Enough about my children, let me show you a very cool idea I came up with upon going to Edisto Island, South Carolina in the summer of 2011. I have to say while my trip to South Carolina was exhausting to say the least, it was inspiring as well.

I absolutely fell in love with all the décor that surrounded me. I have a knack for seeing really expensive things in stores and turning them into inexpensive things with sometimes just the stuff lying around my house. This is an example of what I mean:

All it took was collecting a few handfuls of sand from the beach, buying a sand dollar from one of those seaside shops, and then found a vase at home and put it all together. Inexpensive, easy and a great way to add some beach vibes to my Indiana kitchen…

Now if I could just find a way to shrink down and fit inside this vase, I’d be right back at the beach!