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!


Linking up with Cindy for Show & Tell Friday 
.....at My Romantic Home.

And The Charm of Home's Home Sweet Home

Seashells & Starfish...A mini tree for The Keys.

Before I left for The Keys on vacation - I spent some time decorating my tree at home. I filled it with seashell garland, starfish, turquoise glass ornaments, mini glass floats, glittered snowflakes in white and silver, silver and turquoise bulbs...and topped it off with starfish adorned with sea glass...for the top. 

So now I'm in The Keys and my decorated tree is home....and I found myself feeling the house was a little bare.  Off I went yesterday afternoon to see what I could dig up.  I found a little Charlie Brown tree in the dollar store and figured I needed to get a little creative to make it look like it belonged in my home.

So I bought a shell mobile (which I cut in pieces), a roll of twine and some silver piping and pulled it all together.  So now at least I have a little bit of holiday decor going on.   

I think it came out pretty cute...and the best part 

is everything together cost under ten dollars.  

Linking up to:

My Romantic Home Show & Tell Friday

Funky Junk Interiors Saturday Nite Special

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.