversary.  As you can see from past post, I've had celebrations almost every weekend.  So even though it may not look as though I've been crafting, I have.  Just not as much as before but I've done some stuff here and there.  Anyhow, simple, simple card...

 

As usual, thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  

PS - Could I please ask for prayers for my dh's Uncle who's in ICU.  A few months ago he was diagnosed with lung cancer.  They operated and took the tumors our but this weekend he wasn't his normal self and they found a massive tumor in his brain.  I believe in the power or prayer so please if you could add him in your prayers I would truly appreciate it!!!  Thank you and GOD Bless!

Once a week?

That seems to be how often I can post!  Sigh, by the time I'm up and running it'll be the holidays again and bring me back to posting once a month!  LOL!  Anyhow, I'd like to share the anniversary card I made for dh's parent's 50th wedding anniversary two Sunday's ago.  I thought it turned out way better than I had hope.  LOL!  Thanks for stopping by...hope you guys have a wonderful week!

Favors...

Hello! Yes, I know, I rarely post...still busy...what's new!  I have family still here, tons of family parties on the weekends...and no time for crafting or fixing my house..boohooh.  LOL!  So this'll be a quick post, gotta eat brunch and then head out to take my mom to the Commissary and where ever else she needs to go...

Made these favors for my Auntie's 60th bday.  These house Bath and Body's Antibacterial Hand gels.  She had a "Royal" theme...hats and all.  Me and my cousin were lucky BB had a Royal theme also, perfect for the celebration!  Made 85 of these suckers (^_^)  I have to say I had a blast making them, my cousin, mom and sister helped so the production line went super quick!  Thanks for stopping by!!!  Have a great week!

We have a winner!

Thanks to all who entered the Thirty-One Bag giveaway!  For those that did not win, there are great monthly deals at Janet's Thirty-One site!

Congratulations Margarita!!!!  I'll send Janet your mailing address!

Oh and before I end this post, I thought I'd share a simple card I made for my dear friend Robyn.  She's just one of the sweetest people I know!  It's not all that since my mojo hasn't been around lately but I think it's kinda cute and I love the stamps I used!  Thanks for stopping by everyone, have a great week!

Last minute Easter favors

For those that still need to make Easter favors, I've created theses cute Easter baskets that fit a couple of Peppermint Pattie's.  Of course I used Mindy Terasawa's kit to create them and you can purchase them at DD now!

Don't forget that the Thirty One bag giveaway is still up!  You have until the end of the month to comment!  Good luck everyone!

Crafty Bag Giveaway!!!

A big Aloha to everyone!  Yeah, I know my post have been far and few, I'm hoping things slow down but as it looks, that's not going to happen for quite a while.  My family was in town they just left but plan on returning soon.  In-laws have a big anniversary so that means tons of family and friends will be in town.  House is still not 100%, I wanna say 50% done.  It's taken me longer because either M is gone or he gets home late and I don't wanna bother him.  A lot of the stuff I need help is moving the boxes around (too heavy for me.)  Hopefully this coming weekend we can focus on the garage, separate the garage sale items and unpack most of the other boxes.  My studio is slowly getting there.  We're waiting for the glass to go on top of my desk and once that's done I can put everything together (hopefully).  Will post pics as soon as everything is in place.

OK, on to some good stuff.  My friend Janet (another Japan friend who's living in HI) has just signed up to be a consultant for Thirty-One.  She's so graciously donated a crafty bag for all my followers.   Let me tell you how much I love this bag!  I take this bag w/me to all my crafty get together, I even take it to my in-laws so I could do some crafty stuff while waiting for laundry to get done.  This bag isn't only useful for craft items.  You can use it as baby bag, for kids goodies, snack, things to do stuff while on the go...the list goes on and on. So you ask, how do I win one?  Well all you have to do is:

1. Leave a comment on my blog.
2. Like Island Girl's Thirty-One Gifts on Facebook and leave another comment (on my blog to count as another entry.  If you already "like" Island Girl's Thirty-One,  just let us know so we can count it as an entry).
3. Ask your friends to "like" Island Girl's Thirty-One Gifts and leave another comment!
4. Tweet and or blog about  Island Girl's Thirty-One Gifts and leave yet another comment on the blog.

