Be Mine Bonanza - Beach Inspired Heart

Heeelllllooooooo all!

I hope you are enjoying your week.

Today I am over at At Home with K for the Be Mine Bonanza.

I will show you how I made a little beach-inspired heart out of these.

Even the beach can inspire Valentines Day . :)

Have a great weekend!!

"Do You Like Pina Coladas"....

Hello my sweet friends,

I am back from my

ESCAPE!!!

However, I did not get caught in the rain or feel the ocean or make love on the dunes of The Cape, nor did I sip any champagne.

BUT

I did have a few margaritas, felt the cool clear lake and climbed some sand dunes! (Get it, all the references to the Pina Colada song? OK I didn't find a sense of humor on vacation but that's ok, I thought it was cute, maybe that is the half-of-brain part. :) )

Anyway, I had such an amazing two weeks sitting on the dock in the sunshine, going on boat rides, swimming and I actually read two books!! I don't read often but a good book on the dock with a Corona and lime and the sound of the waves and seagulls, well, it doesn't get any better than that.

I can't wait to show you some pics and tell you all about it! One of the best parts of my vacation was I got to meet another Bloggy friend!! Cathy from Check it Off vacations up there with her family and we were there the same time so we met up and had a great time!! She is one of the sweetest girls and her family is just amazing! I can't wait to share some pics with you!

Hopefully I will be able to that this week sometime but I have a lot to catch up on and I have to figure out why my cat is peeing all over the house, off to the vet tomorrow, and my daughter starts another sports camp and my computer is giving me attitude..ugh!

Back to reality!!

Before I left I did made something simple. I have seen these all over blogland and on Pinterest so I decided to make one myself.

Shell Shadow Box

I picked up a shadow box on sale at Hobby Lobby

painted it white and distressed it a bit.

Painted the inside gray and glued a few of the million shells that I have on.

I also glued some twine around the edge of the frame to give it a bit of detail.

Super easy project and I love the look of these.

I hope you have a wonderful week, it is going to be in the mid 90's here all week so we will be trying to find ways to stay cool.

The shark sheets came in while I was gone so now I can begin to start painting sometime, in the air conditioning of course. :)

Have a great week and I can't wait to see what you all have been up to!!!

HUGS!!!!!

A Little Bit of Everything Weekend

This weekend had a little bit of everything for me. It started on Friday when I went to Hobby Lobby and browsed their clearance section and found these great little pieces...

A large candleholder for $4!

This cute little lighthouse! I did pay $8 for it but it was the right height for what I had in mind.

Both of these pieces, of course, were SCREAMING "PAINT ME!!"

SO....

My husband, son and daughter quickly went to try out the tag-along that we borrowed from my sister-in-law. He tends to cringe when I get out the paint.

I dug into my collection of spray paint. I chose a cream color for the candle holder and a basic white for the light house.

Put the them both into a box because......

my other projects tend to make their mark on the driveway....

oops!

While they were drying we decided to go to our county fair for some of the best junk food EVER.....

ELEPHANT EARS!!!!!

After our bellies were full we went back home and I finished putting the finishing touches on my pieces.

I sanded them a bit and on the candle holder I placed a cute little aqua ribbon with a starfish ornament that my mom bought me a while ago.

I thought that it looked perfect there!

The only thing that I added to the light house was the blue thin ribbon for the rails.

We also went to a local antique store and I found this great old wooden tool box that I am going to re-new this week.

Stay tuned to see how it turns out!!