A crafty kind of day....

I didn't plan for any indoor time during my vacation in The Keys - considering I figured the weather would be fantastic.  So when I headed down - I didn't bring much other than a few necessities & some magazines. Certainly no craft supplies.  And sure enough - today would be what you would call a snow day...that is -  if we had snow here in South Florida.  It's cold and windy and otherwise not that great to be outdoors.  And most of the stores are closed (not that there are that many where I'm at anyway).  

So I had to improvise to keep myself busy.  Luckily I had run down to Key West earlier in the week and stopped in Ben Franklin (yup - thats the name of the local craft store) for some supplies...to take back home with me.  So out came my hodge podge of things and I figured I had enough stuff to piece together a couple tags.  

I love decorating with tags - I think they bring a fun little touch to jars, vignettes, candles, etc...so I thought I would make a couple to decorate my Keys house.  (Not sure where these are going yet).  So in keeping with the tropical theme - I came up with these two.

While they are cute...they still need some work....maybe a couple real shells, some lace and a few other odds and ends.  I am going to go through the house and see what else I can dig up.

Hope you're enjoying the holidays!

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 Coastal Christmas in The Keys....

Just arrived at my home in The Keys...and I didn't bring any of my holiday decorations to set up - except my two favorite candles....that Donna from My Shabby Chateau made as they match perfectly with my colors.  I love the glitter and the images along with the jingle bells...

Here are some of my favorite little things around my house....

So now I'm getting my house set up as I'll be here for the next 10 days...which is the longest I've ever stayed...don't know what I am going to do with all this peace and quiet.

Happy Holidays!!

A Tablescape to ring in the New Year

Okay - I'm already thinking about ideas to create a post Christmas Holidays Tablescape to ring in the New Year.  And I stumbled across this photo in my inspiration book that I had torn out from a past House Beautiful issue.

"Wood, stone, water, flowers...

being surrounded by nature is always

very grounding for me"

~Donna Karan

I certainly echo that sentiment.  Especially the water and flowers part. Those are essential to my lifestyle. So with that, I am putting together a tablescape inspired by Donna's creation...with some sea inspired pieces thrown in.  

Here are a couple things that I am searching for...

Unscented Soy Candles

And I am searching Etsy for some really interesting pottery vases in multiples sizes and styles to mix it up.  So I'm hoping to have this pulled together and displayed on my table, right after New Years Day.  

Stay tuned for the finished display....