...the spell of the sea

...ahhhhhhh

the salty sea

and all that she offers,

may call to you ~

b

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o

n

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with all her might

to come sit at her ruffly hem's edge

and just be...

she has cast her spell on me

and this week i found myself creating pretties

inspired by her intoxicating allure...

i very often find that i create ensembles

like this...

a crochet thrift store find,

can become an elegant beach dress in less than an afternoon

with a few snips there and a tuck here

oh!

and let's add some tie straps and a high lo hem there

and voila!

a sea side dress

just perfect for walking on the shore, no?!!

(i bet you'll never pass up a cotton tablecloth again ~ will you?!?)

and i don't know about you,

but my curly locks always end up looking

 w-a-y past windswept on the beach!

so to tame my locks and still feel pretty ~ 

 i created these simple little bobbies

with nothing more

 than a handful of freshwater pearls

and some sterling silver wire

something "washed over" me

when i was designing this tiny, wire wrapped shell rosary

it took me two strait days to wire wrap all those shells

but i simply ADORE how it turned out!!

and least we not forget the lobes...

...as in ear lobe adornments

freshwater pearls in two different shapes,

can become most lovely paired together

and will dangle beautifully

silver, pearls, lace and shells just seem so natural for the sea...

i can't wait to hit the beach in my new beach ensemble:)

now ~

 if i only knew when...

LOL!

not to worry

i will simply leave it on my mannequin until the day i return

to the sea,

the sea,

the beautiful sea...

sharing this post with:

faded charm's: white wednesday

freckled laundry's: air your laundry friday

common ground's: vintage inspiration

french country cottage's: feathered nest friday

romantic home's: show and tell friday

here's to creating pretties, inpsired by the sea!

...lovely laundry

...hello my dears!

i can't believe that summer is almost half over

i start to panic when i see the school supplies appearing on the shelves 

and i'm thinking,

noooo!!

w-a-i-t

i'm just getting into the groove of these lazy, hazy days!

and before you've even gotten around to your pink lemonade slushy

it's fall!!

as i imagine you are all

 SICK

of hearing about my drama

(ME TOO!!)

i thought i'd share a light an airy post today

hahahha

one H~O~T day last week,

i stopped into Target to get my mind off stuffs

and to see what was new

as i hadn't been there for a while

as i was walking back to the yoga ware

(gotta have cute comfiness when pretzel bending!)

 these summertime beachy shorts called out to me instead

yep ~

they called out my name

hey,

hey Rosemary

look at us over here!

as i said,

it was melty HOT

and i may have been delirious

anyhoo,

there were only two lonely pairs dangling there

a white pair

and a stonewashed denim pair

the white pair happened to be my size

(that never happens!) 

((lucky me!!))

i tried them on

and said yes please!

sorry yoga ware,

summer cuteness wins the day 

they were soooo comfy

lightweight and double stretch

perfect for summertime

i searched all the other Target's in my area

to find the blue denim one too

 only to find that they were such a hot item

they were mostly sold out everywhere

but that didn't stop me

i went on line and ordered them!!

now girls

denim never goes out of style

and i'm pretty sure cutoffs have been around for awhile too

and since lace is where it's at for me

ah hello

it's a no brainer here

give me one in every color you have please!

if this is something you'd like too

here's the Target link:

http://www.target.com/p/mossimo-supply-co-juniors-short-assorted-colors/-/A-14093376#?lnk=sc_qi_detaillink

they wash fabulous

fit true to size

and look pretty darn lovely on the laundry line too!

and no worries on ordering them online

if you get them and don't love 'em

simply return them to any Target store for a full refund

easy peasy!

here's the kickers i bought to go with em'

they're pretty darn cute and

believe it or not

comfy too!

it's summertime

we're girls

be happy!!

sorry

no link for the lace up sandals

they were a clearance item from V.S.

a bit of a random post i know,

but

there you are

you just never know what's going on in the land of odds

lol!

sharing this with

faded charm's: white wednesday

here's to lovely laundry!

xoxo

~ message in a bottle ~

...hello my dears

do you find that sometimes in life,

you feel shipwrecked?

 by that i mean ~

you have lost your footing

and things appear so upside down,

you feel as though you have awakened

on some deserted island somewhere...

which wouldn't be bad if J.D. were stranded there too

hee-hee!!!

(OH!)

((and WHO may J.D. be? you are wondering?!))

ahhhh...

JOHNNY DEPP

of course!!

(((i know, i know)))

yah, right!

anyhoo

back on that desert island thought...

 

here you are,

making the best of it,

gathering your sticks to build your beach shack,

and a sand storm blows outta nowhere and

BURIES

you

 

 

darn!

and those were pretty sticks too:)

FINE!

no problem you say

as you brush the sand off

and dig your heels in deeper.

 i'll look for a cave of shells instead...

not quite what you had envisioned

but you can make this work!!

after a long spell of shell cave hunting,

you close one eye for a bit of rest

(you know those starfish are carnivores ~ RIGHT?!?)

as you gaze up to those vultures circling above

 your thinking to yourself,

"self ~ how in the h-e-double-toothpicks did this all happen??)  

self doesn't say nothin'!

self!

SELF!
~ are you listing?!

nope!

~ but listen closely my dears ~

HE is!!

 one random day

you catch a glimpse of a bottle floating towards you

~ glee ~

perhaps a friend sent a "message in a bottle" to your floating island...

(them "c.i.a.gulls" know too much!!)

 

and there is no mistaking it.

a gift from a dear friend

has a message

L-O-U-D and clear...

 

 

your singed eyebrows furrow with disbelief

as a salty tear rolls down your sand stained face

you watch the clouds roll away

 as the SON shines down upon your greasy hair

(who knew travel size shampoos really ARE useful!!)

...grant it

you are still on that island ...

but you know that HE loves you

and He's got your back...

 

 

thank you my sweet friend,

for a most lovely mermaid's purse!

the fairies embellished it a wee bit :)

sharing this fairytale with

faded charm's: white wednesday

here's to those messages in a bottle!