Free Beach Art Printables -- Beach Bash Day 20

Welcome to day 20 of the Beach Bash!  (20 days oh my goodness!!)  Our bash goes from June 27 to July 20 with the former contestants of One Month To Win It.  Missed some of the posts??  Click here to read all the Beach Bash posts!!!

Charlie with Attempting Aloha is here today!  As one of my fave blogs, I am so happy to have Charlie here today!  And she is finally done with her move across country!!  So I hope to be reading even more from her on her blog!!  For now she has some great free printables for us!!

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Aloha, ladies!

Well, this has been an emotional month for me. If you're already a follower of my blog Attempting Aloha, you know that I've been in the middle of huge renovations and a move across an ocean and across the continent. We left our Oahu home in the hands of tenants, and I just arrived in North Carolina yesterday.

My sad blog has been neglected during this time, but I signed up for Angie's Beach Bash and was determined to do something that fit both of our needs for it. My sentimentality kicked in (see my Wedding Dress/Daddy's Shirt Pillow or Personalized Dining Set for a glimpse into the sentimental schmuck that is Charlie), and I think I found just the right project.

Lots of people have asked if I'll be keeping my Aloha blog name since I will no longer be in Hawaii. I struggled back and forth with it and finally came to the conclusion that it will definitely stay. Aloha isn't a place. Aloha is an attitude. It's love. It's family. It's sharing and compassion. It's relaxing and enjoying life. And I will forever be "attempting aloha" whether I'm in North Carolina, Germany, back in Africa, Utah, or even home to Hawaii again. 

But as I was thinking about this, I stumbled across a phrase that just sunk in deep and wouldn't leave my thoughts. I have no recollection of its origin, but it fit me so well that mostly I just cried as I was thinking about it and packing up my house:

I know so many people feel the same way, so I thought I'd share a couple printables with you. These are my own work and may be used for personal and home use. Not to be used for business purposes. Share the aloha, right? ;)

I thought the plain one was nice and was considering using it for my laundry room (to keep me from grumbling as I shake sand out of towels...). But I wanted to try it with one of my beach pics to see how it looked. This one may also be used for personal and home use.

But being EXTRA sentimental, I had to use some personal pics to make it just that much more meaningful. My home version will probably have one of the following two pics (you know...once we actually find a home and move out of this lame hotel lifestyle we've got going on.)

Forty pink toes - Me and my three girls

Or I thought something like this would be really cute above my "baby's" bed (she's my baby, but if you call her that, she'll frown and say, "No, mom, I'n a bid-tid". Translation: I'm a big kid.

Aloha, and I'll still be off and on with posts at least until we find a home and get internet. I have lots to show you from the Oahu home!!

Aloha,

Charlie

     

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Thanks Charlie!!  I love free printables!!  
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~Thanks for stopping by!~

~Angie~

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