Hello Hollywood!

Remember that news I was hinting at in yesterdays post?  Well, I just packed up a tidy little box headed for Hollywood, California.  It is going to the set dresser for the Showtime show Weeds!  They found me through one of my online affiliates, Cottage & Bungalow. Who knows what will become of my little seaside treasures and what they will use them for on the set, but all I know is the package HAD to be there for this coming weekend. Anyway, they requested my sea glass sun catchers, my glitter starfish ornaments and my popular beach sand letters:

So, all you Showtime and Weeds fans out there, be on the lookout for my seaside goodies when season 4 of Weeds begins on June 16th...Oh, and please let me know if you see them!

Color Stripes

You have to check out a new favorite blog of mine.  It's called Kris's Color Stripes.  It's a very clever concept and really makes you SEE what you are looking at.  Check it out for some color inspiration.

Have some cool business related news to share...but it'll have to wait till tomorrow!  

Happy Birthday to Sue!

In honor of my friend Sue's birthday, please visit her super funny blog here.  She has such a keen and witty take on life on the Cape and insights into her own life.  She is a fantastic photographer as well....her things are available here to purchase.  She is also someone behind the organization  Women Of Fishing Families (or WOFF).  WOFF is a group of women in Chatham that have some sort of tie to the fishing communities.  They fundraise for fishing families in need and educate others on the fishing industry.  Come support them at the Chatham Maritime Festival on Saturday, May 10th, Noon till 10pm.  There will be lots of local, fresh seafood to eat, cool local crafts to buy and live entertainment.  All proceeds support the fishing communities and families, so come on out to the Cape for some early May fun!

Just beautiful!

In need of some pretty, fantastic and pretty fantastic jewelry?  My sweet friend Kim has such an amazing eye for color, texture and pattern, and does pretty amazing wire work and beaded jewelry.  I especially love this fishy necklace...so pretty!!
And this stunner:

Check out all of her other beautiful jewels here.  You won't be disappointed!!  

Back to reality...

Tanned, refreshed, relaxed and ready to tackle the busy time ahead! Our trip to Florida was great...the kids had fun, the adults had fun...couldn't be better!  

Now, back to reality....

Spring here on the Cape is crazy...all the local businesses are gearing up for the summer season, painting, refurbishing, updating, stocking and making plans.  I too am in that mode, creating the new products and updating and printing my new catalog and filling some wholesale orders too. Like this batch of our famous Sea Glass Soaps...off to a sunny, warm, tropical locale:

This basket is awaiting some labels but they will look like this when they are done:

Our Sea Glass Soaps are one of those products that people just love and keep coming back for more.  We've been making these since the early beginnings of Seaside Designs in 1999, and they have just gotten better over the years.  You have to see and smell these in person...they really look like little pieces of sea glass.  They smell super-fantastic too....like the seaside.  Check out the shop if you would like some for yourself....or look on our website for a store near you.

Happiest place on Earth?

Yup, we are doing it...a trip to Orlando!  I'm not a huge fan of the actual Magic Kingdom, but it's for the girls and they will love it, therefore, I will love it!  I'm actually really looking forward to going to Seaworld, The Animal Kingdom and Universal Studios the most, but I'm REALLY  longing for a day or two just being lazy by the pool watching the girls swim and splash around like mermaids.  We will be gone for a week, not great timing because I'm still trying to get the new lines and catalog released for the spring, but maybe it'll give me some warm weather inspiration...I'm really sick and tired of the 35 degree pelting rain we've been having!  When we return I will have all kinds of goodies to show you...jewelry, fragance and stationery...oh my!  Wait, that's the Wizard of Oz, not Disney.  See, I'm already confused!  Have a great week everyone!

Hmmm...

A new little project I'm working on.  This ginormous clothespin (4 1/2" X 1") is hand-painted and then I overlaid it with my little fish paper that I designed.  I then put a fair amount of varnish on it to create a subtle sheen.  This can be used to hold a photo, hold together documents or maybe I'll attach a magnet to the back and it could be perfect for the fridge.  Hmmm.....I'll have to see where this project will go from here.

Playground

I strongly feel that one should embrace the community that they live in and support any and all projects that they can.  My pet project in addition to my design company and the restaurant is a community playground in my town of Truro, Massachusetts.  About two years ago a town selectman, Curtis Hartman, and I got to talking about what our town needs and I felt that it really needed a playground.  So, fast-forward a couple of years and here we are elbows deep in planning an amazing playground for our town.  Yesterday was "design day" when a designer from Leathers & Associates, came to our little town to gather all the ideas about ideal playgrounds from the children of the community.  He then took their ideas and drafted a design on the spot with our location and budget in mind.  We concluded the day with a party to celebrate the design and we look forward to the community building of the playground in October.  We have an amazing group of people backing this project and I feel honored to be a part of it.