Coastal Charm: December 2013

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday No.193

Welcome to the Nifty Thrifty Tuesday link party! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!! Can’t wait to see what you’ve been working on since Christmas. I love looking through all the links and getting inspired… you are all so unbelievably talented! Really YOU are! So, let's all see what you have to share this week.
Blessings,
Linda

Karin @Art Is Beauty

Angie @The Altered Past

Keya @Vintage Prairie Style

Bonnie @Revolutionaries

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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Merry Christmas From Our House To Yours

Here at Coastal Charm, we would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas! I hope you all have a wonderful time with your families celebrating the birth of Jesus. We will be celebrating by going to our candlelight service at church tonight (it's my favorite service of the season). We are doing something new this year, we are having a Christmas Eve brunch. I have been thinking about doing this for a few years now, so it looks like this is the year. Today, I am sharing our AUBURN tree with y'all, and I bet our family might just have a few Auburn items as gifts this year, you think?
Blessings,
Linda

Yes...we are part of the Auburn family!!!

Santa says....WAR EAGLE!!!!

                                 Something new found it's way to
                                 the tree this year...our Iron Bowl
                                 tickets! Oh yes...these tickets were
                                 early Christmas gifts to each other,
                                 and what awesome gifts they were!

                            The 2013 football season has been unreal, it
                            still feels like a dream, but it's not, and we are
                            going to the BCS National Championship game
                            on Jan.6! Win or lose, this is a year that will go
                                  down in history as one of the BEST!

Monday, December 23, 2013

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday No.192

Here we are on the 23rd, are you ready? I have all my gifts wrapped, but I am still baking for tomorrow and the big day. I would like to thank all of you, that joined in at my Christmas Home Tour Party last week. The party was full of a lot of beautiful holiday homes, and inspiring ideas. If you missed the party, then you can still go by and get inspired, just click here. Now, it's time to see what you have to share at this weeks NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAY PARTY, so link right up!
Blessings,
Linda
Recap since the last NTT party...

Christmas in our kitchen...click here.

Our Mini Christmas Home Tour...click here.

2013 Christmas Mantel...click here.

Christmas In The Foyer...click here.

Custom picture frames made for
Coastal Charm Interiors...click here.

Here are some features from the Christmas Home Tour Party...

Pamela @From My Front Porch To Yours

Kimberly @Serendipity Refined

Brandi @Nest of Bliss

Doreen @Hymns and Verses

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2. No more than three links per person.

4. You can also keep up with me on FACEBOOK and PINTEREST.

5. Please go to the source of a photo to pin it to Pinterest, so that the originator of the post gets the credit.

6. By linking up, you are giving Coastal Charm permission to use any picture or content to share as a feature or on social media outlets.

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Custom Picture Frames

Hello y'all! Do you have your shopping, wrapping and baking all wrapped up? I hope to finish my wrapping tonight, and tomorrow will be spent baking some yummy treats for friends, family and of course a little for myself. Today, I dropped off about a dozen custom picture frames at the shop, for those last minute customers. These frames were a lot of fun to create last night. There were several that I hated to part with, but I just can't keep everything that I make, now can I? One of a kind items are my favorite gifts to receive, how about you, what are your favorites? Okay y'all, now stay calm, we will all get it done in time. So, enjoy your weekend and don't forget the "reason for the season"!
Blessings,
Linda

Linking up here...
Show and Tell Friday
Open House Party
Be Inspired (Common Ground)
Feathered Nest Friday

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Christmas In The Kitchen and Dining Room

Hello Friends!

Thank you for all of your warm & kind comments you shared after touring my

mini Christmas Home Tour, over at my Christmas linky party. Today, I will be sharing the two rooms that have to do with eating...oh boy!

So come on in, grab a cup of coffee or cocoa, and enjoy another mini Christmas home tour! I’ll start out by saying our house is never this clean, things were shoved out of the way to take pictures, we don’t have a perfect home, and it took days to clean up just so I could take a few photos. Ok, whew, glad that's out of the way, so now we can start the tour.

Blessings,

Linda

Here we are in the kitchen...the fun room:)

                             Found this huge architectural corbel fresh off
                             the truck from a pickin trip in Franklin, TN. It
                                                was love at first sight.

Some more vintage goodies can be found here too.

                                I put my vintage scale here 11 months ago,
                                and it hasn't been moved once, now that's a
                                          rare thing for this ole gal.

My take on snow globes. Okay, I like
to be a tad bit different.

Who remembers my red Tonka truck
that I purchased at the Chapel Market?

                                    Oh yes, I knew when I spotted him, that
                                     he would be hauling a Christmas tree in
                                             a few months and here he is!

                       Kinda liking this simple centerpiece. Don't you just
                       love this new ironstone piece that I found for $6? She
                       is so classic, and I tell you this, she will hanging around
                                             here for a very long time.

Now, let's step into the dining room.

My favorite dough bowl is filled
with some pretties.

                                    Here I have our tree with all the
                                    special family ornaments...some
                                             date back 28 years.

                                Me and my nontraditional tree skirts. This
                                is a vintage tablecloth that I am using this
                                year as a tree skirt, and next year you might
                                just find it on the kitchen table, you just never
                                                       know with me.

                                   These little light-up bears are from
                                   our early years....that would be the
                                              wonderful 80's!

New and old mixed together.

If you have not already joined in at my CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR LINKY PARTY, then please stop by and link up your home with us, or just visit around and get inspired. The party is live until Friday night...you can find it by clicking here.