Happy Holidays!

Hey there - Happy Holidays to you all. Hope that you all are having a great holiday! well, a friend of mine told me about a tea bag dispenser that she saw. Well, I kinda made one (not ready for posting just yet). I look forward to having it on the calendar in January. I also look forward to the many things upcoming. Card contest, demos, and kits. Stop by and give us some suggestions for the upcoming year. Look forward to hearing from you.

Still looking for the right gift?

A friend gave me an idea for stuff that they found while blogging and such. I'm working on it now for my last or late Christmas gift -- you know for those that got everything that they need or friends that you just can't buy for and end up with that gift card from their favorite eatting place or store. As soon as I get the end product get it up there, but it might not be until next week. Remember it's the thought that counts. Hope you like it.

Shhh! Sorry for not letting you know this yesterday, but it was Christy's birthday.

Chocolate! Chocolate!

Done with all your Holiday shopping? I just got a tree. I'm so thankful and blessed!

Well, we made the EASY version of muddy buddies (chocolate covered rice chex with powdered sugar). First you get some melt-n-mold! of course.Then microwave (we did it 30 second intervals on medium - to get a feel for the microwave - package says 2 minutes and we had an adventure with that LOL). Burnt food still smells like burnt food. You may want to stir in-between heatings.

Then put Rice Chex in a ziploc bag or mixing bowl, add chocolate and mix. Be sure to cover the Rice Chex well with chocolate (mmmmmm) Then add some powdered sugar, shake it/stir it up, and eat!

Holiday Card Contest Voting

Don't forget to stop by and vote for your favorite Holiday card in our contest. Don't worry if you got to busy for during this holiday season, we look forward to seeing all the entries in our New Years Contest in January.

Also, don't forget today is the last day to use your 25% off coupon. So stop by and vote...last day to vote is next week Tuesday. Vote "green" or "red"

Congratulations Lori & Diane!

Congratulations to our Grand Prize winners: Lori - gift basket -- uchida paper trimmer with replacements baldes, dandelion stamps, hero art stamp, notepad, keychain, and some paper of course. Diane for winning our deluxe crop-a-dile and eyelet set.

Winner of dandelion stamps and Wholesale unlimted giftcard was Liza Hamada!

Our other winners who won prizes from dandelion designs and hero arts were: Karen O., Joan H., Geri U., Patsy R., Pam N., Krista O., Sharon A., Nikki K., Corina A., Colette A., Carol C., Ann Y., Suztte I., Marisa O., Lori K., Cathy Y., Darlene L., Paula F., Madeline D., Joy F., Sandy O., Bonnie A., Jenny L., Jean A., Charlotte G., Jenevieve L., Nellie C., Nicole C., Ashlee F., and Grace A. Other prize winners were: Annie K., and Linzy H.

Congratulations to all and thank you for all of you for coming and help us celebrate. Thanks again to Cheryl, Jean, Joy and Gloria for helping make this joyous season and occasion even more special.

In-Store Specials

Hey everyone, well we have the coupon back up on the website - so print one out for you and bring a friend.

Don't forget the Holiday Card Contest, you got until Wed. the 16th. Come by and see our card holder - made just to hold all those lovely entries.

Will be posting the winners of the drawing today so watch for your name. (We'll be calling you too.)

Thanks for helping us celebrate our 1st year!

Thanks to all of you for coming by and celebrating with us this past week. A great big THANK YOU to Jean and Cheryl for doing the great make 'n takes as always and the donations for the drawing. (you should checkout their blogs). Mahalo to Joy for the cute favor, and thanks to Gloria for showing us the smooch.

Look forward to this week, 25% off coupon to let the good times continue!

Holiday Card Contest - update

Okay, I know everyone is busy....so I'll extend the drop off date until Wednesday Dec. 16 6pm (closing). Then we'll have the voting until Tuesday Dec. 22nd 6pm.

So, get busy this weekend!!!

Smoochin' with Gloria

Hey its the last day for our 3 day Anniversary Celebration. Don't worry, we still have things on sale for next week - did you see the coupon? However the big shot last day for this year at that great price is today!

