NEW52-Week28, New entry and library

The entry way to our home has been a complete wreck.  It is just a mess of shoes, bags, jackets, and misc. junk.  The solution, a NEW shoe cabinet.  We picked up this shoe cabinet from a Japanese store, Marukai, here in Hawaii.  It was on sale for $100.  It was the perfect size for this space.  So take a look at the before and after pics.

Ahhh, much better!  As you can see, we took all the shoes laying around and put them in the NEW cabinet.  Notice, that they are mostly Bostyn's shoes.  We are just keeping our everyday shoes in here and right now, mine are those 3 slippers to the left + 1 pair of exercise shoes.  The rest of my dress shoes are in my shoe closet upstairs.  I'm sure this cabinet will fill up in no time.

Another NEW for the week was a visit to the Kapolei library.  This is the newest library on Oahu and it sat empty for quite awhile since the state had no money to fill it with books.  It is a beautiful library filled with many books.  I'm sure we will be visiting more often since it looks like Borders may be closing their doors.  Here is a little collage.

Just one NEW layout for the week.  I completed this layout as part of Oscraps creative techniques challenge.  I was to use the sketch filter in photoshop.  I used the charcoal and the stamp filters then lowered the opacity of those layers to see the color underneath.  It adds a great graphic feel to the layout. Perfect for this photo of Bostyn playing with the bubble blower with her cousin Josh.

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