A little something...

I haven't exactly been doing nothing at all! I am enjoying the warm July weather here in Northern Michigan! You've got to take advantage of it when you can!

I have been working here and there too. I just completed a cute nautical style ABC print for my ETSY shop that is a companion to the nautical numbers print I did awhile back. They are popular right now and look so cute in a boys room or baby nursery!

check it out...

Another project I'm working on is a wall mural over at ALL SAINTS Catholic School. You'll have to excuse my photos-the lighting isn't the best in the hall. I'm planning to paint some children reading at the base of a large tree and the open book will have lots of characters floating from it that represent all the ABC's. That's the plan anyway!

Here's a peak...

painting the sky...

the tree base...

tree so far with green grass...



HAVE AN ENJOYABLE DAY!

FRIDAY'S PRETTY ROOMS...NAUTICAL STYLE

Ending the week of nautical style with a few pretty rooms. I think the key here is to not go overboard-just a add a few fun things to your space for a fresh summer style. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! We were going to go camping but decided to spend this Memorial Day doing some much needed yard work, hanging out and BBQ-ing with family and friends. See you soon...




kids room via Alkemie blog



beachy patterned bedroom via Coastal living



prettiness via Desire to Inspire




desire to inspire




Coastal Living



Heirloom Philosophy Blog

My design Chic Blog

Fancy House Road Blog

Coastal Living

Coastal Living

all the elements of nautical style...

Fancy House Road blog

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!

HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND!

THURSDAY ART ADDITIONS...NAUTICAL STYLE

OK-I was kinda busy this week and didn't do much artwork. My husband is flying in tonite from work-yay!-so I have to leave soon, bring the kids to the airport and pick up dad! Needless to say artwork always takes a backseat to housework-especially when dad is on the road! I just read on "A Cup Of Jo blog" about the most annoying words and one was hubby-alot of people hate that-lol-it's a great list today and the comments are even more funny-so that's why I went with "husband"-my readership isn't high enough to want to drive you away with annoying grammar! hahahaha...

So-here's a few things I had and a funny "keep calm" parody I did this morning-well, I thought it was funny! (BTW-"well" made that list too-can you believe that? I love "well" :)...

Hope you like...

"keep calm lobster" print-keep calm posters are everywhere-generate you own here  at Keep-calm-o-matic!

the E sailing flag

the D sailing flag

"little boat-blue" original acylic on canvas with digital edit and text

"little boat-green" original acrylic painting on canvas with digital edit and text

NAUTICAL NUMBERS-11X14 $15 MY ETSY SHOP

SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR SOME PRETTY ROOMS...NAUTICAL STYLE!

WEDNESDAY ETSY FINDS...NAUTICAL BEACHY THINGS!

In keeping with this weeks East Coast style nautical theme, I've once again skimmed over Etsy to find a few samples you might like....

East Witching- Animals Matter.This is what this shop is about - raising awareness and appreciation of animals, painting them and selling art that helps protect them. She is passionate about her subjects and donates a portion of her proceeds each month to these programs:

http://www.wspa.com/
http://www.onekind.org/
http://www.rspb.org/
PSST-Her watercolor animal prints are just so pretty!
Check it out...

Black Baroque:I love the technique she uses-of recycling old books and printing on them. There are lots of prints in this shop that are great-not just sea creatures! ;)
See for yourself...

3 shops to choose from here with cute little things for your cute little things...each shop had a few nauty styles but check out the other stuff too...

A. Eight Baby Legs
B. Sweet Pickle 2
C. The Nook

SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR THURSDAY ART ADDITIONS....

MONDAY INSPIRATIONS.....COTTAGE BY THE SEA!

Well if you read my blog on a regular basis, you probably know that I appreciate just about every design style out there and represent that variety here on AF. This week is all about the fun summer stylings of the beach cottage!

When summer hits this design style always appeals to me. I don't have a beach cottage home by any means but I think it's fun to incorporate some of these elements during the beachy summer season. There are many different types of beach cottage styles and they all are very popular right now.

 This week I'm focusing on the East Coast Nautical cottage style. We live in a beach community-on Lake Huron-but we don't have lobsters, so it's all about fishing for trout around here! I think I might do a four part beach cottage series to represent the many styles out there. Personally, I love the California Huntington Beach Surfer style cottage stuff! I'm thinking the beach cottage style is an inexhaustible topic! I tend toward the simple and modern so you can expect at least that from me!

So let's keep it simple and stylish with some East Coast Nautical elements for your "summer house"

Hope you like....

1. Barrel Swing-$695 - The Conran Shop

2. Graphic pattern beach hat-bonniesknitting.etsy.com

3. Ceramic drink dispenser-Pottery Barn

4. Silver Lantern light string-Pottery Barn

5. "Keep Calm" beach style art-Cottage Coastal Store

6. fillable clear lamps from Lamps Plus-$99

7. Brussels Coffee Table-Cottage and Bungalow

8. "Pen Duick" replica ship-Nautical Key

9. Shell bowls from Pottery Barn

10. Outdoor Wicker caddy-Pottery Barn

11. Electric Pendant Globe Lamp $276-Nautical Key

12. Decorative Oars-$80-100 Nautical Key

13. White Metal Folding Chair-$99-The Conran Shop

14. Fun pillows from Cottage Coastal and Cottage and Bungalow

15. Vintage Beach Sign-Cottage and Bungalow

16. Lighthouse Stripe rug in Khaki-Dash and Albert

17. Double Happiness Wine Table $1290 (Made in the USA) Cottage and Bungalow

SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR TUESDAY'S ANYTHING GOES-BEACH STYLE!