Dressing up the Giga for Christmas....

So if you read my post called "Dressing up my favorite Giga...you know how much I love this giant clam shell.

It really is one of my favorite things in my home and everything I have in here is a collection of my favorite things.  So it is only fitting, my Giga gets a holiday makeover....

So I completely undressed her to start over....

Then I added in a bit of glittered sand.......

Along with some vintage ornaments I purchased from White Flower Farmhouse...

Some glittered and metallic painted seashells and starfish that I painted...

After I put in the sand...I started with coral pieces to give it some texture.... 

Then I began randomly placing the balls in....

Then I mixed in the seashells and starfish....

Finished it off with one of my favorite ornaments from My Shabby Chateau....and some vintage garland from White Flower Farmhouse....

And now my Giga is all dressed up 

for the Holidays!!!

Here's some updated photos - I added in a gorgeous glittered seashell from Beautiful Details by the Seashore...

Linking up to:

My Romantic Home's Show and Tell Friday

Funky Junk Interior Saturday Nite Special

Coastal Chic in small spaces....

No matter how much I appreciate all types of design & decor styles - I always revert back to my one true love - coastal chic.  To me, there is nothing more refreshing, inspiring and invigorating than spaces decorated with seashells, starfish, coral and other sea inspired accessories. 

In my obsession to one day create a coastal chic home from top to bottom, I spend hours of my past time collecting amazing photos to keep for inspiration - so when the day comes - I'll be ready to design and decorate.

Here are some of my favorite bathroom looks....hope you enjoy the selection.....

  Love the seahorses.

The shelving around the room  is amazing.
What a starfish collection!

Oh my - this leaves me breathless...and the giant clam shell sink...
I am in heaven.

Love the blues and the whites..



I can't get enough of this mirror. 
I am going to try and re-create this as a winter project.
Right now - I am still collecting the shells.



Isn't this something else?  The vibrant colors, the shells, the sink...
WOW!

Simple -yet tasteful.

Another great mirror. 

And Last - but certainly not least......

I just can not get enough of this photograph....



Every time I study this shot  - I see another special piece I love.
Look closely - it really is a masterpiece of coastal chic style.



So if you share my love of the coastal look - which bathroom would you select?  I think my first pick is the second shot with all the shelving.  I love the starfish and the vintage claw foot tub.

It’s a bloggerful world we live in….

What’s the saying….today is the first day of the rest of your life?  Well, today is the first day for the new look of my blog.  Well, if you can officially call it a blog.  I suppose I can, because I have 8 followers.  Well, really seven followers since I don’t think it is fair that you can officially follow yourself.  Or is it? 

This all started in January, mostly on lark over a weekend when I desperately needed a creative outlet.  I thought I could set up the design myself – not sure why, when I can’t even figure out how to set up a page break properly on a word document.  I know how to cut and paste and I figured that would be good enough to get me by.  The ironic part was  - the more time I spent designing the look of my blog – the uglier it got.  It was hideous. Just awful.  Even if I was the only person looking at it (and I was) ….I couldn’t stand it any longer and threw in the towel.  

I found a graphic designer on Etsy (I’m an Etsy freak) and here it is.  Well, it's not finished yet - but it is close enough so I figured I would start using it.  And because I don’t want to put up a post without a photo – I thought I would share a recent purchase from Etsy Shop Flaming June Vintage.  You can find the shop here: 
 
It’s a gorgeous mid century clam shell…which I used to display the seashells I collected on vacation last month in Punta Mita, Mexico.  These shells are so sweet, especially the little baby cowrie shells.  Just love them.

Check out the baby cowrie shell.  I was so excited 

when this little treasure washed up on the shore.

The color is more of a ocean blue than it appears in the picture. For some unknown reason the color comes out more like a turquoisey green than the blue that it really is.