Bakery Charms creator Jenn Lee has come up with a new assortment of holiday confections to wear.
Her Christmas collection includes a classic gingerbread cookie necklace ($22 with silver-plate chain, $29 sterling), a yuletide cookies globe ($30 silver plate, $37 sterling), a box of a dozen Christmas doughnuts pendant, plus holiday macarons, a Christmas cookie ring, mug of hot cocoa and other festive pieces, all fashioned from polymer clay.
The collection can be found at bakerycharms.com.
Marketplace offers holiday crafts, gifts
Trade show producers Pacific Expos and Special Events Hawaii have joined to launch the Mele Kalikimaka Marketplace, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall.
The marketplace will cater to those in search of gifts and family activities, showcasing food products, books, apparel, jewelry, crafts and other goods.
The event will feature a local gourmet gift section, prepackaged gift baskets, holiday pop-up shops and year-end specials from manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, plus make-and-take crafts and entertainment.
Tickets are $4; $3 for seniors, students and military; and free for ages 12 and younger accompanied by a paid adult.
Visit MeleKalikimakaMarketplace.com.
Isle jewelry brand hosts trunk show
Ki-ele is presenting a trunk show previewing the spring/summer 2016 collection of local, handmade shell and gemstone jewelry from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Bloomingdale’s mall level jewelry department.
Visit ki-ele.com.
Learn how to string Niihau shell jewelry
Kai Hyde is offering two classes on stringing Niihau shell jewelry Sunday at Na Mea Hawaii in Ward Warehouse. Sessions run 10 a.m. to noon, and noon to 2 p.m., limited to 10 students each, and students will be able to take their creations home with them.
Class fee depends on what the student would like to make:
Pendants: Pikake style $24; Kipona style $36; Kipona style with ruby, emerald or sapphire $150
Earrings: Pikake $48; Kipona $60; Kipona with ruby, emerald or sapphire, $300
Bracelet: $102
Email hauoli@nameahawaii.com.
12 days of deals
TheFaceShop Hawaii marks the 12 days of Christmas with 12 shopping deals, through Dec. 24. Among them, buy five Santa sheet masks to get five Rudolph masks free; buy two Protect Me or Lovely Pet hand creams to get one free; or buy a $50 gift card to get a $10 cash card, or a $100 gift card to get a $25 cash card.
Visit the stores at Kahala Mall (737-3223), McCully Shopping Center (941-3223), Waimalu Plaza (483-3223), or Ward Village Shops (Ward Warehouse, 589-3223) to view all the deals.
Now open
Naughty negligee too risque for newspaper
British luxury lingerie brand Agent Provocateur has opened its first stand-alone boutique in Honolulu in Ala Moana Center’s new Ewa Wing Expansion.
The boutique houses a sensual selection of Agent Provocateur’s latest lingerie collection, as well as a variety of classic, second skin-fit lingerie, swimwear, hosiery and accessories.
Just as the name implies, styles are provocative and irreverent, created for the confident woman. Only the tamer styles could be featured in this PG-rated newspaper.
You’ll have to peep in person or visit honolulupulse.com/fashiontribe.
The boutique is across from the Magnolia Bakery kiosk, near the mall-side entrance to Long’s Drugs.
