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Welcome to WEEK 57 of the Aloha Friday Blog Hop!  

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Here's the extra special addition to our lovely hop. It's an oh-so-easy opportunity for you lovely participants of the Aloha Friday Blog hop to get some exposure to your blogs!!  What do  you have to do to enter?  Just link up to the Aloha Friday Blog Hop Below!! It's that easy!!  No extra forms or hassle, just link up!  Each week we will pick a linker to featured at random and invite you all to say ...

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Aloha Hoapili translates as Hello Close Friend. So, without further ado let me introduce you to this week's featured friend...

Aimy Michelle at

The Ramblings of Aimy Michelle.

Aimy blogs all about books, love and life in general.

Want a little taste of her blog? Check out these posts to find out what you've been missing:


A Book Review and a Giveaway The Internet is Funny VoxBox Review

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Lovelies: More Etsy Goodies

Hey there people and happy Thursday to you!! I hope you are having a lovely day, wherever in the world you may be.
Today I wanted to share with you a lovely Etsy store I recently found. Welcome to Soul Brush Art. This is a store full of Modern/contemporary art, all original, all done with love and 'soul'. (Jocelyn's African roots run very deeply throughout everything she does.) Let's dive into some of my favourites shall we :)

I love the symmetry and the sense of movement in this painting. So unusual.

I love the tenderness in this picture - such a loving family unit.

Such joy in this picture. I love the playfulness of it.

There's such joy in this picture. The colours are so very rich.

I hope you enjoyed this little look around another store. It's so inspiring to discover new art work and new artists. Have a great day people!

Behind The Scenes: WOYWW

Hey there lovelies! I thought I'd share a little of what has been on my work desk lately. I am linking up with lots of lovely arty blog hops for this post. You can check them out on my parties page :)

Today I wanted to share some more lovely ACEOs I created for my store. I enjoyed working on such a small scale for a change. And after my ATC experience from last week I really wanted to make more.

Here are some of my illustrations before I added any colour.

Some wonderfully whimsical girls. I love these little cards so much!

These ones are filled with secret style quotes. The perfect wish for abundance and a happy life.

Some little kitty designs, full of colour. I used a combination of pro markers, watercolour pencils and metallics.

This set is all about love and friendship.

And of course - more kitty love!

If you'd like to check these out in all their glory then feel free to visit the ACEO Section of my store. You can favourite them as many times as you'd like :)

Have a great day people! I hope there's lots of inspiring art and creativity on your work desks this week too!

DIY How To: Revamp a Shoe Rack

Hey there people and Happy Tuesday to you! I hope you're having a great day, wherever in the world you may be.

Today I thought I'd share with you a recent revamp project I did on a drawer unit I thrifted for only £20. It originally looked like this:

Full of little wooden drawers, which I decided to remove and use for stacking storage on my desk.

Home for my pro markers.

Having taken out the drawers I decided to use some of my left over PVC material from the tee pee I made to line the shelves. I felt this would make the shoe storage more durable for wet shoes and the like. I cut it to size first of all.

Then I simply stapled it in place - so simple!

Here it is next to my lovely braided rug. I think it looks pretty good.

I was really happy with how this turned out. It gave us some much needed storage for our little entryway and it looks pretty too :)