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Bath, Body & More! Hawaiian Gift Basket Bath, Body & More Gift Basket The Bath, Body & More! gift basket offers a compliment of premium handmade soaps, bath salts, tropical bath crystals, body lotion, Hawaiian candles and personal care items. More Hawaiian Gift Baskets . Express Shipping via USPS Express Mail available for this gift item. Bath, Body & More! Gift Basket The Bath, Body & More! Gift Basket includes: Kauai Rose Handmade Soap 3.25oz Lavender Handmade Soap 3.25oz Passion Fruit Pure Coconut Soap 2oz Coconut-Rose Premium Hawaiian Bath Salt Tube 4.5oz Tropical Scented Lotion 4oz Tropical Scented Bath Crystals 6Pack Gift Set Nylon Lather Builder Pack (25) Assorted Mini Floating Plumeria Candles Keepsake Hawaiian Woven Lauhala Basket Gift Card Free USPS Priority Mail shipping within the US. Qty. Bath, Body & More! Gift Basket w/Free Shipping $54.95 Availability - this gift basket ships within 2 business days. Qty. Bath, Body & More! Gift Basket w/USPS Express Shipping $76.15 Availability - this gift basket ships next business day. Please note: Each keepsake basket is individually hand decorated here in Hawaii. The Hawaiian fabric colors and basket ornamentation may vary from those pictured above. It may be necessary to substitute an out of stock item with a similar item of equal or greater value on occasion. All of our Hawaiian gift baskets are individually created here in our shop and not mass produced or drop shipped from a gift basket vendor. Free shipping is via USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation within the US only. Please allow additional time for delivery during the busy holiday season. Fresh floral accents not included. Order online or call us toll free! 1-800-210-1668 [Home] [Handmade Soap] [Bath Salts] [Bath Crystals] [Gift Baskets] [Gift Certificates] [Glossary] [Kids Soap] [Hawaiian Bath Gels] [Hawaiian Body Lotion] [Hawaiian Candles] [Hawaiian Calendars] [Soap Making Books] [Soap Making Resources] [Soap Making Supplies] [Contact Us] [FAQ] [News] [Ordering] [Ohana/Links]

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Needlepoint, etc. - Quilt Canvases Home News Catalog Location About Us Contact Canvases: Hawaiian Flowers Hawaiian Memories Hawaiian Quilting Scenes of Hawaii The Sand... The Sea... Oriental Canvases Christmas Hawaiian Style People Specials!! Threads Accessories Our new order form ! Hawaiian Quilt canvases Although Hawaiians were introduced to patchwork quilting by the missionaries, they choose to create their own style. Using trees, flowers, scenery or even special events to create their own "snowflake" patterns, Hawaiians use the appliqué method and echo quilting style to make that special quilt. These quilts were treasured by generations of families, knowing that each was made with tender loving care. Our needlepoint canvases were created to continue this tradition. Enjoy our canvases! Hawaiian Flag Quilt HS025 14 3/4 x 14 3/4, 13 mesh, $87.50 Clockwise starting with blue canvas: Iolani (15x15, 13 mesh) $62.50 Bird of Paradise (7x7, 18 mesh) $18 Ilima/Maile (7x7, 13 mesh) $16 Torch Ginger (7x7, 13 mesh) $16 From left to right: Anthurium (red, 12x12, 13 mesh) Night Blooming Cereus (Blue, 12x12 13 mesh) Kahili and Crown (Green, 12x12, 13 mesh) $50 each The following quilt designs are ornament/coaster size and are designed by LKO. Design size is approximately 4x4, 12 mesh, $12.50. Anthurium LKO-CSA1 Bougainvillea LKO-CSB1 Breadfruit LKO-CSB2 Carnation LKO-CSC1 Crowns LKO-CSC2 Heliconia LKO-CSH1 Hibiscus LKO-CSH2 Jade LKO-CSJ1 Lauae LKO-CSL1 Lokelani LKO-CSL2 Monstera LKO-CSM1 Morning Glory LKO-CSM2 Orchid LKO-CSO1 Pineapple LKO-CSP1 Plumeria LKO-CSP2 Rose LKO-CSR1 Stephanotis LKO-CSS1 Torch Ginger LKO-CST1 Ukulele LKO-CSU1 Violets LKO-CSV1 Wood Rose LKO-CSW1 Quilts, Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 Please note: The Hawaiian Quilt Patterns are normally painted in Red, Blue, Green, or Purple. We will be more than happy to have any design painted in the color of your choice. All we require is a sample of the color you would like and we will have it painted. Phone:(808) 591-0377 * Fax:(808) 591-0477 Email: needlepoi001@hawaii.rr.com Home | News | Catalog | Location | About Us | Contact

