mahalo!

it was a great month offering buy 1 get 1 free promo at mauidivegirl designs. mahalo - thanks to all my customers and supporters.

the winner of the giveaway necklace is julie from on the dot creations. congrats!

Week 3 Buy One Get One Free Promo

Celebrating a new look and my customers!

END OF SUMMER CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BOGO SALE

WEEK 3, August 15-21: Buy One Necklace or Bracelet and get a 2nd Necklace or Bracelet of your choice FREE** (**MUST BE EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE TO THE PURCHASED ITEM). Just purchase your necklace or bracelet and note your choice of free necklace or bracelet in "Notes to Seller" at check out. Come back next week for my final BOGO special of the month...just my way of saying thank you.

Necklace Giveaway!!!

Win this MauiDiveGirl Designs modern link necklace (a $45 value)!
Necklace is sterling silver chain with links of blue mother of pearl, brushed and corrugated sterling silver plated and wire wrapped bead links and a large faceted opalite moonstone. Chain is adjustable with a lobster clasp for variable length.

Here is how:

Contest Rules

1. Visit Mauidivegirl Designs Etsy Store and read about the special Buy One Get One Free "BOGO" Sale in the shop announcements.

2. Tweet or Facebook this "BOGO" event (receive an entry in the giveaway),
3. Blog this "BOGO" event (earn an additional 3 entries) or
4. Purchase from mauidivegirl (earn an additional 5 entries).
5. Come back to my blog and comment with the link to your mention and I will calculate your additional entries. Additional entries can only be earned once.
Remember to leave your name and email or Etsy username so I can contact you if you win. Very important!

NOTE: Please try to leave only one comment, and not leave separate comments for each additional entry.

Contest Ends Monday August 31st at 9pm Pacific Standard Time/12am Hawaii Time. Winner will be randomly selected and will be announced Tuesday September 1st and notified by email.

Good luck and Aloha!

Week 2 Buy One Get One Free Aloha Sale

Celebrating a new look and my customers!

END OF SUMMER CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BOGO SALE

WEEK 2, August 8-14: ALOHA SALE! Buy one Aloha Wish Necklace or Pearl of Aloha Necklace and get a 2nd Aloha Wish Necklace or Pearl of Aloha Necklace of your choice FREE** (**MUST BE EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE TO THE PURCHASED ITEM**). Just purchase your necklace and note your choice of free necklace in "Notes to Seller" at check out. Come back all month for other BOGO specials...just my way of saying thank you.

all earrings are buy one get one free!

Celebrating a new look and my customers!

END OF SUMMER CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BOGO SALE

WEEK 1, August 1-7: Buy one pair of earrings and get a 2nd pair of earrings of your choice FREE (must be of equal or lesser value to purchased item). Just purchase your earrings and note your choice of free earrings in Notes to Seller at check out. Come back all month for other BOGO specials...just my way of saying thank you.
WEEK 2, August 8-14: To be announced....it's going to be good!
WEEK 3, August 15-21: To be announced....it's going to be really good!
WEEK 4, August 22-31: To be announced....it's going to be really really good!

Items are very limited, so hurry.

Adorn Yourself in Aloha with MauiDiveGirl Designs.
Handmade jewelry inspired by the sea. Made on Maui.

GREAT Giveaway!

check out kristin's blog {sweeter than me} and enter her giveaway this week from Leaves of Glass /UrbanLegend. hurry! this ends tonight!

I'm a huge fan of her beautiful work, I hope you fall with her lovely jewelry like I have!

new aloha wish necklace collection - tiny text

it's been a while since i posted. i'm having a hard time keeping up with my blog, facebook and twitter. really, how do people do it. i don't feel like i have too many interesting things going on in my life on a daily basis that anyone would want to read.

but, i do have a new collection of aloha wish necklaces. they feature a natural puka shell and a tiny text charm of inspirational words: love, live, hope, dream, believe, laugh.

a testimonial

so my friend carol just sent me an email about my aloha wish necklaces and i just had to share it....

"I gave one of the wish necklaces to my friend Johanna. She is my best friends wife. She and Pete have been trying to conceive their second child for a while. She wore it and hoped to get pregnant. The day it fell off, they found out that she is pregnant!

Now, clearly, they wouldn’t name a kid after me as we all hate my name (yes, I hate the name Carol) but they are letting me pick a Hawaiian name!"

so you never know what the spirit of Hawaii can bring.....thanks carol for sharing and best wishes to johanna and pete!

Mother's Day Promo

Purchase a Mother Daughter Necklace Duo from my Etsy store before May 2nd, and receive one pair of Momi Earrings free! Deal ends just 2 days from now, so hurry! Happy Mother's Day!

