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HAWAI'I - WORD SEARCH PUZZLES BOOK

Our Price: $5.50

#B448
5-3/4" x 9" - 112 pages - black & white - Softcover
Test your knowledge of Hawaii and have fun with 90 different puzzles! Answers included.

HAWAI'I - CROSSWORDS & WORD SEARCH PUZZLES BOOK

HAWAI'I - CROSSWORDS & WORD SEARCH PUZZLES BOOK - SALE

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Sale Price: $3.00

#B449
5-3/4" x 9" - 112 pages - black & white - Softcover
Test your knowledge of Hawaii and have fun with 90 different puzzles! Answers included.

HAWAIIAN LEI MAKING - A Step-by-Step Guide BOOK

HAWAIIAN LEI MAKING - A Step-by-Step Guide BOOK

Our Price: $18.00

#B224

Laurie S. Ide - 8-1/2" x 11" - 64 pages - color photos - Softcover

A great reference and easy to follow instructional guide with detailed full color photographs of over 50 flowers and plants used in making Hawaiian leis. For each flower or plant there is a description, harvesting and storage tips, materials needed, photos, and instructions for the various styles of leis it is used for. Also lei origins, customs, and each island's leis.

MAKING RIBBON LEIS BOOK

Our Price: $14.00

#B293

C. Tanaka & M. Masaki - 9" x 11" - 48 pages - color photos & illustrations - Softcover

Experience the joy of giving and creating by making beautiful ribbon leis. Unlike flower leis, whose beauty fades, ribbon leis are never discarded, but become cherished keepsakes or gifts to pass along to others. Making Ribbon Leis and Other Gifts of Aloha is written for both beginning and experienced ribbon lei makers, includes directions for making 17 leis and teaches basic techniques you can use to make leis of your own design. All the information you need is here: supply lists, step-by-step instructions; with photographs, directions for making leis in a variety of styles and colors; tips for organizing supplies and correcting mistakes; and a marking grid.

MAKING RIBBON LEIS 2 BOOK

Our Price: $14.00

#B331

Coryn Tanaka & May Masaki - 9" x 11" - 44 pages - color photos - Softcover

More handmade gifts of aloha

Teaches basic techniques that make it easy for both beginning and experienced ribbon lei makers to create keepsake leis. Features 20 designs for leis of lokelani, cigar flower, pansy, akulikuli, crownflower, carnation, dendrobium, ohai ali'i and many others.

HAWAI'A'S FLOWER LEIS - AN IDENTIFICATION GUIDE

HAWAII'S FLOWER LEIS - AN IDENTIFICATION GUIDE BOOK - SALE

Our Price: $12.00

Sale Price: $8.00

#B460

Laurie Shimizu Ide - 8 1/2" x 5 3/4" - 118 pages - color photos & illustrations - Softcover
The Hawaiian flower lei is known worldwide as a symbol of love, friendship, good luck, admiration, and embodies the aloha spirit. For centuries, visitors arriving and leaving the Islands have received colorful and fragrant flower leis as gifts. Today, leis are given to friends, lovers, relatives, teachers, coworkers, and coaches to celebrate all of life’s events such as birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, greetings and farewells, or simply to express aloha for others.
Hawaii’s Flower Leis is a colorful, pictorial guide to some of Hawaii’s most popular leis. Vivid photographs and descriptions help readers to identify the flowers by common, scientific and Hawaiian names. The lei associated with each island is also introduced along with lei-making methods, needles, and insights on the symbolism of the flowers, and the preservation and storage of leis.

MAKING EYELASH CROCHET LEIS BOOK

Our Price: $12.00

#B338

May Masaki and Coryn Tanaka - 8 3/4" x 11" - 43 pages - color photos & illustrations - Softcover

Quick and easy to make, eyelash crochet leis. Book supplies lists and step-by-step instructions, simple patterns for a variety of multicolored lei designs and styles, 51 different designs with photographs and a list of school colors for Hawaii high schools and colleges.

HAW'N TROP FLOWER ARRANGING BOOK - SALE

Our Price: $15.00

Sale Price: $9.50

#B343

A Step-By-Step guide

Laurie Shimizu Ide - 8-1/2" x 11" - 64 pages - Color - Softcover

This book has simple step by step detailed instructions for 32 classic and contemporary flower arrangements that even a beginner can do. Included is a photographic chart of popular tropical flowers and foilage, flower care and handling tips, flower container ideas, equipment and supplies description, an explanation of the principles of design, a color wheel, and various foilage techniques.

MAORI CUSTOMS & CRAFTS

Our Price: $12.00

#B063

A. Armstrong - 4" x 7" - 64 pages - color / black & white photos / illustrations - Softcover

An alphabetical listing of many elements and words of Maori life and culture including music, costumes, tikis, legends, tattooing, weaving, games, dances, poi balls, history, Gods, food, animals, birds, etc. Great for quick reference of Maori subjects. Includes lots of color photographs too.

MAORI WEAVING BOOK

Our Price: $18.00

#B473

6" x 9-3/4" - 44 pages - color photos - Softcover

THE ART OF CREATING MAORI TEXTILES
Explore traditional stories about weaving, the steps in preparing and working with flax, the patterns and beauty of Maori woven clothes, mats, panels and baskets, and understand the place of weaving in Maori culture. In weaving flax and other natural fibers, Maori record history, stories and knowledge and affirm Maori culture and identity.