Beach House Bliss Etsy Shop Is Officially Open !!!

Happy Monday ! I am so excited to say my etsy shop is officially open. I have been toying with the idea of a etsy shop for awhile and finally had the time to do it. My dream is to one day have a little shop or possibly an online shop with my sister. I guess this is the first step in that direction. I know etsy is small and there are a lot of other fish in the sea but... you have to start somewhere right? I am a ok with doing just that to start. I have so many ideas for things to put in my little beachy themed shop. So any who stop on over and check out Beach House Bliss I don't have much listed yet but these things take time! I will have photo cards, matted photography, vintage photo windows,  driftwood frames, citronella wine bottles with chalkboard messages and other beachy items. So take a peek and let me know what you think.

xoxo
Sherry ~



Follow your heart and make your dreams come true!

Cottage L*O*V*E and All things Old Town Bluffton SC

Hello and happy tuesday! I thought I would pop in and say hello... it's been awhile. I am so grateful I had the oppotunity to visit my sister and just simply rest my body and spirit. My days are started with coffee and breakfast out on the patio with a little bird watching, ok a lot of bird watching it is a birders paradise here! Sometimes I start my day with riding my bike to this adorable little eatery called the cottage. I just love it. Who doesn't love a little cottage eatery, it actually used to be a private residence which has been restored and turned into a fabulous little restaraunt with the most amazing food.




And how cute is the little seating area a happy little garden space which by the way is dog friendly :-)

  




All of these little places are located in the historic old town bluffton sc. I absolutely love it and I also love the fact that they have preserved all these old houses and have turned them into art galleries, eateries and even this adorable little wine bar. What more does a girl need??? I fell in love with Old Town the minute I laid eyes on it.

  







And how cute is this little outdoor bar it's called The Dispensary L*O*V*E it!

    





And if your heart so desires they even have a little B&B , just love the charm of the old south.

  




And if your heart fancies shopping , antiques or art they have that too...

  





Old town also has some amazing little secret cottages. I had so much fun just riding my bike around town dreaming and taking photos of the town and all it's southern charm. I had the most amazing day and I was all by myself, I don't often do that but I had the opportunity to spend the day with myself and my thoughts, it was a very GOOD day.

  



I came across this adorable old school cottage... I could so live there, my dream cottage would have turquosie shutters and a tin roof that will patina by the elements.

 




But then I could also live in this new school cottage too! Maybe a mix between old and new??? either way this girl does not need much to be happy just a simple little cottage with some trees to hang my hammock.

  



Another little secret cottage

 

on the banks of the may river bluffton, now this would be fabulous too... so many choices 





One last little place I found along my ride

  

Did someone say VINO??? after all that riding around it was time to have a little glass and reflect on my days discoveries and dreams.  





Last stop The Oyster factory on the may river, hope you enjoyed the little tour of old town bluffton, I enjoyed giving it. Have you found your little slice of paradise you can call our own??? I have! Hope you have an inspiring day... until next time

XOXO

S~

  Never ever ever give up on your DREAM!

Beach House Bliss Etsy Shop Coming Soon!

Hello and Happy Memorial day! I am in sheer bliss our weather here is simply perfect! nice and hot just how I like it. So I have been busy setting up an etsy shop, I have to say I am so excited! My shop will have a little bit of everything from beach photography, photo cards, Memo boards,and I have been working on sea glass belt buckles, still doing some tweaking on those but I am very close to getting them where I like them. I have been doing a lot of soul  searching and have come to realize I need a change in my life and I am heading in a new direction not exactly sure where I am going but I have to say I am making changes to make me HAPPY! I have been so inspired buy the beach, nature and all things organic it makes me super happy. I have really been listening to my heart and what makes ME happy.So I just wanted to pop in and let you all know that I am getting very close to opening my etsy shop. Do you like my shop banner? So please check back my shop will be open soon! Hope you have a great rest of your weekend. I am off to work on my shop.


remember to... relax, slow down and follow your own path to HAPPINESS.

