How {where} I spent my summer vacation...

Even though we live right smack dab in hands down one of the best beach towns in {my opinion} the world, we do like to escape to our own personal nirvana over at my parents home and enjoy their salt pool...it's heaven! The girls and I escape over there at least a few times a week and enjoy not only swimming but my parents beautiful home and yard as well.
I took the opportunity the other day to do a little photo shoot with my girls. I just got the new Jcrew kids catalog and the front cover had these two girls with their hair braided together. So I tried it with them...
Pretty neat, huh? My girls are ALL hair:
Picture washing, brushing and taming THAT everyday! But it's gorgeous and I could NEVER cut it off...I think my husband would physically be in pain if his girls did not have long, flowing mermaid hair. I'm desperately trying to grown mine back out after a shoulder length bob...my hair is just like theirs when it's long, so I was thinkin' I was being smart cutting it shorter in order to tame it, but all I got was the dreaded puffy piramid head. It's getting there...I have about 5 more inches to go to catch up with them
Since my parents are wine enthusiasts (read: wine freaks), they of course grow grapes...
This odd fellow is tucked under one of the grape trellises. Then there's Easter Island Man settled in over by the picnic area...my girls like to talk to him...
We love it at Oma and Opas!

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!