Roadside Treasures

A few weeks ago I found this desk chair on the side of the road.

I just couldn't leave it behind.

 I loaded it into my SUV and headed home with my roadside treasure.

It was obviously worn and needed some TLC.  Every screw in the chair was missing or 

ready to fall out.  It was barely holding together but the bones were just awesome

Shabby Chic Valentine's Decorations

I had these adorable Valentines towels left over from last year.  I wanted to make a 

shabby chic project and these towels were great inspiration.

Aloha Friday Hop @ Sew Craft Angel

Hey there people and a very Happy Aloha Friday to you all! Welcome to the most hoppingest of all hops - The Aloha Friday Hop :)

We have a great team for July - I know you're going to love them! Just don't forget to head down to the linky to click and follow them when you link up your own lovely blogs :) Our hosts and co-hosts links are always the first you will see, so it's easy for you to click and follow.

Grab a button and link up below! If you'd like a different sized button click here. <a href="http://acatlikecuriosity.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Aloha"> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYYMqpNw7jsCzYazjcktxgqRkY6sGbjShApMOBOBrQc3Nf6DEhnEWEhqAzweS7BhrO4Yl6sMoUdI9pemOF-OBI59Hd10QKK_A85SEmZEAue7d0jTYkSqMZKephJ7zF4h4R6l1wLFuPitx/s1600/Aloha+Friday+button+co-host+300.jpg" border="0" /></a>

Don't worry if you already have Jean's lovely Aloha buttons on your blogs - switch if you'd like to. Or choose one of Jean's buttons here.

The rules are the same as before and are posted below. The Aloha Hop is one of the most hoppingest hops of the week, attracting over 400 linkups on the regular. Let's keep that blogging tradition going people!

If you'd like to host future Aloha Hops with us then please get in touch at our swanky new email address alohahop@gmail.com

We're all set for August and September with lots of lovely co-hosts but feel free to get in touch about October onwards.

If you'd like to spread the love even more, why not tweet and twitter all about it? Just click the pic below :)

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 ...

Grab a button if you were featured this week! <a href="http://acatlikecuriosity.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Aloha"> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8yP_OUw8p6lLzSDTsOglHG20MvEJpMAcvQPQlgq6kS36wqrVTV7KoDV_lC4H5tL9srFDcyeYPiILu-t8j_j_dzRxG17T1efuYU-IVpeHST4HhUyhsH98Q5izgI5z5yJts93Iey2sVAwU/s1600/Aloha+Friend+button.jpg" border="0" /></a>

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

Alison at Get Your Pretty On.

Alison blogs all about fashion, style, beauty and life . Want a little taste of her blog? Check out these posts to find out what you've been missing:

Brow Tips    Mom and Me Style    Pretty Living

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Now let's start hoppin'! Click on the links in the linky to visit some lovely bloggers and make new friends. Oh, and don't forget to link up yourselves!

Aloha and have a great day people!

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Entertain Kids

I'm always looking for ways to entertain Jacob.  

I love to upcycle everything I can get my hands on

so I decided to look on Pinterest and see what I could find.

I found lots of cheap and fun things to do with him that are really fun.

Take a look at the Pinteresting ideas I found.

Pirate Party inspiration!! 

 Got a sandbox?  

Have a Treasure hunt!

Recycled 2 liter bottles and some felt.

Turn the pack and play into a ball pit- just buy balls!!!

Would this actually make little boys wash their hands more?

Recycled Tin Can Windsocks

Shaving cream on the slide for loads of fun.

Talk about clean playtime

Tin Foil River in the yard. cheap fun.

Valentine Craft: Felt and Tic Tac poster board Toe Hearts

Cardboard tubes + box = hours of fun!

Brilliant! It's a shower curtain (liner) taped to the kitchen floor. 

The road is drawn on with permanent marker and the kids 

can color to their hearts content then drive their cars on it.

Place a tarp under or at the bottom of slide, 

set up sprinkler to keep slide and tarp wet...hours of water fun

Fun for a rainy day: use Christmas lights, a sheet, 

and chairs to create this tunnel.

Portable roads that are easy for kids to put together and will travel easily, 

made out of old denim and yellow paint. 

Velcro helps them stick to carpet.  Awesome idea.

My kids are having a blast with all these activities!

Hope yours have great fun too.

Angel

Calendar Recycle & Tuesday Blog Hop

 Papercrafting Tuesday Blog Hop

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Sew Crafty Angel

I'm so glad you dropped by today. 

Today is anything you made involving paper.  

And if you don't have a papercraft but want to show your creative

work you can certainly link that up also.  

After all blogging is about getting together

and having fun with our friends.  

So come on friend and show us what you got.

My papercraft project today is that I recycled/upcycled last years pictures

from a wall calendar that I thought was so pretty that I could not

bear the thought of throwing it away.  

I took my 3 favorite pictures in the calendar and then

I went to the Dollar Tree and for $1 each I purchased

three 5x7 photo frames in a green/gold color to match my spare bedroom.
Then it was as simple as cutting the pictures down to fit the frames and I was done.

So below are my new wall decorations that cost me a total of $3.

I think these turned out pretty darn cute.

What do you think?  

till next time

Angel