Bloggers Craft II -Project Ideas with Seashells, Fabric, Bottles, Rope and more
Bloggers keep creating and I keep collecting. And just in case you missed Part I click here:Craft Project Ideas with Seashells, Sea Glass, Rocks, Burlap and more. At Fire Fly Hill Designs you find Annie's charming Iron on Transfers...... Stacey @ The Blessed Nest calls her nostalgic Beachy Bottles a "fake-it-on-the-cheap" project..., ... HG Blogger Betty shares how she made this small Storage Box and Towel Holder...... Christy @ Embellished Bayou applied Shells to the Walls in her bathroom...... Read Full Story
Thomas Paul Pillow Collection
Designer Thomas Paul has a great collection of maritime and sea life themed pillows that you can buy at your local Anthropologie store for $88 (in the example of the anchor pillow) or find them online at Design Public for $70, which includes shipping.Thomas Paul Maritime CollectionThomas Paul Sea Life Collection Read Full Story
Seashell Covered
How much do you love seashells...... so much that you would encrust an entire hallway set?... instead of paint use seashells on your walls?... tackle a vanity? ... adhere them to a mirror and beyond?... cover every inch of your bathroom?... or take it outside like unstoppable Paco (who I introduced here: The old Man and his Shell House)? Seashell covered..., extreme but in a good way, or what do you think? Read Full Story
Nautical Discoveries in a Southampton Home
This is Scott Currie's Southampton house. He is the captain of the Elie Tahari fashion label and he is a man with a passion for everything nautical-sailor...... and I love the way how his home is filled with nautical details, such as this blue sailor knot towel... ... and the nautical-themed Wedgwood plates...... more Sailor Knots here..., on each side of the window, and my all time favorite, the giant Fishing Glass Float by the stairway, then a rope as the railing...... and I could live ha... Read Full Story
Have a Bowl
A large seashell bowl that is...... as a dish on your patio table to delight guests or simply for your own pleasure...... to house a plant and place it on a buffet table...... or as part of your dining room tablescape like Ali Wentworth's, featured on my other site A Beach Lovers Place here: Ali Wentworth's Shell Collection. And you can pick one out here: Take a large Seashell Bowl.Sharing with Tablescape Thursday @ Susan's Between Naps on the Porch.Related Post: A Seashell Lovers New York Ci... Read Full Story
Movies: Ships Lost at Sea
Three ships lost at sea..., and their stories live on in books, movies, our minds and hearts..., and you've probably seen them all, except maybe number 2 ...Andrea Gail: The Perfect Storm (2000)... a sword fishing boat out at sea with six men when a storm stronger than any in recorded history hit the coast off Gloucester, Massachusetts on October 30, 1991.The movie The Perfect Storm, based on Sebastian Junger's best-selling novel, so called because it was three storms combined into one, creat... Read Full Story
The Hots for Beach Huts
The British love their beach huts...... and there are around 20,000 of them dotting the coastline, but this nowhere near satisfies demand, and prices have escalated to silly heights, I read in the Guardian.While the huts began life during the Victorian era as a place for bathers to change into their stripey swimsuits, they are now a national treasure and considered real estate. Not that you can actually sleep in them, no, they're just for shelter and storing your Beach Gear..., with a few exc... Read Full Story
My Orange Room
I love my orange room..., but there is nothing beachy or nautical about it, except... ... that the color was inspired by this Quahog shell..., oddly though, both my husband and I call it the pumpkin room, go figure... ... turn left and there is a window with a view over the Sakonnet ocean inlet, officially named Sakonnet River... ... to us it's a bonus room that we furnished with a twin bed... ... and two items dear to my husband..., one of his licensed chairs and a chalk drawing by an ar... Read Full Story
Beachcombing on the Web
If you don't have access to a beach, beachcombing on the web can be the best next thing*.So I did just that and this is what I found (as always please click images for more information and/or purchase)... Large beautiful individual seashells...... a lovely bundle of bulk shells all wrapped up in a net...... all kinds of beauties large to medium in size like these sunset scallop shells...... a wonderful giant clam shell...... a fun selection of dyed seashells...... and speaking of dyed, I've ... Read Full Story
Cats + Dogs in the Sand
Hope you have a laugh...I can has CheezburgerI has a Hot DogSharing with: Outdoor WednesdayRelated Post: Beach Lovin' DogsI haven't found an official Cat Beach yet, but there is the Dog's Beach and Jen tells the stories...... and today's post on my new blog A Beach Lovers Place: Watch your Step! Read Full Story