Peely Pack: Winter Village

Right before I made my way to my lil' DollGirl's house today, I saw that this pack had made it's way into my mail basket, and so I decided to surprise my DollGirl with it! I have to say that  I was a little disappointed that this didn't arrive in time for Christmas since that was when I wanted to give to her...but that's okay, better late than never! :)

PeelyPack is a monthly subscription "envelop" that "is full of fun...that kids can do all on their own!" According to their website, "The original PeelyPack ($11.99 ) comes with 10 sheets of awesome stickers, plenty for several sticker sessions. The FamilyPack ($19.99 ) has double the stickers-that's 20 sheets! The stickers are based on a different theme each month, and sometimes we throw in a fun surprise, too!" All the stickers come in a portable designed large activity sheet that is "perfect for coloring or using with stickers." It also has suggestions on "fun play tips to help you get your child thinking and learning. Talking over sticker play time is a great way for kids and parents to learn and bond."

My DollGirl decided to help me with this "unboxing" and she had a lot of fun and she even took some pictures herself! :)

Like I said, I was a little disappointed that this came after Christmas since a lot of these stickers were geared to Christmas theme...but it can also be winter themed, but here in Hawai'i "Winter Theme" is not really realistic, however I like doing "Winter Theme" type of things before Christmas. But that's okay, with stickers, you can do anything, at any time...and my DollGirl was very happy with this. :)

I would totally recommend this sticker pack for your child, or even for a fun "just because" present for any child. I guess you can make your own set, but I know that my DollGirl LOVES getting things in the mail (just like her Auntie! :)) And it was fun opening her pack with her and watching her face show the excitement I, too, was feeling in my heart. :) So, if you would like to join in with the sticker fun with us, please feel free to click here and subscribe to this fun-filled sticker subscription funness! :)

New Planner! Before the Pen: Dec. 26.-Jan.01.

I came home last night from our amazing fun family Christmas party and couldn't sleep. So I wanted to do some prepping for the coming up new year with my new planners and journals. When I took out my Classic Passion Planner, I realized that because I had re-dated the planner (it was a 2016-2017 Academic Planner at first, and I didn't need it for the remainder of the year, so I just changed the dates so that I can use it next year), it was suppose to start on the 26th!

I was able to snag this gorgeous Beach themed planner sticker on BEaYOUtiful Planning's website and I loved it! Again, I need to say, that I really need to learn how to make my own stickers already! :)

But here is the layout in my new Passion Planner! I am excited for it. I need to get used to the Classic size rather than the compact size because this is double larger than it's smaller one! I am also going to be playing around with the planner set up because I don't know if I like this way yet...but we will see. I am going to be having TWO Passion Planners this week, but that's okay, I am still figuring out this Classic sized planner! :) But like I said on my other Before the Pen entry for this week, I want this week to be a calm week. Which is why I choose a beach theme for this week. Even though it's winter time, every day is a beach day here on the Hawai'ian Islands! And I love it! And also because since I want this week to be calm...the ocean is where I feel the calmest, so I thought it was a good idea to have my first theme of the new planner to be a beach them! :)





Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} BEaYOUtiful Planning'
Stickers {love} my own & personal stash 

Merry Christmas!

This is another holiday party where I failed to take any pictures! But I would much rather live in the moment than trying to find moments to take a picture of. :) Today we had our family Christmas party at my brother's house, and his wife (my sister-IL) cooked an amazing meal and I loved it! I had a lot of fun...and the food was amazing...and the company was even better! :)

This picture was taking a few minutes before we left to go home. My brother-IL and my sister had to take KaiBoy home since he was getting sleepy, and so they left my DollGirl here so that we could finish the Gingerbread house that we were making and decorating sugar cookies....and then we had a little bit of SUPER yummy, homemade apple pie and cranberry cider!

I love my family. I know that no matter what happens in the years to come, we will always have each other. My prayer is that I will find someone that I can spend the rest of my life with that my sister and brother can be happy that he is their "in-law." I love my brother-IL and sister-IL...and I want my sister and brother to be able to say that about the person that I will marry into the family. But for right now, my family, is my family and I love them.

Before the Pen: Dec. 25-Dec. 31.

I had to take a picture of the last week of the year! I am going to miss my compact Passion Planner. I had gotten a Classic Passion Planner as a gift earlier this year and I will be using that one, and it seems like there is SO MUCH room in it, but for now, for one more week I can enjoy this compact planner. :)

This is a good quote to leave the year with. And I have looked through my planner and read the things that have happened through this year...and I would like to say that this was a good year for me. Had plenty of ups and down...but I am still here, and that is something to be proud of. :)

For the last week of the year, I decided to use this free planner sticker printable by LaghingAndLosingIt. I love how it's Christmas-y, but not ridiculously so. :)

And there she is! My last layout in my Golden Passion Planner. I love it, and I am glad that I was able to use these planner stickers. I want this week to be relaxing. I hope that this week is relaxing and calm. I don't really have any set plans for this week, must a list of things that I would like to do. And I want to keep it like that. I am so thankful for this break. I need it. :)



Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} LaghingAndLosingIt
Stickers {love} LaghingAndLosingIt & my own 

After the Pen: Dec. 18-Dec.24.

