CSN Winner and Teaser Part 2

I just wanted to thank everyone who has been a friend, became my new friends and left wonderful comments last week during the giveaway. I hope that you all feel welcome here and that I can inspire you and get to know you!

Now, the winner of the CSN Store $35 gift certificate is:

#7 Caron from Everything Coastal

Congratulations!!!!

Please contact me, if I have not contacted you and I will let you know how to claim your wonderful prize!!

Happy shopping!!!

NOW,

I hope everyone had a great weekend!! It finally turned cold here Friday night and we were able to get a nice warm fire in the fireplace last night along with one of my favorites, white chicken chili!!!!

Ahhhhhh!

mmmmmmmm........

Also, I told you that I would reveal my little tease that I left you with last Thursday.

Well, I lied,

a little.

I haven't finished it completely yet and wasn't able to do what I wanted this weekend but I will give you another little tease!

See, I am a nice girl!

I wanted to show you my drift wood curtain rod!

I found this great piece in Glen Lake this summer and haven't been able to find the right spot for it until now!

I simply mounted the drift wood on the trim above the window,

screwed in little hooks and cut small slits in the cheese cloth that I had left over and hung it on the hooks!!

Simple and it makes me smile from memories of this summer!

Hopefully I will be able to finish up this week, but we will see how the week unfolds!

Tomorrow I will show you my find from Sundays flea market trip!

(I will be linking up to the parties in my 'Linky Parties' tab on the top of the blog!)

Lake Michigan Sunset

Yesterday was a typical HOT and HUMID day in Michigan so last night we decided to go to the beach to cool down!

The water was warm but still refreshing and there was a slight breeze which was enough to cool you off a bit.

I LOVE to run my toes through the sand!!

We took a walk down the beach to see what we could see. Now you know how much I love driftwood....if I could, I would so take this home!!

There is a house on this beach that is one of my favorite! It reminds me of a house on The Cape. The outside is perfect in every way. I so would love to see the inside!

Can you see yourself sitting on the beach by the fire?

We started to make our way back as the sun was setting.

(had to get a picture of the driftwood tree again)

I sometimes forget how beautiful the sunsets really are.

But nights like this quickly remind me that I am only a stones throw away from witnessing nature at one of its best and all its beautiful array of colors.

With the moon in the sky already, I took a deep breath in, snapped my last picture and retired for the night.

A perfect end to a busy day!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

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!!