Thank you to all the staff of AILH that participated in this year’s Holiday Ornament contest. We received votes through email, Facebook, and Instagram. Thank you also to those that voted for their favorite ornament and shared their love to the contestants’ hard work.
This year’s winner was Entrant #3: Zee Cruz-Stanley! Congratulations on receiving the most votes through Facebook, Instagram, and email! Here’s her write up for her ornament.
I’m a country girl at heart, so Santa driving a red truck delivering presents represents my Christmas style. All recycled items, popsicle sticks, old Christmas Decor and cut out prints from an old school newsletter.
Here are the contestants with their write ups for their entries. Well done on all of your hard work!
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- Entrant #1 – Lani Cadaos: Purple = Independent, White = Faith, Hunter green = Harmony, Teal = infinite and sky I am an Independent woman with a strong faith in God, I have a love for my daughters that is more than Infinite than the sky. and I bring harmony to my life and ever disruptive and chaotic world.
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- Entrant #2- Kathleen Kenney: My ornament was made from the pages of Hawaii magazines. Among those pages were images of beautiful beaches, rainbows, waterfalls, lush forests, volcanic mountains, local businesses, and cultural events. All were intertwined to form the beautiful variety of colors wrapping the ornament. This reflects my personality because it encompasses things that I enjoy: color, variety, the ocean, Hawaiian culture, nature.
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- Entrant #4- Lani Cabanilla: Merry and Bright! The spirit of giving and sharing. Keeping life simple and choosing to keep it simple while doing life. Merriest of Christmas to all.
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- Entrant #5 – JulieAnn Agliam: This ornament represents my ohana circle and my love for the sea where I find peace. The center puka shell represents me as the po’o of my ohana and the colorful shells surrounding it are my 11 mo’opuna and an extra one that represents the continuous procreation of life within our ohana and the outer puka shells are my 5 children and their spouses are the little brown shells. The ring of sea glass represents the sun, rain and the winds of Molokai. The center coconut husk represents the aina that our ohana is rooted from, Molokai.