What a crazy week this was! I can't believe that it's finally over...it happened so fast, but yet I felt like it lasted F O R E V E R! But It was a good week. My kids were crazy, but that's okay, we weren't ever bored that's for sure! I actually was really anxious for tonight when we had the Christmas Eve party at my sister's house, because I'm not good with a lot of people...especially those I don't know. But it as fun, and I'm so glad that I went. And I am so happy this week is over, but glad that it happened! Only one more week! Ahhhh! :)

Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} my own
Stickers {love} StickiiClub & SnsTreasures & personal stash 

Merry Christmas Eve!

I have a confession. I did not take a lot of pictures of our Christmas Eve party at my sister's house. But that does NOT mean I did not have fun. In fact, I was having TOO MUCH fun that I didn't have time to take pictures. These two pictures I took in the beginning when I first got to the house and the last pictures was when everyone had left already and there were only a few of us. It was a fun night. And I am tired. But it was a SUPER fun night! :)

I honestly thought that my anxiety of lots of people was going to kick in, but I was okay. There were a few times where I had to step out and take a breather...but other than that, I could NOT stop laughing nearly the whole time!

My good, good friend had made tamales and a lot of other yummy Mexican food. I love authentic Mexican food! :) But her and my sister slaved away in the kitchen and when everyone arrived we all sat around the table and ate and talked, and laughed and just had a really good time stuffing ourselves! Then came the games! My other sister had planned out all the games and they were a lot of fun! We were all laughing and having a very, very good time! It was fun. :)

See, like I said, I didn't take a lot of pictures because I was having way too much fun! This last picture was my friends prize that he had left behind. He said that we can have and so my friend Tracy and I wanted to eat one, but we didn't know what was inside of them, so we "opened" all of them. That was fun...and we did get to eat a "good" one. :)

It was a good Christmas Eve filled with lots of good food, good friends, and happy moments. I loved tonight...and I had a lot of fun. :) Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! Have an awesome Christmas tomorrow! :)

New Subscription: Stickii-Pop Pack: December 2016-Nonsence.

 Yay! Look what came in my mailbox this morning! A perfect pre-Christmas gift to myself! Yay! I'm super excited to share what I got.  This isn't really "new" subscription, but first let me say that I got this pack and the next 2 Pop Pack complimentary from STICKII club because I helped them with a problem, and as thanks they wanted to sent me three months free. Since I had not yet signed up for the Pop Pack, they decided to give me three months of the Pop Packs on them. And that is super generous of them. :) I do plan on subscribing to this pack when they send me my last complimentary pack. So here goes my first Pop Pack!

STICKII club is a sticker subscription that sends out fun-filled envelopes of kawaii stickers! They offer three different styles of subscription packs from Cute, Retro, and Pop styles of stickers for $10/month each (Free delivery in the US, $1.25 delivery for Canada, and $2 delivery everywhere else)! According to CrateJoy, "Not only the Cute Pack includes all the kawaii stickers, our Retro and Pop Pack also loaded with adorable stickers but just with a slightly different mood." Each monthly pack comes with 5+ big sticker sheets, 10+ small-medium single stickers, and 1+ washi tape sample. And each month is a different theme for all styles. Subscribe to one style or multiple styles, it's up to you...and must have subscription for sticker lovers (like myself!) :)

Yay! To fun, festive stamps! :)

I really like how they package the stickers like this because we can always reuse the envelope! :)

I like what I see so far! :)

The paper clip that I got in this pack is the ADORABLE UNICORN! :) LOVE IT!

I like this geometric washi tape samle! :)

And here is the back of the same washi sample.

These stickers remind me of my friend, Shilhi! :) :)

I love the package of the sticker flakes!

And they are HUGE sticker flakes! :) I love it! :)

What a cute sticky pad! :) I can never have too many sticky pads!

This mini paper notebook is SUPER cute, and I LOVE LOVE it! :) Going to stick this one in my bag!

I think that was a good first Pop Pack! Super fun and there are a lot stickers there that jogged my imagination for an art journal entry or two or lots and lots! :)

If you would like to join me in this fun monthly subscription, please click here to start your subscription today! Let me know which pack (or packs) you decided to choose...it's so hard to choose just one! :)