Puakenikeni Collection
This collection is dedicated to and inspired by my husband and his love for puakenikeni.
It all started in the month of May when I was looking for inspiration for our monthly free digital download (get it here). Being that it was May day, I wanted to draw an extra special flower and ended up illustrating my husbands pua punahele (favorite flower) in its lei form. Shortly after that, our friends over at Sticks and Pōhaku reached out to us and asked us if they could license our artwork. We were so excited and you can bet we said yes!
Now you can find our puakenikeni design on some of our favorite things:
Puakenikeni Natural Cork Coasters - natural cork is an environmentally friendly option for this popular houseware. Here at Kākou Collective we have our eyes set on providing more sustainable/eco friendly product. As a small business, we believe that we have the power to help make eco friendly options more mainstream by carrying it in our shop. Whats even cooler is that our coasters are made in-house (yup, this bad boy is not mass manufactured).
Puakenikeni Sticker Kit - thanks to our Patrons on Patreon we were able to upgrade our paper to this awesome weatherproof matte which is smoother and more durable than the last material we had! This is perfect for any planner (as it is non-planner specific), journal, or craft. Our stickers are made in-house on Oʻahu and all of our artwork is original and hand drawn by yours truly.
Stop and Smell the Puakenikeni Vinyl Sticker - we got such a great response from our puakenikeni post on instagram that we decided to make it a sticker. My husband loves vinyl stickers and has been asking me to make one. We thought it was funny and appropriate that our first vinyl sticker is his pua punahele!
Puakenikeni Washi - It has always been a goal of mine to create washi and I cannot tell you how happy I am with the final outcome! Iʻm even more excited about the fact that it is a trio of designs that can work for any creative application. Also, fun fact: Washi is a sustainable alternative to other tapes made with plastic film or other what nots. The material is made of an environmental white paper. Washi is made using fibers from the inner bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub (Edgeworthia chrysantha), or the paper mulberry (kōzo) bush. Talk about double whammy! We got to check something off our creative bucket list all while adding another sustainable alternative to our shop!
This is just the tip of the iceberg with this design and you can bet that we will be sharing more as we create it. Launch day for these items is on July 18, 2020 at 10am.
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