Inspiration for Spring

Yesterday, I stopped in at Michaels with my 50% off coupon -- and was inspired.

Lots of goodies were on sale, and this is what I ended up with.

This great decorative plate.

Crushed shells, shell balls, and a spicy vanilla candle.

Do you see where this is going?  No?  Stay with me.

How about this?

I covered the indented area of the plate with crushed shell,

and added the shell balls.

-OR-

Take away a shell ball, and add the candle.

-OR-

If you're into balance and symmetry...

-AND-

There's was lots of leftover crushed shell,

so I added some around this candle as well.

As I look at these photos, I'm realizing that

I have totally been inspired by

Sarah at A Beach Cottage.

Check out her monochromatic decorating style.

It's totally inspiring for life at the beach.

{Let's not talk about the fact that I live in the midwest

 -- and we're still not done with winter!}

As my kids would say: WHATEVER.