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!