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Have you heard of House Party?

What is it you ask?  It's seriously one of the coolest party places around.  They tell you about upcoming parties from the products and brands you love and you decide which ones make your heart beat a little faster.
    You get to spread the love. They give you all the tools you’ll need. All you do is invite your friends. In return you get exclusive access to try and share some cool products with them, courtesy of a rockin’ Party Pack.    Here are a few of the past party packs I have received and got to share with my peeps.

Benefit Cosmetic Party Pack

 

 

Avcacados from Mexico Party Pack

 

 

Own Skin Care System Party Pack

 

 

 

And these are just a few.  The latest party pack I received was for Hasbro and it was a Bejeweled & Twister Party Pack.

 

 

 

 

I took it to a Halloween party we attended and my daughter and her friends had a blast. 

 

 



So what are you waiting for?  Head on over to House Party and see if you can be their next host.


These are some of the blogs that I like to party with here.

~Aloha, Makalani

All these opinion are my very own and I was compensated with a free party pack to try and share.


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Pens, Markers, & Pencils Organized!

Hope you had a great St. Paddy's Day!  If you follow me on IG {instagram} then you have seen my dilemma with organizing my daughters many writing utensils in a way that she will keep it organized.  Oh, a did I mention, it had to be on the CHEAP!

 

I ended up with this.  She likes it and so far it has been working.  Which means I like it!

 

 

It seems like at the end of every school year this pile gets bigger.  If you know me, you know I like to recycle.  Here's what you need:

 

1.  Empty nose tissue box

2.  15 Toilet paper rolls or 8 paper towel rolls

3.  Paper {I used wrapping paper from $1 bin at T}

4.  Adhesive {I used modge podge}

 

 

Pretty easy to put together.

 

Looks pretty easy, right?  My 9 year old even helped.  I covered one side of the toilet paper rolls with paper as well.

 

 

Love that she is keeping everything in this diddy then scatter everywhere through her room.

 

Linking up here:

 

More the Merrier @ DIY Home Sweet Home

 

And These Parties

 

Pearls & Lace Thursday

 

The Shabby Creek Cottage's Transformation Thursday

 

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Newest hats added to my Home

Here is the newest hats that I have taken to the boutique that I sell some of my things at.  Most of these are for children with the exception on the grey ones.  Enjoy!

Enjoying the parties going on here.
Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Candy Cake

I am sometimes stumped on gifts for young ones and I never know if they already have this or that.  Gift cards are great to give, but I like getting or giving something I put some thought into.  Although this gift might not be always welcomed by the parent it is fun and I have gotten great comments when I have given it as a gift.

These are just a few of the items you will need as well as hot glue gun ans glue sticks.  Oh yeah, and don't forget the CANDY! :)  I got everything at the Dollar Tree except for the cake board.  But you could even just cut out a round cardboard.

I took a 8" cake board and covered it with wrapping paper.  I then tiered the styrofoam rings and hot glued them together and then to the cake board. 

I then poked the huge lollipop down the middle of the cake.  {Side note, it works well to leave the plastic wrap on the styrofoam rings}

Then I layered the candy and attached with hot glue gun.  Added some curled ribbon to the top and WALAH!

Easy, easy.

Always partying with these wonderful linky parties here.

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Temple Blocks

Seriously creative!!!  I got this idea here. Seriously, this chick is chalk full of ideas. 

So I went to Home Depot and checked out their scrap wood collection.  My neighborhood Home Depot sells their scraps for $.51 a piece.  I found 1 piece and ask the employee if he could cut these 7" long.  Home Depot cuts for free if you did not know that.  I needed them to be able to fit a 4X6 picture so they ended up be roughly 5X7.

I sanded all sides down with my 3M sanding block to take most of the roughness out.

I then painted with American Black acrylic paint all of the sides and the back.

Once it was dried, I flipped it over and just painted on the outer edges and the picture was going to be covering most of the middle.

Once that dried, I covered it with good ol' Mod Podge.  I {heart} this stuff!  I then placed the picture centered on the mod podge.

I then put 2 more coats of mod podge over the whole from (picture and all) to give it a good seal.  Once it dries, you could take your 3M sanding block to the edges to distress it if you like that look.  I decided to not do that on this project.

I then added some tulle.

And tied some ribbon to the tulle.

You can find all different temple pics here with sayings or blank.

So this whole project cost me:

Copy of picture  $.20

had the mod podge, tulle, ribbon, acrylic paint

Scrap wood $.51 (I got 3 blocks out of the 1 piece of wood) so $.17ea

GRAND TOTAL:  $.37

Thanks Lil' Luna for sharing!!!!

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Kawai and Kempo

Congratulations Kawai!  My daughter has been taking Kempo since March from Lim Kempo Academy and today she has been promoted from a white belt to a yellow belt.  She has worked very hard on this promotion and enjoys kempo and her teachers and mates.

These are during her testing.

These are during the actual belt ceremony. 

We are sooooo proud of her!  Kiiiiii-yaaaa!


Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

4th of July Headbands

I have been working on these headbands for the up coming holiday weekend for my nieces and daughter.  I have been also working on these flowery headbands.

These are sooo fun and easy to make.

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Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~