S~

Sea Glass Belt Buckle

 Happy Sunday ! just wanted to pop in with a quick little post. We went for a beautiful bike ride this morning around a local lake in Michigan. On our ride we saw these cute little sail boats! that put a big smile on  my face. The first part  of our weekend was pretty crummy but today makes up for it. I was in sheer bliss on our ride around the lake. Birds were happily singing and people were all out buzzing  around their cute little cottages planting flowers and getting their boats ready for memorial day. I couldn't be happier today. What have you been up to on this beautiful pre summer day??? I have been really been inspired lately to be creative I feel like my juices are flowing... I have been learning the art of pmc clay and have really been enjoying. I recently made this seaglass belt buckle, I absolutely love how it turned out. I am working on some more to a. I have lots of ideas for more buckles so stay tuned. friend who is teaching me pmc has her own etsy so pop on over and take a peak shop she is a wonderful source of inspiration and her work is beautiful. Studio 422.

Well I am off to work on some more photo cards hope you all have a wonderful week. What has inspired you lately ???

Listen to your heart  follow your own path to happiness and always believe in yourself, You have a voice make it heard!

Beachy Photo Project

Yippee we finally had a day above 70 degrees! I was in sheer bliss today. Came home and made a yummy shrimp tofu salad and had dinner al fresco with my hubby tonight under the twinkle lighted arbor! I couldn't be HAPPIER. So we completely gutted our sunroom so naturally I needed to make it cute and beachy. So I made these super simple beachy framed letters.

Just take some beach inspired photos and buy some inexpensive wood frames and paint them white and scuff them up. It doesn't get any easier than that. I absolutely love how they turned out. I am working on the rest of the new beachy decor for the room, when I get it all finished I will post pics of the finished sunroom. I am so happy with my new beachy cottage sunroom. So this is me being dorky in my hammock I just love swaying in the hammock, it makes me dream of warm days on the ocean. I hope you have your own special place you can retreat to and dream and collect your thoughts... You have to follow your own path to happiness and find happiness in each and every day. I hope you have a good rest of your week. It looks like our weather is finally shaping up. I am off with a glass of vino heading back over to the hammock :-)

Springtime Happiness

Happy tuesday !!! So today was kind of dreary and cold and to be honest I just don't know how much more of this dreary weather my soul can take... I had an ok day nothing special just a ordinary day work day , kind of day where you sit at your job and look out the window and hope for a ray of sunshine a glimmer of warm summer days to come... so no sunshine here today I am sad to say. So when I got home I was happily greeted with these happy little lilacs and I thought to myself here is your sunshine today! You just have to find sunshine in all the beautiful things around YOU!

 

You know what else makes me happy? the ocean so when it's dreary here and I am feeling a little blue I just look at at all my happy beach pictures and I imagine myself on the ocean drifting along the beach collecting my thoughts! Voila I am instantly snapped out of my funk !

I hope you are having a good week. I am off to pour a glass of wine and relax by the chiminea with hopes of warm summer days to come... Until we meet again have a wonderful rest of the week. I have more little projects I am working on so I will post pics when they are done. So many ideas so little time, my creative juices have been a flowin!

The Art Of Pmc Clay

 Hello and Happy Wednesday all... I recently spent time with my Bestie in her art studio and she was happy to teach me the art of pmc clay. I just love being in her studio it's so inspiring when we get together in her studio we have so much fun bouncing ideas of each other. Our ideas just start flowing along with the vino hee hee, gotta have vino while getting busy creating. I have even more respect for handmade things than I already did before, wow a lot of time goes into making these bangles, not to mention the rising cost of silver. So here is a little recap of the process of making these little pretties... First you start of by rolling out your clay( pmc is precious metal clay) it's a process of firing the clay in a kiln and applying special material to the clay, amazing when you put your piece in the kiln it comes out as fine silver piece, now there are other steps in between but i won't bore you with all those other details. There is sanding the piece, polishing the piece etc... I also made the bangles (stef soldered them for me( which I am going to learn that next. I hammered each bangle and sanded and polished each one. I really enjoyed each process of making these bangles. I have some more ideas for my clay so stay tuned I will post those next! So here is a quick little step by step of the whole process, minus a few steps in between.
First step roll out your clay...

Punch out your pieces

Let your pieces dry

 Have a little glass of vino in between....

Friend and wonderful teacher

Finished beachy bangles I absolutely love how they turned out and I am proud to say I designed and crafted them myself!

“In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire” Ralph Waldo Emerson