Beach Trip and House 2013

Hey!

We stayed at a wonderful beach house this year in Blue Mountain Beach, Florida.  The view was stunning out our back door.  We saw all sorts of marine life this year:dolphins, skates, sand sharks.  But, my personal favorite was the sea turtle.

Blue Mountain is trying to maintain the dunes so the habitat is left to grow.

Come on in and enjoy our beach house 2013! 
I love the gloss on this canvas in the foyer, but what a bugger to take a shot without a reflection!

One of four bedrooms -  Besides the incredible views of the ocean, the other bonus to this property was everybody had their own bedroom and bathroom. 

The house had an open kitchen, dining and living room plan.

I loved the coastal decor.  This artwork would be a great project out of a pallet.

Just looking at the pictures takes me back --- I told Honey Do I wanted to stay longer next time! 

After all, you only live once.  YOLO, anyone??

If you didn't get enough coastal house pictures, here's the  link to our beach house in 2011.

Blessings,

Mimi

"The seas have lifted up, O LORD, the seas have lifted up their voice; the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.  Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea---the LORD on high is mighty." 

 Psalm 93:3,4  NIV Bible

Quick Holiday Projects

 Quick Holiday Projects

Hey!

I thought I'd share some quick holiday projects that I've made over the years.  All of these projects were made with inexpensive materials that were either purchased new or found at my local thrift shop.

Transform an ornament with spray paint.  I bought these nutcrackers at Michael's and sprayed them this year. 

Hot glue old brooches, earrings, necklaces, buckles into a Christmas tree on a canvas and frame.  I used black velvet from an old dress I picked up from a thrift shop as the background.

Sew buttons to a pillow in the shape of a tree.

Spray paint and stencil an old outdated or beat up tray or cookie sheet into a new holiday tray. 

Hot glue candy onto styrofoam shapes to make candy balls and topiaries and seal with clear acrylic spray paint to preserve.  I decorated this table for a Ladies Night Out at my church.  

Make a wreath out of old Christmas ornaments.

Decoupage and seal pictures on tile squares to make Christmas coasters.  I'll be posting a tutorial on this craft in the future!

What kind of Christmas crafts have you been doing?  I'd love to hear about them!

Blessings,

Mimi

 

In that day the LORD Almighty will be a glorious crown, a beautiful wreath for the remnant of his people. 
 Isaiah 28:5  NIV Bible

Mistletoe Marketplace 2012

Mistletoe Marketplace 2012

Hey!

I can't wait to show you all that I saw at Mistletoe last week!   Every year, the Junior League in our capital city hosts a shopping event as part of their fundraising efforts. Vendors from all over the country come and set up shop for 5 days of fun in our trade building on the fairgrounds.   I look forward to going every year to see the decorations and shop with one of my BFFs until we drop!   Here's what we saw...

 Metal doors ---who knew they could be transformed into something so festive! 

This dough bowl of greenery and copper ornaments greeted us as we entered the interior vestibule.

 This table all decked out was located in another entrance vestibule.  I love the natural linen covered bench.  Don't you?

 A closeup of the arrangement --- Gorgeous!

Love the wreath on top of the distressed and mirrored french doors.  I'm also kinda liking that animal print fur too ...

This vestibule took a more understated elegant approach.  I was tickled by the reindeer collar : )  Might be a cute holiday addition to those animal heads some of you have hanging on your walls.

Inside the shopping area was a very large gazebo decked out for the holidays.  The burlap curtains tied back with copper ribbon and trimmed with greenery are such a great take away idea!

Early morning shoppers were blessed with morning goodness!

 

 An easy and festive take away idea---- greenery wired to an old picture frame with an ornament and ribbon hanger.  So pretty!

My favorite vendor booth ---  This booth was sparkly and glitzy and oh, so glamorous!  Most of the items for sale had been covered in German glass glitter which has such a wonderful patina compared to common glitter.   The star is covered with it.

 

 

If you'd like to see last year's event and decorations, I shared the the post here.

Are you beginning to get ready for the holiday season?  

Blessings,

Mimi 

"You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance." 

 Psalm 65:11  NIV Bible