HAPPY COLORS....HAPPY TOUR!!!!

OK, this fund raiser is for fun...Island Happy Fun...Happy Colors fun !!!There isn't a serious thing about it.....EXCEPT the very serious issue of over population of dogs and cats. The low cost spay and neuter clinic we are trying to build to help this problem.
This island is quirky, laid back and full of characters. We are serious about having fun and enjoying life.
Cottages have their own attitudes!!!
They arn't perfect..but they are comfortable and they will make you smile. On this tour, there are 17 cottages. There is a map but they are easy to find..just ride around and if you get stuck in the tiny Christmas parade.(Then you can see Santa and ask him for a cottage this year since you have been so good)
There are flamingos and cottage signs at every cottage...call me if you get lost ..912 667-9310.....

Christmas decorating fun

MY favorite color ..white fun

beach house blue .. back river chair fun

sparkling light fun

pinks and orange and yellow and aqua  ..cottages are about fun!!

cheery and happy fun

bright and happy fun

relaxed and happy fun

fluffy and happy  fun

seriously Happy Fun

peaceful happy fun

comfortable happy fun

Fish Camp Happy Fun

animal print happy fun

Please come on the tour or send me an email if you are to far away and I will send photos from the tour. The ticket are tax deductible. All proceeds go to the spay and neuter clinic. You can donate if you can't come!!!

http://www.humanesocietysav.org/holidaytour

See you Saturday...

 

 

Guest Blogging Today

It has been a very busy week. Yes, the countdown is on. Saturday is our Holiday Cottage Tour. Tickets are still available. Go to http://tybeefun.com to purchase. We hope to see you there. I'm guest blogging with my friends at RoadsideRustic.com so if you get a chance swing on by. You can also see some of my holiday decor pics on their Facebook page.

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A Retro Stove..Restored and ready for baking Christmas Cookies

In the world of cottages, just a few decorations make a big impact!!!!

Decorating for the Jane Coslick Holiday Tour .. This is the kitchen of The  Coral Cottage which will be on the tour.

The original stove from the Coral Cottage. It was white and Worked!!!!

how cute is this...makes you want to cook and clean and wash...How about the cute chandlier over the washer dryer.

 

 It was restored (painted it turquoise) and created the kitchen around it!! 

The counter tops are light gray laminate with a chrome edge to compliment the chrome on the stove...

Can't wait to show the rest of the cottage...I posted this to show the appliance parts store so we can get burner pans...( they seem to have gotten lost in the restoration...)
 We are down to the "punch list" and those disappeared .

Come on the tour ...Saturday www.tybeefun.com
I am so grateful to the homeowners for opening their cottages for such a good cause.. A low cost spay and neuter clinic .
The  fabulous Coral Cottage is a Tybee Cottages Vacation Rental. www.tybeecottage.com As soon as the landscaping is done the photos will be posted on the site. Email tcottages.com for question until then.

Most Definitely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let The Decorating Begin!!!!!

Anna ( the Amazing) came to Bead Cottage to help me ponder the porch and prepare for the tour. She has the talent and skill to create in "15 seconds or less"....... lighting speed!!!! Beside being an artist and art teacher,  Anna does flowers , weddings ,oyster shell chandeliers, oyster shell  lamps and wonderful Christmas decorations. She even snapped these photos as we dashed out the door to Coral  Cottage....
When she arrived, we began moving furniture and fluffing things . Even though she is now teaching , she came to energize the project and decorate a tiny cottage.
. Cottage don't have unlimited space for things like giant snow villages or miles and miles of garland. What they do have is spots here and there for bits of tinsel and glitter,or fresh greens and natural burlap ribbon. It doesn't take much and the impact is huge.

hot pink Christmas..view from the porch to the bedroom

the garland started at my office ( the pink fake polka dot bathing suit was created and used at a tour of homes 10 years ago.. )It appeared in the decoration box so maybe we will use it somewhere....

Old Metal Santa belong to my grandfather and then to my mother and now it is mine for a while. Even though it has seen better days it  still lights up and blinks so it  will have a place of honor at the tour.



the screen porch at Bead Cottage is as large as the house. I added it when I restored the cottage and it over looks the swimming pool. 

 Bead is a vacation rental now. www.tybeecottages.com. by Tybee Cottages. It could  be ready for guest right after the tour is over .
Bead Cottage was featured in Cottage Living Magazine. when it was still around . It is now featured in FRESH IDEAS special publications that has some of the timeless cottages from the magazine.



my favorite "find" last year..a turquoise  glittery tree skit for my tiny tree(.Target $8.00).

this little tree is make from  pieces of screening and wired together and sprayed green.The beads are wired and glued to the screen.This door is one of my favorites...the cottage is one of my favorites.
 

 www.tybeefun.com.. see you on the 8th of December...
Holy cow!!..I better get to work!!!  That is two weeks from today.

 

400 square feet of Magic!!!

A Tiny simple cottage that touches your soul when you walk thru the door.

art and Tybee Turquoise..and lots of white!!!

http://janecoslick.myshopify.com/collections/janes-colors


a tiny stove....but it can cook the turkey!!!



one big room with wall dividers

and  a beautiful Bellamy oyster painting

www.Bellamyart.com


pocket windows and more great art



the bar   for "bed and breakfast"



tiny shells with Tybee Turquoise

the guest room in ticket boot



a tiny table makes for the island and extra counter space

 

A Tiny beach house helping to raise money for a spay and neuter clinicwww.tybeefun.com. Come see it in person.......
You can also sleep there if you would like to... Contact Mermaid Cottageswww.mermaidcottages.com to rent Old Love cottage.

Happy colors!!!!














 

Old Love Cottage

The Luscious Little Cottage was restored in 2009. It is located next door to my cottage, 99 steps to the beach. I called it 99 1/2 steps because together the two cottages are less than 1500 square feet . It was the home of one of my best friends and we had years of good times together.

When they decided to sell,I had to buy it to protect  it from being torn down.

The Family that now owns it named it OLD LOVE. It will be one of the stars of the Holiday Cottage tour on  December 8th

before

before

When I restored it, I decided to paint it pink ..Name of the pink in my cottage collection( Luscious Little Cottage Pink)

funky roof lines



no room for the washer and dryer inside.......SO

created the color from the pink beach lilies that grew in the yard.

Old love is 425 square feet and the ticket booth outside is 220 square feet.

this tiny space was the ticket booth whe the the train was the only way to get to Tybee Island. It is now a bedroom.

 

the cottage is a happy place

love the tiny window over the kitchen sink

    www.tybeefun.com