3 Easy Ways to Create a Word Canvas

I love word canvas art, Subway Style, and even more so the ones with Sayings and Quotes. If you do too, I found a great comprehensive tutorial that shows 3 easy ways to create a word canvas!

Artist Michelle Eshleman who's work I have featured on Art Sea Beach has made dozens of word canvas paintings with quotes (that she sells in her Etsy store Paintspiration). She's experimented and tweaked different methods for transferring writing onto canvas, and these are her top 3 methods.

Artful Coastal Blue Living Rooms from Wisteria

Wisteria's coastal blue living rooms inspire with crisp colors, simplicity, and great modern art. Take a look! There's one art piece that you could easily pull off yourself (if you wanted to).

The coastal blue living rooms (obviously) consist of Wisteria products. What caught my eye were the simple wall art pieces. Like this abstract canvas that represents the colors of the sea, with a blue palette that gets richer from top to bottom. It would make a great DIY project. The inspiration for the piece might have come from paint chips. What do you think? For more information, click here.

Stylish Ideas for Garden Flamingos

Garden flamingos can be a happy addition to an outdoor or indoor space, especially if you are going with a tropical or retro theme, or a chic preppy Palm Beach look. So here are a few stylish displays, and ideas where to look for them online. And don't think garden flamingos have to be pink. I found some chic white, and gold painted flamingos!


The original garden flamingos are designed by artist Don Featherstone (in 1957) with his signature molded underneath metal legs, realistic black and yellow plastic eyes, painted beaks and lots of feather texture. Seen here.

Nautical Red, White and Blue Decorations with a Patriotic Flair

These nautical red, white and blue decor items capture the spirit of summer by the sea, as well as create patriotic flair in a not so obvious way.

A red, white and blue Nautical Flag Pillow that brings together nautical style and American pride.

Make a Sun Catcher Sea Glass Chime

Make a gorgeous sea glass wind chime that catches the light of the summer sun! If you don't have sea glass on hand, simply use Machine Tumbled Glass Sold in Stores (it comes in all the colors of the ocean). So here are 6 inspiring examples of differently constructed sea glass sun catchers.

A Sea Glass Wind Chime made with the inner circles of two different sized embroidery hoops. For this projects string was used and E6000 glue anywhere you have a knot on the rings.

Buoy Decor

Buoys are fun and versatile, and have lots of rustic seaside charm. With buoy decor you can bring playfulness and colors to any space, inside and out.


There's a sea of Wooden Buoys and Lobster Buoys on Ebay, with many bright colors to choose from. In this example, a nice buoy cluster is used to dress up an entry door. Original source unknown.

Ocean Poster Ideas

It's World Oceans Day this weekend, the perfect time to feature a few beautiful ocean poster ideas. I can't think of a better way to bring the beauty of the ocean to the home than with a poster that captures the amazing expanse of blue water. This can be an art photograph or an expressive painting, framed or on canvas. I surely couldn't live without my large ocean poster!


All ocean posters and prints are available at Art.com. For more information, just click on links. Relax and enjoy the beauty!
Ocean Light

Unique Maritime Decor in a California Home via House Beautiful

This small California home featured at House Beautiful and photographed by Alec Hemer, is filled with warm whites and unique maritime decor that spreads the feeling of sea and adventure throughout.


Starting with the coffee table. It's made from an old nautical chain! And the ceiling pendants are thirty-inch buoy lights, from Erin Martin Design, that hang from ropes. "The ceiling is high and narrow, and the lights bring it down and create a kind of canopy," Martin says.

Free DIY Driftwood Bedroom Decor

Let's go beachcombing, hunt for driftwood, and furnish the bedroom! That's what interior designer Allison Lind did for a client of hers.


The result. An original driftwood bedroom with a bohemian beach vibe. From a driftwood jewelry organizer, to a stunning driftwood headboard, to a super lovely driftwood wall shelf.

3 Coastal Design Ideas for your House Exterior

Give your house exterior some eye-catching features with these 3 coastal design ideas!

First off, decorative brackets. Up until now, I didn't know coastal theme brackets even existed! Aren't these great? They can give your porch a stylish coastal look, or turn your mailbox into a statement piece.

7 Fun Flip Flop Decorations and Crafts for your Home

Nothing says fun in the sun, summer, and beach more than flip flops. So how about turning the comfy foot wear into home decor? These 6 fun flip flop decorations and crafts show you how!


I love this cute and innovative flip flop decoration! Nail flip flops to a wall, insert coffee mugs or small flower pots. It will take you just minutes to hang and assemble them! Via Garden Share. This would look so sweet on a porch or a garden shed.

Decorating with Ship Blueprints

I find ship blueprints fascinating. These mechanical drawings show such detail, add to it the traditional rich blue ink and you have a gorgeous piece of art.


Since computers, true blueprints have become a rarity, so these are all reproductions, some stylised, but nonetheless beautiful. Via Ryan White Designs.