Hawaiian at Home

This monthʻs handout inspiration was brought up by Kahea Faria. She wanted to help people learning Hawaiian to understand there is a difference between action words and their results in a variety of context. Hawaiian is very different than English...

The power of this collection is not in the individual prints itself, but as a whole. Each print is based on a native Hawaiian plant that holds that color of the rainbow. I designed each print to be very simple...

Malu and I both learned languages in our early twenties. Malu learned Amharic and I learned Hiligaynon. We were fortunate enough to learn both languages while living in the places where those were the dominate languages for a long period...

How is growth measured? In experience? Distance? Height? How about Lei? These three designs were made in collaboration with The Keiki Dept. Leilani was the one with the vision and the idea. She believed in me as an artist and...

I learned when we started speaking Hawaiian at home that mahalo was "thank you," but used in a different type of sentence structure, it also means, "gratitude." Itʻs the verb and noun which in my opinion is a better way...

Whatever your reason for wanting to design repeat patterns, I hope you're loving the process. If you think you're terrible at it, maybe you're right, BUT that doesn't mean you can't get better! Some of the best things I've ever done were produced right after some of my worst. E noke mau kakou!

What makes Hawaii so special? The things that make it unique! Things like the people, the language, the land, the animals, and the plants to name a few! Did you know that Hawaii is the endangered species capital of the world!!...

Ever collected anything as a child? I did! I had a rock collection and a mini things collection. I just loved (and still do) finding little mini replicas of every day things. like spoons, pots, shoes, etc. Even today I...

Have you met Pekuna Hong? She is a passionate mother of 6 who shows the world the way she sees it through her beautiful photography and bold art. She reached out to me to help make a video with her...

We all got feelings okay. I mean I tease my husband that he doesn't, but I know he does. Last week I had a little bit of a meltdown (I know it's not even surprising anymore). I overload my plate...

Welcome to the new masked world we live in! You feeling comfortable? No. It's probably cause you don't like the fit of the mask you are using. I have tried wearing and sewing a few different kinds of face masks...

This is a unique journey that my family is on, hopefully one day it wonʻt be, but right now it is. The resources I share, I make and share because I love the Hawaiian language, use it every day, and...

Can we talk about the vortex of life that we get trapped in sometimes? I mean the slippery slopes of "yes"s that start so harmlessly before progressing you into a place that you told yourself you were never going to...

I didn't grow up speaking Hawaiian fluently, but one word I knew from a young age was "puka" cause my dad used to call me "puka teeth". I was missing my top front right and bottom front left teeth (think...

This has been a crazy year so far. With every event we hear, with every video we se of what people are experiencing all over the world, we are forced to look inside and ask ourselves where we stand on...

When it comes to a happy home you have to have a happy queen bee! These are the words and phrases associated with straightening up the house. I know we donʻt do this stuff often enough in my house, but maybe...

Something I have struggled with in all this - scratch that - in life, is consistency! Now in some ways I do feel consistent because I am always trying to learn and grown and I donʻt ever give up on my...

Aloha Kākou! From our family to yours we really hope you are all in good health and have the necessary things you need (except for toilet paper - we have no idea where that went). As youʻre at home with...

Hi, I'm Emily, and if you ever meet me in person then be prepared for A LOT of questions about yourself and everything you do because I just love questions. Questions are fun! Questions help me learn about people and all...

The biggest question I get asked is to translate people's phrases from English into Hawaiian. If it's something not too serious I am happy to help and I'll usually give my thoughts as to what I would say and how...

This Monday morning I woke up (well woke up again - the first time was involuntarily caused by my child) and had this overwhelming feeling that this was THE week I was going to potty train Pili - and be successful. It...