Well, Gloria is here. Come 'n use the big shot and smooch your card!

Chill 'n with Josh Part I

Let's hear what Josh has to say about the Aloha Chill'r.

Still celebrating the JOYous occasion

So are you coming today...did you make it yesterday. Joy from Joy of Crafting is coming 11am-1pm today. It's a little chilly here, but really cute and sweet. See you soon.

Thanks Cheryl & Jean

Thank you Cheryl and Jean for coming yesterday to help us celebrate. Here's picture of they did for make 'n takes. Cheryl used the Electric Sizzix machine to cut and emboss - what a neat idea.

What about the ornament/tag that Jean made just like those stamps!

Come 'n Celebrate with us!

We have so much to celebrate!!! Our 1st Anniversary!!!! Thanks to all of you we're still here!!!

Did you check out all the specials on the Ad, plus we have some in-store specials (check the tweets). We have lots of special guests coming that helped make this year a great one. Let's see, Cheryl M. (Sizzix/Hero Arts) and Jean Y. (dandelion designs) are coming on Wednesday; Joy from Joy of Crafting on Thursday; Gloria A. from Ben Franklin Crafts - Pearl City on Friday. Lots of great make 'n takes to do from 11am to 1pm.

Don't forget to enter our Anniversary drawing!!! See you when you get here.

We're having a Christmas Card contest....last day to enter Friday.

Card Holder! and other stuff

Hey there! Getting ready for the Holidays are the cards coming?!? Well, here's an idea for this year's holiday card holder....(an old project/idea, but a good one.)


What do you need:
a small wooden plank (you can get this at Ben Franklin); felt squares; James Button Christmas Embellishments; American Craft Christmas Ribbon; Merikan double sided tape; hot glue gun/glue; 1 -3/4" clothespins.

What to do:
1) You want to cover the wooden plank - I used the green if you cut the felt in half (long ways - or as little people would say hot dog) it should fit nicely side by side on the plank. I used the 3/4" merikan double sided tape to tape it to the wooden plank (cleaner and smoother finish on the front). I also did the edge using the double sided tape- an old but reliable friend for the holidays.
2) cut out the stockings (I'll be attaching the stocking pattern hopefully by next week-need to get it scanned and uploaded-new adventure) using the red and white felt.
3) ribbon, the nice thing about the American Craft Christmas Ribbon is it comes in 4 feet rolls so I just cut it in half and used 2 rolls-no need measure. Attach to a James Button or any other embellishment.
4) clothespins, even easier, using the hot glue gun - put glue on one-side then place the ribbon on top and cut. (otherside will be hot glued to the ribbon to hold the cards, attach last)

Now putting it together, first lay it all out, of course. Then get that hot glue gun out and glue it all down. Attach the clothespins onto the ribbon last. For the backside, I used some American Craft ribbon hot glued it down, then using felt and double sided tape for the finished back.

So have fun.

Holiday Card Contest

Here we go getting ready for the Holdiays, since many of you celebrate such different holidays, pick one make a card and enter the contest, so we can celebrate together with a Holiday Card Contest.

Rules:

1) Size: no larger than a 5"x7" card.

2) Theme: Happy Holidays - any holiday celebrated in December.

3) 75% of product used is purchase from Crafts in the City.

Did I miss anything? Yes, when: Dec. 7th until closing 11th to drop off your cards at the store.

Voting will take place the following week. hmmmm...oh the prize: Marvy Paper Trimmer.

any questions, feel free to call 536-5410, email craftsinthectiy@gmail.com or just stop by.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just playing with our camera, technology is lots of fun. Wanna see our cookbook, here's a picture. Remember now, 100% of the proceeds go to Aloha United Way. So come by and maybe next week I'll make something from the book. I'll let you know.

Happy Birthday Mickey!

How old are you now? Happy Birthday Mickey!!! Come by and make a birthday card with us. Or if you just like Mickey or know someone who does (you can just make it a generic card) Either way stop by and make one for a small fee.

SpeciaL Friend Cards

A friend stopped by to share with us, two cards that they made using paper from the K & Co paper pad (left) and DCWV Blossoms & Butterfly (right).

congratulations Jennifer!