Wow, that gives you at least FIVE chances to be entered in the giveaway!  Woohoo!  So what are you waiting for?  Let the commenting begin!  You have until the end of the month (April 30, 2011).  Winners will be announced Good luck everyone and thanks for playing along!

Here's the bag (either you win this bag or a different fabric/design):

Mini Album

It's been a while since I've scrapbook, let alone something for me.  Usually I'm doing an album as a present or Scrapbook For Hire.  But lately I've been itching to do something for me.  Before I left the islands, I wanted to document my last few days up until Jan/Feb timeframe.  So I've decided to do a mini album the traditional way.  I still love doing digi LOs, but miss doing the traditional way.  While living on the island, I realize that the locals are more into card making than scrapbooking.  Of course since I was surrounded by them I focused my skills on card making and pretty much left scrapbooking on the back burner.  But now that I'm back I've been on a mission to scrap.  So this is where I'm at.  It's not my usual scrapping style but I wanted it to be a bit primitive as if I was scrapping it at that moment (I regret not doing it at the time...pretty much didn't have any time those last few days) so I'm trying to recreate the album as if it just happen...whatever supplies I had on hand. It's not the prettiest but it's what was suppose to be in "real time".  The only thing I regret was not saving some memorabilia's and those I've saved I can't seem to find at the moment.  So that's why there are some blank spaces.  I hope to add them in when I find those that I remembered to save.  I hope to do more travel scrapbooks.  I think this is a good jumping off point, as it'll help me determine what I need to pack as far as supplies and what I need to collect for my pages throughout the trips.

Oh, I wanted to share this cool software that I got where I could printout Polaroid pics (the ones showing in the above pics was created using my Lawn Fawn's Say Cheese set).

OK, that's all I have, not much but hey, its something. Sorry for the crappy pics, but I took them using my phone.  Yeah, I'm that lazy to bust out the big ole DSLR(^o^) Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Everything!

Hope everyone had a great weekend.  As usual M and I ran errands all weekend.  It's hard having one car.  I mean there are pro's and con's to it.  Pro, I get to stay home and fix the place  up and not spend. Con, I have to stay home and can't run errands.  LOL! So that means weekends are always busy running around trying to take care of everything I wasn't able to do during the week.  Who knows when we'll get the new car.  We've been on a waiting list forever and I'm just tired of the whole process.  Oh well, there are way more less unfortunate people then me.  It's not that bad. Just an inconvenience. Moving on...

Today's card is featured using Twirl Anya.  I think she's so adorable.  Tryin' to make as many cards as I can so I won't be late for the next bday.  So here's a head start.

Oooh, last Friday I received the new Copic colors! So excited even if I won't have time to color, having them in my hands just makes me so happy! LOL!  It's the small things I tell ya!

Wedding Card

Happy Aloha Friday everyone! I hope you all got to watch the youtube video.  I pray to GOD it doesn't happen but if it does we will all be better prepared.  I still have to finish putting my emergency bag together and buy Roxy some dog food.  I don't normally give her dog food but for emergency cases, dog food would have to do. 

Anyhow, I had to quickly make this Wedding card for dh's Deputy.  I opted to use SU!s Fifth Avenue Flora (this is has to be one of my favorite SU! stamp sets.) because I don't think she would like an Anya based card...I'd save my TGF for close family, friends and nieces...LOL!  This had to be a bit more elegant.  I usually try to go simple when it comes to Wedding and Sympathy cards.  I definitely think less is more.  Anyhow, here's my card.  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!  Aloha! 

Earthquake Prediction 2011 Jim Berkland - A Major Earthquake in North America Imminent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQXDt4VdS0E

To everyone in the affected areas, please be safe! Have your emergency bags packed!  Food, water, cash...  I've included an Emergency Checklist! Click on the document to enlarge and then print.

I pray to GOD this doesn't happen, but just in case, be prepared!

Its Been Awhile...

