Driftwood Sailboat

Wednesday turned out to be kind of a long, HOT day! I spent most of it running around trying to find some ribbon for a frame that I am finishing up for a customer and going to appointments that didn't exist! Oops!! Not such a good thing when you prepare a 4-year-old for the dentist all day and then come to find out when you get there that the appointment is actually NEXT Wednesday! Oh well, he was relieved but now I have to think of a new speech about how great the dentist is..

Anyway, I got some alone time at night and decided to make the driftwood sailboat that I so loved on Simple Daisy. Heather is so creative and inspiring and I loved her driftwood boat, she did such an amazing job! These boats were also featured by Maya at Completely Coastal (along with other cool driftwood crafts and inspirations)

So, I dug into my bag-o-driftwood that I collected from my vacation up North...

(did I mention that I kind of like driftwood?)

found some pieces that I thought would work..

(alot)

grabbed the power drill.......I love power tools!!!!!!

This is my "Oh Yeah, Power Tools" face!

I do not, however, love mosquitoes! They were everywhere!!

I quickly drilled the hole for the pole, twisted in some eyelets that we had and glued the pole into place and ran inside!!

I picked up some fabric squares when I was getting the ribbon, cut them into triangles, tied them down with twine that I found in the garage and.....

here it is!!! I love how it turned out!

I placed in on my fireplace to bring in some more of the aqua color over in that area.

There is another great craft idea from inspiring blogger friends, and a nice way to end the day!

Off to find the next one!!

Weekend Warrior and Guest Post!!!!!

This weekend was a busy weekend for me, fun, but busy.

I started off Saturday morning at 5:30 am, NOT a time I get up at very well!

I spent the day at our local Art in The Park. We had to be there by 6:15 to set up. UGH!

It was a perfect day for it though and there were lots and LOTS of people! I should have taken more pictures of the lots and LOTS of people but I am not always thinking at these kind of things. People scare me and I begin to panic when they start coming up to my booth to look at my frames. I think it is a little frightening when you "put yourself out there" so to speak. But I got good feedback and I sold quite almost half of what I brought. I was very happy at the end of the day!

That would be my daughter hiding in the background! (I need more UMPH in my booth I think)

We were there util 5:00 pm and then went out to dinner with some friends. Needless to say I was in bed at about 9:30 that night! Sunday I did the normal Saturday thing, cleaned and grocery shopped. Thank goodness my hubby did the laundry Saturday or I would still be washing!!

Thanks babe!!

Here are a few of the frames that I brought with me!

Anyway....

I am VERY, VERY excited today because Maya from Completely Coastal and Daily Vitamin Sea graciously invited me to do a guest post on her Completely Coastal blog!

(Dancing.....dancing........)

She is so inspiring and has great ideas for the sea lover in all of us!!

So, check out her amazing blogs, she is the sweetest, and take a peak into my sea-inspired home!

Thank you, thank you again Maya!!!!

Emerald Cove Jewelry Give Away Winner

Good morning everyone! We had some pretty good storms roll through our area last night. Lucky we stayed out of the path of the most severe. I hope those that were not able to are safe this morning. That is another benefit of living by the lake, we are protected from tornadoes that start forming over the water!

Anyway, I am here to announce the winner of my first Emerald Cove Jewelry Give Away!

The winner is.................

Maya of Completely Coastal and Daily Vitamin Sea!!!!

CONGRATS!!!!

Check out her wonderful blogs about the life by the sea and sea-side inspirations!

Thank you all so much for entering and leaving such wonderful comments below! I am pretty new at blogging and you all mean so much to me!

I have a busy day at a craft fair with the frames that I make, hope the weather cooperates!

I hope everyone has a relaxing weekend!