Congratulations to Jennifer for winning the Halloween Card Contest.

Halloween Card Contest

Boo! Everyone ready for the Halloween card contest? Get ready to win an ink 'n stamp set.
Guidelines for the contest: 1) card no larger than 5"x7";
2) express the Halloween theme;
3) entry received by Oct. 23 6pm (or closing);
4) 75% of the craft supplies used are from the store;
5) you have lots of fun participating.

Don't forget if you don't want to make a card, stop by to vote for the one you like the most the following week.

flying by with Hello Kitty

Getting ready for Halloween? How's about flying by and making this card with us today.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Well, it's October and it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So to show our support to loved ones who have been touched with this we'll be making this card today.

(dandelion designs stamp, satin ribbon, xryon, glitter, itop brad maker)

Cards!

Take a look at what Christy's been up to earlier this week. Nice!

Strides

Taking some time out for Walking for Strides against Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer Awareness month... There will be a "bra" auction for some specially designed bras on Oct. 24th at Hard Rock Cafe. I'll pass on more information as I receive it. Don't forgot the Susan G. Komen Walk on Oct. 18th.

who gives a HOOT!

We do! Come by TODAY

11am - 1pm to do this cute favor with our VERY special guest.

Special Guest!

Our special guest is coming WEDNESDAY! Watch for the tweet tomorrow for the time. See ya then.

Here's some Halloween cards that we're making this week. Stop by and have a ghoolish time with us.

Mum-Es

it's National White Chocolate Day! We are making a mum-E with pretzels dipped in dark chocolate, cooled, covered with "strips" of white chocolate for the bandages for the mum-E and then some eyes. Didn't have red hots but they would make 'em look even spook-E-r. They taste really good (melt 'n mold)

Card Contest

Hey there did you turn in your card...still got time... we don't close until 6pm.

Scrapper's Jam

are you going? Oct 10th at Ko'olau Golf Course. We'll be there. (need more information, stop by)

Friendship Ball

Hey did you know that if you are able to make this you are able to make lots of other charms. Stop by today and see Christy demo this. If you have time, do the make 'n take with her.

POPcorn!

Come Friday and make a popcorn holder! Put some popcorn in it and enjoy!

We used the Sizzix French Fry die and a 4" strip of paper (crimpped for texture).
Put the French Fry container together. Align the 4" strip of paper to the front of the container and trim. Using a Fiskers paper edge scissors for the top.

MDA Thanks YOU!

All of you who donated to MDA this year THANKS a whole bunch!

Card Contest!

The rules: no larger than 5x7 card. Made up of 75% of products that we carry at Crafts in the City. Entry dropped off to the store before closing on Sept. 18th closing (6pm).
hmmm...since this is the first card making contest that we're having... hopefully not the last...we have to have a pretty good prize...so what about an Uchida paper trimmer for the grand prize.

So come by and drop off an entry and while you're at it make one for the card swap!

Pop Up Card

So cute! this was the make 'n take for last Friday.

CARDswap

Let's swap cards! all this week. got new ones everyday. stop by when you get the chance.

Make 'N Take

Hey everyone, Don't forget about coming to see our SPECIAL guest today. She'll be making pop-up cards with you all. So see you at 11 - 1pm.

Webkinz!

look at all the cute webkinz!

Haunted Scrap-beading!

Watch as we build our haunted scene. We have a beaded "giant" spider climbing its way to the top, a beaded mummy going to pick a fall pumpkin in the pumpkin patch.

We'll be adding more as we get closer to Halloween! Trick 'o Treat!?!

(items we used: fence punch, apple punch, seed beads, 26 gauge wire, 6mm & 8mm black beads)

Classes

Taking an afternoon break. Ice Tea, nice and refreshing on this warm afternoon. You can still sign up for Raynette's Lei Class for tomorrow at 5pm....please sign up or give us a call before 2pm tomorrow, if you are planning to come. (need to make sure I have enough chairs for everyone.)

Cupcake Card

mmm mmm mm cupcakes, who doesn't like 'em. Well, thanks to our speciaL friend for sharing this card with us this morning.

