Ready for Something New..

But don't want to completely redo your room?  Just toss in new decorative pillows!  An Easy-Peasy AFFORDABLE quick way to transform your living spaces -

 King of the Chesapeake - Blue

Especially after the hustle and bustle of the holidays and after packing up all of the decorations, you might be ready for something new. And can start with a clean slate... then toss in a few new coastal pillows to mix and match with your existing beach home decor.  Voila' - a whole new room!

 Cottage Blue Sea Turtle Pillow

 Banana Leaf Embroidered Pillow

 Whimsical Hermit Crab

 Whale Tales

 Seafoam Beaded Coral Pillow

Sand Pipers

See what I mean?  Just a little pop of color and art can make a world of difference!

All of the above pillows are created by one of our favorite artists - check out the whole collection of Rightside Designs  on the Caron's Beach House site.  There is bound to be one that you will fall in love with! 

Romantic Home Magazine Feature - Coastal Charm

She Sells Seashells....

$34.99

We are so lucky to have one of our new spring pillows featured in this summer's issue of Romantic Home Magazine.  The July 2017 issue is totally devoted to "Coastal Charm" - just our kind of decorating!

It's hard to tell from the image in the magazine and on our site, but this pillow has tiny seed pearls sewn onto the soft burlap giving it an extra special touch, and it's finished with carved wooden buttons on the back. Super cute!

Look for us, and this adorable beach cottage perfect pillow, found in Romantic Homes at many places where magazines are sold.

P.S. We also carry several of the items that were also profiled in the "Beach House Bliss" article - see below for details!

Blue Accent Coral Mother of Pearl Accent Tables

Round Mother of Pearl Mirror

What Does Every Island Girl Need?

Well, besides a seaworthy boat, a beautiful sunny day, and the briny blue ocean, she needs to be able to bring her love of the sand and surf back to her landlocked sanctuary. If you’re an island girl at heart, or simply enjoy ocean colors and coastal design, you can easily fill your beach house (boat house!) , city apartment, or country cabin with these wonderfully bright, happy coastal themed beach cottage pillows! 

Introducing Island Girl Pillows! 

Whimsical Blue Sail Fish and Hawaiian Surfing Life Pillows

Golden Vacation Word Pillow

and

Sea Sun and Sand Pillow

My personal favorite!  A Meeting of Seagulls Pillow

Throw pillows are the easiest way to add some fun, fresh color to your beach home to welcome spring. We know you enjoy this new whimsical, durable easy-care pillow collection as much as we do!   (Not limited to Island Girls - don't forget to include your favorite Island Guys)

• Made to Order - Please expect 5-7 Days for shipping
• Made in the USA
• Material: 100% Polyester, pre-shrunk.
• Insert: Poly fill
• Zippered Enclosures
• All completed with coordinated finished piping details

More designs coming soon too - check back often!  Island Girl Pillows

My Island - Where Art Comes to Life!

Gerri posing with a selection of her fun beach cottage pillows!

We met our friend, Gerri Hyman of My Island Art a few years ago, and fell in love with her bright, colorful  beach cottage pillows,  canvas giclees and pretty floor mats.  I thought you all might like to know a little more about what inspires her to create her incredible whimsical island-inspired designs!

1. How were you inspired to create your company, My Island? 

 I have always been inspired by sea life, tropical foliage, and all things colorful. These subjects have also always been my favorite things to paint so 6 years ago I decided to try "painting for a living" which meant I would paint and then reproduce my paintings onto products.

Blue Crab Art!

2. How did you start My Island? When? Where are you? 

I started in spring of 2007 with 5 designs and 3 products: t-shirts, giclees, and prints. My Island is located in Greenville, SC.

3. We love your bright, colors and whimsical design - why do you think you are drawn to create in "technicolor"? 

Because bright colors are never boring to paint with and almost anything you can create with bright colors turns out happy and cheerful!

Mermaid Art

4. What or who do you feel is your biggest influence on your own design ideas?

I am most definitely influenced by these artists: Diego Rivera and Henri Matisse. More current artists/designers whose work and products I am drawn to are Sally Huss and Laurel Burch.

5. Do you have a design or artist's mentor, someone that has inspired you to push your boundaries? If you do, who is it and why? 

 No not really!

Sea Turtle Pillows

6. What do you think is your true "uniqueness" with your products? What sets you apart from other home decor manufacturers?

 It's certainly the color. I think my art is recognizable because the colors are bright and vivid. I could never paint a sea turtle, pelican or owl in it's "natural" colors!

7. What are you, Gerri, most proud of? (can be anything!) 

 My boys! They are bright, beautiful, insightful and kind.

Striped Grouper Pillow

8. If you could live anywhere, where would you live and why? 

HAWAII-- preferably Maui or the Big Island. I visited there for the first time when I turned 21 and I knew then that I wanted to live there someday. It all comes together there for me; the mountains, the blue water, the foliage, and the climate.

9. Describe your perfect day at your favorite coastal destination… 

 Sunbathing, swimming and snorkeling on a beach in Maui in the morning; a leisurely stroll down the beach in the afternoon; and a ride back home in my Jeep with top down in the afternoon!

10. What would you like to try next? 

 Ceramics!!! I don't know much at all about pottery-ceramics and I'd love to create some pieces. Eventually, I'd really like to have my art reproduced on these types of pieces, too.

Interviewing Gerri was a lot of fun! I for one, cannot wait to see what she comes up with for her next project.  

