Island Girls Summer Social #2

What an awesome day! I had so much fun at the Island Girls Summer Social #2, organized by Teri of Big Ideas From A Little Girl. I know she's been working her butt off for this gathering and I want to thank her for doing such a great job!

One of the fun things we did today was a card contest and all of the cards received are going to be donated to a local charity. Such a great idea! Since our sponsor for the Social was Tamiko's, we were to make a card using her colors, pink, green and black. Here's what I created:


Once again I used my Cricut and the Create A Critter cartridge. I'm not sure you can see it, but the pink layer is actually glitter paper from Doodlebug and I love it! In case you didn't know this about me, I LOVE PIGGIES! So of course I had to use this cutie patootie! And look at her little happy face flag! It's so cute I can't stand it!!!

Before I share the projects we made, I have to show you a picture of the food we had ...



Salad, spring rolls, fried saimin (super ono!), garlic chicken, teriyaki meatballs, and deep fried mushrooms. See my dessert in the background? Man, that brownie was so fudgy!!! Mmm, good!

On to the projects. We made four things. First up, this cute treat box, using the Big Shot Pro. Such a silly looking pumpkin yeah? I love his missing teeth and his googly eyes!

Next up is this adorable panda card! It came together super quick because the panda was made using the 3M Post-it Brand Craft Paper. This paper definitely makes your Cricut projects super fast!

The last projects were a couple of gift card holders. Check out the GCH on the left - I thought the flowers were cut from a die, but it's actually a Martha Stewart punch! I gotta get me one of those ...

Hope you all enjoyed your day as much as I did! I got to meet some bloggers that I've never had the chance to meet in person, made some new friends, and also got to catch up with some old ones. Until next time, take care and I leave you with this ...

"The greatest blessing is a pleasant friend." Horace

Summer Social!

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I sure did! I was invited to a Summer Social organized by my DF Teri, of Big Ideas from a Little Girl fame. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INVITE, GIRL! Teri wanted to put together an event where local bloggers could meet in person, share ideas, do some fun make & takes, shop till we dropped, and just have fun! She definitely accomplished her goal! This event wouldn't have been possible without Danny, Barbie and Sunny Rosario, who were kind enough to let us use their AIR CONDITIONED showroom! We are all so thankful that you did that! Barbie also coordinated the delivery of our delicious bentos from Best Drive Inn. Mmm, that bento was ono!

There were so many things going on - I brought my camera but didn't get a chance to take any pictures! That's what I get for being a social butterfly! LOL! We had live demonstrations by Jen Young (the Cricut Queen), Jodi Ann Lee (the Copic coloring Queen), Claudette San Pedro (the Sweetie Queen), and ManLe Hong (the Pineapple Cove Queen). We were also able to shop, shop, shop! Joy of Tamiko's, Jen of Little C's, Summer of Roses on Paper, all had items for sale at some awesome prices!!! Items from Fisher Hawaii, courtesy of Teri, were also available for purchase. Yes, we went crazy! Here are the RAKs I received from some very talented and ambitious ladies:


These are the Twilight RAKs I also received. The mag is from Claudette - thanks so much for thinking of me girl! And check out the goodie bag that Sunny made! Barbie said she was practicing for her Twilight birthday party. You did a super job, Sunny! Thank you so much!


This is the goodie bag that everyone got upon check in. We also had ID cards personalized with Sweeties, courtesy of Ms. Claudette. All items in the goodie bag were donated by some very generous people. So overwhelming ... the Aloha Spirit is something that you just can't describe, but it is definitely alive and well.

We also were given all the necessary items for three make & take projects. Two beautiful cards and one super duper notebook. Of course I didn't finish making my projects since I was so busy doing other things ... but I did want to say a special THANK YOU to the best helper ever! Taelyn, Joy's daughter, was such a huge help to all of us at the "Bind It All" table. She put together so many notebooks it was unbelieveable! She was like the Energizer Bunny - she kept going, and going, and going! Thanks, Taelyn, for making my notebook! I just love it and I can't wait to see you again!

Whew - what a long post! I hope I didn't forget anything or anyone. If I did, I'm so very sorry and did not forget you intentionally. Thanks to Teri for EVERYTHING! If you ever decide to do this again, I hope you know that I'm available to help! You are one awesome "Little Girl"!