Hope you all have a great Monday!

Reschedule, reschedule

Just had a go-gurt break. Waiting for a starbuck break... FYI our special guest wasn't feeling too good this week. She'll be rescheduling for next month. Let you know when.
So we'll be doing the money rose demo, today! It'll be lots of fun.

Paper! Come 'n Get your Paper Here!

We got Autumn Leaves paper in and many of them are two sided. We also got the Halloween and some Christmas.

TRICK, sorry no treats today.

bring your "friend" in, tell 'em "look at the cool mist maker" THEN clap loudly by our display and watch them get a "trick!" Then do the evil laugh.



Come by and have some fun!

CArds! caRDs! cardS!

Thank you Carla for the beautiful cards. Come by and ask how she made these cards.

Dolphin Charm!

It's here, the dolphin (psst, psst, got instructions this time.)

What do you see in your future?

We got in a mister... what do you think? can you see the future?

sP-EYE-ddd--ER!

Do you see the spider?

Chocolate & Friends

Just taking a strawberry yogurt break... for you chocolate lovers' today is National Chocolate Chip day...yep! And we got cookies to celebrate!


Good chocolate and good friends go good together. So why not make a friendship ball today for a friend. Don't forget, if you can make the ball, I've been told that you can make lots of other things. (especially the charms that we're making last and this month)

When you're done with the open market, come 'n get a cookie, get out of the crazy weather (rain/heat/etc), and just check out what's going on. c-ya later!

Watermelon Card

Did you eat watermelon yesterday to celebrate! Christy made this great card and will be making kits today.

What's going on?

Just having some apple juice this morning and thinking about what to do today. But before we do that I need a drum roll please, Congratulations! Diane. You are the record holder for the most stamps purchased in one day -- our super stamper.

Special thanks to my morning "crew" those of you who come before 8 (you keep me up, so keep coming by) and have been giving me great ideas. Now, the fun part of making them.

August is going to be lots of fun ... the kids start school. (evil laugh) Need to get organized. 50th Anniversary for Hawaii. Wow. Look for the charm making classes on Sat. if not going to try afterwork. If you have any suggested time/days let me know. Otherwise, watch for the calendar coming soon.

Don't forget to check us out in Island Family Magazine -- we've been very fortunate to have some of our projects included.

Watch for us out on the street (just outside the store). We'll be doing demos and make-it 'n take-its outside the store if the weather permits on certain days.

Alcohol Inks

This is so fun...especially since I never did this before. Tried it on a glass ornament. Then acetate...oooo...a heiko bag (good for that special gift bag...everyone is always looking for a "new" one.). First you add the color (used blue and silver) added it on to the stamper pad. Then stamp and stamp on the object that you want to color. So neat. I want to make more. I'll go look for more things to stamp. lol. Watch the video and see how easy it is.

Are you a sucka!

If you are then come by Monday July 20th and join all the other downtown suckas and support National Lollipop Day by making this tasty favor for the sucka in your life.

Relay for Life

Summer is here and lotta stuff to do and time to look back at the first half of 2009. Lots to take in and just in the past few weeks -- MJ and all the other stuff, but yet there is so much to look forward to in the months to come -- State of Hawaii's 50th; my birthday; Aloha Week; Halloween (candy! costumes!); Thanksgiving (turkey); and of course Black Friday! (shop shop shop 'til you drop!).

The biggest thing is my birthday this year. Since I'm a survivor, now, just like many of you who have shared with me. Your sharing has given me lots of strength, how much some of you will never realize.

Come by July 11th, Magic Island 7pm Saturday to 7am Sunday. Mahalo for those who made a donation to the American Cancer Society, through us or another source. Come and do the make 'n take. C ya there!

Tweet information

Maybe I'm drinking way to much caffine in the morning. Here's the low down for some of my abbreviations: CNI - Cosignment, Not Included; 1PPPD - 1 Per Person Per Day; LSH - Limited to Stock on Hand.

Lunch & hamsters

Well, I'm off to eat lunch -- corned beef and cabbage. (mmm mmm good) I just finished doing the demo on the beaded hamster charm.

