Nifty Thrifty Tuesday No.77 and a Giveaway

What's up with a gal that can't get you her own party on time? Sorry ladies that I'm so late today...been at my beach condo and got back home later than I planned on...guess those things just happen. Well I'm here now and ready to get this party rolling...so come along with me and let's see what everybody has been up to. I've been at the beach, so I have something from my beach home to share this week...I'm all about saving a buck...how about you? I also have another great giveaway this week. This week Roselle from SEASIDE ROSE CREATIONS has donated a lovely chalkboard and a darling little framed vintage key to one of my lucky followers...so go by and meet Roselle and give her a big THANK YOU...now let's see how you can WIN!
Seven ways to WIN!!!!
1. Follow Roselle at SEASIDE ROSE CREATIONS...2 entries
2. Go by and leave Roselle a comment on her blog...2 entries
3. Go by and check out her Etsy shop and come back and tell me your favorite item...2 entries
4. Follow me...1 entry
In order for each entry to count, please leave a separate comment for each. The giveaway will end at midnight on Sunday 9/4 and the winner will be announced on Monday 9/5. Good luck ladies!!!!

                 My new best friend...okay I know that sounds
                       a little crazy...having a swing as your
                          best friend...but there is nothing
                        better than swinging and watching
                                         the surf!!!!

          So what's so thrifty about her...first of all...as we were
               leaving the store (Lowes) I saw that the display
               had a huge price tag on her and she was $20
               cheaper...well I went right back in there and
               got my $20 bucks (I think the tag was a
               mistake...oh well)...then I asked the clerk
           about how long will they honor a sale price...get
                 this..90 days...so if this baby goes on
               sale in the next 3 months...I'm going to
               get more money...hope this might help
                  some of y'all who shop at Lowes.

                             Another thrifty purchase...this one
                            was found at Home Depot...got her
                             back in the Spring...had a Lowes
                             coupon that they honor...another
                                            thrifty tip!

Linking up here...
Tuesdays Treasures
Anything Goes
Time To Shine Tuesday
Show Off Your Stuff
Open House Party
Flaunt It Friday

****Please everyone, follow these guidelines!****

1 Please make sure that you have put my NTT button or my blog name with a link on your post where it is easy for others to find it...the more people at the party...the more fun we will all have here.
2. This party is for sharing thrifty finds from garage sales, thrift stores, consignment shops, craigslist and even those awesome deals that you find at any retail store. Also you can share any thrifty DIY projects...love seeing what y'all can make on a dime!
3. Please go and visit the other participates and leave a comment about their treasures and thrifty ideas…this is what makes the PAR-TAY so much FUN and what a great way to meet new friends. I would love for you to add yourself as a follower if you haven't already and please let me know, I love to know when I have a new friend. I appreciate all your comments, they really make my day.

Now Who Won This Awesome Giveaway?

First before I announce the winner...I would like to thank Laura over at B and B's Nest for donating these darling starfish cuties and the $40 Pottery Barn gift card...what an awesome giveaway to WIN!!! Okay since some of you have come by to see who the lucky winner is...I will let you know...this week Honey from 2805 is the lucky gal...congrats to Honey! Honey please be sure to post what you buy with your PB gift card...we all want to see what you add to your nest. Little update about 2805...this week Honey will have her first linky party on Friday 9/2...click here for all the info. Speaking of linky parties...be sure to come back later today for NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAY...see ya there!
                                                       Blessings,
                                                         Linda

Enjoyed my time at our condo...heading

home for a busy week full

of projects!

