My Unintended Hiatus

As you all probably noticed, I have been rather MIA after Christmas.  I do have several very good reasons for this.  A few of them are as follows:

• Visiting family in Hawaii.  My brother was getting ready to ship out with the Army and we all wanted to make the most of our last few days with him as a civilian.  =)  We had some awesome nights playing games and eating all of our favorite childhood foods.  ::sigh:: It made me want to go back to those days.  You know, the easy ones - or at least we realize they were easy now.  =)

me and my handsome Army brother  =)

• Hubby started a new job.  This has been going pretty well so far but there are things that I wanted to be able to talk to him about and hear about and all those little things that happen during the day and things like that.
• We moved into a new house.  This is pretty obviously the biggest of the three...at least in the amount of work that it requires to make it happen.  =)  We are renting a cute house near where we were living before but it is ours (we had been living with hubby's grandma for a while because we were trying really hard to buy a house with the market being so low).  But God had other plans and the buying the house thing hasn't worked out yet. But we are getting to play at it by renting this place.  I will take pictures and show you around once I get things more settled and put away.  I'm afraid the place looks very disheveled right now.  

I am excited to try this new year though.  I say "try" because so many things are changing so quickly that I think it will take me a little while to adjust.  But my goal in the next few days and weeks is to get caught up on all my blogging and blogging friends and to share with you some of the things that have been going on in my life since Christmas.  

Have a beautiful day!  I'm loving SoCal's 80 degree weather today.  Come and visit!  I have a guest room now!  =)

Post-Christmas Updates!

Hello everyone!

After I got through my (nearly) 25 straight days of blogging, I took the last few days off to really enjoy the time I was spending with friends and family here in Hawaii.  And it has been a blast!  One of my favorite parts of being home is seeing all my old friends and catching up with family and stuff.  I've been going through some old family pictures and I hope to get some of those up sometime soon to show you "your's truly" as a little girl.  =P  But here is a pic of some of my childhood friends all grown up!

My little sis, my brother, and my hubby are in the pic too and a lot of really good friends!  =)

So I have been dying to ask my blogging friends what you think of these boots.  I have two pairs of black boots, a brown pair, and now a maroon pair but no gray.  I have been keeping an eye out for slouchy gray boots and I think I may have found them.  Who'd have thought that Forever 21 would have the most adorable shoes ever?!  I haven't really stopped to look there before.  =)

gray slouchy boots: forever 21

And for the price being what it is, I'm not sure how long I'll be able to hold out on them!  But then I kept browsing the website (I saw the above boots in person) and came across these beauties!  And now I'm confused!  =P  The typical confusion of a woman who likes two equally amazing pairs of shoes.  =)  

gathered ankle boots: forever 21

I'll be honest, I'm leaning towards the suede ones because I like how soft they look.  And since I was able to try those on, I know they are pretty comfy even with the higher heel.  But I like the more moderate height on these new ones....::sigh:: such "difficult" decisions, right?  What do you think?!

I have a lot more that I have been wanting to share with all of you too but I think it will have to wait for another day.  I am going to watch my brother and hubby play soccer with friends tonight.  =)  So have a wonderful evening and I will see you all soon!

Have a beautiful day!

2nd Deal til Christmas and Christmas Day Greetings!!!

So I have been doing well again with staying on top of everything with my 25 Deals til Christmas but dropped the ball yesterday!  Christmas Eve is the day that my family does everything.  We have lots of people over, open presents, and things like that.  But in the busy-ness of getting everything ready for company yesterday, I (once again!) totally gapped on getting a blog post done!  You, my lucky readers, get two deals today - my Christmas present to you!

1) What was supposed to have been yesterday's deal is a gift with ANY purchase!  I have been doing a gift with the purchase of any pair of Michelle Earrings but for today only, you can get a "present" from me with any purchase that you make!

2)  The Christmas Day Deal that you have all been waiting for is: 40% off my entire store!  Use coupon code "merrychristmas" at the checkout to get the discount!

If there has been anything you've been eyeing, today might be the day to get it.  Or maybe something for a New Year's shindig!  

(Just as a heads up, because I am in Hawaii, I do not have full access to all of my tools and supplies.  So if you order something that I do not have on hand, I will not be able to make or ship your item until after the New Year.)

This is a short one today, my friends.  But I sincerely wish you all a Merry, merry Christmas where Jesus Christ is the center of your celebrations.  "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given..."

Merry Christmas!!!

3rd Deal til Christmas

It is the Christmas Eve Eve!  Is everyone else excited?!  I am very excited because in my family, we always open presents on Christmas Eve and then do stockings on Christmas morning.  So it will be really great to have another holiday in Hawaii with my family.  And this is what our Christmases look like.  =)  Santa and Mrs. Claus let their hair down, kick off their shoes, and enjoy the mild Hawaiian holiday!  My family and I plan on going down their ourselves and I'll put up my own pictures as soon as I get a chance.

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Before I get to the Deal til Christmas today, I wanted to remind people that you can still get a free gift with purchase of any pair of Michelle Earrings in my shop currently.  I still want to try helping Michelle out this holiday season so please consider purchasing something for her and yourself!

That does bring me to today's Deal til Christmas which is: 25% off of Michelle Earrings in my shop.  With this sale, I will still donate $10 directly to Michelle.  If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email (snsandsnsibility{at}gmail.com) or send me a message through Etsy!

Have a beautiful day!

4th Deal til Christmas

I know not everyone has the ability to just hop on a plane, visit family, and come to Hawaii to go shopping but believe me, if you could, it is totally worth it!  I grew up in a small neighborhood called Kaimuki.  It used to be the center of commerce and business on south Oahu but times change and the place was not quite as busy as before.  In the last few decades, small businesses and restaurants have moved in and taken over and transformed the area.

So when I read about a new business that was supporting local and handmade artists, I had to check it out!  I had been reading about this new boutique in  some of my Hawaiian retail and handmade community forums.  And I had the wonderful opportunity to come and visit this particular shop!  Drift Boutique is "locally owned and operated featuring lots of local designers such as Machine Machine, Tiare Hawaii, Stoney Seas, La'akea Designs, and lots of cute clothes and gifts from around the world!"  And they are kidding.  I was able to meet one of the owners, Laura, and she proudly shared with me that 90% off what was in the store was locally made in Hawaii and 75% was handmade.  So I had to do some shopping and it was an awesome experience!  I love the chance to support local AND handmade artist at the same time! I am planning on going back before I fly back to California and will try and take some pictures to show all of you!

their shop is the cutest thing ever!  they named the place "drift" because one of the owners' hobby is to collect drift wood and turn it into awesome creations!

But on to today's Deal til Christmas!  We are getting so close now I can taste it!  For today only, you can get 25% off of Nani Earrings!  These simple but easy to wear earrings are great for so many different occasions!  A little black dress or a swim suit during summer will be magnificent with these!  This style is also part of the new Hawaiian inspired collection I am just debuting this week!  Check out "Me Ke Aloha" in the shop for more items and styles being added all the time!

I hope you like it and have a beautiful day!

P.S.  Head on over to moonbeamwishes and much love, illy to enter giveaways that I'm sponsoring and a little interview I've done with both girls!  And wander around their blogs while you're at it.  They are some of my creative muses - I want to be like them when I grow up!  =)