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Spa Olakino * Salon at the Waikiki Beach Hawaii Resort & Spa No visit to our Waikiki paradise would be complete without a visit to Paul Brown's Spa Olakino * Salon. home spa olakino -- -- Welcome -- Welcome! Below are offers tailored to your general interests. To see more specific, customized offers click here . Change Preferences spa packages The newly opened Spa Olakino * Salon is a 6,000 sq. ft. full-service spa created and managed by world-renowned hair stylist and developer of the Hawaii branded hair care products, Paul Brown. Spa Olakino * Salon is independently owned and is operated by Paul Brown and his team. The world-class spa is located on the second floor of the Kealohilani Tower, overlooking famed Waikiki Beach. An abundance of fresh Hawaii-grown papaya, Kona coffee beans, aloe vera and other exotic plants and fruits are blended and concocted right before your eyes and then lathered on as a face or body spa treatment. Experience traditional Hawaiian remedies and our multi-cultural influences, as we design custom made treatments to inspire your spirit, caress your body, soothe your soul and leave your mind in a state of well being. Every one of our treatments uses only Hawaiian products and is made right on location when you arrive for your treatment. Paul Brown's Spa Olakino * Salon also features Hawaii's finest hair stylists. Personally trained by Paul himself, each stylist will dazzle you while transforming you into the envy of all. No visit to paradise would be complete without a visit to Paul Brown's Spa Olakino * Salon . Instill more romance into your life; share our Couple's Romance Experience and discover new ways to pamper each other. You both enjoy individual Hawaiian Lomi Lomi massages in the privacy of our comfortable couple's treatment room, overlooking world-famous Waikiki Beach. Soak together in our deep Japanese furo tub and luxuriate in a private steam shower. Our Couple's Romance Experience will rejuvenate you both and enhance your relationship. You both will learn how to soothe each other's aches because our massage therapist will instruct you on the optimum techniques to ease aches in your partner's back, neck, shoulder or whatever bothers him or her most. You tell our massage therapist your weakest or most painful spot and, while you are receiving your Lomi Lomi massage, your partner will be instructed on professional massage methods to soothe it, right there, on your body - not just theory, but real practice. Then, during your partner's massage, you will receive tips that are specific to his or her aches. After your Lomi Lomi massages you both relax in privacy for the next two hours, in the furo, the steam shower or both, practice your newly learned massage techniques and enjoy complimentary champagne and strawberries dipped in premium chocolate. A new way for you and your special loved one to share private time together - relaxing, renewing and rejuvenating. A memorable addition to your Waikiki visit. home resort overview accommodations check rates reserve now packages specials meetings & events weddings spa olakino things to do resort dining resort activities news press room take a tour contact privacy policy site map 2552 Kalakaua Avenue Honolulu, Hawaii 96815-3699 RES 1.800.367.5370 PH: 1.808.922.6611 FAX: 1.808.921-5255 ©2005 Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa Developed by Symbolic

Waikiki beach. The EASIEST

Waikiki, Hawaii, Seashells on Waikiki Beach WAIKIKI SEASHELLS © 1997 Rico Leffanta Seashells can be found in abundance on most tropical islands, but Hawaiian seashells are scarce in comparison. Waikiki sees thousands of snorkelers and scuba divers every day, each one looking for that souvenir seashell, resulting in thousands of people going back to their hotel room every night without have seen one single seashell. Of course, there are laws to protect endangered species, but every tourist seems to think, "What harm can come from my taking home one little seashell?" The simple answer is one little seashell can hold 1,000 eggs to perpetuate the species so, when someone takes that living shell, they are taking 1,000 other shells with it! At this rate, it doesn't take very many tourists very long before "common" seashells such as the Knobby Triton (pupu'olekiwi - Cymatium muricinum Roeding ) above are classified "uncommon", then "rare", "Endangered" and most finally, "extinct". Even when the shell is empty, hermit crabs should have first choice on vacated shells! Native Hawaiians (and local parents) need a Triton's Trumpet (Pu or Ole - Charonia tritonis Linaeus ) to herald their ceremonies (or call the kids home for supper - the ole sound can be heard two miles away!), cowries to lure the octopus home for dinner, and Hawaiians use many other shells for fish hooks, musical instruments and jewellery - especially for leis! The tiny turbinid and columbellid shell leis from "The Forbidden Island" (Ni'ihau) currently sell for hundreds of dollars. Shells like the Hawaiian Limpet (made famous by Frank De Lima's song, "Please don't eat me") ("Opihi- Patella sandwichensis Pease ) are polished and sold as coin purses in Waikiki's International Marketplace. You can see the difference between its natural ridged surface in the photo and after it has been polished. This one was polished by Mother Nature. Almost every day, people are surprised when I walk behind them and find a seashell they didn't see. It isn't that my eyesight is any better than their eyesight, it is simply that I know