Extending Summer

Well we figured out two ways to extend summer over here 

even though the mornings are becoming cooler and crisp as we head deeper into September. 

We place our prettiest summer shells in wire baskets and keep them on our patio tables. 

They're pretty and remind us of our shell collection and summer walks on the beach.

They're also great because I cannot successfully keep a plant alive 

on those shady tables underneath the lattice canopy.

Talk about a win-win!

How gorgeous are the details to His designs?

And how blessed we are to observe them all year?

The second way we have found to preserve summer is this:

we saved all our PERIWINKLES from our July beach walks.

Each of the girls were really into periwinkle collecting so they saved them in their own ziplock baggies and I promised them we could mount them on some way, just like I had done as a child.

Well you know how that goes...I kept putting it off and they did not let me forget 

so when I spotted these pretty shadow box frames at 40% off at Michaels, 

I purchased two and knew they would make for a fun project.

We added some prettier fabric to the backing then when they chose their design layout I handed them glue, showed them how to do one and they were on their own for the rest.

One final result looked like this...
and they each have one hanging in their room now.

We can't do much about winter coming after fall, but...

if you want to try and extend summer, give this a shot at home.

xoxo,

C