Random touches of coastal inspiration....

Thought I'd share with you some random photos of several of my favorite coastal touches around my home.  Hope this inspires you to add a little bit of the ocean into your home....

That's my cat Nancy in her "glamour girl shot" from her photo shoot.
She is sitting on one of my living rooms chairs.
I call her Gisele because she is like a feline supermodel.  She loves the camera.

 

 

Have a coastal cool kind of day!


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.....at My Romantic Home.

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A Coastal Inspired Christmas.... by Jeanne d'Arc Living ~ Part III

Clearly I have been obsessed inspired by the Christmas edition of Jeanne d'Arc Living.  I have copied three or four different looks...as part of my holiday decor.  The two previous looks I posted about were:

Paperwhites and Candles...                         A Coastal bird's nest....

So when I saw this in the magazine...I was hooked.  I loved all the little details and decided I wanted to create this as part of my holiday decor.  Hope you like my interpretation of this beautiful vignette. 

So I started with a old vintage box that I purchased on Etsy and stuffed it to make it easier to work with.

Then I placed two hardcover books on top of the stuffing...to give it stability.  Before I put the candles in place.   

Then I filled it in with some moss.... and started mixing in my favorite goodies.  Here is a paper flower that Donna from My Shabby Chateau made....that was on the wrapping of the French inspired holiday ornaments I purchased from her Etsy Shop.

I placed the two ornaments on either side of the box - with double sided tap....

And then - the fun began...filling it in with some of my very favorite things....

I took twine and a crystal ornament and wrapped it around the candle.  I also put in a beautiful glass bulb ornament from My Shabby Chateau - that has vintage music sheet, seam binding and all kinds of cute little things...some coral, glass floats, seashells, pine cones...

I've made a couple very slight modifications since I took these photos...I put in another pillar candle and added a few more coastal touches... 

Hope you enjoyed my interpretation!!

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Some vintage glass floats...with a little bit of this...and a little bit of that

I have glass cloches throughout my house.  And my favorite one is a tall, glass dome with a distressed turquoise base that I purchased - where else - on Etsy.   I change up the look each season - this was my Fall Cloche that I really loved...

And now it's time to create the sea inspired christmas cloche....

Selected my favorite coral, seashells, potpourri pieces....

Love the look and texture of the shell piece at the top of the photo.

Then I took the remainder of my vintage ornaments and little pine cones....

Gathered my small minty green and aqua vintage glass floats that I just purchased on Etsy....

And added in some moss balls, bulbs, little pieces of coral, white rock, sea glass, moss pieces and little seas shells, glittered starfish and seacookies....(basically all my leftovers)

I'm so pleased with how this came out.  

Hope your having fun with your 

holiday decorating.