In Loving Memory of Jax

jax, beautiful blue merle sheltie. such a wonderful dog, you will be dearly missed.
love you jackie boy.
july 1999 to april 2009

Diving with a Frogfish

Last weekend Todd and I went scuba diving and had a wonderful encounter with a frogfish. I love these guys. Here's some info about this wonderful creature from "Hawaii's Fishes, A Guide for Snorkelers, Divers and Aquarists" by John P. Hoover....

Frogfishes, or anglerfishes, are the ultimate sedentary preditors. Barely recognizable as fishes, they sit for long periods in one spot, either blending in perfectly with the reef or mimicking its surrounding color and pattern. Their pectoral fins grasp the coral like hands or feet, and can be used (with the help of a joint) to clamber about. One of their dorsal spines resembles a fishing pole; a lure at the end is dangled over an enormous mouth. Fishes, large or small, attracted to the waving lure soon find themselves inside the frogsfish, whose innards can expend twelve-fold to accommodate guests of any size. With a reflex measured in milliseconds, frogfishes swallow their prey far too quickly for the eye to follow.

Most remarkably, these awkward fishes are jet propelled. Although poor swimmers in the normal sense, some (if not all) species can gulp water through their large mouths and eject it under pressure through small, round gill openings set far back on the body. By this means, perhaps aided by currents and surge, they can "fly" considerable distances.

Frogfishes rely almost entirely on camouflage for protection; they can inflate with water when molested, but have no sharp spines and are not poisonous. Preferring deeper water, they are unlikely to be seen by snorkelers. Nine species inhabit Hawaii's reefs. Most are small and rarely seen.

celebrating 1 year

march is my etsyversary!
mauidivegirl designs is celebrating its one year anniversary on etsy. All orders placed in the month of march receive a FREE shell aloha wish necklace (a $12 value). no minimum purchase. mahalo nui loa (thank you so much) for an amazing first year!

polka dot parade

everybody loves a parade -- especially a parade of polka dots!
the polka dot parade is a monthly exhibit of polka dotted items from etsy sellers.
also, be sure to check out julie's great blog, on the dot creations.

nuptial bowls

this is a project i've been wanting to make for a while now and have been away from doing pottery for several months but have now put my hands back into clay....finally. long overdue. my dear friend amy got married last summer and i really wanted to make a special handmade gift for her and her new husband roger (congrats!)....after all, how many glass vases and kitchen electronics do we really need? how about a good old fashioned large serving bowl for salads, pasta, or just to hold fruit? and something personalized? and 2 more good friends getting married (one today...congrats cheryl and nathan and one in june, paula and tim). so i'm making large bowls out of porcelain with their name and date. the bowl measures about 14" round and 5" deep with shell impression feet (had to give it a mauidivegirl flair). these pics show them unfinished. it still needs to be bisque fired, then glazed and fired again. i'm thinking a nice translucent pale celadon glaze in order to see the letter impressions. i'm crossing my fingers and hope they turn out. sorry amy and roger for such a late wedding gift....i hope you like.

lazy days

the life my very spoiled cat schmoo.

island hair flair

rita hair clip.

leilani hair clip.

sasha hair clip.
i love hair accessories. maybe it's because i can't wear them since my hair is super short. but if i had long locks, i would decorate my dew with flowers (ok, cheesy, but it's the hair envy talking). so i decided to make a few silk flower hair clips embellished with a few swarovski crystals. a little color and romance...and valentines day is just around the corner. big thanks to my dear friend morningstar for being the perfect model. xoxo.

my new favorite necklace....sigh

katie necklace.

i just received this in the mail today from a very talented fellow etsy artist and seller. i was in love with this necklace the first time i viewed the listing and thanks to a few sales of my own (it's so much fun to "pay it forward" etsian-to-etsian), i purchased this lovely necklace for myself. it is so beautifully crafted, thanks geeta!

to view her store, visit babetteworld

it made it!

I'm pleased to announce that a recent piece of my pottery has been selected for the Hui No'eau Annual Juried Exhibition 2009.
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Maui artists entered 210 pieces of artwork, in all types of media, with 59 being selected for the final exhibit. I'm very pleased, this is the 3rd year in a row having pottery selected. My piece is hand built/coil method, not wheel thrown, burnished and pit fired, no glaze. Size is 6" H x 4" W, without base.

For those of you who live on Maui or visiting soon, I invite you to see the show. It is located at the Hui No'eau, Maui's Visual Arts Center in Makawao. The exhibition dates are January 10 to February 10, 2009.

For more information, see the article published in the Maui Weekly.

aloha 2009!

some quality turtle time
shaka todd
hawkfish posing for a pic
a river of blue stripe snapper fish
hawaiian green sea turtle getting cleaned

a new year and over my head with 'things i'd like to do in 2009' already, but thought i would share some photos taken while diving christmas day with my underwater friends. enjoy and comments are always welcome if anyone stumbles across this path. wishing everyone a happy new year or hau’oli makahiki hou!