Beach inspired pianoscape........ DONE!

WHEW! Yep, took me long enough (now that schools fixin' to start and fall's just right around the corner), but better late than never's what I say!

As always, I wanted to do a pretty pianoscape that didn't break the bank. It's soft, simple and pretty. I love the pops of turquoise and yellow. But ya gotta love the soft tans/whites too! YUM!

I reused my favorite twin frames (got them for a steal for .50 each at an estate sale and whitewashed them).

Used my Silhouette to create the light house and anchor with "summertime" underneath.

.80 seablue glass votives and a $2.00 bag of shells from Michael's placed in my dollar store apothecary jars

$1.20 for 3 starfish (at Michael's)

Hmmmm, I wonder if I should bring my wreath inside and add to this? Yes?? No??

As always, I really appreciate you stopping by! Why don't you say "HEY" while you're here and let me know where I can see some of your decorating goodies?

I'm sharing this decorating idea with the following link-up parties:

CraftOManiac
TaterTots and Jello
Design Dazzle
Uncommon Designs
Savvy Southern Style
The 36th Avenue
Five Days, Five Ways
French Country Cottage
I Should be Mopping the Floor
At the Picket Fence
Between Naps on the Porch
Stringtown Home

More beach-themed items.........

I’ve been trying all week to get my items together for my beach pianoscape, but with all of my best intentions, I still haven’t pulled it together. I’m looking for that one piece, you know, the one thing that will just pull everything together, but I haven’t found it yet! LOL!

Here are a couple of the elements I have so far

Pretty sea blue glass votives: got these at Michaels for 60% off of the $1.99 price tag. Not too bad for .80 each and I know I’ll be able to reuse them for something else (probably 4th of July and January for a snowflake theme).

I also got a bag of shells at Michaels, in their $2.00 section, with a bunch of pretty ones! And a couple of pieces of drift wood! I didn’t want a huge bag of them, so this worked out perfectly!

Do y’all have any ideas on what that “ONE PIECE” could be? I really want to wrap up this pianoscape this week. We have painted my daughters room, so I need to get busy decorating that !

I'm sharing this decorating idea with the following link-up parties:

CraftOManiac
TaterTots and Jello
Design Dazzle
Uncommon Designs
Savvy Southern Style
The 36th Avenue
Five Days, Five Ways
French Country Cottage
I Should be Mopping the Floor At the Picket Fence Be sure to go by and see all of the other great ideas for DIY crafting!

Starfish wrapped candles...... beach theme #1

Here's one of my first project that I completed (super duper fast too!) for my Beach-themed pianoscape that I'll be working on this week.

I bought these two pillar candles at Dollar Tree (the best thing is, you can reuse these candles for ever, so it's just the initial $2.00 expense!). I had some of the awesome fabric leftover from my Photo Pillow project and my Beach insprired wreath to wrap around the candles. I hot glued the piece on (just where the fabric overlaps each other, that way I can take these off to reuse the candle), then attached the starfish. Easy-peasy decorating! These starfish were only .40 each, so basically under a $1.00 for this project (of course, if you need to go out and purchase the candles it will be a $3.00 project! LOL!).

Please stop by each day as I try and get another beach-themed idea for you!
Linking up to these great decorating parties:

CraftOManiac
TaterTots and Jello
Uncommon Designs
Savvy Southern Style
The 36th Avenue
Five Days, Five Ways
French Country Cottage
I Should be Mopping the Floor
At the Picket Fence

Beach-time Door Wreath

It's Beach time!! Yep, you can say I'm a little behind on my summer decor, but ya know, down here in the deep south, summer is here for a while!

As always, I thought about this theme and color combo waaaayyyyyy back in February, but I'm just now getting to it (better late than never!) And, I have a new TOY that is making this a little bit more fun to put together!

Yep, that's right my friends, a brand-spankin' new Silhouette CAMEO! My mom and dad surprised me with it last weekend, and me and Ms. M. have had a great time making its aquaintance. There is so much I can do with this machine, I just haven't had a chance to sit and play with it like I'd like to. It helps a little today as I have every single one of my orders done and shipped!

