You Never Know What You Will See at the Beach : part 2

More fun pictures from the beach!

Pick your poison! ;)

Go Fly A Kite!

I know I said I was going to share things other than waves & sand

but this was too gorgeous not to share.

This is unedited beauty.  Thanks be to God!

This picture of striped towels, hanging on the rail of this beautiful beach house

conjured all kinds of ideas for a novel, a poem, a blog post, a postcard

...it was just pretty

Lots of seaweed on this trip, but it was pretty like this.

Whatever was inside the shell looking things at the end were still alive

A Dove from a Sand Dollar

No, we didn't do surgery although this looks pretty gorey. 

This is a Portuguese Man Of War! 

Yes, it's as gross as it looks and I DID NOT touch it!

Under the canopy

Whatever critter was in this shell was still alive too

Needless to say, we didn't bring this one home.

Back from Vacation! {You Never Know What You Will See at the Beach : part 1}

Well, it was wonderful.  The weather perfect.  The food outstanding.  The company even better.  The Gracious Family enjoyed a much needed break from the regular routine.  It went by too quickly; as it always does...but it is good to be home.  As cliche' as it is, there's no place like home!  It was even good to do laundry in my own laundry room.  My bed and my shower ... PRIMO!

So, I know you've seen plenty of pretty pictures of sand & waves.  I share them most every year, but this year I decided to shake it up a bit.  One of the labels of my blog is "You Never Know What You Will See at the Beach"... and for good reason.  You just see things at the beach you that you don't see in my little tiny home town.

Here's just a bit of "extra-ordinary" we saw this past week!

Baseball practice in a small town on a Friday afternoon in April

The Bat Mobile {?}

Priorities, People!  BAIT listed first, even before food

It was Superhero Week :: We also saw Superman!

The Full Moon.

I wish I were a better photographer because it was gorgeous!

Playing with the exposure on my camera with that beautiful full moon

This must have been a Girls Week at the beach.

There were about 10 of them total. And the water wasn't THAT cold.

Beach Volleyball, anyone?

This little boat faired much better than The Minnow

Beautiful Dog

It's Official!

I'm on VACATION!

• The Etsy shop will remain open for your shopping convenience while I'm out
• Orders placed now thru April 24 will go into production the week of April 25
• Convos will be checked periodically, but replies may take a bit longer than usual so that I may enjoy the time off with my family
• All Easter Baskets and other orders received before April 11 have been completed & shipped
• Some items {including wallets, mini wallets & organizer bins that aren't ready-to-ship} have been temporarily removed from the Etsy shop to allow time to complete pending orders before vacation.  These items will be reactivated soon.  Thanks for your patience!

Wordless Wednesday : sand

Spring Break in Sew Gracious-ville

Finally . . . almost . . . SPRING BREAK!





but there is still work to be done! 

Spring Break coincides with Easter for us this year.  That creates some challenges for things in the ol' SG Etsy Shop.  This has been the biggest year yet for SG Easter Baskets.  I'm happy, I'm blessed and I'm sewing like crazy!  :) 

I have established a work schedule to accomodate orders, but still have time to get ready for vacation. It's hard to get all of the details in the shop announcements at Etsy so I wanted to explain things here. 

• April 11-24 : Orders placed during this time will go into production the week of April 25
• All Easter Baskets & Organizer Bins currently listed in the shop are READY TO SHIP and can be mailed until April 14
• Easter Baskets ordered before April 3 will ship by April 14
• Some items {including wallets and organizer bins} have been temporarily removed from the shop to allow time to finish pending Easter Basket orders before spring break.  These items will be activated in the shop around April 15
• April 15-24 : The Etsy shop will remain open for your shopping convenience, I will check convos but not as often as usual.  No orders will be in production and no shipments will be made.

If you have questions about a pending order, please contact me via Etsy.


Have you had your Spring Break yet?  What did you do?

Wordless Wednesday : Fly Away Home

Beach Wedding

You just never know what you may see on the beach.

During our recent vacation, we were "guests" at a wedding.

We weren't invited, but I don't think the bride minded. :)

We decided to stay on the beach late that day; to watch the sunset.
It was quiet & almost deserted.

P E R F E C T!

Then we saw some guys in white shirts & khakis walk out on the beach;
followed by a photographer.

I knew what was to follow.

There was a small group of family & friends

 . . .  an us in our beach chairs about 20 yards down the beach.

She was beautiful.

The service was beautiful & simple.

That's the way to go.

It was very sentimental for me.

This wedding took place just a couple of miles down the same beach
where Sew Daddy & I got married almost 15 years ago.

I remembered how I felt 15 years ago.

Getting married on the beach is nice & you can't beat the pictures. :)

I don't know who this happy couple is, but I wish them MUCH happiness!
Thanks for letting us be The Wedding Crashers {from afar}