The Hugs Heal Shop Has Re-Opened!

Great news! I told all of you that Hugs Heal Shop was being redone, and it is now finished! Visit and you will find over 400 different products with a range of more than 20 different positivity-inspiring designs on them. Many of the old designs have been updated to printed in various colors of your choice and on many different products.

Some of the items that are now available for purchase in the shop include:

• adult size t-shirts (including plus size)
• kids t-shirts
• side tie tees
• hoodies
• sweaters
• sweatshirts
• tank tops
• bathrobes
• aprons
• sweatpants
• shorts
• baby onesies
• button pins
• tote bags
• iPad sleeves
• netbook sleeves
• laptop sleeves
• umbrellas
• pillows
• duffel bags
• doggie t-shirts
• bandannas
• and more!

Please note that not every product has been prepared with multiple color versions of each design. If you see a product with a design on it that you want in a different color, just let me know and I'll do my best to whip one up for you!

A Big Update on Pretty Much Everything

Hi everybody! So sorry for the lack of updates, but I've been very busy with a ton of different projects. First of all, in case you haven't visited in awhile, the Hugs Heal Myspace has been completely re-designed! It now has a sleeker, easier-to-navigate layout for everyone to enjoy.

Now, I have moved on to redoing the entire Hugs Heal Shop. Soon, we will have HUNDREDS of new products with updated designs in a rainbow of colors that you will be able to edit yourself! I am very excited about these changes, and I hope that you will be too!

After the Shop is finished, I plan to open a Hugs Heal Facebook Group! I hope that this expansion with spread the Hugs Heal Message further and further, and that it will help me to promote the Hugs Heal Shop.

To update everyone on my current non-Hugs Heal project, I am working on a new website where I will be displaying various pieces of my paintings. Once the website is up and running, I am hoping to begin working at a local street faire to showcase and sell my work (unbelievably excited AND nervous about this!) I also plan to take custom orders for people who have items that they would like me to paint. I promise that when I've finished setting up the website, I'll share it with you guys here at Hugs Heal. The artwork showcased on the new site will be entirely different than anything I've ever done before.

On April 16, I will be participating in my first-ever SketchCrawl, which is an event that involves a whole bunch of people getting together, walking around, and drawing everything they see. This particular event will be doubling as a fundraiser for disaster relief efforts in Japan. For more information, please read the article on my other website, Gini's Magic.

Support a Great Cause and Get Your Creative Juices Flowing By Participating in a SketchCrawl!

****IMPORTANT NOTE****

After the Hugs Heal Shop renovations are completed, I will be looking for volunteers to help with spreading the Hugs Heal message. I will need people to send out friend requests on both Myspace and Facebook, and post bulletins and messages (I will write everything myself, I just need help posting it).

If you are interested in helping out with any of this, even you can only do a little bit, PLEASE CONTACT ME! Every bit of help, helps.

Hug it Out!

Erica and Cody, age 3
Thanks to Debbie for sharing this adorable photo at the Hugs Heal Online Community!

Kindness From the Heart, Not Your Pocketbook

You don't have to spend money to give goodness. I just came across this wonderful list of 71 Ways to Give Without Opening Your Wallet. Vote for your favorite ideas, and make a commitment to actually do one of the things on the list.

My top 5 favorites are numbers 2, 13, 19, 61, 67. What are yours?

A Fellow Hugger Shares "Free Hugs" Experience

The experience and photos below were shared by Angel, a friend of Hugs Heal. The words in Purple are hers, the words in Black are mine.

"Our first Free Hugs that we participated in we did on 7-7-07. It was significant as people from all over the world were doing it at the same time with the same purpose. Peace, Love & Happiness. We were surrounded by Angels that day and we could all feel them. We got quite the surprise when we got our group pictures - one of the Angel's decided to join in them. In both group pictures if you look at the purple hue you will see its face. First one is looking straight at the camera, the second one its turned facing us. What difference does giving a hug make? Well if we have gotten the attention of Angels then I would say it means a lot!! Love & Hugs, Angel"

While I try to keep Hugs Heal non-religious to make sure everyone of every religion feel welcome, I felt that this experience was too cool not to share. What do you guys think? Can you see the angels' face in the purple hue?