candy land

our friends from toast have just added sweet little lollipops to their repertoire just in time for valentine's day! while many of us may have outgrown bestowing paper valentines upon our childhood chums, the charming fabric wraps are sure to brighten the day of your favorite sidekicks.

each lovely lollie is filled with a mix of fruit flavored jelly candies (strawberry, raspberry and cherry) and are priced at $4 a pop. if you really want to delight someone, be sure to take a peek at the super adorable lollie bouquet ($25) which features six candy treats wrapped in a handkerchief that doubles as a leaf.

lovely lollies are now available to order in toast's online shop or can be scooped up at their kaimuki studio:

• where: 3434 waialae avenue, suite 3, kaimuki
• shop hours: m / w / f / sat - 12p to 6p

lilly pulitzer home

treasure chest quilt

just popping in to post a quick peek of garnet hill's newly debuted lilly pulitzer home collection for all the readers who share my fondness for lovely linens. lilly's fabulous shifts may be inspired by life in luxe palm beach but the happy splashes of color and whimsical patterns will certainly appeal to islanders who swoon for that vintage modern beach cottage look.

the seashore-inspired palette is filled with warm corals, vibrant turquoises and leafy greens with cameos by ocean friends like fish and seashells popping up throughout the collection. my favorites are the treasure chest quilt which is reminiscent of old hawaii with its intricate design of seaside loveliness and the bucket o' goodies hooked wool rug which brings a hint of the tides to your floor.

bucket o' goodies hooked rug

definitely take a peek if you have been wanting to give your linen closet a cheery makeover to welcome the new decade!

prices range from $14 to just under $500 for a 6x9 rug.

toast-y deal

the facebook and twitter peeps already got word of the original deal a few days ago, however jeremy from toast kindly extended their fabulous after-christmas sale so more oahu readers could scoop up half-price cheers! and woodland warriors holiday gift sets plus knock $2 off mini pop bar bottles (while supplies last, natch).

coupon may be redeemed in-store only and you must mention h|h when you flash your coupon at the register so the toast peeps know you are on the up and up and not a shady rule breaker who disregards the fine print.

• click on the image to download and print coupon
• expires: fri, jan 22nd (only if you whisper h|h at checkout)
• where: 3434 waialae avenue, suite 3, kaimuki
• shop hours: m / w / f / sat - 12p to 6p

and the winners are . . .

emma from washington d.c. and carly from nyc! the two lucky lovelies will be among the handful of peeps enjoying joie studio's limited edition 2010 luxe letterpress calendars perched atop their desktops this year.

thank you to everyone who entered and for all the wishes for a happy new year! as expected, many readers coveted joie's fabulous calendars and, alas, i suspect that they are sold out for the year as tina only planned a small run since this was her first holiday with her little one.

my apologies for the delay in posting the winner list. i have been completely distracted by a project which will hopefully be revealed by month's end so posting on h|h will be intermittent until then. in the meantime, please click over to the official facebook page or twitter where sales will be posted until life settles down (fyi: you should still be able to take a peek even if you do not have a fb or twitter account).

happy weekend to you all!

{many mahalos tina!}

joie studio new year giveaway

hau'oli makahiki hou! hope everyone enjoyed the loveliest of holidays and happened to catch a peek of the brilliant blue moon floating high up in the sky last night before the first decade of the millennium slipped into the history books.

i had a chance to visit with tina from joie studio while scooping up xmas gifting during uniqueLA a few weeks ago, and she kindly sent me on my way with a new year's surprise just for the h|h 'ohana. two lucky readers will be absolutely delighted to greet each new month throughout 2010 with joie's super limited edition luxe letterpress calendar (retail: $20) plus a handful of coasters rocking a letterpressed pineapple design.

only 125 calendars rolled through joie's presses for 2010 so make a wish and follow the fine print below on how to enter:

• email your name & current hometown to: aloha [at] hapahale [dot] com by mon, jan 4th
• please put joie studio 2010 giveaway in the subject
• one entry per person/household

winner will be announced next tuesday.

good luck!

{update: winner list posted}