Happy Halloweeeeeeeeen!!

Scenes a la Coastal Nest....

We will not be doing much of the Trick-or-Treat tonight, as the kids are just on the mend from the flu...

Hope you celebrate in the best goulish fashion!

Happy Halloweeeeen!

Halloween

There is this kind of scary..Awesome to look at and fun..A full moon on a dark dark night, lost in the middle of nowhere, because your boyfriend forgot to fill up the gasssss. Scary..

Then, there is always the crazy girl with the big knife scary, shiverrrrrrr..


My most un-savory scary..( ~~~I cant even look at it~~~ )
remember Steven Kings "the thing." lord almighty.

Then..THEN.

THEN
there is this kinda scary.

READER, please tell me what this mother is doing with all these babies?
~this is something else. Maybe she will steal away balloon boys daddy and have a REAL family..

Sorry. Too snarky?

my perfectly biased opinion....

If these arent some of the cutest faces...
well......

I think you just might be a little crazy...

the loves of my life..

Thanks Molly!!

Cutie Patooties...

I loved these I found scurried away into the old "my pictures" folder..

Not much else to report on around here, I have been

Busy busy busy...

Whose your fave in either picture...

Me, #3 in the bottom photo.

Have a great day!

Lets go for a dig!

We love Fall, when the weather turns crisp and cold and the leaves on the trees change and fall to the ground.

It means using that awesome leaf blower and vintage rake that get the job done so neatly and properly..

BUT...it also means quite a bit more to coastal people around here..

Clam Digging!!!!

The tides are set, this weekend calls for 3 nightly digs Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Our Coastal Nest Cottage is rented (thank you!) but that wont stop this family from trekking out to our favorite beach to get our dig on..

We will be here, on this gorgeous stretch of beach we call our own.

On some days, it looks just like this.. But mostly, in the winter, and especially when they decided to allow clam digging, it looks something like this..



You can see it Here
which is a very bad and totally lowsey representation of how to dig clams, but the ONLY video I have..Plus, its kinda funny to see my sappy self on tape and my drown husband get skunked, (because he is very much a professional clam digger...)
Heaven help us..I will take the old camera this weekend too, and will report back.

wish us luck!

Get your dig on, people~!

Ive got sunshine..on a cloudy day

I guess, you'd say..what can make me feel this way?

my girl!

Darryl Renee, Homecoming 2009

<3

If you really can EVEN believe this...

Coastal Living Magazine has contacted the now 44 year old Coastal Nest gal to do a review of their October issue. Yes, girls..I nearly fell off my seat. Okay, I DID fall off my seat.

I love this magazine, I always have. I think I have nearly every issue. It will be hard to be objective..

There actually will be no way.

~

There is some gorgeous photos of lighthouses in...

In the article, America's Spookiest Lighthouse The spirit of a mourning mother haunts Heceta Head, a 115-year-old light station on the windswept Oregon Coast. Some say the ghost, called The Gray Lady, searches for her infant daughter, who tumbled from the 200-foot cliffs to her death. Sad and beautiful just the same. Steve have been to this magnificent place, we traveled here with our infant son many summers ago. Yachats Oregon is a darling little town.There are 5 other wonderful haunts..Find one near you--if you dare!

In the wonderful spirit of Coastal Living magazine, writer Melissa Bigner describes what it takes for a....

A Cure for the Common Condo

This was a real treat to read, the ever so stylish stylist, Ms. Heather Chadduck (my fave) had her hand in this beautiful space. The photography of Dominique Vorillon is fantastic capturing the uniqueness of this charming Pointe Vedra Beach, Florida project. Phoebe Howard did a magnificent job using a brown palette in her re working of this most excellent space.

I absolutely crave the use of all the texture in this condominium. Its an outstanding take on a very easy decorating trick. Infusing life into a small room by combining a variety of textile patterns in similar tones.

An extra added bonus!

I have this very same coffee table and a side table to match at my shop..contact me, if you are interested.

Then there is the wonderful
2009 Idea Cottage
hundreds of ideas are nestled in this darling little cottage in South Carolina.
My favorite, you ask...its the courtyard.
here



Last but CERTAINLY not least, is the darling
Spirited beach bash
They are celebrating Halloween not so far from my Coastal Nest
in Gig Harbor, are the Hosts David and Christine Rothenberg.
It looks like a fun party for the young and young at heart.

If you haven't seen Coastal Living lately, go find one at a store near you.

You'll thank me for it.

If you'd like to read another review..

My girl Maya over at Completely Coastal is a reviewer and so is..

Simone! at Beach Vintage..

thank you so much Coastal Living for this awesome opportunity!

Lisa

Coastal Nest

A day in the life...

Yep, its my Birthday today....
OUCH!!!

Funny thing is, I don't feel like I am 44.

So, say something nice to me today.

Leave me a cheery birthday greeting...you know, to make my day..

The cutest one is going to get a sweet little birthday present just from me, you know.

Because I am sweet like that..

Then while you at it, and wanting to please the birthday girl, why don't you be a follower of Coastal Nest...I'm nearing the 100 mark,98, to be exact... and really- that's a birthday gift that you don't even have to go to the mall for!

Yeeeee Hawww

Happy Birthday, self!

your awesome:)

Seasons Change.....

Well, I think we all knew that it was coming. Maybe a little denial was setting into my brain, I didnt want to accept it. It happened anyway.

This morning.

She crepped in while we were all cozy in our little comfortable beds, skirted under the doors and through the old leaded glass windows that I love so much..

Im talking about the Autumn chill.

BRRRRRRR~
Its baaaa-aaack!