what I am looking for, and they do not. These photos show what to look for on Waikiki beach. The EASIEST way to find a seashell in Waikiki is to walk in the surf when the tide is coming in. Empty shells - even drilled empty shells - tend to collect and hold air, which gives them a lift on the current, which eventually brings them to shore. All of the shells in these photos were obtained by walking along Waikiki beach and watching them roll in with the tide. When the waves are high and the current strong, shells can roll in from deep and far, carrying shells one seldom sees in Waikiki, such as the rare and exceptionally beautiful Fragile Violet Snail (Pupupani - lanthina fragilis Lamarck ) (not pictured). My personal favourite is the Swollen Bubble ( Hydatina amplustre Linnaeus ). Its contrasting pink and black shell makes quite elegant earrings for blue-eyed blondes. I saw one of these shells, smaller than the one shown, on sale at Ala Moana in October, 2000, for $49.95!!! Only a few years ago, the retail price for a Swollen Bubble was only $5.95! Adam's Bubble ( Bulla adamsi Menke ) is quite common in Waikiki; in fact, the Hawaiian Hilton Lagoon has quite a population in excess of 5 cms. The Paper Bubble ( Hydatina physis Linnaeus ) is quite uncommon, and I have only found one Lined Bubble ( Bullina lineata Gray ) on Waikiki Beach, and that was five years ago. The first Polished Nerite (Kupe'e - Nerita polita Linnaeus ) taken to Britain was sold at auction in 1806 for nine guineas; yet most tourist never notice the shell unless they see its orifice. The most frequently seen shells on Waikiki Beach are of the Cowrie family, especially the Humpback (used by Hawaiians as an octopus lure) Snakehead, Money, and although classified "Uncommon", the Granulated Cowrie. Even broken Cowrie shells are used as jewellery because the Cowrie orifice is the only seashell that smiles at you (or frowns - when you see it upside down)! Cone shells are disappearing at an alarming rate. There are only three still commonly found on Waikiki Beach, the Hebrew Cone ( Conus ebraeus Linnaeus ), the Spiteful Cone ( Conus lividus Hwass ) and the Golden Yellow Cone ( Conus flavidus Lamarck ). Only a few years ago, the deadly Conus Textile Linnaeus (not shown) was fairly common, but its painful/deadly sting apparently did not protect it from determined collectors. Augers, Miters, Murexes and Spindles are seldom seen anymore. The popular Chinese Horn ( Cerithium sinense Gmelin ) occasionally rolls up as an hermit crab's mobile home, and spotted Strombs ( Stombus maculatus Sowerby ) in a variety of colours still hit the beach, as do the Knobbed and Mulberry Drupes. Two years ago, the Ribbed Turbin ( Purpura aperta Blainville ) was the most common seashell found at the Hawaiian Hilton beach front; today it is rarely seen, but Arca family shells can still be found on the beach fronting Harbour Road parking lot during the winter months. The sun-bleached Spiny Helmet ( Casmaria erinaceus Linnaeus ) in the photo is rarely seen in Waikiki, yet was passed over by countless tourist walking over the coral rubble in front of the Hale Koa Hotel. I was surprised to find it in one piece, and because the shell was not drilled by a predator, it is a perfect home for an Hermit Crab, which really doesn't carry about exterior decoration providing the roof doesn't leak! This leaves the most collectible shell found at Waikiki (but seldom by tourist): the Tritons. Tritons, including Triton's Trumpet, are usually found at 2 1/2-7 cms., but calcium deposits usually whitewash their colours so, when the shells dry out under the sun, they become as white as the coral rubble which surrounds them, thus escaping easy detection. For reasons unbeknownst to me, Tritons in Waikiki deviate from normal colours, so it is well worth anyone's while to pick up a Triton shell and dip it in the ocean to ascertain its true colours! n.b. the background leaf in the photos is from the Breadfruit tree, (still Cooking after all these years) and crab mummies are quite collectible! What do I do with the shells I find? This morning (10.IX.00) was extraordinary because I found this flea cone (Conus Pulicarius Hwass) intact; a "common" shell, but uncommonly found unoccupied intact! The Triton is an exquisite variation of the Hairy Triton v (Cymatium Pileare Linnaeus) . The 2 cm. cowrie has a lovely honey glow to it, but I have been unable to identify it from my books.So, interesting shells are given to the Waikiki Aquarium to enable docents to "talk story" with visitors, and "show and tell". Intact shells suitable for hermit crab homes are taken back out to the reef where crabs needing larger homes can find them. The remaining shells are either distributed along Waikiki Beach where children (" keiki ") can find them (but I usually carry a few with me for children who can't find a shell). This is by far the most rewarding experience! This