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Beach Cottages, Driftwood, Glitter & Lovehearts

 

Morning!  Well it's morning here anyway.  I hear from the Old Country it is very cold, there is snow, freezing temps and trains have been stuck in the tunnel to France.  

Well you'll be pleased to know it is not like that here.  It is another lovely day in Aus, though there is a strong coastal breeze here today, hence washing machine is going ninety to the dozen. 

 
 

We have had an enjoyable weekend, Santa came to the beach on Sunday morning, rowed in by a crew of reindeer girls in bikinis and adorned with tinsel and yep I took some photos and video, hoping to get that uploaded soon....cos if you, like me before, have never seen anything like that, I can only imagine that you would be astounded by this Christmas tradition Down Under. 

  

Saturday I spent most of the day cooking and pottering around at the cottage, we had lovely friends over for Christmas Dinner...turkey, roast potatoes, mash, bread sauce, beans (sadly no Brussel Sprouts could be found, or for that matter parsnips either), followed by a wonderful Ice Cream Lasagne Cake...let me just say that calorific intake for this evening was not low...

 

Anyway during that pottering, table laying with Little Mr BC and general fussing I came across a leftover pile of the driftwood, brought back from the beach by those boys and a forgotten box of baubles from that infamous bauble buying trip  and thought they really would be quite a nice combo - driftwood and glitter seems to be a bit of a theme around here lately. 

 

The Glass works to show off the au natrel of the wood to the full...but really this project this was little more than plonking the branches in and tieing the glittery lovehearts on...you already know that's my kinda decorating ;-)

 

See you next time, I hope you are not running around too headless chickeny...I am trying to stay focused on the simple things...

tonight we are going on the annual Beach Cottage Light Viewing Tour...nothing nicer than viewing streets choc full of Christmas lights on a balmy summers night....

 

 

 

 find more Beach Cottage Christmas Beach Stuff here, 

piles of driftwood and beachcombing finds here, 

other au natrel, shop the house decor here, 

blogged for BNOTP, thanks Susan

 

Vintage Door, Beach Cottage Wreath & Fighting for Christmas Baubles

 

I like this wreath.  

I like the silveriness and the whiteness.  

I like the fluffiness and sphereness.  

I like the hint of tinseliness. 

You know what I like the most? 

The priceiness.

  

Very modern I know but a bit of juxtaposition works and is needed sometimes in tatty old beach cottages on the wrong side of town

 (you can click on the pictures to see them enlarged)

 

 

When I was here dangling in the delight of Christmas Budget Nordic style I didn't really know what to choose first.  With bored males around too, it was a task not for the faint of heart. 

There was (and probably still is if you are quick) a whole range of this white and silvery stuff, right up my alley and ready to come home with me straight away. 

And right in the middle of this whole glittery Christmas department was a huge pile of the loveliest largest baubles, silver with white polka dots.  Lovely, just lovely and I thought I'd buy a few and hang them outside...the deck or the porch or perhaps even from a tree. 

Something else then caught my eye and I turned my back.  Five minutes or so later I got back to the baubles and to my utter horror saw two young girls piling the last one into their full-up-with-the-silver-baubles trolleys.  

I stood there with my jaw dropped, these two girls had just scooped up the whole inventory.  

Every single one was gone.  

Next to me was another gobstruck bauble-needing gal, looking, like me, with daggers at these two...I turned to her and said that perhaps if one of us made a commotion the other one could swiftly delve into one of their trolleys and steal a few away. 

She laughed, but it was a kinda grim laugh and told me of her plans to hang them in differing lengths from her verandah. 

We stood there deliberating but truly there was nothing we could do. 

Moral of the story:  Apply snatch and grab vintage treasure hunting skills to all areas of life. 

 

 

So, should you be on your pilgrimage to IKEA and see those large balls ;-), firstly get them in your trolley posthaste and secondly throw in a few more for me.  

I'd love to get my hands on some :-) to hang around and about outside...

See you all soon, I hope you enjoy the weekend's festivities, I hear Santa's coming down the beach on Sunday...

 

( bauble in question:  Kotte   IKEA  $7.99 )

 

 

 

 

 

(the story of us finding the old vintage door - that everyone seems to comment on - from the side of the road and turning it into a chalkboard is here)

blogged for The Inspired Room's Event

oh and go and see a sparkly cottagey starfish here...