The ART and Musings of ShellyRaeWood: beach

Monday, October 5

I'm back!!

Did you know I was gone?? LOL We have had guests from back home in Illinois for a week. We had a great time here for a few days then headed to the beach. I'll share a few of the pics from our trip.

Twin Palms

Old Boat in Appalachicola

Seagulls

Glorious Sunset

Pelicans

Seagulls

Lighthouse

Sunset on the Gulf

Thursday, July 30

....using the Cricut. He and I are beginning to become friends now. We have a ways to go, but there is hope. This is a COTM (Card of the Month) I made for a friend in Georgia. It took me some time, but I finally figured out what I wanted to achieve. :)

I made it using the Life's a Beach cartridge (which is by far my fave). I just cut the same image in similar sizes and layered them. I like how it's open to the inside. The stamps are the $1 clear ones from Micheal's.

The envie is made from scrapbook paper and more of the same stamps. Enjoy

Anyone who knows me, knows that the Beach is my fave place to be.....so it's not surprising that seems to be a recurring theme in my ART.

Monday, May 4

Where does the time go????

Doesn't seem like it's been a week since I posted something!! Geesh!! It's probably going to be like this, CRAZY, until the end of May. There is a lot going on here and then Wonder Boy and I are heading back to Illinois for 8 days towards the end of the month to see the family!! #1 Husband has opted to stay home and work, take care of Cody (the dog) and attend to the needs of the 3 Princesses Their royal Majesties: Jinx, Smudgey and Pookie.

Anywho.....I have been ARTing as much as possible. I have bead crochet and handmade paper projects completed or near completed. I will share them in my next post or two I promise. Meanwhile, this is why I was incommunicado for the past few days. We were at the beach!! Woo Hoo!! It is such a destresser (I just LOVE making up words). I love watching #1 hubby just transform. I wish we could stay there for a week!!

We find it interesting that the beach always changes from trip to trip. This time much of the beach was underwater.....nearly up to the high dunes. That is downright scary. Plus the shoreline was literally on a 40 degree angle. It was not as leisurely to stroll near the water's edge. The shelling was poor as well. But the view, well, that fortunately never changes. I can't imagine how anyone can stand at the water's edge and doubt the existence of God. It is so humbling for me.

We did go explore the other end of the cape this time, the beach at the air force base property. It was amazing.....Just me and my guy for miles. I could so get used to that. I did take, well a few pics , so I'll share some. We had the single best sunset ever on the last night of our stay. So, we were just sitting out there on the beach, sipping champagne, watching day slip silently into night. Gotta love living in the South!! Enjoy!!

As always.....Click the pictures to see them larger!!

Pelicans