Beachy Accessories

One of the best parts of a beach vacation is shopping for beachy accessories to take home.

Since I've become such a penny pincher lately, I now look at a lot of things and think  

"I could make that for way cheaper"

and thus I end up buying very little because I just know some day I will get around to making some of those cute things I spied on my trip.

Unfortunately that some day rarely comes.

So I decided to write this post to document those cute things I saw that I know I could make myself and hopefully (eventually) I will be inspired to blog about those things that I actually did make myself...

we'll see. 

I spied this cute "Coast" sign hanging on the front of one of the beach cottages.

I thought it was pretty clever.

I'm a sucker for signs and they are SO easy to make yourself. 

They were everywhere I looked!

I liked this "Surf Shack" one,

the "Sandcastles and Surf" one,

the tiny little "Life's at Ease with and Ocean Breeze" one,

 

and the arrows pointing to the "Shore" and the "Beach".

Then I saw these Scrabble pieces spelling out "Beach Time" for sale. 

I repeat, FOR SALE! 

I could make that for FREE using the Scrabble game we never play!

This isn't the best picture of this, but it was a framed description of a sailboat alongside a sketch of the boat. 

How easy would that be to use some scrapbook paper or fabric for the background, 

find the words and picture online, 

and stick it in a vintage frame?

I also saw several of these driftwood whirly gig things hanging from people's front porches.

I fell in love with them.

They couldn't be that hard to make, right?

Therefore, I repeatedly drug Jacob down to the beach and made him collect driftwood pieces with me.

We ended up filling a whole grocery bag with driftwood.

I WILL make one of those...

some day.

But I promised myself I would not start any new projects 

until our Master Bedroom is finally complete.

Here are the few things I actually did purchase.

They were all things I knew I couldn't  make myself.

A rustic little wooden tea box,

 

2 blue finger starfish,

a decorative plate with a great phrase,

You cannot change the wind, but you can adjust your sails.

and two vintage books that were a great color with meaningful titles.

I love coming home from a trip with new treasures for the house and 

ideas for new things to create!

 

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