...I'm slowly getting my crafting groove back.  It's been a tough three months. With dh on travel a lot, loss of one car and unpacking by myself...well, crafting has definitely taken a backseat.  Needless to say, all my bday cards are late!  (o_O) 

Tonight I was able to create/finish three cards.  I'll showcase them one day at a time...LOL! Sorry, but if I didn't do that, I wouldn't have any other post after this...haha!  

All right, without further ado, here is today's card:

I used TGF's newest Creepin Creeper Crew Collection 1 set, which you can order at Pineapple Cove.  I love this set, it has a total of 7 Creeper Crew Characters and 8 Saying/Quotes.  I also used Lawn Fawn's Say Cheese set.  I absolutely love this set.  It has an old style Polaroid Camera and Polaroid film.  There are soo many ideas floating in my head on how to use this set.  Oh and I also used TE's Pennant and Pennant die.  I think that's it.  Leave me a comment or email me if you have any questions on any of the products I used.  

Don't forget, if you think My Cute Stamp's Konnichiwa set is adorable (which it is), and want to buy but just haven't had the chance, now is the time.  Remember, My Cute Stamps is donating the whole $7.99 towards the Japan Disaster Relief Fund.  It's a good cause AND you're getting a very cute stamp!  Karber is also donating proceeds from their cute Japanese set (digital stamp).

Thanks for stopping by!

Please Help Japan!

I am so heartbroken over last weeks earthquake and tsunami! I am thankful to GOD each and everyday for allowing me and my family to live in your beautiful country 3/4 of my childhood.  This saddens me deeply and  want you to know that you and your people are in my thoughts and prayers!  

You wanna help Japan?  You can!  My Cute Stamps will donate $7.99 to the Japanese Disaster Relief for each Konnichiwa stamp set that is sold this week.   

Please help raise some money by either purchasing this stamp set or by letting your friends on Twitter & Facebook know. Thank you for your help! *Limited to Quantities in stock.  I just purchased this set (shipping isn't bad) and you're helping out a good cause! 

Just got word that my friend Berernice is also raising fund for Japan, you can also purchase her cute digital stamps here.  

Here's a little insert from the Karber site:

Hi friends! Here in Karber we want to help the people from Japan. We are donating the sales from the digital images: Cute Japanese , Cute Karate Japanese & Cute Onigiri to the Japanese Relief effort. These digital images were created by Karla Barradas. You can find these digis individually or by set HERE. Please help us to raise some money by buying any of these digis. We will appreciate if you spread the word about this donation through your blog, Facebook or twitter. Thank you so much.

Thanks in advance to those that help financially, physically and in prayers!!

Happy Birthday Roxy Girl!

Hey Everyone! If you are in need of a house alarm or have any cellular needs contact my friend Kerstin! (she's actually a friend's niece).  She can get offer you a great deal on ADT, Direct TV/Dish Network and all the major cel carriers! She is also offering Clear services to the Hawaii area. For more info please contact her at 707.246.4579  

She has some really good deals...and no, I gain nothing by advertising.  Just wanted to pass this great deal to all who come across my blog!

Aloha!

Claim Your Prize!

I was informed by ManLe that the prizes were not claimed.  Please claim your prize by next Monday.  If we do not hear from you by then, we will pick new winners.  Instead of two $5 GC, we'll combine them and only pick two winners.  One will win the amazing goodies pictured here

and the other will win $10 GC to shop at PC or PC online store. 

Winner, winner, chicken dinner (^o^)

OK folks, the news you've all been waiting for...LOL!  The winner for the Blog candy (donated by Pineapple Cove) is:

 

The winner of the $5 GCs for Pineapple Cove are:

Diane, Liann and Gill, please send either ManLe or myself an email with your snail mail.  Again, I'd like to thank everyone for their participation on this fun giveaway!  Please check back from time to time, I will be doing other giveaways.  I got a lot of goodies I'm getting rid of and I feel that they will be better suited to those that can use or want them.  Please don't forget to check out Pineapple Cove for all your crafting needs.  PC has tons of great items at their store located at Kahala Mall and at their online store.