Don't Miss It

I don't think that I have ever done a movie review here at Coastal Charm, but just couldn't help myself from doing this one...ladies...it's that GOOD!!! Since I was born in the deep South in the late 50's (now I know it's hard to believe that I'm that old..he he)...I knew that this movie was a must see for me and my mom. Since I'm a thrifty gal...my mom and I went to the THRIFT time show at half price to see this wonderful movie...so glad we did...best movie that I have seen in years!!! Do yourself a favor and don't miss this one ladies...even at full price...it's worth it! Just thought I would let you know a little fact about myself...chocolate pie is my all time time favorite:)
                                          Thanks for coming by and
                                             I love your comments,
                                                        Linda
All pics were taken from here...http://thehelpmovie.com/us/#s=home                 

Gotta See These

I'm having so much fun this week visiting my friends that have come by my weekly NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAY PARTY and I just had to share with y'all some of the neat ideas and things that these ladies had to share this week. If you have not been by to the party...you still have time...no early birds here...we are still kicking it up at NTT...click here to join in on all the fun. Also don't forget to enter my current GIVEAWAY...what's up for grabs? It's a $40 POTTERY BARN GIFT CARD and two coastal cuties...you still have time to enter...click here! Mr.CC and I will be celebrating the end of the summer season by spending the week at our beach condo. Looking forward to some relaxing time under my beach umbrella and taking a dip or two in our beachfront pool. Now I promise I will take you along with us with a few pics...so be sure to check back in.
                                              Your visit and comments
                                              put a smile on my face,
                                                          Linda

                                            Nancy's Daily Dish

                                     Cottage Living- Beach to Burbs
                                          

                                               Blissfully Ever After

The Created Home

Linking up here...

Wow Us Wednesday

They Were So Pretty and a Pottery Barn Giveaway

Oh how I love the Spring here in the South...beautiful flowers are blooming everywhere. Most of them usually last until late summer, but not this year...these heatwaves have really done a number on them...poor babies just couldn't take it and I know how they feel...this ole gal is feeling the heat too! Good news is...I'm still hanging in there...yippee!! Now my beautiful flowers are not...most of them have gone bye bye and I really miss having them around here at my nest. How are your flowers doing? I sure hope yours are still around and making you happy. The Fall plants should be out soon and I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a few...until then I will just look back at some pics and smile:) If you have not already entered my current giveaway...then click here to WIN a $40 POTTERY BARN gift card and two coastal cuties. Now I know all of y'all would have a FUN time spending that $40 at PB with all there beautiful Fall items out...I know I would be like a kid in a candy shop...how bout you?
                                        So happy to have you here,
                                                     Linda

Now don't forget to enter...click

HERE!

Also my NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAY

PARTY is still going on...click

HERE to join in!

I'm linking up here...

Show and Tell

Anything Goes

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Once Upon A Weekend Party

Show and Tell Friday

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday No.76 and a Pottery Barn Giveaway

Hello ladies...today I have a few thrifty goodies to share with y'all, but the best thing at the party this week is a POTTERY BARN GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY!!! Yes...all of y'all can enter to WIN a $40 Pottery Barn gift card and two cute framed starfish...more on the giveaway later in the post. If you read my last post, then you know that I spent the weekend in Auburn with Mary Claire and while I was there I did some thriftin'...found a couple of goodies to bring back home to Coastal Charm. Looking forward to seeing what goodies you have found or maybe get inspired by your latest DIY project...so let's all see what you have to share this week. Last week while I was visiting my party guests, I was very disappointed to see so many of y'all not posting my party button or party name (with a link back to my blog)...please ladies...don't forget to do this...it's just nice to play by the rules...isn't that what we teach our children to do?
                                           Thanks for coming,
                                                    Linda

                                   Are you lovin' my chippy paint
                                 wicker birdcage as much as I am?

                            I found her at a local thrift store in Auburn...her
                                          price was just $4.97!!!
                            Bonus was...she had a smaller one inside her...so
                              I really got two of these cuties for $4.97...gave
                                  Mary Claire the other one for her NEST!!

                                      Her home for now is in my
                                    dining room...I wonder where
                                  you will find her next week...you
                                  just never know with me being in
                                                   charge!

                       I'm still adding more beautiful vintage napkins to
                           my collection...you just never know how
                       many you might need for a special dinner party!
                       One day in the near future I hope to get a gallery
                       wall done in my hallway...so when I can get black
                       frames for only pennies I pick them up...this one
                                              was only $2!!!                 
                                                    

****Please everyone, follow these guidelines!****


1 Please make sure that you have put my NTT button or my blog name with a link on your post where it is easy for others to find it...the more people at the party...the more fun we will all have here.

