Meeting another island girl

Making new friends is always so exciting! Especially when it's another island girl! We had the pleasure of meeting Jenny from Hilo. She is such a sweetie! In addition to having a grand ole' time, the girls made raks for each other...I think it's kind of a local thing to always give little gifts. Jenny was so kind and also brought yummy treats that you can only get on the Big Island...thanks Jenny, the mochi was super yummy! I'm hoarding the brownies!! Here's a photo of some of the raks we traded...thanks so much ladies! (Sorry Claudie, I think I had your cute rak on the side cuz I was eating the goodies...I'll post it on tomorrow!I made little treat bags for the ladies something like this one anyway...I didn't take a photo of the actual ones I gave to them, but you can check out some of the blogs to see what they posted and ...I know, I know...these products are not SU!! I just had to use this cute image I got from a friend...this gathering was not a SU event, so I got it out of my system...are ya laughing at me??? I won't go into the details :)
Here's a couple of photos that we took...it was a blistering HOT day in Nalo country, can you tell?? Thanks Claudie for taking the pic!
Here's a photo that I took (this one's minus me).
From L to R ...Jenny, Janis, Joy, Claudette...sitting Linda and Denise. Thanks ladies for a FUN afternoon!!

Tin, boxes and a bonus

This year, we made belly bands to decorate three tins (which were included in the 50 tag kit). I wanted to keep it simple but elegant. Here's what I came up with. I love the soft suede (new in color) with the tempting turquoise. Embellished it with a scallop circle in white, a 1 3/4" circle using the brushed silver specialty paper and topped it off with a snowflake (it's a punch! #116628) in tempting turquoise, ribbon and rhinestone. We also made 2 boxes featuring the specialty designer paper from the holiday mini catalog called Christmas Cocoa Specialty (#116770). I love the flocked texture on this ruby red paper. The base of each box was made with the Sahara Sand CS.
Everyone loves bonus! Attendees of my classes are usually surprised with some kind of bonus project if I can think of one by the time the class day arrives. This month, we made 5 gift enclosure cards (3X3) featuring the stamps from the Sweet Season stamp set (#116471). The sentiment is perfect for a card to be attached to a sweet treat for the holidays.
Here's what the inside looked like. The sentiment is also from the same stamp set.
Supplies: soft suede and tempting turquoise cardstock, DP from the holiday lounge paper pack and soft suede ink. Gingerbread man diecut (a non-SU item).
Thanks for coming back today for another peek! Til next year's tag class...I am thinking of cutting down the amount of tags next year, but it will still be fun! If anyone is interested, there are still a few kits left to purchase. Please email me to inquire.