Monday Must Have...

Chic Dream Catchers 

Weeks of gluing, stringing, beading and wrapping was worth it because Cottage by the Sea's front windows were gifted with romantic/chic dream catchers! After the hundreds of compliments and questions about these hand crafted items, we decided it's time we sell them so everyone else can enjoy them as well!

Come down now to Cottage by the Sea to get your hand-made dream catcher while they are still available!

(808)591-9811 1050 Ward Warehouse Shopping Center www.cottagehawaii.com

Sunday Funday

DIY Lace Tiles! 

Next time your in the mood for some arts and crafts take a look at this link on Martha Stewart! These cute lace tiles could be used for tiling, decoration, or even coasters!

1.) Spray one side of lace with spray adhesive. 

2.) Then smooth it onto the ceramic tile. 

3.) Spray your tile quickly with any spray paint or spray enamel.

 

4.) Then pull off the lace! (You do not need to wait for the paint to dry, and it will come off easily.) 

(Coasters are our personal favorite use of these chic tiles!) 

xoxo

Fashion Forward Fridays: Style Icon

Think of Audrey Hepburn and one thing comes to mind-

classic simplicity at its greatest. 

Her refined elegance combined with her dazzling charm both on screen 

and off screen, captivated the hearts of 

many devoted viewer and inspired a look of admiration from the fashion world. 

Still today, her iconic style of simplicity and elegance

is what many women strive for. 

Never overdone, only a look that's timeless. 

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Inspire me Wednesdays

 Each year, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival

 gathers thousands of people with a love for art, music, and fashion.

It is a festival that not only inspires the arts, but also

a select sense of bohemian and free spirited style.

Check out some of our noteworthy favorites below!

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Monday Must Have...

Ija Designs

We're excited to finally have Ija Designs come down to Hawaii to do a special

jewelry trunk show with Cottage by the Sea!

Ija jewelry designs was first founded in 2007 by trained metalsmith, Erin 

who had a niche for fine metals and a variety of textures.

With her creative eye, Erin started creating jewelry inspired by 

different shapes, textures, and geometric lines that still 

elude a sense of simplicity and fineness.

Join us on the weekend of April 28-29 

to shop her extensive collection of earrings, necklaces, rings, 

and bracelets! Our customers will also get

the chance to meet and greet with Erin in store!

Sunday Funday for Earth Day

HAPPY EARTH DAY!

In celebration of Earth Day 2012,

 we've decided to shed a little light on 

all things green! 

Zorbella, our newest addition to Cottage by the Sea, 

is a locally owned company started by two women with a love for plants and floral design. 

Specializing in living plant arrangements for indoor living, they came up with 

the concept of bringing the outside back in by incorporating

artistically crafted terrariums and other plant designs into a home and work environment. 

Many of their well crafted arrangements are made with hand made vessels and locally sourced plants

found in different areas of Hawaii. Each creation brings a look of earthly simplicity

back into a space that lacks color and outdoor inspiration.

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Fashion Forward Fridays

Inspire me Wednesdays

"Today, I Choose Love"

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Fashion Forward Fridays

SPRING COLORS ARE IN FULL SWING 
Here at Cottage by the Sea!

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Inspire Me Wednesdays-

Shabby Chic Queen...

Rachel Ashwell 

Author, Designer,  & Entrepreneur  
Rachel Ashwell's name is the epitome of "shabby chic".
Born a London native, she set her sites on the US and opened up her first 
shabby chic boutique in Santa Monica California in 1989.
For the past twenty years, she has kept her aesthetic of "finding beauty within imperfection" 
in just about anything.

 

      

A word from Rachel…

“As both a mother and the creator of the Shabby Chic brand, my thoughts about decorating are that a home can be truly lived in and still be lovely. I believe in cozy relaxed settings where kids are free to put their feet on the sofa and guests can place their cups on the coffee table without a care. For me, the secret to living well is to surround myself with beautiful things that are practical and deliciously comfortable.

A faded, peeling old dresser, a cracked white chandelier, a chipped metal trash can painted with roses. To one person, these items are rejects from the junkyard, to another they are a bounty of riches. Discovering beauty in finding new uses for the old and worn discards of others greatly appeals to me, there is no better place to find the faded and decayed, the crumbing and the scuffed than a salvage yard or flea market, garage or estate sale”. 

                                             (taken from shabbychic.com)

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Monday Must Have...

Love Notes Jewelry 

Our new husband and wife team have created lots of lovely necklaces, rings, bracelets, earrings and more with words, letters and messages of love. Made with recycled sterling silver and leather! 

"I'm in love with the idea that these bits of paper and scraps of fabric had stories of their own before reaching my hands. And it tickles me to imagine that people who wear my work are reminded of events from their own storied pasts."- Betsy and Stephen

Sunday Funday...

Artistic Eggs
Bring out your inner artist this Easter! Check out these artistically cute Easter egg designs that we've gathered for you to try at home!

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Happy Easter!!!
         XoXo,
                                                                   Cottage by the Sea Blog Team 

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