I've seen all of those pretty yarn-wrapped wreaths and just had to make one myself! I used a $1.00 pool noodle for the base, I had a big ball of white yarn already, and bought 1/4 yard of both turquoise and yellow felt for the felt flowers (and I have plenty of felt left over for another project!). I purchased a box of 3 star fish at Michaels in the $$$$ section ($2.00, with a 40% coupon). I had the muslin-like fabric from my photo pillow project for the banner, so I was ready to go.

Yep, I used my new toy to make the cute letters on the banner(the font is called Strawberry limeade, available for free at fontspace!) I made them with the self adhesive cardstock paper.

As always, I can't thank you enough for stopping by! I've got a beach-themed pianoscape that I'll have pictures of starting Monday! Hope to see you back then!

I'm sharing this decorating idea with the following link-up parties:

CraftOManiac
TaterTots and Jello
Uncommon Designs
Savvy Southern Style
The 36th Avenue
Five Days, Five Ways
French Country Cottage
I Should be Mopping the Floor
At the Picket Fence

And the winner is.........{Beach Giveaway}

The winner of either a floppy beach hat or beach bag is:

Entry #38 from the Random.org number generator

Kimberly with this entry:

Kimberly WrightMay 5, 2012 7:33 AM
Following on pinterest (Kimberly Wright / Wrightwin)
Halochanel at gmail dot com

Kimberly, you'll have 3 days to email me back to collect your prize :) Thanks to everyone who played. Please stay tuned, as you'll never know when I'll have another giveaway!

Summer Beach giveaway.........

Happy Friday to everyone!

I hope y’all have had a great week and have an even better weekend planned with family and friends! I’m looking forward to this weekend! Soooooooo, to help kick off the weekend, let’s have a giveaway, shall we?

“What can I win?” you say. Well, what about your choice of one of these:

Or one of these:

For the hat:
You’ll have your choice of white, pink, navy, tan or brown. It comes with a three-letter monogram in your choice of thread and font (found HERE )

For the beach tote:
You’ll have your choice of lime, pink (not pictured yet), royal blue, red or yellow. It will come with either a big, fat initial, or a smaller set of 3 initials. See the above linky-dinky-do for the fonts to choose from.

“How do I enter to win?” Well, my dears, that’s super duper easy! For your first entry just say “HEY”! Yup, that’s it……just a small little “hi” will do it. Now for extra entries, you can do these things:

Like my SouthernTraditions page on FB

Follow me on GFC or Linky Tools, or both!

PIN anything in my Southern Traditions 2 Store and come back and tell me what you Pinned.

Follow me on Pinterest

Blog, FB, tweet about this giveaway

Be sure you leave a separate comment for everything you do for more chances of winning!!!!

This contest will go through May 11th at midnight CDT. Good Luck everyone!

What's new......

I've been busy trying to find something new to sell :) Well, I found it!

Curlz font

These hats are all the rage this year for the beach! Cute, floppy, personalized, fashionable, but most importantly, will help keep those damaging UV rays off of your face! I've loved getting a great tan each summer, but now that I'm getting older, I've noticed the damage those rays can do over time. I'm making one of these cuties for me this summer!

Black Jack Font

BoysRGross font

Walter font

Monogram Font

These are also great Derby hats! With the Kentucky Derby coming up next week, then the Preakness and Belmont Steaks (you know you need one for all of those Derby Parties!!!!) you'll be the hit and envy of the event!!

Hmmmm, don't need one for a Derby party? How about to garden in, or a hat to match your game day outfit for your favorite college football team? These would be super cute with a vintage scarf wrapped around it as well.

For now, they come in white, tan, brown, navy and hot pink. Each of these colors are only $20 with your choice of font for the 3 letter monogram. Black is available too, but for $25. Each will ship Priority Mail for $8.00. Please go to my Southern Traditions2 store to order yours! Or, you can just purchase one through here!

Colors

White $20.00 USD Hot Pink $20.00 USD Brown $20.00 USD Tan $20.00 USD Navy $20.00 USD Black $25.00 USD

Monogram Initials

First name Last Name Middle Name

Be sure to include your intials (first, last, middle) font that you'd like from HERE and thread color. If you have any questions, please either leave a comment or feel free to email me at torritom@juno.com. As always, thanks for coming by to see what I've been up to! Have a BLESSED weekend!