How the heck have you been?!?!?!?

Wow! Talk about a hiatus!
What? It's only been about 2 years since I last posted...

Well, lets catch up. How you been? Oh, me? I've been great! Had a baby, got a dog and made lots of memories in the past couple years. I just got back into sewing and painting and re-opened my Etsy Shop too! I'm going to try really hard to back into the swing of things here on the blog.
I've missed it, and you!

To give you a little look into what I've been up to...here are some pictures :)

We had this little man over a year ago..... <3

And now B is this big!!!!

We adopted this little guy and named him Astro :)

 Little Miss K turned 5!!!
And of course it was a LaLaLoopsy themed party!

Ali turned 15! Goodness.....I feel old now

I just started crafting again....It feels so good to be creative again!

And all the while still having fun this guy in the back! <3

 Well...that's it!

Tell me what's been going on with you??

I pinkie promise to start blogging more and more. I can't wait to share a bit of my new crazy life with you. Cause, oh. is. it. Crazy!

Much Aloha,
Monika ^_^*

Life...in a nut shell

Busy is an understatement when it come to what has been going on at the SewFullOfLove household. From Birthdays to Plays to Choir Concerts to Sewing...oh yeah...and working...

Calgon...take me away....

Do you remember those commercials??? Or am I Totally dating myself right now??? :) haha!

The Craft Fair that I am going to is just a few weeks away, and I have been sewing my little fingers off. (I probably should be sewing right now...but I really wanted to say HI!) I am excited, and a little nervous, because this is the first time I will be selling my creations face to face with people!

Mid March was Miss Ali's 13th Birthday too!!! We had a party at the house for her and her friends, and they all had a blast!

 We set up a sweets table and I made her cake....isn't it cute!

 Here's a little look at what else we've been up too...

Ali is in "Annie" right now with a local Musical Theater. It's so cute! and It was my Dad's 65th B-Day :) Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

And in between all that, I've been Sewing...cooking yummy meals...playing with my Ipad...and becoming addicted to Instagram!!! (You can find me at SewFullOfLove if you wanna follow me)  ;)

So I keep saying....Things WILL settle down....eventually :)

But, I'd rather be busy, then bored.

Much Aloha,
Monika *:)

My weekend...

It all started Friday night when my hubby had to go to the optometrist to get a piece of metal out of his eye!!!! Yes, a small piece of metal was stuck IN his eye! Crazy to say the least. He has to go back tomorrow to make sure his eye is healing properly. He's doing great now. Just thankful that it wasn't any worse.
The rest of our weekend was pretty relaxing. We had a nice rain storm on Saturday and it was Super windy all day today.
And....I got a present!! My wonderful Mr. bought me an iPad!!! :) thing is....I can't get Miss K off it! Haha! All she wants to do is draw and play games.
So we spent our day playing with our new toy and I was sewing my tush off. I am going to be in my first craft fair at the end of April! I'm so excited!! I'll keep you posted on how it's going :)
So I'm posting this from my iPad. Don't know how it's going to turn out...but here I go....... :)
Much aloha,
Monika *:)

My Beautiful Momma

How Gorgeous is she!!!

I have one of those photo screen savers on my computer. So when I stepped away from my computer today, my screen saver kicked in and started flipping through all my mom's old pictures.

My Dear Mr. scanned them all so we could have copies.

As I stared looking at all the great pic's, I thought...I LOVE looking through all her old photos.

I love everything...the clothes, the hair, everything!

She won "Miss Teenage Philippines" in Los Angeles in 1965!! She was 17 years old.

(yes she IS Filipino, I promise! Just half, other half is Irish)

See! That's my momma with my grandpa! :)

I guess I'm just feeling a little sappy and nostalgic on this Monday.

Love you Momma!! :)

Much Aloha,

Monika *:)

Pizza, Pizza

So the other week I went on kind of a Pizza kick. I made 4 different pizza's in one night!!

What can I say....I like having choices!

I saw this recipe over at The Pioneer Woman Blog for a Grilled Vegetable Pizza.

So I thought I'd try it.

Looks pretty darn good, right?......well it was! :)

I changed it a bit, just so Miss K could eat it if she wanted,

but I did make her her own mini pizza too :)

Hold the Cheese Please....with light sauce too.

And a traditional Cheese and Pepperoni

So after all this pizza eating, I thought, "What the heck!!! Lets make a Dessert Pizza!!"

Yup

A Dessert Pizza!!!

YUM!

You'll Need:

Pizza Dough (I bought mine at Trader Joe's)

Melted Butter

Cinnamon Sugar, or "Grinder of Goodness" (see below)

Peanut Butter

(I used Sunflower Seed Butter since Miss K is allergic to Peanuts)

Sliced Apples

Chocolate Sauce

Mini Chocolate Chips

I started by pre-baking the pizza dough with a little melted "Miss K friendly butter" brushed on it and grinded this "Grinder of Goodness" on it. (No, that is not it's official name...but it should be!)

After the dough was done baking I smeared Sunflower Seed butter on it like it was the Pizza Sauce.

Arrange the sliced apples all around, and drizzle with chocolate sauce. I used:

Again...YUM!

and lastly I sprinkled the mini chocolate chips (mine were dairy free) all around.

You can add nuts, dried fruit....whatever you fancy ;)

And if your feeling really crazy.....maybe grind a little more of that goodness on top!

Slice and Enjoy!!

I can safely say that everyone loved it.

We had chocolate sauce on our faces to prove it ;)

Happy Friday & Have a Hoot of a Weekend!! :)

Much Aloha,

Monika *:)

Sunnies

Sunnies, or Sunrise Shells are my Favorite!! They're a treasured shell in Hawaii, and this beauty was given to me by my Auntie Mad. She got this shell and had it turned into this gorgeous necklace for me. It was made my a local artist on Kauai, Amber Lynn. I LOVE IT!!! She is super talented!

 I love it, love it!!! It's like having a piece of home with me when I wear it. I miss Kauai everyday, but am so grateful for everything that I have here in California. Hopefully I will be able to visit soon, but until then I will wear my Sunny with pride :)

Much Aloha,
Monika *:)


I'm wearing: Dress: Target, Belt: Forever 21, Shoes: Candies, Necklace: Amber Lynn

My Little Ham's

So, last weekend we had some fun in the backyard taking pictures and little Miss K decided that she needed some face time in front of the camera. These are either her official model poses, or she's "Voguing".  ;) Either way, she is absolutely adorable. Don't you think??

Oh...and we got her hair cut recently. Cute, right?! Now she says that her and I are twins :) haha! What do you think.....?

And Miss Ali....She's gonna be 13 next month!!!!!!!!! Holy Smokes!!!

She's growing up so fast! I just can't believe it sometimes!! She's becoming such a great young lady :)e

I love both my little girls so much. I'm a very lucky momma :)

Well off to bed. Maybe...just maybe...I'll be back tomorrow with an outfit post. Maaaaybe.

Much Aloha,

Monika *:)