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Shabby Beach Cottage Retreat – Pinterest Sunday

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Good Sunday morning!

Pinterest has become such a great source for me. Whenever I am lacking of inspiration, ideas or I am looking for an answer to almost anything, I pull out my Pinterest app and there you have it!. And I often end up lost browsing for new craft ideas and home decor…Especially home decor for the dream beach house I don’t own {yet}…

Who doesn’t dream of a shabby beach cottage?

photo via hutkerarchitects

This morning {while looking for something else, of course} I got lost in four words: SHABBY – AQUA – BEACH –  COTTAGE….I am sucker for all things beachy, shabby and aqua blue…So, I gathered some of my favorites beach cottage pins for you…Nothing that you can’t find on Pinterest but these pictures sum up my love for that cottage feel and look.

1. A Welcoming Beach Cottage Porch:

What I love about this picture: besides the obvious aqua blue boat, I love the mix of shabby fabrics: plaid, gingham and stripes.

photo via completely-coastal

2. A Warm Foyer:


What I love about this picture: besides the obvious aqua blue old beach wood paneling, I love the wall art made out of seashells…I am a beachcomber so, now I have a new craft idea to bring to life. The coral table lamp tops it off.

photo via completely-coastal

3. A Modern Kitchen with a cozy cottage feel:


What I love about this picture: besides the obvious pale blue beadboard {I am sucker for beadboard too!}, I love the open shelving, the beach dinnerware is gorgeous.

photo via bhg

4. Must Have Beach House Dinnerware:


What I love about this picture: well, it’s obvious! And wherever you see birds and flowers together, you know you have a shabby chic look.
photo via everythingturquoise

5. The Dream Beach Cottage Master Bedroom:

What I love about this picture: the right amount of aqua blue in a fresh, bright and airy white room. I absolutely love the iron bed frame.
photo via coastalliving

6. The Welcoming Beach Cottage Guest Bedroom:

What I love about this picture: the shabby chic ornate details on the bed frame. I might just paint my own white shabby chic guest bedroom set in aqua blue one of these days…
photo via  rosesandrustblogger

and last but no least….

7. Must Have Shabby Chic Cottage Style Nursery:

What I love about this picture: I LOVE IT ALL!  and I blogged about this vintage inspired nursery before.

photo via parenting

For more shabby chic, coastal living and beach cottage style decor, follow me on Pinterest….I am always pinning new finds!

For easy pinning of this post, just place your mouse over the picture of your choice, a Pinterest logo will appear at the top right corner of the picture; click on it and pin away!
Happy Sunday and happy pinning! 

Shabby Chic Baby Shower Decor – Vintage Style

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Since I was a little girl, I had a tendency to like cottage chic decor…. especially those little girl bedrooms full of white distressed furniture with pink floral bedding and splashes of aqua here and there. I remember when I first saw a picture of a beautiful ‘shabby chic’ bedroom set portrayed on a JC Penney Catalog… I was probably 10 and I ripped the page and kept it for years. Yes, I have been scrapping for a long time! 
When I first got pregnant, I knew that if I was having a baby girl, I was going to make her the most beautiful shabby chic nursery ever 😉 …God blessed me with a little sailor and instead, I designed for him a not too shabby nautical retreat.

I have been saving a shabby chic nursery post for later this year…I have an ongoing project that I would love to share with all of you, but it’s not finished ;). I will make sure to come back to this post and write an update when the time comes. Well, I do not have a shabby chic nursery for you today, but I do have a beautiful shabby chic baby shower that I designed for Daniela based on the colors pink, aqua and lavender.

Shabby Chic cardstock is not easy to find. To make a sturdy banner, I printed shabby chic scrapbooking paper and mounted it onto solid color coordinating cardstock.

Shabby Chic Baby Shower Banner

This particular banner read: “Lu’s Baby Shower” – a long one, yes – 

This time I incorporated pastel color mini clothes pins instead of wooden ones. Both types are itty bitty cute and pretty 🙂 ! 
The patterns include roses, stripes and damask.
I made cupcake toppers out of the tiny roses on pink and tiny roses on aqua papers. I do not carry this design of cupcake toppers anymore – printed on the back – I would only make them if custom ordered. They are a little more time – and ink- consuming therefore, the cost is higher. 
These are the food tents. I sent these blank because the customer hadn’t decided on the menu just yet. But I do offer them with the food names printed on it. 
We kept the cupcake wrappers in coordinating solid colors. These are the perfect final touch for the cupcakes. 
Cupcake wrappers ship flat and ready to assemble. 
These are two samples of shabby chic baby shower favor tags. Tiny roses on pink…{very popular in my shop} and featured on an Etsy Treasury.

For more shabby chic baby shower decor or nursery decor, check out my shop. I am constantly adding new products. If you have any questions or any particular request, please ask! I heart custom orders. Send me an email to poshpaperpartiesco at gmail dot com { replace the at for a @ and the dot for an actual dot (.) } nobody likes spammers!

Thank you for looking! 🙂

Shabby Chic Babies Treasury

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What a great way to start the day and the week! Our Shabby Chic Baby Shower Favor Tags have been featured on an Etsy Treasury List. 



It’s a great honor to be chosen within thousands of products! These tags are very popular and I am proud to say that OCN is the only one seller offering this design.


      Shabby Chic Baby Shower Favor Tags

Thanks to Pat from Stichntheattic for the feature! and by the way, please go and checkout her beautiful quilted items here.

Happy start of the week everyone!

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