We have a complete collection of My Island coastal home accessories on our Caron's Beach House site - come see!  Bonus - All pillows are part of our "March Pillow Palooza" and ship for Free using our "pillows" code when checking out.

Happy Monday!

Our First Giveaway - Featuring Wabisabi Green Modern Eco-Friendly Pillows

We're kicking this week off with a giveaway for 3 reasons:


1.  We'd like to re-introduce Jolee Pink, the artist behind Wabisabi Green.   (We love her fabulous eco-friendly beach house pillows!)

2.  We'd like a chance to get to know more of our coastal lifestyle friends - both here, and on our facebook page

3.  We want to reinforce our love of the sea, and the protection of the oceans with a giveaway of a Cocoa Tortuga- Sea Turtle Ocean Throw Pillow.  Wabisabi Green donates a portion of every sale towards Sea Turtle Conservation with Pro Peninsula Community and Nature. To learn more visit: propeninsula.org   Pretty great way to support conservation efforts!

Jolee lives in the tiny community of Encinitas, in southern California, a seaside town, where her appreciation of the ocean environment has continued to grow.

Her images are inspired by nature, world travels and the southern California coastal lifestyle. She combines bright colors with fresh bold designs to add sizzle and pop to her eco chic home decor line.  She would love to hear your ideas for new designs!   Leave her a note on her Wabisabi Green Facebook page

Here's how to enter our Giveaway:

1. Become a new follower of the Everything Coastal Blog and/or leave us a comment about your eco-coastal lifestyle.

or

2. Join/Like Wabisabi Green's Facebook friends and leave a comment for Jolee on her Facebook page.  We would love to hear from you!     http://www.facebook.com/WabisabiGreen

**All entries (U.S. addresses only) must be received by midnight, Sunday July 31, 2011.  Contest winner will be announced on the following Monday, August 1.

Good-Luck!! 

Here's a few of  my favorite  Wabisabi Green Eco-Friendly pillows on our site!

Purple, coral, slate starfish pillow!  

Sapphire Blue Starfish Pillow

Light aqua blue and white crab pillow

Introducing Crabby Chris - My New Beachgirl Featured Artist!

Amazing how networking works!  I received the nicest e-mail a few weeks ago from my new friend Chris, who was referred to me by a wonderful customer from my old Poulsbo store.  Wow! We have so much in common - we hit it off immediately,(beachgirls and mermaids usually do!)  and now I am featuring her incredible talent for making beautiful, durable, affordable, and long lasting beach cottage pillows on the Caron's website.

All hand-painted in bright bold colors on Camano Island, in Washington State, Chris uses her trusty camera to walk out on a low tide to capture images of Puget Sound sealife; red dungeness crabs, bleached white sand dollars, big colorful starfish. She then renders these sea creatures on her fabulous indoor/outsdoor pillows.  And, I do mean fabulous!

 Here's a little bit more about Chris, in her own words - and then I will show you all her beach house pillows featured on my site!

"Born in Oregon way back in the previous century, my background is in interior design and soft crafts, which I designed for national publications. Have made my home on a very big sand spit and two islands in Washington State. Love to catch, euthanize, cook and eat Dungeness crabs, just as I have been doing since my early days on the Oregon coast. Sorry, no work allowed during crabbing season! As to how I got my nickname, it was tossed at me and just stuck. I'm not cantankerous; I'm actually alarmingly cheerful. I render images of decapod crustacea, their associates and environs in fabric, paint, photography, flotsam, pulp, enamel, line art, verse, and a few media I haven't tried yet!"

In the Pacific Northwest  kabillions of seastars can be found and they come in all colors! One beautiful summer's day on a very low tide Chris  found an orchid-colored one that measured 18" across! But the ones that best set off her  favorite Adirondack chairs are these guys in blended blues. They definitely make a bold statement; the smaller stars measure 9.5" across and the large one 13"!


Blue Starfish Pillow

Measuring 19" x 19", this fabulous beach cottage pillow is stuffed with polyester fiberfill in its own removable polypropylene casing; a simple spot cleaning or even a hosedown will keep it looking fresh season after season. Drawn from Chris' live model, Fabio, he is rendered in bold red and trimmed in charcoal for a very non-beige accent. Looks great on your deck, patio, garden bench, hammock, rowboat or beach blanket.

Bold Red Crab Pillow

We love this dungeness crab hiding among Puget Sound rock weed! This 19" x 19" acrylic all-weather throw pillow is handpainted, stuffed with polyester fiberfill in a polypropylene casing. Wears well outdoors and in; a hose-down or spot cleaning is usually all that is required to keep it fresh!

Hidden Among the Seaweed....

We LOVE these beach cottage pillows! I think this one might be my favorite! (Well, I am kinda partial to the crabs too...) Chris has depicted a trio of sand dollars on a 19" square pillow in nontoxic textile paint!  The commercial all-weather fabric is equally at home on your sun washed deck as your custom leather seating. Easy to care for with just a spot clean, quick hosing or gentle wash in cool water; lay flat to dry. Not a reprint or transfer, but her original. 

Unique Sand Dollar Pillow....

See what I mean?  I am so excited about being able to feature Chris' work on my website.  All of her  19 x 19 pillows are washable - the outside cover, and the insert, super long lasting, all original artwork.  Also, incredibly affordable at only $44.00 - some of the pillows are even customizable!

Come check out all of the different sealife she's painted in our "Beach House Pillow" category http://www.caronsbeachhouse.com/servlet/the-Coastal-Decorating-cln-Beach-House-Decor-Pillows/Categories

Thanks for stopping by!