Ways to Decorate Jars & Bottles Beach Style

Here are a few ideas how you can decorate jars and bottles beach style. Add some sea treasures with raffia, via Country Home...


... or attach some fun tags.


Use shells on a string, seen at HGTV.


Make a twine wrap, spotted at The Lisa Porter Collection.


More lovely Jars Decorated with Twine & Shells.


Decorate a Jar with a sand dollar.


Simply tie a ribbon. From Trash 2 Treasure.


Bottle your Travel Treasures and use a shell as cork. If you love this, check out Vintage Glass Bottles Topped with Seashells.


Or decorate the lid of a jar with seashells. Seen on Etsy.

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A Beachcomber's Odyssey by Deacon Ritterbush

"I never thought of the sand as a place to find antiques, learn about geology, or see living history —until I scoured a beach with Deacon Ritterbush, aka Dr. Beachcomb", from Chesapeake Life Mag.

Author Deacon Ritterbush is a writer, anthropologist and political economist who's beachcombing experience spans five decades and stretches from Chesapeake Bay to Europe, the Caribbean, Hawaii and the South Pacific; here she is in her home studio in Annapolis, MD, holding up some Fishing Glass Floats that she found on one of her beachcombing expeditions. You can read more about Deacon @ Dr. Beachcomb.

The book is full with photographs of all the treasures Ritterbush has acquired such as sea glass, fossils, shells, pottery shards, driftwood, fishing floats and more. It offers practical advice for beachcombers, explores different regions of the world, and talks about a variety of physical environments and cultures.

This for example is an Angel Wing shell found on a beach in St. Mary's County, Maryland resting on sea sponges from the British Virgin Islands. You can see more pictures from the book here, and to read a sample chapter click here.

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Ideas for Nautical Curb Appeal -Bring on the Buoys!

I love all these ideas for nautical curb appeal -even crazy number 2!

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Treasures from Tuvalu

Tuvalu is an island nation located in the Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia and then there's Tuvalu, an online Home Furnishings & Accessories store where I found some never before seen decor items. Definitely worth exploring!

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Painting your Sea Treasures

Driftwood, Sand Dollars, Beach Rocks and Shells, I love them just the way they are, but they do make great canvas' too!

This drawings was done with a magnifying glass, Burnt onto Driftwood. You can do this while sitting on the beach!


Painting on sand dollars @ Treasure from the Heart.


Rocks of course are great canvases!


And there are so many ways you can have fun painting your shells, also see: Painted Quahog Shells, Painted Shell with Quote, and Painted Shells in Wild Colors.

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Sea Treasures in a Shadow Box

You can create a shadow box display with your sea treasures like Jenny @ One Thing who used an old typesetters drawer...


... or you can fool the eye and hang posters of shadow boxes instead. Click on images for more information and/or purchase.

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Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville

I'm sure you know the tunes to Margaritaville!


Now browse Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Stores -I've collected a few fun items!





For more information, please click on images.

And how did Jimmy Buffett create all that is "Margaritaville?" Click here to read the story.

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The Beach House by Jane Green

The Beach House @ Barnes and Nobles
After showing the before and after of Jane Green's Seaside Cottage @ A Beach Lovers Place, I wanted to give you an insider's look into her book The Beach House, set on Nantucket, by artist and writer Sarah Laurence who read the book while summering on the island.

The story in a nutshell: Nan Powell, a sixty-five-year-old widow turns her beloved Nantucket home on the bluff into a summer boardinghouse to make ends meet. People start moving in, and an unexpected visitor turns all their lives upside down.

"I set out to Siasconset (called ‘Sconset) in search of Green’s inspiration. The old fishing village is indeed a charming setting." Sarah writes. Then she headed to the bluff where the larger houses were built for summer people, trying to find Nan Powell's boardinghouse.

"The bluff-top homes have stairs leading down to the beach, which wraps for miles around the island. Off season I’ve seen whales passing by. It was tempting to take a dip, but I wanted to find the house. There was one old, dilapidated Victorian that could have been the model for Windermere."

"Windermere is meant to be 1920’s, and this venerable lady looks more late Victorian. It’s also not set on an improbable nine acres. Still this house was the one I pictured while reading The Beach House."

Sarah concludes, "Green succeeded in making this novel ring true to a summer native. The fact that she is English and now lives in Connecticut makes this feat doubly impressive. I noted very few inaccuracies. The most amusing one was a ringing cell phone. I’ve never managed to get reception on Siasconset although the rest of the island is fine. I rather like that sense of remote isolation."

Jane Green

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Cavallini Vintage Stickers

A fun and quick decorating solution for an empty wall space! You can create this look with Cavallini's vintage style Natural Wonder Stickers...


... sold as a set (100 stickers) in an attractive tin box (click on image).


They also make attractive gift wrappings as seen @ A Gift Wrapped Life, or use the stickers for craft projects and scrapbooking.

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Tobi Fairley -Tips for Hanging Art

"The bold use of color and pattern that I incorporate in my designs is the hallmark of my signature style." says Tobi Fairley in an interview with Traditional Home which selected her as one of the Top 20 Young Designers in America. And bold Tobi Fairley is when it comes to Hanging Art.


I love this grouping she did in her own den. "In my den, I hung a collection of like pieces over my sofa with absolutely no space between the frames, they are literally touching each other."
Her tip:
"When hanging art over furniture, keep them close together. The art should relate to the furniture as if they are a cohesive unit or vignette."


And she definitely surprised me with that last row. "In this bathroom, I used a collection of art to simulate wallpaper…but the good news is you can take it with you if you go!"
Her tip:
"When hanging a series, think of the grouping as one large piece."


"And on the bedroom wall, I framed this collection with plaster paneling to create a focal point."
Her tip:
"When deciding on whether to select and hang a vertical piece or grouping or a horizontal piece or grouping, think of it like stripes in wallcoverings or textiles. A vertical stripe is more formal, traditional and raises your eye level making a space feel taller. A horizontal stripe feels more casual, contemporary and expands the width of the space."


And even Tobi Fairley says that there are no rules when it comes to hanging art. "As is evident in a very interesting corner display from designer Barry Dixon, there really are no rules." Check out this post on the subject: Arranging Pictures -Are you Following the Rules?

For more tips about hanging art check out Tobi Fairley's article @ ay Magazine.


Tobi Fairely (right) in her den with friends.
Tobi Fairley comes from a formal design education and studied the history of design and architecture in depth. Two of the modern day designers that she admires are Jamie Drake and her friend Amanda Nisbet who both share her love of color.

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