Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Happy New Year from Hilobeads!

A bit late, but better late than never I guess.

Some good news and some bad news: I just renewed the hilobeads.com domain for another 3 years - we're coming up on the 4 year anniversary. I haven't made up my mind yet whether to have a sale of any sort, and where, if.
I have new fresh water pearls but no pictures taken yet.
The bad news: I have to increase the price on drilled mgambo seeds, on Etsy only so far but that's because that's all I got around to yet. I may also have to increase the price on Job's Tears but that depends on how this year's harvest comes out. I sold close to 30 lbs last year and pretty much ran out.

In the ambivalent news (I have those too): the lilikoi picking season for production is over. I like the income but I need the time to pick Job's Tears now.
Clove seeds are again coming in (second harvest, for the first time). Picking 200 per day doesn't get all of them. I have some international orders still waiting but currently my day job takes all the energy I have.

And, having sold some jewelry again got me motivated to make some more (but again no pictures yet).

So that this post isn't completely without pictures, an Etsy treasury curated by redemptionart from Team Hilo Etsy:

'Rock me Gently, Rock me Slowly' by redemptionart

But love me hard!Valentine gifts from the islands of Aloha!


Button Necklace - V...
$50.00

Hand Sculpted Organ...
$50.00

rough emerald
$11.00

Black Ring Copper W...
$30.00

White Wedding Bell ...
$11.95

Triangle View
$40.00

Red Valentine Eye P...
$18.00

Teardrop earrings w...
$15.00

Hawaii Volcano Hous...
$10.00

Rocking Chair - Fan...
$250.00

Men's Boxer Bri...
$16.00

pearl bracelet - c...
$42.00

Glass, Bead, Encase...
$18.00

Light Color Hawaiia...
$12.00

Hawaiian Dolls: Hol...
$99.00

Handmade Recycled P...
$11.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.


Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Everybody needs a calendar - and the new AGLF calendar is ready to order - and an Etsy treasury

So I'm doing this chronologically backwards I guess, or maybe just out of order, but if I was going to write my blog posts in chronological order you wouldn't see this one until the year the calendar is for is over (talk about a run-on sentence).

This is the third year that my friends at the Artisan and Glassworker Legal Fund have put a calendar together, and the necklace I had in the EHCC Trash Art Show this year is in it:




If you want to look at the rest of the preview and/or order a calendar or three (they make good presents too), go here:
http://aglf.info/calendar.html

And if you need other gift ideas, here are some from the Hilo area, put together by Daveda of the Etsy shop thewhatnaught:

'a gift guide . . . ' by thewhatnaught

celebrating sensational surprises from the Big Island!Sending out gratitude & appreciation on a very soggy Saturday!


Handmade Bracelet B...
$7.50

Burlap Coffee Bag C...
$8.00

Christmas Children ...
$65.00

christmas necklace ...
$32.00

Gorgeous Peach Seas...
$10.00

Light Color Hawaiia...
$12.00

Hawaii Christmas Ca...
$4.80

wood buttons guava ...
$8.00

Magnets from Vintag...
$12.50

Real White Starfish...
$10.50

Round Wall Mirror -...
$110.00

Hawaiian Aloha Shir...
$10.00

Shibu Shimmer Shell...
$30.00

Tie Dyed Baby Onesi...
$12.00

Bead, Glass Lampwor...
$18.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.