Baby expo to feature demos, workshops
The 18th annual New Baby Expo takes place 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Blaisdell Center, highlighting products and services related to prenatal care, infants, preschools, expectant moms and caregivers.
There will be entertainment, demonstrations, workshops, play and activity areas, photo taking with Paddington Bear, and plenty of kids’ fashions.
Among the brands to be featured is Ashlee Thomas’ Hipster Littles for infants to 3-year-olds. Inspired by her two daughters, her fashions feature floral rompers paired with bohemian lace vests, and head wraps and turbans any grown-up hipster would adore.
General admission is $5.50. Children 5 and younger will be admitted free. Visit newbabyexpo. com for details.
Fundraiser geared toward textile lovers
The Temari Center for Asian and Pacific Arts is hosting its 10th Bolts of Fabric & Fun fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, fifth floor.
Admission is free for the event geared toward textile addicts, who will find fabric remnants, yarn, kimono and obi, boro (Japanese indigo-dyed pieces), objects made from local vintage fabrics, beads, buttons and other notions related to sewing, weaving, dyeing or beading.
Unique to this event will be a collection of tea towels woven in the British tradition and acquired in New Zealand and Australia by late master quilter Doris Nosaka.
Moiliili Senior Center will offer items created from thrift shop donations, including a new series, "Kimono Remakes."
There will also be textile talk-story sessions:
» 9 a.m.: "Kumihimo" demonstration of the Japanese plaiting technique and sale by Carol Nagano and her students.
» 10 a.m.: Learn about Ayachuco weaving from the Andes, with Tom Sheeran, author of "Artists of the Loom: The Ayachuco Weavers of Peru." He will bring several examples of traditional and contemporary Andean textiles utilizing natural dyes and reinterpreting ancient Inca and Wari designs.
» 11 a.m.: Preview of the Honolulu Museum of Art’s fall exhibition "Harajuku: Tokyo Street Fashion," with the museum’s curator of textiles, Sara Oka. The exhibition will open Nov. 19, continuing through April 3.
For more information, call 536-4566 or email temaricenter@temari.org.
CORRECTION: The Bolts of Fabric & Fun fundraiser will be held Saturday at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii. An earlier version of this story and the story on page D2 of Thursday’s paper said it would be Sunday.
Workshops will teach to reuse items
The Green House Hawaii is inviting people to reuse, renew and reinvent, transforming old T-shirts into new wearables or bags during two workshops this month.
An EcoChic T-Shirt ReMake session will take place 10 a.m. to noon May 23 at The Green House, 224 Pakohana St. in Pauoa Valley. The fee is $15 for adults or $20 for a parent/keiki (8 and older) team. Bring an old T-shirt to work on. The workshop also will present an option for dealing with the plastic bag ban that starts in July.
A DIY Calendar Gift Bag workshop will take place 1 to 2 p.m. the same day. Turn last year’s calendar into 12 gift bags to use for gifts, favors or other goodies. Learn a trash-to-treasure process that can be applied to any size or type of paper. You will receive enough supplies to make a dozen bags. Additional ideas for using old calendars will be shared. The cost is $15 for adults.
Registration is required for both sessions. Sign up at thegreenhousehawaii.com or call 524-8427.
BEAUTY SPOT
Cosmetics bonanza awaits at new Walgreens
We all recognize Walgreens as one of many places to shop for life’s basics, from toilet tissue and toothpaste to health and wellness products. But beauty addicts have even more reason to shop the remodeled Walgreens store at 1488 Kapiolani Blvd. at Keeaumoku Street.
The second floor of the 35,576-square-foot store features a LOOK Boutique beauty department that rivals many specialty stores. It carries a range of brands, from Cargo to Dr. Hauschka, plus many not found elsewhere on Oahu, including many European spa, sun care and skin care brands such as Champney’s from Britain, Eau Thermale Avene from the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France, Nuxe Paris and Lierac Paris.
The LOOK boutique is also home to a nail studio by Essie/O.P.I, with basic manicure services available for $12, color gel polish for $35, French gel polish for $40, nail art starting at $3, and more. Book an appointment at 949-8500.
Should beauty emergencies arise, it’s also good to know the store is open 24 hours daily, and for those days you just need to hide, a Sunglass Hut boutique adjoins the beauty department.
