quick pics of my life...

My hubby, my boys, my girl, my nieces and nephew...  and a pile of mango's I need to peel and make jam with...  Why are the mango's with family pics?  I don't know, but I am going with it!

New Jewelry!

These three are just a few of what's to come.  I am really loving making the "double" strand necklaces.  Although they are time consuming to make because I wire-wrap each stone and connect them individually.  They are incredibly strong and the chain I use is also soldered links so that adds to the strength.  

Ringo Starr is singing Octopus's Garden in my head each time I start one of the fab Octo-necklaces.  I love these guys and was glad when I could find the guys in brass with Sterling silver plate.  What a great combo!

The 3rd is a vintage inspired necklace with lava stone, brass wire and a classy brass pendant.

I have so much to put on ETSY but I am having a tough time mustering up the patience to wait for the pics to upload!!!  If they upload at all!  It can take up to 15 minutes just to post ONE piece of jewelry!  If anyone alse has any advice on how to make it go quicker please email me!!  Aquashella@earthlink.net

I have tried making the pics square b4 uploading...  Sometimes its quick, sometimes its like turtle slow..I am talking a one-legged turtle.a one legged SEA-turtle..On LAND!  

Plane Identification

Since I have disclosed that I live directly under the "shallow end" of the flight path of Honolulu International Airport AND that I can identify say a C-5 just by the earthquake rumble and insane noise it creates.  I decided to post video of said flights.

I pride myself ( in my head and own little world) that I can tell the difference between an old 

DC-8 and a 747.  Aloha air had the noisiest high pitched squeal to them.  Sorry they went out of business and all but sheesh, I don't miss that noise!

JAL 747's fly so low overhead that they create wind turbulence that turn into mini-tornadoes that sometimes rip 12 ft palm fronds from the coconut palms here!  "Look out kids!"

Here are a few video (yes, I am that geek that takes video of them!)

Once, a United flight was coming in really low.  I mean strangely low.  I watched it coming well, basically right towards me as I stood in my yard... when all of the sudden it pulled up and started lifting up  dramatically back on course...  "What the heck?  You fall asleep up there?"  I though he was going to let er down right in the lagoon!

Now promise me that for the C-5 super duper huge plane you will have your volume (go ahead and turn it up now) on full volume...its no joke.  This IS how loud it is.  If you'd really like to re-create the scenario just grab the sides of your desk or wherever you have your computer set up and rumble it like a subtle earthquake for say 45 seconds...

The fighter jets are pretty cool too...  

I really need a life...

New Fun Stuff!

new stuff not yet on ETSY...

Its about time for some new jewelry!!

Coconut Palm Cubbies

Again, today Super Jody taught me how to weave this little guy.  Surprisingly it was easy...  ANd this is coming from me, who cant really even knit!  

I have to trim the wackadoo's off the sides once it dries. I am afraid if I trim them now it will all unravel!

So, here it is!

 

Aloha! It's already heading to the end of MAY!!!

Ok, where does time go?!  I have been busy and I have been making a lot of goodies for the Etsy site!  Phew!  I sold a lot during the shows and jewelry was dwindling and I was waiting for re-supply shipments and they quickly shipped here from all my great suppliers and I am back at work!

A few of my good friends have left and are in the process of leaving the island to move to the mainland so we have been getting together and palm weaving-  I love it!  I'd hate it if it weren't  for my friend "Super-Jody" who knows how to do everything!  And she can knit without looking at what she's knitting!  Then she felts it!  Felting is when you take your knit item and put it in the washing machine and shrink it.  You can make bowls, purses and anything really.  anyways...  Here are some pics of Super jody palm weaving..  We made hats this day

Super Jody is leaving in June... So we are getting our "weave on" till then.