morning I saw a little girl looking for shells so I dropped a damaged humback cowrie shell where she could find it. As soon as she spotted it, she shouted to her sisters, "Come and see what I found!" The elder sister came over, took one look and said, "That's just an old rock!" The sister in the middle apparently didn't care whether it was a rock or a shell because she said, "Can I have it, please?" The middle sister then picked it up, confirmed it was indeed a shell, and off they went to show their treasure to mom! What a pity more children can't share that experience! Moana Valentine This is the especially rare and beautiful Bullina lineata Gray "Lined Bubble" delivered up in perfect condition by a stormy sea on February 14, 2001. This is only the second "Lined Bubble" I've seen on the beach, not only because it is "rare", but also because the shell usually retails between $200-$300, although it is so small (less than one-half inch) that 99.9% of the population can walk by it (or on it) without seeing it. Moral: never judge the value of a shell/person/thing by its size! YES! It CAN happen on Waikiki Beach! On July 23, 2002, Gunnel Grubb, Rektor of Scandanavia's oldest operating school (Katedralskolan, established in 1085) was diving along the reef fronting the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel (Duke Kahanamoku Beach) and discovered this beautiful (and vacant !) black-lipped conch shell! You could be next! TO SEE CLICK Return to front page HOME Sharks in Hawaii SHARKS The Hawaiian Islands: Islands Hawaiian Volcanoes Volcanoes Hawaiian gods and goddesses Dieties The Hawaiian Lei Lei The Hawaiian Monarchy Ali'i Defining Aloha Aloha Hawaiian pearls and gold. Mana Waimea Valley, Oahu, Hawai'i WAIMEA Other Rico Leffanta web sites MORE * * * * * * * * The Seashells that smile at you are Cowries ("Leho") One beachcomber's hazard is the Portugese Man of War. This photo shows the Man of War's long stinger leading to the lovely blue bubble head children and adults like to pick up. It only takes once to learn this painful lesson!

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South Maui Condos - Rent a condo on the South side of Maui HOME Advertising Press Privacy Visitors Currently Online: 116 Activities Island Info Where to Stay Maui Weddings Spas Coupons iNews Forum Maui Cams Maui Video Maui Condos Maui and Vacation Rental ALOHA! Welcome to Maui Condo and Vacation Rentals... We represent Maui's TOP Vacations Rentals. Finding lodging on our island is not easy if you aren't there at the right moment to make reservations. We will make every effort to accommodate your request in a timely fashion. PLEASE give us the opportunity to make your stay on Maui a memorable one. If you're having trouble finding a place to stay or simply haven't the time to conduct a search on your own, visit our Reservation Desk and let us do the searching for you! As our #1 concern is to get you a place to stay on Maui. If you are not committed to a specific Maui Accommodation , we request that you use our Quick Inquiry Form to submit your questions on the bottom right of this page, and we will get back to you as soon as possible. NOTE: Due to the high volume of requests, your reservation and or request will be handled in the order received. South Maui Condo Rental Maui Condo - North Kihei Sugar Beach Resort Beautiful beach front location on Ma'alaea Bay. Swimming pool, wading pool for the children, jacuzzi, central A/C, tennis courts and more. Maalaea Surf A small boutique collection of low rise bungalows, spread out over five acres, make this property feel like old Hawaii. Exclusive and private! Kihei Beach Private, oceanfront lanais (decks) make these one and two bedroom Maui condos some of the best the island has to offer. Maui Condo - South Kihei Maui Vista Beautifully landscaped grounds, featuring three swimming pools, barbecue areas, and six tennis courts. 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This property offers you an oceanfront pool with a barbecue and picnic tables nearby, all overlooking the ocean just beyond a lava rock wall. Snorkel, and body surf at nearby Keawakapu Beach. Makena Surf Peaceful, lush, and typically Maui. This property offers you an oceanfront pool with a barbecue and picnic tables nearby, all overlooking the ocean just beyond a lava rock wall. Snorkel, and body surf at nearby Keawakapu Beach. Wailea Marriott Beachfront resort situated on 22 acres of lush tropical grounds. Renaissance Wailea Romantic, beachfront location at the foot of Mt. Haleakala within Maui's famous Wailea resort area. Palms at Wailea A short walk from beautiful Wailea beach, this Outrigger resort condominium sports championship-level golf courses and a family friendly atmosphere. Wailea Ekolu Village Ocean View and Garden View luxury condos on 18 acres bordering Wailea's Blue Golf Course. 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