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My Other Hobby ~ Resin

Hi everyone, I have no bookish post ready for today. I spent last night doing an arc review to be posted in July and forgot to do something for a Friday post. Sometimes my mind is in just too many places at once – so let me show you what I’ve been working on in my Etsy shop.

I got new mold shapes like this diamond tray.

And here is a pill shaped tray.

These usually sell out in my shop, I love these zodiac trays.
I started my Etsy shop years ago making macrame bracelets, then for a few years was hand stamping metal. So I still make a few pieces for my shop still.

I’ve been working on alphabet tile sets this week because a good friend of mine wants to buy a set for her class. She teaches English in Japan at a preschool if I remember correctly. I’ve been working a few different sets since I’m in the mood. It’s fun making them and demolding them – not so fun when I have to now sand down the edges of like 70+ alphabet letters. 😩 I’ll be doing that today so wish me luck! Not going to lie, hand stamping metal is way easier than making resin pieces, but I love how with resin it’s like painting with color.

If you want to check out my Mother’s Day sale going on in my Etsy shop, click here:

💕http://www.etsy.com/shop/FancifulWish 💕

What are your other hobbies besides reading? Let me know down in the comments! Have a great weekend!

😘 ~ Yolanda

Aloha Friday | 1/15/21

Another Friday is here and we are now at the half-way point of January 2021. Wow.

New Books Acquired:

Netgalley~

Overdrive ~

TV, Movies, Etc…:

Cobra Kai ~ started season 1 but didn’t finish because I had no time.

Adulting:

  • I had no time to watch anything this week because we got a puppy! We actually got him last Thursday but I guess I didn’t add that in my last Friday post. Probably because I was lacking sleep after the first night he was with us. It’s like having a newborn again! 😩 One that nips. My son named him Atlas, and he is 8 weeks old. He’s a dachshund mix but I don’t see it…lol, he looks like a mini Boxer to me! He is barely 4 lbs and I’ve never had a dog this small – the last time I had a puppy was back in 2006, a husky/malamute and she was way bigger than Atlas. And back in 2006, I had no kids – just another fur baby so it’s been rough! I’m just glad my daughter is finally potty trained haha.

So he’s been taking up my nights, but get better each night in his kennel. He just pees and poops so much because he’s so young. And of course he is gnawing on everything – my feet, my fingers, my hair, lol…but I’m trying my best to redirect his nipping to all his toys. He is so fun to play with, the kids love him.

That’s been my week – late at night when I clean up his pee/poop messes, afterwards I’ll sit next to him and read on my kindle app while he nips or tries to go back to bed. So I am getting a little bit of reading in.

I hope you all had a good week and will have an awesome, safe weekend!

🌺 ~ Yolanda

Aloha Friday | 9/11/20

Going to try and do a weekly recap on Friday’s since at times I don’t have book reviews to post but I still want to stay engaged on this blog. So let’s take a look at my week so far:

New Books Acquired:

  • Red, White & Royal Blue – Casey McQuinston (KU)
  • Ninth House – Leigh Bardugo (KU)
  • Heart Bones – Colleen Hoover (KU)
  • Incendiary – Zoraida Cordova (Overdrive Online Library)
  • Clap When You Land – Elizabeth Acevedo (Overdrive)

NetGalley Books I’m Reading:

  • Warmaidens – Kelly Coon
  • A Golden Fury – Samantha Cahoe
  • The Ravens – Kass Morgan & Danielle Page

What I’m Watching/Finished Watching:

  • It’s Okay to Not Be Okay (K-Drama, Netflix)

Other News:

  • Covid cases are starting to level off here in Hawaii, thank goodness! My family still lives in the town with the highest cases but the state is on lockdown for another two weeks.
  • My son is doing remote learning until the end of 1st quarter…which is in 3 weeks? And then he has Fall Break…and we shall see what happens! I have a feeling we will be continuing remote learning after the break though. It’s been a challenge but he likes his teacher and he is learning more computer skills than I ever had at 8 years old! 😱 It’s frustrating, challenging, but we are getting through it together. 💙
  • I am still carless haha, but I guess it’s a good thing we are on lockdown. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Hopefully I get my car back by the end of this month? We shall see…

Have a nice weekend everyone! 😘 ~Yolanda