Come Sail Away with Me!

Come sail away, come sail away,

come

sail away with me!

This little chalk ware sailor that I bought off of instagram was the inspiration behind my nautical themed summer mantle.

 

 

I'm sailing away
Set an open course for the Virgin Sea
'Cause I've got to be free
Free to face the life that's ahead of me

On board, I'm the captain
So climb aboard

 

A little sailboat rests on the hearth next to a rag wrapped rope basket.

 

 

 We'll search for tomorrow on every shore

And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on

I look to the sea
Reflections in the waves spark my memory
Some happy, some sad
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had

We lived happily forever
So the story goes

Come sail away, come sail away,
come
sail away with me!

 

I pulled out the buoys from our upstairs guest room.

 

 

I scored this jar of sea glass at a yard sale for $1. The red lid was an added bonus!

 

Lovely colors made beautiful by the sea.  I added a little anchor tied with rope to the jar.

 

 

I was so excited when I saw this rustic navy blue ice cream bucket at our local thrift.

 

 

Perfect for holding some flags.

I bought the muslin ones for $2 each at a vintage yard sale.

I knew I had to have them when I saw one had an anchor!

 

 

After seeing a couple of anchor projects shared at my weekly Share Your cup party.

1.  Kimberley from Seaside Ave.

     2.  Brenda from Muchmore Creative

 

I knew that I needed to add a project of my own.

 

A stenciled anchor on a pizza paddle.

I thought the shape was perfect for this project.

 

 

A childs block adds an additional anchor to the scene.

 

I just had to use this whimsical seascape sand pail, a $3 score.

 

 

 

 

This banner that I made years ago had the perfect nautical feel.

Don't you love it when you have something that just works to help make your vision unfold?

 

Put it all together and what do you get?  A fun summer mantle!

 

 

I added a few accessories to the hearth to help accent the mantle.

 

 

 

Now that summer is almost here are you ready to

sail away

for

some summer fun?

 

I hope my nautical mantle helped get you in the mood for summer!

 

hugs,

Jann

 

This post was featured at Let's Talk Vintage Party.  Thanks Jillian!

 

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