Loving Beautiful Details by the Seashore.....

For those of you that have followed my blog for a bit - you know that I love Etsy.  Everything about it....I spend hours and hours just meandering through the vintage pieces and one of a kind creations.  It's so inspiring to browse in the wonderful shops....and consequently, many of my posts include my favorite finds.

Some of you may remember my first Etsy Shop feature....My Shabby Chateau...From Paris with Love which described how much I love including little hand made touches into my home and how I like it even better when I know a little bit about the person who created the piece. 

So with that, I wanted to share another one of my favorite shops,  Beautiful Details by the Seashore.  Just the name alone conjures up all kinds of wonderful thoughts - especially for an ocean lover like me.  Once you spend a few minutes browsing through Carol's shop - you'll see why I have included some of her pieces into my sea inspired home.   

Carol has loved the ocean for as long as she can remember - and you will see & feel that in her work.  She spent her childhood summers on the coast of North Carolina and those memories, especially discovering shark teeth on the beach, remain with her today.  She loves sunrises and sunsets and the smell of salt air (me too!).  One of her passions when she is at the beach... is to get up early before anyone else and go beachcombing for  seashells, sharks teeth and seaglass.  It's no surpise that she and her husband, who started surfing at 8 years old, were engaged and also married on the beach.... and Carol has him addicted to searching for sharks teeth too.  They try to visit the beach as often as they can and their dream is to one day live on the coast.

She usually works on two or three different projects at a time;  making bottles, painting cast iron pieces or creating  jewelry for her other Etsy shop, silverbeadsandclay.  She and her husband spend the weekends searching for the vintage bottles that she uses in her pieces.  She loves researching the background of the bottles that have markings - and includes the details in her shop so that the buyer can learn about their history.  Her favorite type of bottles are the aqua ones...which are hard to come by. She was lucky enough to find a few in September, some with incredible patinas on the inside. 

When I asked Carol if she ever regretting selling any of her pieces, she said... "Yes and no.  If I didn’t love everything I make, I wouldn’t sell it.  I think my favorite bottles so far were the set of three aqua glass bottles that went to a lady in Seattle, Washington.  But she does love them, so that doesn’t make it all that bad.  It’s wonderful when your customers appreciate your creations". 

Well...I can assure Carol that I LOVE & appreciate the bottles that she created...

I think that these three look great together on a shelf in my living room.



Love the coral on the vintage beer bottle.



This abalone shell is so beautiful.



The vibrancy of the pink urchin is amazing.



A future Pink Saturday post in the making.......

When I see this display...it makes me so happy.

I love this vintage bottle with flowers. I just purchased this to work into
my holiday decor so stay tuned....
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Here are some of my current favorites that are in Carol's Shop...it was so hard to narrow it down....



Vintage Aqua Medicine Bottle.  So pretty.



These trio of vintage bottles are darling.



Vintage 1950"s Wine Bottle with Pearl Nautilus Shell.



I am thinking I have to have this amazing Sea Coral Fan Bottle.

Gorgeous details on these bottles.

Coral and Milkglass - two of my favorites.

I hope you have enjoyed getting to know Beautiful Details by the Seashore as much as I have putting this together.  And in celebration of the upcoming holiday season, Carol has generously offered to host a giveaway of three of her holiday ornaments....details coming later this month!

Aren't these beautiful? The giveway will be a set of three.