Artwork In Progress

This is what I am upto these days.......

Trying my hand on painting after ten long years!!

Will be completed in a day or so!!!
Super gorgeous DIY is coming this weekend and I bet you all will going to like it. stay tuned friends.

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I've Gone *Postal* for Coastal

Greetings, friends ...

Hope all of you are well and enjoying the season!  I've taken a bit of a bloggy break to clean up from our 80's Prom Party (lol) and do some painting, which I'll soon share. 

For now, here are a few peeks of how, lately, I've gone *postal* for Coastal!  Maybe living a few short miles from the ocean has rubbed off on me. 

A vintage wooden boat, along with a picture of Sandbridge Beach, Virginia in the background (one of my favorite places to go as a child, where we'd spend two weeks every summer):

Of course, you need to have an anchor close by for your boat:

 A candle wrapped in manila boat rope with a sea fan tucked in the background:

A glass cloche is a fun way to "showcase" an interesting sea shell.  And, if you look closely, you can spy the nautical wallpaper in the background:

I also enjoy mixing shells with different textures ... in this case, a rich, wooden bowl (from Target):

How easy is it to add a piece of textured coral on top of a stack of books:

Here, I paired a piece of simple coral with a beautiful vintage black and white boat print (from HomeGoods):

Another sea fan serves as an added layer behind new candle holders (from Michael's).  Can you tell I love adding them *any*where for fun texture?

Speaking of candles, here I've nestled tapered ones into a glass hurricane filled with sand:

I've also added a couple of pretty pillows with soft, coastal colors:

Of course, I simply *had* to add driftwood:

And, lastly, I've scattered a few small glass floats around:

I'm waiting on a few more pieces of coastal goodies to arrive ... look forward to sharing them with you soon!  In the meantime, I'm off to catch up with all of your creativity that I've missed while on a break. 

Also, I hope I've encouraged a few of you to go "postal for Coastal" with me!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Becca

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Petite Teacup Chandy!

I made this cute and petite teacup chandelier by using the inside parts to an old light fixture,


A teacup and saucer that I drilled a hole into with a special diamond bit...
 AND...crystals...always need crystals!
I then wired it so it can simply plug in to an outlet! Now I am hoping this sells in my booth!




These parties I love to link up to or check out my Blog Parties tab
Party Time @

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Terracotta Love

Terracotta pots and figurines look so lovely. And one such lovely piece I was gifted when I visited Chokhi Dhani (Rajasthani village themed restaurant and fun fair). Though I loved it in its plain form also but then too I wanted to fill colors.

This is how it looked when I received it..........

 I colored it in pure Rajasthani style using colors like yellow, red and orange. And it turned out so well. 

Tadaaa..........

 I found it little difficult to paint bandhni print on turban...but finally I did it.

 Some fine details.........

And painting this pot was so fun. this tiny pot is looking so cute.......isn't it.

Now it looks so Indian....so ethnic and I totally love it.

Wish you all a very happy and wonderful weekend ahead!!

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Dirty Little Secret~!

I have a

dirty little secret


about my home...






it is showing signs of rot!

 
Our home is only 15 years old but has real wood siding on the upper story and now we are having it all removed...


Trent, my young and cute, handy dandy handyman
 We are having all the white trim wrapped with white aluminum and new soffets put in...


New soffets and white aluminum wrapped trim


Before: old

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Lotus: The Most Beautiful Flower

Last weekend I had wonderful time with my family. While I tickled taste-buds of my family with Rajasthani delicacies the very next day I was taken out to a place where we had oodles of fun. I found that place very special it was full of Lotus flowers and buds (many other fun things too).

Though we were little late and it was almost night when I clicked all the pictures (and my camera was not in good mood also :-( )

I wasn't able to take my eyes off that lovely site of beautiful flowers in different colors.....I kept on clicking........

This was such an amazing outing packed with fun and peace both at the same time.......... :-)))


Linking it to NotJustAHouseWife's Linky party Show Me What Ya Got
Cindy's ShowAndTellFriday @ My Romantic Home

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Monday Blues: Here's A Thought For You

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