I'm having a very special Black Friday Sale for you.
Email me at kapuanani@kapuanani.com and place a preorder and get a five free Mele Kalikimaka stickers. When the order is ready, I'l contact you with a reserve listing on Etsy. Orders will be ready December 4th and can be either picked or shipped out.
All Cards are printed on 100% Recycled cardstock, 40% post consumer waste (Malama `Aina) and made in the USA.
PRICES:
White Season's Aloha Cards Set of 10 (with envelopes) - $12
Red Mele Kalikimaka Cards Set of 10 (with envelopes) - $12
Red Mele Kalikimaka 10 Postcards (save on postage and paper!) - $10
My husband told me about the Fun Theory from Volkswagon which takes environmental tasks like throwing away litter or recycling and adds unexpected interest to them. Like making a set of public stairs that are unused (thanks to the escalator next to it) into a piano and gaining 66% more stair users.
From their website: "This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better."
Egads! I know it's been a while but really? Twenty years?
I dug out my "Said & Done" yearbook which I personally took a lot of (bad, blurry, washed out) photos for, to see if I could get in the mood to design our 20 Year Reunion Save-the-Date card. Not sure if the planning committee will use this particular one or not, but since I spent the better part of today listening to Milli Vanilli and trying to remember what pop culture references were big in 1990, I thought it was worth a blog down memory lane.
Lots of changes have come to my city since I left. Muskegon had once been a gorgeous, prosperous lumber town complete with opera houses and amazing architecture and commerce. In the 70s, city planners decided main street was anti-progress and tore it down to build a sad and ugly mall. In junior high I'd go there to play video games and to buy cassette tapes. Later I worked two summer jobs at the mall, one at a clothing store that sold a lot of bandanas and acid washed jeans and another selling imported goods from Guatemala. I remember I ate a lot of mozzeralla cheese sticks for lunch.
Lace and Big hair, 1987 - Ninth grade, Bunker JH.
I actually had a pretty good time at High School (junior high - no!). While I was still super shy, I met some amazing people and I'm happy to say am still in contact with a lot them thanks to Facebook.
My grandmother, uncle and mother all went to Muskegon High School and in my senior year we were the Class A State Football Champs. Famous alumni from MSHS were Harry Morgan aka Colonel Potter from MASH and that kooky TV Evangalist, Jim Baker.
Still today, Muskegon High is known for it's amazing band and football team. I went to a lot of games of all types to take photos for the yearbook and documenting Big Red ferver and young teenage angst. I somehow got voted to be on the prom court, but I had no date. Sad! And here we all are, twenty years later. Going back to my old town to see the new changes. City planners have torn down the mall in the last few years and are building main street back. It will never be the same of course, but it will still be good to see and reminisce. I will for sure be stopping by McDonald's Candies to get some seafoam, visiting the house my grandpa built on Ada Ave, and cruising the ovals whilst blasting Violent Femmes.
BEFORE: In it's hey day
AFTER - check out the bank in the middle and top photo. Half in half out. Nothing says progress like the color brown.
TODAY! It's back outside.
Photos by Eridony
Sorry I've been away for a while.
It seems like forever since I finished the last room. I've been spending my days neck deep in exploring the delicious underbelly of Portland's antique, thrift and consignment store market to put together the next room, the dining room. Reusing furniture and decor others are finished with not only keeps the budget low, but make it possible to use real wood instead of particle board that all new affordable pieces seem to be made of.
This room, as is most of the rooms in the new house, needed warmth. Wailaloha's style is a lot more classical than mine so rich, ornate fabrics and rustic warm wood tones set the stage for the Italian inspired dining room. Grand Rapids, Michigan native Andrew Rossi (whose work can be seen in area restuarants like Maiden in the Mist and Yakuza) painted the golden Tuscan antique faux finish in the room which really set the old-world feel for the rest of my pieces.
Except for two plant stands and the original table and chair set, every piece of funiture was purchased used. I did recover the chair seats in a decadent red and gold paisley tapestry which should be more baby proof than the previous white fabric. The large mirror is very heavy wooden, hardcarved vine and grape design found on sale at an antique store.
A beautiful chandelier purchased from Craigslist cost $85 and was originally over $300 new. The lighted hutch was the hardest find. I must have looked at no less than 50 hutches before I found the perfect one that was simple, the right color wood, lighted, and had a wine rack. There are a ton of fugly, overly ornate and just plain poorly made cabinets out there. This one was found at an antique store in the Hollywood district for 60% off the original price. I simply replaced the knobs with vintage ones from Hippo Hardware and touched up any scratches with stain.
The room turned out simple yet luxurious and I can't wait to hear the results of their family Thanksgiving dinner in it.
Next up...Arts & Crafts Living Room - Vintage Hawaiian style!
BEFORE...