2. This party is for sharing thrifty finds from garage sales, thrift stores, consignment shops, craigslist and even those awesome deals that you find at any retail store. Also you can share any thrifty DIY projects...love seeing what y'all can make on a dime!

3. Please go and visit the other participates and leave a comment about their treasures and thrifty ideas…this is what makes the PAR-TAY so much FUN and what a great way to meet new friends. I would love for you to add yourself as a follower if you haven't already and please let me know, I love to know when I have a new friend. I appreciate all your comments, they really make my day.

Now let's get all the info about this GREAT GIVEAWAY!!

Hi everyone!  I’m Laura from over at B & B’s Nest and I'm giving away these beautiful starfish frames AND a $40 Pottery Barn gift card to one lucky winner.  How fun!

I guess it would be polite to start by telling you a little bit about myself.  B & B’s Nest was born out of a love for all things vintage and antique, and my passion for interior design.  I blog about what I love and what's going on in our nest.  Period.  What I enjoy most is finding an abandoned vintage treasure, whether it's a small item or a large furniture piece, and giving it a new life.  I have been refinishing furniture for a long time.  And redecorating?  Forget it.  I change my mind on paint colors and accessories as often as Charlie Sheen says "winning".  But I had no idea anyone would be interested in what I was doing in our little world until I started searching the internet for inspirational photos of spaces I love.  Unbeknownst to me, there are thousands of blogs written by women, just like me, who have a passion for decorating, DIY projects and crafts.  What?  Why didn't someone tell me?  I would have been doing this a LONG time ago.  It just so happens that we’re also in the midst of redoing our kitchen, dining room, living room, office and soon-to-be playroom, so now I share all of our disasters and triumphs with you.

Not only that, but I recently came across a gorgeous hutch on a little website called “Craigslist”.  Ever heard of it?  Yeah, I thought so (*smile*).  Anywho, I sent the seller an email asking if they were firm on their price and it sparked an exchange of emails that eventually led to B & B’s Nest taking part in its first ever professional sale.  You can read more about the announcement of our participation in the sale here and how it all turned out here.  It was an incredible experience and I wouldn't trade all of the blood, sweat, tears and countless hours that went into it for the world!  I even reupholstered a chair for the very first time.  Front, back and the seat!  See:

Yeah.  I did.  And you could do it too!


Some of my furniture projects have recently been featured on Better After, Not Just a Housewife, The Besties, Beneath My Heart and Under the Table and Dreaming.


I even orchestrated an estate sale (think Cash & Cari) for a client in June and just finished setting up at a flea market this past weekend.  I even opened an Etsy shop and put B & B's Nest on Facebook.  Did I mention I've only been online since March 23rd!  It's definitely been an exciting and whirlwind couple of months.

My point in telling you all of this is to encourage you.  I want to encourage you to do that "thing" you've been meaning to do, or wanting to do, but have been putting off.  Do that project, learn how to (fill in the blank), paint that wall, shop that store, create that you-know-what.  Whatever it is, if I can do this, you can too!  In the famous words of Erma Bombeck:  "When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say 'I used everything you gave me!'".


A BIG thank you to Linda for letting me chat with you today!  It's been my absolute pleasure to "meet" all of you and I hope our paths cross again real soon.


I wish you a very happy day!

And now for the giveaway!!


You have 3 chances to win.  In order for each entry to count, please leave a separate comment for each.


Here's what you need to do to enter:


1.  Visit B & B's Nest and become a follower, or subscribe via email.


2.  Visit Facebook and stop by to "Like" B & B's Nest Facebook page.


3.  Become a follower of Coastal Charm.


That's all there is to it!


If you leave an anonymous comment, please be sure to include your email address so we can contact you if you win.  The giveaway will end at midnight on Sunday August 28. The winner of the starfish frames and Pottery Barn gift card will be announced on Monday August 29.


