SEAGLASS

LOVE IT

Living a five minute drive from the beach is wonderful.

I have spent a lot of time year round walking along our little stretch of beach.

Everytime I go for a walk I pick up a couple of pieces of seaglass.

Thought I'd show you some of the ways I display them

In the middle of this glass urn is a candle.

At night when the candle is lit it looks so pretty

Love this photo of my son Michael. The scattering of seaglass is mainly the colours of his uniform

This crystal compote(filled with seaglass) on my dining dresser was a gift Max and I gave ourselves for our 15th Wedding Anniversary(19 years ago)

I have two of these on my TV cabinet

This cut glass compote filled with seaglass belonged to my grandmother

I put my Grandmothers cut glass compote on the floor so as I could take an overhead shot of the seaglass

On my bookcase I have seaglass scattered across the front of Barbara Jacksier's book Waterside Cottages. The glass goes perfectly with the colours on the cover of Barbara's book

This sweet little lamp has shells, stones and seaglass surrounding its base

Seaglass, stones and shells.

Love my local beach

Enjoying a cup of tea

After a busy week I was happy to have my latest issue of Somerset Life arrive in the mail on Friday morning. Perfect time for having a nice peaceful cup of tea and a flick through the magazine.

I was sitting at the kitchen table and looked up and saw a great reflection in the bottom of the mirror.

It was the reflection of my Family Photo wall.

I love seeing this wall of everchanging photos of my family.

Pretty cup and seaglass from my local Mt. Martha beach on the kitchen table

Love the colour of this wall

I often change over the photos in the frames.

The top 3 photos are wedding shots.

On the left is my parents wedding which was a double wedding shared with my mothers sister.

The middle photo is of my own wedding

The last photo is of Max's Nanna and Pops wedding

The wall to the left of my Family Photo wall has on old meat safe cupboard against it.

I have been tempted to paint it white but so far I haven't done it.

I love the painted canvas on this wall that has a lovely quote on it.

Family Faces are magic mirrors

Looking at people who belong to us

we see the past present and future.

I can't remember where I first saw this quote but I loved it and painted it on the canvas.

Lots of visitors have copied this quote and done it for their own homes

There is a photo of my son Michael taken when he did his army training

Love this old table I use in the kitchen.

Got it for $5.00 at a garage sale. As you can see by all of the cuts and splashes in the table top it was used in a shed as a work bench

I love all of its imperfections

Love the timber and paint left on the legs

Hope everyone has a great weekend

BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY

FRIDAY 2nd OCTOBER - THE WINNER HAS BEEN DRAWN

TIME FOR A GIVEAWAY

Today is my 55th Birthday - where have those years gone.

I guess when I look at my four kids ranging from 26 to 32 I can see where it went.

When I see the 3 gorgeous grandkids nearly 2 year old Riley, 5 year old Chloe and 7 year old Lachlan I reaslise how lucky I am to have been around long enough to have such a wonderful life.

So enough of the soppy stuff, let's get on with the give away

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and the gifts below could be yours

A hanging heart - Until you Fall in Love

Some gorgeous Cath Kidston Soaps and Bath Melts

and one of my favourite things - Sea Glass.

So leave a comment below to be in the draw.
I will do the draw on Friday 2nd October (Australian time)

HOW LUCKY AM I???

Look what Max bought me for my Birthday.

A beautiful original painting by Gail McCormack

I love Iceberg Roses and of course anything beachy.

So this is the perfect gift.

Especially when you have no idea it is coming your way

Check Gail's blog and her website - Originals by Gail & Tony McCormack to see more of Gail's and Tony's fabulous items. A very talented pair.

photo from Gail McCormack

WATERSIDE WEDNESDAY

WATERSIDE WEDNESDAY

Barbara Jacksier is holding Waterside Wednesday

Go on over to Barbara's blog and check it out

One of my all time favourite beach theme items

has to be sea glass

I love the look of all the coloured sea glass

in this glass lantern

It looks so fresh and cheerful

sitting on one of my entry tables

Love the colours you can see as you
look down into the top

Love looking into a flickering candle

especially when it is surrounded by seaglass

Don't you just love the colours of the glass

Even in daylight the seaglass looks pretty
with the candle light just shining through

So much pretty seaglass

At night I love the way the candles flicker through the seaglass