Mama's Girl Market

After our busy day of travel, we finally checked into our cute little hotel. Very friendly staff and very helpful. The next morning we were up early to catch a train to cork. We used Viator to book our three days trip. I highly recommend using this site for all of your travel tours.  Saw lots of the most beautiful country side. When out of the city there is lot of green. Can differently see why it's called the Emerald Isle. One of the stops along the way was the  Cliffs of Moher . Amazing work by Mother Earth. These cliffs are 700 ft above the Atlantic Ocean.    I love this picture of my feet hanging off the cliff, was  kinda a rush. Wind was lightly blowing + salty smell in the air + watching the waves hit the rocks below = Peacefulness We stopped in Cobh was once known as Cove also known as Queenstown. Why is this important you might be wondering. This was the last port of call for the Titanic before she ...

First stop Ireland I will say before you fly out of the country mental prepare yourself for a very long day. After getting to the airport, flights, layovers, more flights, more layovers, customs, bus ride to hotel,  we finally made it. 20 plus hours of travel can be rough. Especially when things don't go as smoothly as one would hope. Heathrow airport in London is a  rough one. WE FINALLY MADE IT!!! First stop on our list was the Storehouse Brewery in Dublin. Suitcases and all. The Storehouse is where Guinness is brewed.       ( The beer of Ireland)  We had prepaid tickets  for 5pm and didn't think we had time to check into the hotel. Purchase your tickets online, it will help you save a some money and time. The Storehouse customer service was awesome. Since we already had tickets we didn't have to wait in line and they offered to hold on to our suitcases till we were done. This place was huge, 4 stories o...

Wow, I can't believe it but only two more weeks till I get to go on an amazing adventure. Going with one of my Besties, looking forward to meeting new people, traveling more of the world and just the experience of life.  Here, are a few more items that I feel was a must have for international traveling. There are items that aren't pictured or listed that will be needed too. Depending on if you are staying at a hotel or a hostel. If you staying at a hostel the list will be longer. Including a personal lock for the lockers that they have,  shower shoes, a towel to to name a few.  I had bought an international wall charger from REI for $30. I had found one for $10 at TJ Max. So I will be returning that one and going with the one from TJ's. Hopeful it is just as good.  I've heard that compression socks are a must. There are many online. They go up to $30. I found a pair at TJ Max for $4.99, of course they are not fancy by any means, just a simple black. I...

Being an active duty Coastie and my mother being an Army vet (WAAC), makes me love seeing veteran's starting businesses. This young lady is an Army vet who is creating clothing and other items for Female Veterans Lady Brigade   has some unique items.  Lady Brigade is running a GoFundMe campaign. Read her story here . If you have a few bucks to spare and love to help out veterans this is a good opportunity . 

Mother's Day giveaway!!!  (handmade soap, a pocket mirror and a special note)    There are 9 ways to enter to win, Follow @CoastieCreation on Instagram,  Coastie Creation on FB,   Mama's Girl Market on FB, follow Mama's Girl Market blog and leave a comment at any of the above.                               What makes your mom so special?                                                            Ends May 3 8pm pacific

My friend Skyler was leaving for a Coast Guard trade school. She is going to go for MST, that is a marina science technician. We thought we should go on one more trip before she left. So we  headed off to one of our favorite places MONTEREY. While we were there we thought it would be fun to go diving. SOOO we did what any mermaid would do but go to the local dive shop, rent some gear and went diving.  The weather was a perfect 80 degrees. The water temperature was a freezing 50 degrees.  (Just a little cold) Here are a few pictures of the dive. This was a large Sea Hare Slug. He was close to a foot long  (Fun fact they can grow up to 16in long) I have not seen so many sand dollars in one place.  It was a really neat thing to see. That little white speck is an octopus (Just a baby) That's me That's Skyler We also went  looking for Mermaid Tears (sea glass, found a good amount) and did some shopping...

I would like to share with you my friend Elise Nicole . Her work has been seen all over Hawaii and in Southern California.  If your looking for fun ocean art to fill up your beach house, you should check out her art here. I own a couple of her pieces. And love them. She had customized a lovely piece for me a few years ago, that is still one of my favorite pieces of art. Mermaid 1 Aloha! My name is Elise Nicole and I live in Kailua, Hawai'i with my best friend and love, my one and only super handsome guy John, and our beyond beautiful daughter Harlow and our wise old soul son Taj. I myself am an earth adoring, art creating, teacher of yoga, traveling explorer, and most of all passionate momma. I have a 'life list' that I gaze at daily, and plan to cross off every last item I have written on it. Most days I am the epitome of a goof, and I love that about me, Harlow is just like momma, I assure you Taj will be too. My career as an artist started in 2004 wh...

Hello everyone, With Christmas coming, I want you to meet some of my friends. They each have unique talents. And I thought this would be the perfect time to share. I hope everyone is as excited to meet them through out the upcoming weeks. And hope you look to them for your holiday and other needs. As a small business own I feel that its important to promote other small businesses.  Laura

DIY Record Bowl My grandmother saw some record bowls when we were at the Treasure Island flea market. (pictures of the day to follow soon) Being a DIYer and having a huge box of old records, I told her that I would make her some.  To start you need to pick out a record. I went out to the barn and pulled out this record. Turn on the oven to 350 degree. As you are waiting for the oven to warm up pull out the rest of the items that you are going to need, cookie sheet, a bowl that can go in the oven (pyrex is what I used), oven mitts and  a clean space on the counter.  Lay the record evenly over the bowl.  Once the oven is warmed carefully place the cookie sheet in the oven.  It doesnt take very long for the vinyl to soften up. See how it drapes over the bowl. Carefully remove the cookie sheet. You can start molding into shape while on the bowl. (make sure you are using oven mitts, IT'S HOT!) Then you can take off the bowl. ...

I was asked by a friend to update and clean up her little apartment while she was gone on vacation. So of course I jumped on the opportunity. And sooooo excited to share with you what was done. And here is the best part, it was under $200.00.  So let's get started. In her tiny little kitchen, she had a lot of random shelves. There really was no theme and things really didn't have a home. I had cleaned up her cabinets and was able to move a lot of canned and boxed foods it to the cabinets. For the items that are not used as much went to the top shelf. I bought her a cute little green stool for the hard to reach stuff.  She wanted art in the kitchen so she had large upcycled bags on the walls. Those were moved and replaced with art from the living room.  As you can see in the below pictures, how much cleaner it is and organized it looks. I bought her new drinking cups. They look like vintage mason jars with lids. Perfect since she likes to juice s...