Good luck!
I'm linking up here...
Anything Goes

Tuesday Treasures
Time To Shine Tuesday
Feathered Nest Friday
Tuesday Trash To Treasure
Show Me What Ya Got
Thrifty Things Friday Party
Open House Party
Thrifty Treasures
Just Something I Whipped Up
Met Monday
Motivate Me Monday
Amaze Me Monday
Tabletop Tuesday
Time To Shine Tuesday
Once Upon A Weekend Party
Show Me What Ya Got

Thank You Annie Sloan...I'm In Love With Your Paint

Oh yes...thank you Annie for making such a wonderful product...this stuff really rocks!!! My first victim was an old vintage mirror (will share her with ya later)...today I'm sharing victim #2...my old sewing machine table. I have had this table for many years now and have used it in several different locations here in my nest...I even let my sister use it for awhile...ahhhh how sweet of me. Since Haley moved out of our cottage and we gave her some of our furniture...I needed something to hold our OLD TV (okay...now don't laugh...we still have some really OLD TV's around here)...no flat screens for us just yet...but I'm thinking really hard on that subject and just maybe in the next few months we will break down and buy one...yippee!! This table is just the right size for our TV...all she needed was a touch up paint job and she was ready to go. Pulled out some paris grey paint...clear wax and dark wax...then 30 minutes later she was all done...fastest paint job ever!!! Mr.CC could hardly believe it...oh my honey...this stuff is awesome...what a beautiful look...he loved it and I do too. If you haven't tried this paint yet...do yourself a favor and try it...it's really neat.
                                        Hope you have a wonderful
                                           weekend and thanks for
                                                   coming by,
                                                       Linda

                              My sweet friend Lauren is having a
                                AS Chalk Paint Giveaway...hop
                                over and enter to win this great
                                               stuff!!
                               Click here...it will take you to her
                                 blog...My Wonderfully Made!

                                   She was getting a tad bit yellow!

                                        Just a little peek of victim #1
                                               in the background.

                              Now look how good she looks up against
                                                 those walls!!!

                                                 Lovin' this look!!!

                                       Maybe one day...she will be
                                      used as an accent table again.

                                            Victim #3...my end tables.
                                             Started them today, but
                                              putting away my paint
                                              brushes until Monday,
                                                 so I can spend the
                                                 weekend in Auburn
                                                 with my baby girl.
                                              Looking forward to our
                                                  mother/daughter
                                                 two night slumber
                                                          party!
 Linking up here...
Open House Party
Feathered Nest Friday
Show and Tell Friday
Inspiration Friday
Frugal Friday
Furniture Feature Friday
I'm Lovin' It
Catch As Catch Can
Vintage Inspiration Friday
Fridays Unfolded
Flaunt It Friday
Simply Link Party
It's A Hodgepodge Friday
Show Off Your Stuff
Farmhouse Friday
Show Me What Ya Got
Piece Of Work Wednesday Link Party
Power of Paint Party
All Things Furniture Party
Favorite Furniture 2011                   

Hurry Up and Get Here

Please hurry up and get here...I'm sooooo ready for some college football...well to be honest...I'm really ready for some AUBURN TIGERS FOOTBALL!!!! Only 18 days to our first game and get this...I will be watching it from home and inside...now I know that's hard to believe...but it's true. When game time was announced and kick off was 11:30am...I knew I would be watching from inside with some AC running full blast...just way to hot for me. Now if you are thinking that I will not be going to games this year...well you are wrong...I booked our hotel room for four games last week and might just add another to the list later on. Talking about some Auburn football...thought y'all might find this funny...we had AUBIE (our mascot sing at Haley's wedding)!!! Okay...he was not in the Aubie costume...a regular men's suit was a better choice for the day. This young man has been a friend of the bride and groom since childhood...the three of them sang in our church youth choir for four years. He did a wonderful job signing this song by Matthew West...When I Say I Do...yes...I cried...it's a beautiful song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui_FcYlI_NU
                                            Happy day to all,
                                                  Linda

                                                 What a cutie!!!
                                         (pic found at Auburn.edu)

(pic found at Auburn.edu)

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