Starfish still life in copper frame

This stunning starfish still life is part of Bella Campagna's Ocean Cove Collection.  The  frame is copper treated to resemble a natural patina from time and weather. Each piece is hand made and finished beautifully.  By artist, Deanna Rich.

This piece runs about $165.00 and can be purchased via our store Beach and Bauble.

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Beach style coasters from tiles

I admired these coasters at a relative of my DB’s.  Little did I know she is quite a DIY, crafty person and made them herself by gluing cork to the back of tiles found on sale.   We were the lucky recipients of the second set she made.

Vintage wooden model sailboat

My DB found her sitting on a shelf in an antique store a bit dusty and her rigging was in need of a little replacing to get the sail to stay up.  She is hand made and not from a model he exclaimed. We left without her.  Yes, left without her after discussion that she is too large, we are over run with sailboats in paintings, sailboats in bottles,  and on stationary.   We even have a fairly large wooden dingy boat table, also a surprise courtesy of DB.
You can imagine my surprise when I spotted her like a sore thumb in our living room sitting on none other than the glass top of the dinghy table.  Maybe, he thought I wouldn’t notice…at least he fixed the rigging.  

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Sewing class | Nautical Pillow

So many bloggers inspired me with their beautiful creations to try to learn the proper basics of sewing that I’ve been longing to do for years. 
Each week the 50+ year old Pfaff 130 sewing machine we purchased for sewing class gets hauled  in on a luggage rack while other students carried theirs in by hand.  
It turned out pretty well for a first try, it’s perfectly square in person. Now, if I could only learn how to make those white slipcovers!

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