Thursday, May 4, 2023

Lei Po'o Workshop

 







We had a great Lei Po'o (head lei) workshop the day before lei day.  Most of these ladies were beginners and did really well for a first try.







Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Lei Day 2023 on Oahu

 


Demo and Lei making booths




Photo of different types of Lehua




Long line to see the lei entries.


Laua'e rope.



























Monday, April 3, 2023

Lei Po'o Workshop In Honolulu 4/30/23


This is a great opportunity to create a head lei (lei Po'o) to wear on Lei Day, May 1.  We will be using the "wili" method to create your lei.  Please contact me to sign up and if you refer a friend, who attends for the workshop, I will give you 10% discount on your fee.












Thursday, February 2, 2023

2023 pre-Punahou Carnival "Haku" Workshop

After a 2 year break due to Covid, the Punahou Carnival Haku making sessions opened again for 2 days on Jan. 31 & Feb. 1.  It was a reunion and fun time for everyone to be able to get our hands on the lovely floral materials and create works of wearable art.


Sarah



Cory



Christine



Dayna



Cory and Dale



Sue



I was lucky to get my friends who are in the floral industry to join me for the night.  Dale, Cory, Christine, Dayna and Sue.  My daughter Sarah was the photographer.


My first lei po'o of the night.



My second lei po'o.


Sarah's lei


Sue's 3 lei


Dale's lei

On the second night, we were rushed and didn't have too much time to take pics but I did take a short video.




My final 2 lei po'o of the workshop.  It was a fun two nights.

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Coconut Basket Weaving with Uncle Onio

 A fun, informative, two hour session with Uncle Onio of Kauai, who taught us how to weave a quick basket with coconut fronds.  Most of the "laborious" parts of stripping the fronds was done by him so that we could start right in with the weaving.

"Poster" for the different uses of the coconut.


Uncle Onio demonstrating.


Constructing the sides of the basket
 
 

Bottom completed
 

Extra length of fronds tucked into sides.



Flipped over to show the bottom of the basket "star."