Coastal Whims

My love of nature and hand crafting beautiful keepsakes has prompted me to open my small home based business.

Our love of nature and hand crafting beautiful keepsakes has prompted us to build our small home based business! We work in a variety of mediums and love to explore new ideas. All of our items are found, crafted, and/or altered by us. We love the area around our home and have found it endlessly inspiring. We spend much of our free time sharing our love of nature with our family. These adventures g

ive us more than just the things we find but also priceless memories and moments to teach our children about the natural world around them.

11/02/2024

10/12/2024

10/03/2024

09/11/2024

This makes us want to pick up a hobby with a mission.

OLAUG—Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage—search and remove underwater garbage in Cape Cod. And they have a lot of fun doing it. Why the very specific and straightforward name?

There are a few requirements to join the club. You must be able to swim a half a mile in under 30 minutes, be at least 64 years old, and be able to free dive at least eight feet. That, and a desire to clean up Cape Cod waters, and you’re in. After a day’s work, they’re paid in cookies and hot chocolate by 84-year-old founder, Susan Baur. 🍪

📸 Boston Globe photographer Stan Grossfeld

09/02/2024

08/21/2024

A huge thank you goes out to the Campobello Whale Rescue crew. We had one our newer Humpbacks get tangled this afternoon, and the Campobello Whale Rescue responded extremely fast and got the line cut. They're thinking that the whale is free, but are monitoring it as best as they can in the fog. Thank you to the crew, you are angels for sure. And thank you to all our fellow whale watchers that spotted the distressed whale and those that were able to aid in the rescue.

08/17/2024

The Portland Museum of Art's exhibit “Passages in American Art” is billed as a "fundamental reinterpretation of the [museum's] collection", offering moments that weave together Wabanaki perspectives and commentary on colonialist artworks, in addition to art by Wabanaki persons.

Of Winslow Homer's oil painting “Weatherbeaten” (1894), in the exhibit, Passamaquoddy educator Chris Newell responsively states:

“Supeq is the Passamaquoddy word for ocean. I see supeq not as background to the coast but as the primary element, as the living force portrayed in this artwork, and I long for connection to that place as all Wabanaki peoples once had. In modern times, a place of energy like this is likely privately owned. When I look at this painting, I am reminded that private ownership has eliminated the open and inviting human connection to these special places, and now we tend to settle for imagining our experiences with them through the art of the owners. I wonder about the story of Wabanaki interaction with this space in our world and why and how that story got erased.”

The painting is generally assumed to show the view from Homer's studio in Prout's Neck, so Newell's commentary on ownership is very important here. He signifies that since initial colonization and up through today, access to many natural areas (that were stewarded by the Wabanaki Nations since time immemorial) is determined by ownership. Newell further notes that control of the art world, including images of natural beauty, also depends on ownership. Chris Newell is co-founder and Director of Education for the Akomawt Educational Initiative: https://www.akomawt.org/

07/21/2024

We made the right person famous 🙏

07/14/2024

07/06/2024

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Coastal Whims Society6 Website Walkthrough

There is a 40% off sale ending tonight so I thought you all might enjoy a little walk-through of my society6 page! https://society6.com/coastalwhims?sort=random

My first ever product unboxing from my print business so that you guys can all see what these look like! 🙂💜 Right now all wall art is 40% off https://society6.com/art/stunning-microcosm

Here is to the hope I can share some of that calm and peace from my adventures with the pupper at Jasper Beach on Saturday.

If you missed out on my last Society6 print sale then I have good news, I am having a memorial day sale! 9/2-9/3: Labor Day Sale: Up to 40% Off Everything with Code: CHEERS https://society6.com/coastalwhims

One of our most successful designs has been our arthritis friendly bracelets. Designed for those with dexterity issues the have no fine clasp mechanism bit use the spring action of the bangle to keep the seaglass focal point very secure on the wrist. As soon as final polish and cleaning ate complete this little beauty will be available at @ www.coastalwhims.com

I thought I would take a moment to share one of the other things that motivates me... A serious frustration with the way our oceans and beaches are being effected by our actions! I am seeing more people enjoying the local beaches and that is awesome. Hopefully they will help raise awareness and who knows maybe pitch in with helping to clean the beaches. This all came off my favorite beach yesterday. We usually hual a few bags of trash off the beach every time we hike. SMH #whatareyoudoingtohelp #beachcleanup #careforwhatyoulove #plasticdoesnotbelonginthesea #notfishfood #keepitclean #weneedtodobetter #leaveitbetterthanyoufoundit #myfavoritebeach #respect #coastalwhims #smallbutmighty #wecandoit

Short look at what's on the bench tonight.

Seasonal Decoration Sneak Peek

So who is interested in a sneak peek of some of our soon to be listed seasonal inventory? :)

Something a little different for you all today... Watch, share, care.

Different kind of sneak peek tonight. Back by request a very popular design for those with joint or dexterity issues. Enjoy.

We were blown away during the long car ride home today. I love that we can find beauty everywhere!

Quasi philosophy for the day.

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My Story

Four years ago I was in a very different spot. My marriage was under a lot of different stresses, not the least of which was financial. I was watching the life we'd built fall apart before us, and nothing we did seemed to help. I began my art teaching career but working only 1 1/2 days a week hardly pays for the daycare and gas necessary to actually get to work in rural Maine. After four challenging years, my life is in a very different place...

In the beginning it was crazy, starting a business with no experience meant I spent just as much time learning as I did creating. Money was tight, I was constantly trying to come up with free and cheap things to do with the kids, and we had been hiking and beach combing more and more around our little coastal town. It became our quiet time, our adventure time, our therapy. This passion, for nature and the environment, for the ocean and its treasures, it all became wrapped up in the desire to make things... before long Coastal Whims was born.

Life is an amazing adventure! My kids and I still hike regularly. I am now beginning a new full time position as a local Art Educator. I still teach workshops and college in the evening. I still spend just as much time learning as I do creating and teaching!

And now I invite you to be a part of this story, by taking home one of my unique creations. Each piece is lovingly designed and hand crafted by me. With each moment that goes into the creation, I am aware of what these pieces mean. They are my passion, my hearts, and my story. Thank you for being a part of it.