Found the first clove seed!

I think it was Wednesday, actually. I went out in the back yard for my Wednesday morning round, pick the lilikoi from the back yard - my lilikoi get picked up on Thursdays -, do some weeding, check whether the one avocado is still on the tree (it was, I got to check again, I don't want the rodents to get it, I want it myself), and pick up whatever cloves the tree dropped (not good enough for selling but good enough for me). And there it was, a big brown clove seed with all its pulp. I don't know how soon there will be more but it looks like there will be an end to the wait that's already over a year long for some. As always, I'm not going to go strictly in order of the waiting list. Larger orders will have to wait until there is a good number of seeds coming in daily, and those who are going to have frost sooner will be notified sooner.

In other news, Team Hilo Etsy is getting a bit more active again, I ordered some new seed beads and some brass cable chain as well as some amethyst fan bead sets but neither of those have arrived yet, and work has me as busy as ever (I was going to put a smiley here but I'd have to use somebody else's script for that so: :)). I didn't make the Trash Art Show this year (haven't even looked at it yet) but I hope to be at the Hilo High School Craft Faire again, it's on Dec. 7 this year, but I haven't sent in the paperwork yet.

Still no news on tiare seeds but there are some pods getting bigger.

And an Etsy Treasury by my fellow Team Hilo Etsy team member Marsha Swanson:

'Team Hilo Etsy Part Two' by MRSButtons

More samples from the shops of Team Hilo Etsy, a collection of East Hawaii Island artists/crafters/curators.

Aloha - Love - Driftwood - ... TheWhatNaught $16.5	Turquoise & Shark Teeth Earr... stoneandbone $45
Hawaii Island Coconut Mango ... SapphireSoap $12	Men's Boxer Briefs X-Lar... 2tiedye4 $16
Black Spinel and Fine Silver... FinchandFlower $52	Hawaiian Hula Dance History ... MaiAloha $12
Czech Glass Button - 31.5mm LavaLampwork $6	Slimline Koa Hand Mirror UpcountryDesig... $70
CUSTOM FLAG BANNER - Made to... STUDIOofWHIMSY $25	LAUHALA Woven Flower Pendant... /span> SmittenForYou $12
Men's Shirt Infinite Cir... HexAppealCloth... $20	Cat's Eye Marble origina... Hokulewa $125
Hand Carved Hawaiian coconut... DesignsbyGypsy... $24	Solid Curly Koa Cutting Boar... rightanglewood... $99
Burgundy and light gold colo... hilobeads $45

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Yes, I'm back

I'm back, have been for over a week, and we did visit with our daughter for a few days (finally publicly admitting that we went further than Kona this time :)), but I can't really say I'm caught up yet. Getting back sick and having to do some extra work at work doesn't help :) I'm working on it ... I am planning to order more seed beads, really this time as I'm running out of some colors, slowly getting caught up on drilling mgambo seeds, but no new tiare seeds or clove tree seeds yet. And no pictures this time, but I hope to post some vacation pictures sooner or later.

A fun Etsy Meetup in Hilo - and a resulting treasury by Cheryl

Yesterday was Kamehameha Day, otherwise I probably wouldn't have made it. Etsy announced that this was the Etsy Craft Party 2011 day, and thanks to Tanya and Connie it took shape. We met in Downtown Hilo at Broke Da Mouth. Yummy coffee and I later had an ahi salad on greens which was also very good. Several people had baked stuffs which also looked very good but I had breakfast before I went. I think most of us had never met in real life before, I only knew Tanya in real life and PK by a bit of on-line communications. We're a rather diverse bunch from vintage through fabric artists and jewelry makers to a candle maker, Cheryl, who put together a treasury that illustrates the large variety:

'Hilo Etsy on the Big Island of Hawaii' by doublebrush

A diverse, creative, and down right nice group of crafters met on June 11, 2011 for the first ever Hilo Etsy meetup! Anyone who lives on the east side of the Big Island is welcome to join us next time. Etsy is alive and well in Hilo!

Hilo Envelope Clutc... ManilaExtract $40.00	Vintage Hawaiian Ea... redemptionart $10.00	NEW Spring 2011 - S... PalmTreePrince... $44.95
Choctaw Blue Turquo... stoneandbone $25.95	CARLY Triple Knobby... smittenforyou $22.00	Ornela seed beads, ... hilobeads $8.50
Hand Made OOAK Hawa... MaiAloha $40.00	Cheeky Monkey Rubbe... nikoart $5.00	Pineapple Candle Or... doublebrush $5.20
NEW - Cotton Candy ... PalmTreePrince... $32.00	Vintage and Retro P... redemptionart $15.00	Tangorine, Orange a... stoneandbone $15.95
Mushroom Rubber Sta... nikoart $5.00	Magnolia Orchid Hai... smittenforyou $42.00	Brown Hawaiian Job&... hilobeads $12.00
Office/ Laptop Mess... ManilaExtract $80.00

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Seed beads in an Etsy Treasury: all local to Hawaii

'Straight From the 8-0-8, Big Island Style' by littlemaikoboutique

A collection of items created by talented artisans from the place I call home - the Big Island of Hawaii <3

CARLY Triple Knobby... smittenforyou $16.00	Repurposed Kau Coff... ManilaExtract $45.00	Hawaiian Petroglyph... doublebrush $5.20
MALAMA KE KAI ON ET... sistercreation $49.00	PRIMO blue Stroller... BeloBe $40.00	Girls A Line Peasan... HotLavaClothin... $38.00
Hapuna Beach in Win... bytheseasoaps $5.50	Natural Coral, Aqua... adornedbythese... $36.00	Indigo Bell Flower ... MEtoYOUbyRache... $12.00
Baby Wild Boar Rubb... nikoart $5.00	Czech Ornela seed b... hilobeads $7.50	A Hawaiian wind chi... HangLooseHange... $60.00
Mgambo /Mgambo Seed... mgambo $47.00	Green Sea Turtle 5X... Maddenphotogra... $15.00	BLUE LAGOON stebbinsglassw... $25.00

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