Mosaic Mirrored Cottage Table Upcycle

Someone threw out the bamboo base for this little cottage table. It must have had a glass top at one time. I knew we would become something together. :)












Together with the base and four of these squares, I recreated a new table .(I had found these squares in a storage unit auction that my son had bought and they were sitting around waiting to be helpful.)

Now back about a month or so ago I had read a blog by Joy Maier and it inspried me to get out my broken glass that I had specifically put aside for a mosaic. Joy had finished a dresser with  mosaic mirrored front draws. Suddenly I knew what my new project was to be. Thx +Joy Maier 

Link to Joy's Blog below The Aspiring Home 

http://www.theaspiringhome.com/nightstand-makeover/

Before

After 

Paint, mirror , grout ,wax done!

Thx for stopping in to check out what I have been up to at CB 

Michele Michael

Driftwood Garden Climber / Event Photo Station

Several years ago we built a driftwood climber for my blue morning glories and for the moon flowers that were an unexpected surprise gift from my daughter.

 That's where the idea for the beach wedding backdrop came from.  Voila

 

Interesting that when I made the garden structure I had no idea two years later I would be sharing studio space with wedding floral designers in Myrtle Beach .Can you say Beach Wedding?

So what I love is that we rent this piece as a backdrop for the bride and groom, sweet sixteens, over the hill birthdays etc and for family photos but the other option is that you can order this piece for $200 or so , for any event and then have florals added for your event (that is an extra charge) and then you can take it home for your garden. 
What a great gift idea.  I would have loved if someone bought this for me as a party gift that then went home to the garden. Talk about the ultimate wedding centerpiece take home.

Just a bit more creation for your day. 

Namaste
Been doing the Deepak /Oprah meditations
Michele
Coastal Bohemian

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Pluff Mud Cold Salad

Pluff Mud Cold Salad -Yes you can eat it warm also.

Ingredients
2 cups cooked Lentils
1.5 lemons juiced
1/2 small onion diced
1 small bunch of parsley chopped
large handful of spinach chopped small like an herb
4 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup chopped Walnuts
6 oz feta cheese

I recently moved to SC and became familiar with Pluff Mud, a mud that can be found along the tidal waterways when the tides go out. Read more about Pluff Mud here.       http://pluffmudperspectives.blogspot.com/p/why-pluff-mud.html Coincidentally, I'm reading a novel  about the SC coastline and Pluff Mud is mentioned and described often . Additionally, my friend Jake sells Pluff Mud T-shirts in his gift shop at Everything Under the Sun. The shirts are a driftwood color shirt dyed by the Pluff Mud. Basically, a stained dirty shirt. LOL. So with that on the brain,  as I look at the lentils being added to the salad, I think...Pluff Mud Salad. And so shall it be. Respect to the Pluff Mudd. 


Toss all the ingredients together and add the Feta cheese last for the final and gentle toss. Serve cold or warm out of a microwave .
I make a tabouli salad and this is in the spirit of a tabouli salad.
Why not add some cooked chicken and toss it in a wrap. This is one of my summer Sunday salads. Make it on Sunday for the week , take it to work, great side dish pairs well cold or warm.


Hope you enjoy this healthy recipe. 
Michele 

Upcycled heart decor.

My bf brought home a supply of corks he had picked up from a garage sale. It's actually really cute because he figures I'll get around to making something with it. He has faith in his challenging me.

I had them around the studio for about three months before I dumped them on the work table ready to challenge my brain  . My mushy side started to make a heart or maybe my love of wine was shining through.

 I decoupaged  an old scrap of wallpaper.

Then decoupage some old sheet music.

It's a fairly large piece at about 8" L x 5" W and would make a sizable gift . I'm imaging a wreath for the holidays or a christmas tree made to coordinate with your presents or to coordinate with your existing home decor wallpaper. 

Just a silly Bohemian playing with her supplies.

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Michele 

Coastal Bohemian 

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A Coastal Bohemian drawn to Jetty Park- Fort Pierce, Florida

On a road trip to visit my friend in Florida who lives near an island I wanted to explore a little more called Hutchinson Island, I happened upon Jetty Park at Hutchinson Island , which is  a long strip of barrier beach  across from Fort Pierce and Port St Lucie , FL. and I came into it at the Fort Pierce end of the island.
As you come over the bridge onto the island , there is a slender strip of white rocky beach where all the locals are out and about enjoying the sun and the pretty blue water of the bay. As you move along the island you move toward the inlet where I came to know Jetty Park. named this because of the jetties at the inlet.

This park was set with various gazebos  and outdoor swings for couples, people were fishing and kite boarding , the waves were roaring and everything about this park was a big sunny welcome to Florida .Across the parking lot was a small group of stores... maybe three and an outdoor bar and restaurant on the ocean. It looked like a quiet spot to take a relaxing drink and enjoy the day. It was a bright and breezy day and the perfect setting for stealing away a while.

What was most remarkable to me was the mosaics in the park. Every bench was a mosaic work of art and each one was a variety of local fish. There must have been 15 or so benches in the park that this artist had designed.

https://www.google.com/maps/search/jetty+park+fort+pierce/@27.4774001,-80.320826,14z/data=!3m1!4b1


I highly recommend a stop at Jetty Park when you are in the area . Visiting the mosaics outdoors is like being in an outdoor gallery with lovely sea salt kissed breezes. Who can resist that.
Michele- your friendly, neighborhood, Coastal Bohemian.

French themed convertible desk/dressing table with draws

Back in the spring I came home to NY and decided to work on a piece of furniture. Interesting that even when I get away ,I still am drawn to the fresh canvas of old furniture, that  blank palette to imagine a new  up-cycled treasure.

And so when my daughter decided to throw away an old dresser/changing table, I got to workin'.

This was actually an old changing table that had the height of a piece that made me think of  bar stools and so I see it as a work desk first but maybe even a vanity with a high stool and a mirror above.
Either way I'm happy with the results.

The piece started out with a black base from my daughter, the goth queen. I used the only paint I had around the house...because you know I didn't plan this and I couldn't wait to get to painting.


After I added the blush to the top and sanded it down to get my shabby on, I still was NOT happy with the look.

I had recently been playing around with some new downloads of french letters that I had downloaded at www.graphicsfairy.com and decided I was going french on this.

The results I love and the decoupage is stunningly engaging. I go all soft inside when I open up the top to reveal all the interconnected pics.

In the end I donated the piece to someone who just just moved her family to a new home, This went to her daughter's room.

Thanks for taking a look . Keep on painting.

 I know this is blurry but I was really struggling to get a shot here . Just wated to show you the way it opened.

Michele Michael 

Coastalbohemian@gmail.com