We visited the actual Boone Docks.

We found a small town off I95 in Georgia named Darien. Billboards showed big commercial shrimp boats and so we took a ride over to find them..

As we pulled into town we saw a bunch of shrimp boats and followed the road around to find our way in to visit these monsters.

We finally came to Boone Dock Rd and at the end of the rd was Boone dock, Boone Seafood. We found the actual Boone docks. I laughed so hard.

Just a silly little thing I wanted to put out there to make you laugh.

Michele

Shabby Chic Ladder Back Chair

I'm addicted to furniture, especially with the potential for a new design. 
I found this solid oak ladder back chair. How could I pass it up?

I used a sea glass blue chalk paint and then I applied a few water slide decal prints in a french typography style from a great site for free graphics, thegraphicsfairy.com

The seat is woven with burlap and linen along with some blue ,grey and brown plaid fabric that I tied at alternating sides.The combination is darling and I'm not sure how I will part with this piece. 

Thanks for stopping in to see what I have been working on this week. 

Michele 

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Lovingly Reimagined Butterfly Shelves

 Set of two shelves sparkle with a loving dose of reimagining.

For me, the creative process involves quite a bit of dramatic pause. By this I mean, I start something and then it can be some time before I get to the finished product. Projects in various stages of development pile up around me and then I know it's time to finish up and get things out to the shop for sale.

These shelves were a plain flat white and they were screaming to be reinvented , reloved ...reimagined.
When I get like this I sit around and pour over the internet for some inspiration . Often times just the concept of someone elses project can inspire some spark in me to get back into finishing projects. 

(I originally thought this was going to be covered in seashells.)

Over the weekend ,I did some marathon youtubing. Is that like googling?

Among the many I watched 
https://www.facebook.com/UpcycleWithDecoupage
https://www.youtube.com/user/patioelf
 +Upcyclingwithdecoupage made me in the mood to create this piece.
Big thanks to Patti Elhoff for contuniung to create and inspire. Just what I needed.

Hope you enjoy these shelves. See more about Coastal Bohemian at Facebook and Pinterest.


Michele 

Coastal Carrots -Cherry Pistachio Roasted Carrots

 It's the perfect time to send out our new roasted carrot recipe. 

Cherry Pistachio Roasted Carrots

Bunch of carrots peeled, washed ,cleaned and dried

2 tbsp olive oil

1/4 cup unsalted shelled pistachios 

(We love the ones from Trader Joe's)

1/4 cup dried cherries

salt and pepper

Set the oven to 450 degrees . Lay your carrots in a baking sheet , drizzle with olive oil, roll the carrots around to coat with oil, add salt and pepper to season and roast for 15-20 minutes.Shake the pan around a bit half way to turn the carrots. When  golden brown, sprinkle the nuts and cherries onto the carrots and let them warm and roast for 1-2 minutes . Done .

Try substituting  pistachio oil for the olive oil for a different taste.

These are also great leftover and cold. Perfect spring dish.

Hope you try this simple recipe and love it as much as we do.

Happy Holidays to all.

Floating Plastic Bottle Island is a real Coastal Bohemian

I often ask myself ...What is a Coastal Bohemian? This is definitely one definition. I love this guy and this video and this island and his seashell sinks, seahshell showers and  seashell faucets .... He is brilliant . And I want to stay on this island . It has officially been added to my bucket list.


I love when he pulls the island in to him like he was pulling a boat over to jump inside.


I hope you enjoy.

Michele

Celebrate the Opening of Coastal Bohemian Boutique

 As of March 1st Coastal bohemian has opened a small boutique in Myrtle Beach, SC. To be more precise the boutique is in The Best of Everything in Little River , SC. Stopdown and see some of the art and talent at The Best of Everything and many other beautiful finds from the other shops. Here's a link to The Best of Everything for address , directions and hours.

Whale Table - Ink Sealer Trick for Decoupage

Here's a new piece of furniture that grew slowly into a story piece.A furniture art story piece.

 Most of the time I never know what a piece will become  by the time I feel it's completed. I started out with the shabby blue chalk paint and then sat around a bit  until I saw this whale image at www.graphicsfairy.com +graphicsfairy. I knew the whale would take me further so after a while I had this old scroll or map idea in my head and came up with the idea of creating a whaling company.

My name is Michele and my fiance is Jason and together I created Jaselle, it's also the name of our kitchen.  It's fun and a recurring theme and I'm pretty sure Jason could care less, however I think it's sweet.

 Anyway, I designed some lettering and cut out the whale and the lettering that had been printed on ordinary printing paper. (I bring this up for a reason. ) Using Fiddes Dark Waxes and a chip brush I applied a quick coat of wax to the top of my paper images. As soon as you do this you'll need to remove the excess wax with a soft lint free cloth and then buff it. Yes , you are buffing the paper. Next you apply Flat Finish Mod Podge to the images and apply them to the piece of furniture. Here's the thing , as soon as I did this the ink should have started to bleed, this was printed on an inkjet printer which will allow your ink to bleed from the prints when you try to decoupage. Ah but here's the thing, my images were sealed, waxed and buffed, essentially SEALED. I had inadvertently discovered a great trick . Traditionally when I have specialty images I want to apply to pieces I need to have them printed at the printer or OfficeMax, (think more costly), where they use Laser printers that use toner for printing and toner won't smear the ink when I decoupage.
I used an ink pad and a scroll stamp to add some detail to the corners. I finish off the piece by adding some rope around the legs for a more nautical effect.

It a great little entryway piece, it's whimsical and sets the mood for the condo by the beach.

Here's my newest video to show you more.




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With love and gratitude
Michele
Coastal Bohemian
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