Name the Cottage & Haley's Cottage Winners

Hello!

I'm just now finally getting around to posting the names of the winners of the
"Name the Cottage"
Contest.

So sorry for the delay!



Cottage Name:

"Screened Inn"

Submitted by:

Jonathan and Andrea Forsyth (and Dallin too!)



Master Bedroom Name:

"Lettered Love"

Submitted by:

Between You And Me



Twin Bedroom Name:

"Sand & Sea"

Submitted by:

Vickie



Yellow Bedroom Name:

"Lemonade Mermaid"

Submitted by:

Sherri in Sammamish



Congratulations Gang!

And thank you for submitting such wonderful names!

Please drop Diane a line at Diane@MermaidCottages.com to claim your prize packages.

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And speaking of contest winners...

The winner of the Haley's Cottage Lemon-Scented Soy Candle is...



West Coast Nester

Congratulations Miss WNC!
Please drop me a line at LaylaPalmer@aol.com to claim your pretty little prize!



Happy Tuesday!



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PS-

Just for fun, Kevin and I went through all the comments and wrote down our favorite cottage names too.

Did you submit one of these?



Guess we'll just have to fix up 13 more beach cottages so that they can all get used!



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Home Sweet Hairballs

We're home!

And, boy oh boy, do we have some cleaning/weeding/mowing/mail-sorting to do.

It's crazy what can happen to a place when you go away for three weeks!
(How can one kitty cat, and one 9 pound dog shed SO much fur!?!?!)

But before we even think about tackling any of that "fun stuff", I thought I'd post a few more photos of our "Screened Inn" project before I hit the hay tonight.

I plan to blog about each room separately this week, but since we got so many comments about being "teases" after our "Open House Day" post, I thought I better post some more pics a.s.a.p!



But, just so ya know, that pic really wasn't meant to be a tease!

I literally only had about thirty spare minutes before I had to get out of the house for the real estate open house on Sunday (the day after our open house).

But since we shoot in Raw (instead of jpeg), it takes several hours to import/convert/download/upload/sidewaysload/proof/photoshop/crop
a hundred million photos
(that's seriously about how many we took while we were there!),
I thought including one would be better than including none.
So I scrambled to the last second to make sure I could get that pic in there before we had to skidaddle!



(Me, scrambling to the last second in my "office" at Screened Inn, before the real estate open house.)



Anywho...I proofed a few more shots of the place tonight...













I look forward to bloggin' about our experience (and sharing LOTS more pics!) this week- but for now, it's waaay past my bedtime, and I've got a very important snuggle date with a puppy named Max...



...and a birthday boy named Kevin.





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Open House Day

Yesterday...



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Shopping in Savannah and Racing Towards the Finish Line

Well, it's been an amazing two weeks on Tybee so far, and although we've had some great meals (the shrimp po'boy at Stingrays is deloosh and breakfast at The Breakfast Club is to die for!), stayed in some amazing cottages, (we've crashed at six different pads so far), and experienced some magical moments, (Happy Hour at Doodlebug the other night was truly therapeutic)- we've pretty much been go-go-going since we first stepped foot onto this incredible island.

Last week we did a lot of planning and prepping, and this week is all about making final design decisions, working on lots and lots of projects, and filling in all the remaining blanks. (a.k.a shopping!)

It's a pretty 20 minute (or so) drive between Tybee and Savannah, and since I remembered to charge the battery this time, we thought it would be fun to document one of our daily trips to town so that we can watch it, and reminisce, when we're old and gray...





In other news, my Mom came to visit us from Pensacola tonight.
She got here around 7:00.
Just in time to watch the sun set- yay!

We shared a half a pound of boiled shrimp and drank margaritas while Kevin enjoyed a burger and a beer.

It was really nice.

Sort of ironic too.

The first time my Mom met Kevin was on a trip to an island.
(Catalina Island off the coast of California).

It was just the three of us.

I was selling my paintings in a 2-day juried art festival they have there every year.

We stayed in a little cottage, and had an absolute ball together.

When the trip was over, my Mom gave Kevin a book called "How to Live on an Island".

She even wrote little notes on some of the pages so that he would always remember special little parts of our trip.



So it's neat to be back on an island with the two of them again, almost exactly seven years later.



Well, it's late and our very helpful handymen will be here bright and early again tomorrow, so I better hit the hay.

Wish us luck as we continue to race towards the finish line!



PS-

We're going to have a little open house on Saturday for anyone who wants to stop by and see the new decor in person.
Nothing fancy-schmancy- just feel free to come by between 2:00 and 4:00 if you wanna walk through the place and say hello to me the hubs! (And Diane and my Mom too!)

Ooh!
And in case you didn't see the polls, the winning names were:

Cottage Name: Screened Inn

Master Bedroom: Lettered Love

Twin Bedroom: Sand & Sea

Yellow Bedroom: Lemonade Mermaid

Congrats to the winners!
I'll be in touch with you all soon!

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Dusk at Doodlebug

It's Happy Hour and I'm sitting on a white wicker settee inside the screened-in porch at a cottage called "Doodlebug".

It's topped with a lime green, leopard print cushion...



The view of the marsh in front of the cottage is like something straight out of a "Bellamy"...


(BellamyArt.com)

The air is heavy, and moist- but it smells incredibly fresh.

Makes me wanna take deep breaths...

Clear my mind...

Connect with God.

(I just heard thunder in the distance)



I've got my feet propped up on the coffee table in front of me...



I can feel a blister between my pinky toe and the toe next to it.

Must have walked too much today.

(Is there such a thing as walking "too much"?)



There's a big, black bird sitting on one of the curled up boards on the dock in front of the house.


(Curled up boards on the dock in front of the Doodlebug)




I wonder if he was born on Tybee?

I like to think he was.

I like to think he knows just how magical his surroundings are.

I like to think he knows just how lucky he is that he can safely land on something that most humans would be too scared to walk on.

And I like to think he landed there because he wanted to watch the sun set beyond the marsh...just like me.

(Except he wanted a front row seat!)




(The marsh in front of Doodlebug)


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Haley's Cottage Candle Giveaway

We've got another great giveaway here on the ol' bloggity-blog today!



One of our wonderful sponsors, "Haleys Cottage", has offered up one Rendezvous Vintage candle, of the "Lemon Drop" variety...



This yummy-smelling soy candle is valued at $21.50.
It's handcrafted from the finest ingredients available, and will burn for 50 hours!

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post between now (Friday, June 18th, 2010) and Monday (June 21st, 2010) at noon (Central Time).

Haley's Cottage has a lot of other great "stuff" too...



...so click on the killer coffee table pic to swing by their site today!

Good Luck!





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Vote For Your Favorite Cottage Names!

Alrighty!
Are you ready to cast your votes?
Diane narrowed down her favorite names, so here are the contenders...











If you'd like to cast your votes-
visit the poll in our left sidebar.

(Comments left on this post will not be counted as votes)

The poll will be open through noon (Central Time) on Monday, June 21st, 2010.

Can't wait to see which names win!







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