~ Summer Decorating ~ Bringing the Ocean Home With Shells

Even though I have lived most of my life near the ocean, I've confessed before that shells have not often been a part of my decorating. Growing up here between the ocean and the gulf, I saw that people from the northern states who moved here mostly for retirement and lil' ol' ladies often had an abundance of shells or worse "shell crafts" in their homes. Sorry to say, that
made shells less appealing to me for decorating.

But when we went to the beach
we spent hours walking and picking up as many shells as we could carry in our beach buckets.  Always bringing a handful or two home with us. I have no idea what became of them after we got home. Hopefully they are still in the sand of a backyard somewhere.

Now as time as past, every once in a while when I'd like a reminder of my love for the water, I bring out some beautiful shells to enjoy for the summer, some old and some newer. The ones that I actually collected myself are all shades of gray, whites and beige that Sweet Hubby I found while walking for hours on a lovely beach vacation. I was collecting the colors for a bedroom redo. Which still hasn't been done. But I have the shells to remind me.

Happy Summer

See Y'all Soon~

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