December 2010

12/30/10

Entertaining with Vagabond House on the Set of Desperate Housewives and Cheers to 2011!

set on Desperate Housewives with vagabond house products

Entertaining with Vagabond House on the set of Desperate Housewives -and I say cheers to 2011!

So now let your eyes wander to the champagne bottle on the right...

... the most vivacious Napkin Ring I've ever seen!

Vagabond House, manufacturer of fine pewter tableware that lasts a lifetime, has an entire line dedicated to ocean creatures. From octopus designs to seahorses, to shells to sealife -here are just a few vagabond house items that I gathered from different online stores.

Crab Cheese Tray (on sale)

Vagabond House @ Dinnerware Depot

Shell Salt and Pepper Shakers

Ocean Tray (on sale)

Octopus Candlestick

Seahorse Bottle Stopper

Are you getting ready to celebrate? I am!

Happy New Year

Coastal Blog Posts 2010 -Share and Link up your Posts!

I'd love to ring out the year 2010 with a collection of coastal blog posts! So please share and link up your post(s) published in 2010!! These can be posts about coastal theme crafts, art, decor, homes, books, sea treasures, a trip, or your favorite beach! For more information, please scroll down.

Link up:.
Click on Add your link.
Use the name box to write a catchy and descriptive title (max. 40 characters).
Select the most telling picture. Crop if necessary -it's very easy.
And make sure you're linking to post(s), not your blog's main page.

I will take the liberty to moderate or delete links.

Linkup is open till Jan 9th!

Coastal Blog Posts 2010 will be listed under Special Features in my sidebar, so all entries will be easily found by Completely Coastal readers in the future!

Feel free to copy the code to the button below and paste it to your sidebar -it links to this post! That way your blog visitors will find all these great posts, which will increase visits for all participants.

Thank you all so much for celebrating the sea with me!

Pictures of Decorated Christmas Trees

Pictures of Decorated Christmas Trees -my way of wishing you all a wonderful Holiday and a very Merry Christmas!

Grace's Christmas Tree includes starfish, fun bold letters and a beach umbrella that opens and closes just like the real deal.

At Moving Designz I found a Christmas Tree trimmed in white mini-lights, silver lady finger starfish and shiny red Christmas balls.

A Picture of a decorated Christmas Tree @ My Home Ideas, adorned with simple white dried sea stars and pale blue and green ornaments.

Also @ My Home Ideas, a Christmas tree with branches that hang heavy with chunks of sea glass. Beneath, beach rocks take the place of presents -love that!

I also love all the oversized ornaments on this Beach Themed Tree @ Coastal Living.

A White Christmas Tree with a teal-beachy theme @ Puttin' On The Grits.

And the most viewed Christmas post here on Completely Coastal has been Handmade Christmas Ornaments a la Martha Stewart.

Happy Holidays!

I'll be back here on Monday the 27th for the Coastal 2010 Blog Post Link Up -come join!

Browse Everything Christmas.

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My Beach Christmas by the Sea
Christmas Table Settings, Ornaments and more
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Share your Blog Post(s)!

I'd love to ring out the year with lots of coastal theme blog posts published in 2010 and hope you'll help me do that and share yours! Posts about coastal theme crafts, art, decor, homes, books or movies would all be awesome!

A link tool will be ready early morning on Monday and be open through January 9th 2011. It will allow you to easily create a picture link to your post(s).

Also "Coastal Posts 2010" will be listed under Special Features in my sidebar so that all entries will be found by Completely Coastal readers in the future!

Update: Coastal Blog Posts 2010 Linkup.

A Handmade Christmas Tree Skirt

Next year I'll have a beautiful Christmas tree skirt too!

Have you noticed on My Beachy Christmas by the Sea that my tree skirt is very (very) casual, -from a sheet actually. So when Kim of Pink Oyster Designs who is also a sponsor here on Completely Coastal emailed me this photo of her handmade Christmas tree skirt, I swore -no sheet next year!

Kim was inspired by Mary's Christmas Tree Skirt @ Boogie Board Cottage, adding her own personal touch with scraps of sail for the ruffle. Sail scraps? Go to Pink Oyster Designs and you'll see! Or check out what Kim sent me here: Handmade from Recycled Sails.

And Kim's stockings.

And in case you still need some ideas for last minute gifts and missed this post..., click Homemade Craft Gift Ideas for easy projects.

My Beachy Christmas by the Sea

May I take you on a little tour of my beachy Christmas by the Sea...

... a mini Christmas tree where we come into the house. The tree top is a gold wire starfish that I formed with the help of my starfish cookie cutter. In the background, Wooden Oars and my Door Wall Art piece.

A mini Christmas Wreath that I made with Wrapped Sea Glass.

I added a tree branch (fake) to my fruit bowl, which also contains a couple of shells and one of the Fishing Glass Floats that I received from Glass Float Junkie.