Art + Flea Hawaiian May 2014!

It was so fun participating in this month's Art + Flea! The night was jam-packed with live music, ono food, fashion, art & fun for all! 

BIG mahalos to everyone that came out and stopped by! Mistprint has taken me on such an amazing adventure so far and I am truly grateful for the continued love & support!  Wishing you all a very wonderful weekend! :)

The Tea Farm Cafe!

If you're a little like me and appreciate a nice cup of tea, enjoy a cozy place to study (or meet up & talk story with friends!), or just have the urge to try something new...a visit to The Tea Farm Cafe is a definite must!

It's amazing how much varieties of tea you'll find here!  Ranging from Green, Black, Herbal, Fruity, Decaf, Iced or Hot... the choices are endless!  Be sure to check out their cute shelf of sample teas--pick a jar to sample the aroma or to read about the tea's origins & benefits!

 Not only will you find an amazing assortment of teas here, but check out their menu for a bite to eat or indulge on one of their sweet treats (LOVE their homemade tiramisu)!

Ervin & his Tea Farm staff have always made each visit a welcoming one! He's even got my order down to a "tea" (tee hee!)...but instead of getting my usual on my last visit (which fyi is a strawberry black iced tea slightly sweetened! YUM!), I decided to be "adventurous" in ordering something different which led to a Mango Rooibos iced tea (which was pretty gosh darn good!).

Definitely give The Tea Farm Cafe a visit and enjoy supporting our local businesses! You'll also find select Mistprint items available here, too! Wishing you all a "tea-riffic" day!!! :D

Art + Flea!

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope 2014 is off to a great start for you all!!!  This year has just begun and it has already brought us new & exciting adventures!  It was an amazing experience being a first time vendor at this month's Art + Flea!  It was a night of fun celebrating local artists, music, food & supporting local businesses!  Much mahalos to Thanh and Patty for all your support (and helping me set up shop!) and to everyone who stopped by (and also for those of you who were there in spirit)!  It was a really awesome surprise to see many familiar faces, old friends & meet a bunch of new ones throughout the night! Thank you all so much for taking the time to stop by and making this such a wonderful experience (especially being such a newbie :P)!

 

 It was great to see EngiNERDart just a couple booths down the way!  Chad is a very talented artist!  His woodblock prints are amazing and he's been so nice to share his process offering customers a hands-on experience letting them create their very own woodblock print to take home!  Just before closing up shop, Thanh and I were fortunate enough to create a print PLUS a couple special prints made by Chad himself! Check out more of his work here!

 

Such a fun night!  Can't wait to see what other adventures awaits us in 2014! Have a great Aloha Friday & an even greater Aloha weekend ;)

Long Time No See!

Oh my good goshness it has definitely been a while since my last blog post!  I hope this belated entry finds everyone happy and doing very well! 

Boy do I believe in living in the moment and taking things a day at a time, but those moments & time still seems to seriously fly by!  As I've learned (and am reminded daily)  Life. Just. Keeps. Going. Yes, sirs & ma'ams, life is one big, non-stop, one way golden ticket taking us from on adventure to the next.  These past couple months have definitely been non-stop and jam-packed with seeing old friends, meeting new ones and has been a constant learning process all the way through....where do I even begin!? Here we go with a little recap, cliffnoted version on what's been going down:

Reunited and it feels SO GOOD!  My best friend was back in town for her wedding!  I've known this girl since Grade-K and had such an amazing time celebrating this new beginning in her life!  It was a privilege being her Maid of Honor and being a part of such a special day!  It was truly priceless spending time with old friends & making new ones as we all came together to share so much love and excitement for the newlyweds! Speaking of reunited and time flying by (and also feeling kind of...old?!), also attended my 10 year high school reunion this past weekend and had a blast! :)

We're changing up some things for the cafe and have been playing around with new menu items such as fresh pressed juices & smoothies!  We are so excited and happy to offer these newbies to the menu packed with natural goodness and nutrients (and not only are they good for you, they taste soooo goood!).  It's definitely been a constant learning process as Thanh and I discover new ways we want to utilize the cafe- mainly to provide a space for creativity, bringing people together and being able to exercise sustainability & supporting local.  Stay tuned, there's more to come as we build up our new cafe & menu!

I've been going through a pineapple phase lately. I have recently grown a huge soft spot for this delectable fruit let me tell you! I even doodled one as I patiently waited a few days for it to ripen before I hacked it open (and even juiced!).  Pineapple Guru Thanh has taught me his trick at picking a sweet pineapple: smell the bottom of the pineapple; if it has a strong, sweet pineapple aroma..it's good for the pickin'! (If you can picture me individually picking up and smelling each pineapple butt in the market, it wouldn't be so far from the truth haha!).

That may do it for some of the main highlights since my last entry.  I'm definitely learning something new everyday (even random facts about sloths?!) and am hoping to be better at updating and sharing all things to come!  Lots of Aloha to you all on this wonderful Friday!

An Oldie but a Goodie

A few may think that living on a (relatively) small island has its limits of things to do and places to see after living here for so long, but Honolulu never ceases to amaze me on how rich this island is of places, businesses, and new friends that I have yet to discover & meet.

Thanh and I stumbled upon a little shop on South Beretania street called Secret Treasures.  It's a cute little antique shop with so many random and vintage finds.  It was fun to walk around the store being intrigued with anything that caught our eyes (which was almost everything in the shop!).  It was almost like being a kid in a candy store (but with old candies...in a good way! haha!).

Of course a box of vintage cameras caused a little "oooh" & "ahhh"-ing while we took a peek inside.  Each camera was definitely a character of its own with their own features, gears & gadgets, I loved them all!

Although we would have loved to leave with a shopping cart worth of goodies, we were able to each find a little secret treasure of our own to take home with us. Thanh found an old cologne bottle he wants to use as a mini terrarium and I found a vintage suitcase to help me display some artwork & stationery for an upcoming showcase in May (if you'd like to come check out my very first showcase, check out this link here for more information! I'm so nervous & excited about it!)

This shop has been opened for 18 years!  I can't believe I haven't heard of or checked out this cute, little shop sooner (I swear I'm not living under a rock)!  This definitely makes me excited thinking about the many more adventures ahead on discovering new places and all the many more people to meet! I have to admit, sometimes the most fun adventures are the unexpected ones! ;)

It's a piece of (rainbow) cake...

Ever since I can remember, birthdays in my family always include a family dinner, lots of laughter, followed by secret birthday wishing from a candle lit cake at grandma's...and yesterday was no exception as we celebrated my younger, "not-so-little" (she actually towers over me at 5'6"!) sister's 18th birthday :)

I wouldn't consider myself a baker, but I do get very excited experimenting & baking cakes when birthdays come around!  After successfully learning to bake ice cream cakes (after a trial of many, many melted & deflated tries), I thought I'd try something different this time around...a rainbow cake!  I was extremely excited to try this and couldn't think of anyone more perfect to bake it for than my sister!

With a couple boxes of white cake mix, several happy food coloring moments and a few oven batches later (which made our place smell like it was made entirely of cake!)...it all came together to create a wonderful piece of rainbow goodness.  There is something about rainbows and rainbow colored anythings that are just simply magical and smile-inducing :)

Celebrating my sister's birthday was so much fun, but I have to admit the best part was watching her cut the cake and seeing her reaction when she realized what the cake looked like on the inside.  I started doing the most random-est "happy dance" (it probably looked something like a scared, screaming crab running across the beach crossed with the cha cha?!) which took place in the corner of the living room for a few moments haha!

With a day filled with baking, love, laughter & family to celebrate life...a girl couldn't ask for a better way to spend the day :)