On these hot summer days, we’re all looking for ways to feel cool and comfortable.

One way to feel cool as a cucumber is to surround ourselves with cooler colors likes blues, whites, and greens.

Last summer I had fun playing around with a tablescape in coastal blues.

What blues are coastal blues?

Just look at your favorite body of water.  Notice the many, many shades of blue.

Use them freely and you’re off to feeling cooler and refreshed.

Who knew it would be so easy.

Now go check out my Casual Coastal Tablescape here.

Can you believe that in a few days the calendar will be turning again and the second month of summer will fall away?  August is upon us just too quickly.   I don’t know about you, but when August comes, I find myself digging in and working at savoring these final weeks of summer.   Let’s face it….summer is just too short.  And as much as I enjoy everything autumn, summer just goes way too fast.

Let’s check out some of your summer creativity…

Project Inspire{d}!

One fun party with four extraordinary hostesses.

Mary Beth from Cupcakes and Crinoline    ~   Malia from Yesterday on Tuesday
Stephanie Chan from The Silly Pearl    ~    Diane from An Extraordinary Day

Every Monday we each choose one inspiring link to feature….

My Pick….

Andrea made this fabulous herringbone design deck with pallets.  One hundred pallets to be exact.
You’ve got to go check out how she did it and leave her your Wow! words.

Two Level Pallet Deck by Scrapality Designs

Mary Beth’s Pick….

Cassie created a vertical pallet succulent garden with cuttings from neighbors and friends.
Plus she gives us a detailed tutorial for creating our own garden, too.

Pallet Vertical Succulent Garden by Ken Heartstrings

Malia’s Pick…

Create your own summery glasses in gorgeous colors and designs.

DIY Painted Glasses by Blooming Homestead

Stephanie’s Pick…

What a sweet bear hat!  Every little one needs one of these!

Crochet a Bear Hat by Jenny and Teddy Craft Blog

Thank you for sharing so many wonderful projects, recipes, crafts, and inspiring posts last week!  
You can link up through early Friday morning or come back next week and link up for another
Project Inspire{d}, who knows maybe next week I will be featuring you!

If you missed last week, click here, to see what was inspiring all of us.

I can’t wait to see what you link up this week!!

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Extraordinary Inspiration for Your Weekend post
where I feature a few of the great links!!

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