COVER your soap!!!

Sometimes you just have to STOP what you’re doing....

and COVER your SOAP!

This is not what I had planned to do today

but you probably know how we can get into a small project...

and get carried away!

I saw the idea on Funky Time and downloaded

the Heavenly Soap image HERE!

Then I used a pretty watercolor background from my friend Karen at a Scrapbook of Inspiration !

Looked on the Graphic’s Fairy blog to get the Swan image

and my whole day has been spent having FUN!

I was wondering what I would do with this old candy tin!

 

PERFECT!

Now it’s perfect! I tucked a seashell in the box!!!

Wait a minute! be back in a bit...hubby needs me...

“Honey!!! Where’s the SOAP!?!”

‘Just use this lovely bath gel, sweetie!

We’re all OUT of soap!’

heeheehee!

I’m joining Suzanne for Vintage Thingy Thursday !

and Brambleberry Cottage for Time Travel Thursday !

I’ve also found Cherry Street Cottage and it’s her FIRST linky party so I’m linking with her! Let’s encourage her ladies!

I’m at Thrifty Thursday today, too!

She has posts about her trip to Florida that I am enjoying! Some of them in ‘MY’ part of Florida! OH JOY!!! 

I’m linking with the VERY first Thrifty Things Friday!

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

Treasures of the Sea

Living in Florida is an adventure!

We love the sun and the sand...SHELLS

and treasures of the sea!

Follow me into the lanai...

Sit down at the coffee table....

Let’s see what’s here!

These old boxes were Thrift store finds!

 

This one is very ‘chippy’

but I love the design on the lid

and I like things that are old and worn!

This old shell box makes my heart go pitty pat!

But what’s hiding on the bottom shelf !!!

I was SO excited to find these Glass Floats

at an Antique fair a few days ago!

 

They have been HIGH on my wish list since I saw

them on Love of the Sea blog months ago! 

This is the post I remember...HERE !

( I couldn’t WAIT to email her to tell her all about them! Isn’t that a FUN part of making blog buddies! )

I’ve also been inspired by Maya at Completely Coastal !

She has a link for Glass Float Junkie on her post today!

 

And now I finally have a start for my collection!

I hope you have a week filled with treasure

and some warm sunshine! 

I’m joining Kim for Wow Us Wednesday!

And to Good Life Wednesday !

Now I’m linked with Whassup Wednesday !

Let’s PARTY !!!

A Coffee drink and a WINNER!

When we stopped at the mall to get a cold drink....

and I ended up getting my ears pierced,

I bought a cold coffee drink at the coffee shop!

SUGAR FREE...caffeine free...GUILT FREE!

So the next time I was in Walmart, I looked for the ingredients to make one at home!

The Torani Sugar Free Chocolate syrup has Splenda and the recipe for a Chocolate Chill was on the side of the bottle. I found it on the bottom shelf below the Coffee Mate at Walmart.

Chocolate Chill

2 Tbsp Chocolate syrup

3/4 cup strong brewed coffee, chilled

1/4 cup milk

1 cup ice

It was TOO sweet for me so I used 1 Tbsp of the syrup the next time and it was perfect! But for the first ‘go round’ I decided to follow the recipe (very unusual for me! lol )

The WINNER of my $50 CSN giveaway is Marlie at Crafting Cooking and Cats !

Congrats to Marlie!    

She has a very fun blog! I hope everyone will visit her soon!

Thanks to everyone that entered! 

I hope to have another GIVEAWAY soon!

Florida’s Nature Coast

We enjoyed spending the day on Florida’s Nature Coast!

"A string of counties studded with emerald-like gulf waters, deep springs and rivers, stretching along the same Florida coast." This was how world-famous naturalist John Muir described The Nature Coast in 1867 and enchantingly the coast still holds this charm today.

Quoted from the website HERE !

Wikipedia also has good information HERE !

You never know WHAT you will see....

Look close....

CLOSER!

What do YOU see?

Do you believe your eyes?

I’m joining Mary at the little red house

for Mosaic Monday!

Happy Monday!

Never leave home...

...without your camera!

I walked in my neighborhood this evening

but I was walking away from the sunset at first.

When I turned toward it....

 

I walked back home for my camera !

I modified this one in Image Zone...Solarize!

I’ve had such a good day! I hope you have, too!

And thanks SO much for all of the sweet comments about getting my ears pierced! You can always count on your girlfriends to say just the right thing to make you feel good about yourself! GROUP HUG!!! heehee! ♥♥♥

Enter my CSN giveaway HERE !!!