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Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Enjoying Sand and Sea Sunday....

In celebration of Sand and Sea Sundays, thought I'd share a couple of my favorite photos from our vacation to the Four Seasons Punta Mita, Mexico.  What an incredible view from the pool.  

As you can imagine....I spent most of my time floating around and doing nothing.  It was sheer heaven.  The beach was amazing, completely filled with precious cowrie shells, coral and other beautiful specimens from the sea.   


It seems like my challenge with leaving comments has been solved for now...so I'm pretty happy about about that.  Stay tuned for an awesome coastal giveaway in celebration of reaching 300 followers...I'm so excited about that.      




Have a wonderful Sand and Sea Sunday!

Gypsea Nurse


Tuesday, December 21, 2010

A dish of tiny shells & spices...

One of the things I love about holiday decorating is that you can use all kinds of things around your house - and by adding in a certain ingredient or two  (in this case - spices and juniper stems)...and next thing you know..you've got a great little vignette.

So I started with one of my 1960's vintage Haeger pieces.....


Some juniper stems...


Spices....


And some of my prized collection of tiny shells....  the first ones... I collected on the beach in Punta Mita, Mexico.. (the little tiney cowrie shells are my favorite)






And these little teeny tiny shells I purchased in a antique shop...the box says LaJolla Beach , 1929.  I treasure these little shells...some are so perfect and miniature.  












I love how this came out...and it smells delicious.  It is a nice way to appreciate my tiny shell collection.



Friday, September 24, 2010

1960's Mermaid of the Sea.....

I have recently acquired an obsession for vintage Haeger Pottery.  I first learned of this fabulous brand, which began in 1871 and just celebrated it's 139th anniversary - at a little local thrift shop where I discovered this amazing piece....





.....that I fell in love with - because I thought it was the perfect vessel to display my glass floats that I wrote about on one of my first posts (here).  This piece and some of my other coastal collectibles were  featured on the awesome blog - Completely Coastal which you can read about here.  I was so proud of this as I feel this blog is really one of the very best coastal blogs out there.


My glass floats from Glass Float Junkie displayed
 on the coffee table in my family room....They are wonderful
shades of green and blue, a few are frosted
and some still have their original netting.
There are 7 medium size and 3 smaller ones that
 are the size of golf balls.


The shape  reminded me of a really large, flowing shell.  And from there, this acquisition began my quest to find more of the pieces.  I learned this design came from the "Gold Tweed" collection - which was a line introduced in the early 1960's and it seems the seashell and coastal theme was a very popular subject - which of course, makes it a great fit with the coastal style of my home.

So here is my newest Haeger collectible ..... displaying a collection of coral I collected on the beach in Punta Mita, Mexico.  I am in love with her.....










Isn't she lovely? Especially the ponytail.



I am linking this post up to:


Show and Tell Friday with My Romantic Home
Yard Salen Party with Debbiedoos
Weekend Wrap up Party with Tatertots and Jello
Saturday Nite Special with Funky Junk Interiors
Thrifty Treasures with Southern Hospitality