Let me know what you think. Not bad if I do say so myself. I have kits made now, so come by. If you couldn't come today then we're doing it again next next Wednesday. Next week is the owl. (getting the kits ready for next week)
(Dar thanks for taking the picture and showing me how to use my camera.)

Classes and more class

Interested in a beaded charm class.... I was thinking next week Thursday? around... 5pm-ish? Stop by and let me know. I was thinking about doing the owl, this time around. Really cute...trying to get a nice picture of it on the blog. My camera doesn't do close-up really good. Get that on soon.

Tweet, Tweet

Are you following us yet? if not, get on there...we hope to do lots of things with it. If you're not sure what it is, no worry. I only checked it out recently. (very interesting). Sign up today and stop by sometime next week to check if you showed up on our following list. I'll be updating it .... mainly on Thursdays....sTweet Thursdays! or just whenever something interesting is happening in the store.

4th of July

Hey there...we are having our 4th of July special tomorrow...so don't be late, the paper trimmers (we only got a limited number) so don't be late... PS there is something special to go with it. Come by today to see what it looks like, Josh or Christy should be doing the demo on it.

Since many of you fokls-- State, City, and Federal offices will be closed...we decided to take a break tomorrow too. Thanks for the holiday! Maybe I'll see you at the Ala Moana fireworks this weekend...do you know what time? If so let me know. See ya tomorrow if not then next week!

Are you a follower?

We will be going on Twitter, really soon...what's that you ask? (I had to ask too, if you do to then you're not alone.) It's easier to show than to explain in words, so check out the website twitter.com, they got a pretty good explanation. Or just come by the store, but most important don't forget to "follow" us maybe around July 1st. No worry I'm limited to 140 characters...so no long stories from me. lol. Send you some tweets next week.

Relay for Life

Just got my hot chocolate (so good that starbucks is nearby) and ready to start the day... just thinking about all the things to do for today, too much to do and so little time. LOL! I just realized that in a couple of weeks is Relay for Life. Do what we can, be happy in the moment and know that we can and will survive, most of all finding a cure is the key...maybe not today, but for the future. Don't forget to come by and see our beaded charm (octopus, really cute...wait 'til next month, even better.)

Sizzix, what's new

Here's a little video on some "new" items that we got in...Hello Kitty, embossing plates and sizzlits....lots of new stuff to do in July with all the new stuff...watch for it next month. Tweet you all later.

Envelope Glue

Learned something new today...you can make homemade envelope glue. Found this receipe on the internet. Ingredients: 1 tsp Elmer's Glue, 1/2 tsp. vinegar, 2 drops mint flavoring. Sounds easy enough. Thanks for asking the question.

Charms, Charms, Charms

Here it is the octopus charm...don't you think it's soooo cute.

Father's Day

Needing ideas for Father's Day? Show dad your appreciation for all that he does. Come on down during lunch for our make-it/take-it. Next week we have 3 days of Father's Day cards & gifts. Check out our calendar to see what we have planned. Hope to see you!

Happy Anniversary

Thank you to everyone that has supported us here at Crafts In The City. We've made our 6 month mark and look forward to creating more projects with all of you. Don't forget to come by and check out our 6 month star sticker specials (Wed-Fri). Hope to see you all soon!

Vacation

Hi everyone! Chris is on vacation so, I (Christy) get to blog. Cool!! Come on down during the week to get your craft "fix". We're having a Manager's "Star" special on June 10, 11, 12. Selected items with a star are on sale from 25% to 50%. Chris is on vacation so, it's a secret!

Congratulations!

Congratulations! to all the graduates for the Class of 2009! Thanks for all of you who came by to learn how to make leis with us it was lots of fun! Watch for our lei making classes to get us ready for Aloha Week.

donut day

Well, today was National Donut Day! We had donuts for lunch! mmm mmm good! Sorry no picture we ate it all up.

Dandelion Designs!!! They are sooo cute.

Thank you Jean for coming and doing make 'n takes with us today. They are so cute.

Look at everyone having so much fun!