All things from the Sea....

I'm a little late to the Christmas Decorating this year - so right now, I'm in a big rush to get things organized and set up.  I am very excited as I thought I had four trips left before the end of the year...and two just got cancelled so now I'm jumping for joy.  Since I am staying with the same theme as last year, I'm trying or at least attempting to not buy very many ornaments or decorations since this will be my last Coastal Christmas for a while.  

But I could not resist these adorable sand dollar ornaments from the Etsy Shop tuttomare which means All things from the Sea. 

I fell in love with this little Santa

Love the little pink starfish

Had to get a snowman in there

Surfboard is a fun touch

So adorable

Love his little glasses

I just think these are so adorable...I could not resist them. Check out tuttomare as there are still a few left.  I didn't completely clean out the supply!  Hope your enjoying this holiday season. 

Coastal Christmas Countdown

Hello Everyone.  Hope you are enjoying this amazing holiday season.  Hard to believe that another year has gone by and I have my favorite time of the year coming up.  I've spent alot of time in the last week or so - planning all of my holiday decorations.  I have decided to keep one more year of the Coastal Christmas look with the aqua and red theme.

I thought I would share a few of my very favorite coastal inspiration photos that I have collected on my pinterest board called Coastal Holiday Decorating and Christmas Trees.  Please check this Board out for some awesome holiday inspiration.  

Hope you enjoy some of my very favorite images...

I look forward to sharing some of my holiday decorations this weekend when I get them all up.  I am having to modify my set up as I have a new kitty in the house and to say he is a bit rambunctious is an understatement.  Trying to figure out how to set up my tree without him noticing.  

Looking forward to seeing what everyone is up to this holiday season.  Best wishes.

Aqua and Red Flocked Coastal Christmas Tree....

So I've finally finished my Christmas tree...and I have to say, I'm really happy with it.  I love the combination of Aqua and Red...so that was my theme this year, along with my favorite coastal touches.  And let's not forget the flocking which I love so much...I may never go back to a traditional tree again.  Or maybe I will have to have two trees next year.   

It is filled with starfish, seashells, red coral, apples, jingle bells and other beautiful ornaments.  I think this tree reminds me of a really large, beautifully wrapped Christmas present.  You'll notice the tree is not decorated on the bottom third...and has nothing around it other than a burlap tree skirt.  That's because I have some very curious cats who have lived under the tree since I put it up last week. I decided to not tempt them by decorating it at the bottom where they could do some major destruction.   

Hope you had a wonderful weekend...and while I'm a little late to the party, I'm linking up to:

Thrifty Decor Chick's A Christmas Tree Party
My Romantic Home's Show and Tell Friday
Funky Junk Interior's Saturday Nite Special
The House in the Roses Show off your Cottage Monday
Between Naps on the Porch Metamorphosis Monday

Holiday Decorating...Seaside Style

Southern Living is one of my very favorite go to sources for recipes, decorations, crafts...all kinds of wonderful lifestyle inspirations.  And this series of seaside style holiday decorating is right up my alley.  It has all my favorite colors...which are found around my home.  

Thought I'd share some of my very favorite images from their site.

So I'm finally done with my tree and most of my decorating. So tomorrow I'll be taking photos for a post. I'm really happy with how everything came out...although I didn't get to decorate anything outside.  Next year, I may have to hire someone to decorate the outside.  I always run out of time.  


Hope your having a fabulous and festive weekend.  

Beautiful Ombre Jingle Bells....

I feel in love with these ombre holiday bells when I was scrolling Martha Stewart's website and just had to share these gorgeous creations.   

The easy to make how to instructions can be found by following this link to the fabulous Martha Stewart website, the best resource for holiday decorating, crafts, recipes and more.  


And while my tree is still a work in progress...I'm currently waiting for red bows that I've ordered but thought I'd share some preliminary photos of how it's coming along....

Hope your having a festively fabulous week!