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Keep Calm and…

What a fad: Keep Calm and ….

It was originally a saying from the British government as a morale booster during the second World War.  “Keep Calm and Carry On” showed up on propaganda posters but because it was never really circulated on a wide scale, it didn’t quite catch on.  Back in the turn of this century someone found some remaining posters and now the saying is everywhere. The issue of trademark has arisen but I haven’t found anything yet to indicate the US or the UK have definitely deemed the saying trademarkable so it just keeps on keeping calm. Many an entrepreneur on both sides of the pond has decided what to Keep Calm or how to Keep Calm and are cashing in on this now-popular phrase.

In the jolly ol’ spirit of things I’ve come up with my own, and yes, mine do have something to do with the coast and the beach and just my life’s interests.  Hope you find them enjoyable.

Can you add any?  Comment below.

  • Keep calm and put your toes in the sand
  • Keep calm and stare at your seashell collection
  • Keep calm and watch the surf(C) eileensaunders
  • Keep calm and beach comb
  • Keep calm and surf
  • Keep calm and play with your seaglass
  • Keep calm and fill your beach bucket
  • Keep calm and sunbathe
  • Keep calm and bird watch
  • Keep calm and kick the sand
  • Keep calm and smell the salt air(c) eileensaunders
  • Keep calm and drink wine
  • Keep calm and catch a wave
  • Keep calm and swim with the dolphins
  • Keep calm and dream of summer
  • Keep calm and enjoy the waves
  • Keep calm and enjoy the sand
  • Keep calm and pretend you’re on vacation
  • Keep calm and protect the turtles
  • Keep calm and protect the nesting shorebirds
  • Keep calm, you’re almost at the beach
  • Keep calm, you’re almost at the lake
  • Keep calm and sit on the dock
  • Keep calm and watch the sunset
  • Keep calm and watch out for sharks
  • Keep calm and fish on
  • Keep calm, it’s just a hurricane(C) eileensaunders
  • Keep calm and coast
  • Keep calm and keep swimming
  • Keep calm and float on
  • Keep calm and enjoy the salt spray
  • Keep calm and drop anchor
  • Keep calm and moor your boat
  • Keep calm and shuck an oyster
  • Keep calm and paddle
  • Keep calm and float with the manatees
  • Keep calm and Ukulele on
  • Keep calm and Hula on
  • Keep calm and boat on
  • Keep calm and sail on
  • Keep calm and sway with the palm trees(C) eileensaunders
  • Keep calm and soak up the sun
  • Keep calm and make a sand castle
  • Keep calm and seine on
  • Keep calm and catch a fish
  • Keep calm and crawfish on

Need a t-shirt with any of these sayings?  Let me know, I’ll whip one up for you on my Etsy store, Crafty Beachcomber.

Shorebird Nesting Awareness and Greeting Cards

The Caspian Tern is one of my favorite shorebirds.  It is the largest tern out there, the size of a gull, and frequently nests near gull colonies.

These photos are a set that I am selling on blank greeting cards through my Etsy store, Crafty Beachcomber.  They are fixed to ivory cards measuring 5×6.5; the photos are 4×6 and are suitable for framing.

I always loved when the Caspian Tern came in flocks to the Siesta Key beach.  On a windy day, their black tuft would raise with the breeze like a spiked hair on an 80’s punk rocker.  I got so used to referring to them as the punk rock bird, I had to look up their actual name. Shame on me!

The cards are a limited edition of 100 and the proceeds will benefit Save the Chicks, a shorebird nesting awareness organization.  Money will be given to an organization that helps educate the public while protecting the nesting habitats of shorebirds.  Most of these birds nest in a scrape on the beach.  They, the nest and the eggs are mostly camouflaged and susceptible to destruction from beach goers, pets and, prey.  Beach towns usually rope off areas of the beach for these federally protected birds, when nests are found, but many people don’t respect this.  When you are at the beach this summer, please stay out of and away from roped areas  Protect our birds.

Visit Save The Chicks for more information about the Caspian Tern and why protecting birds is important.

Meanwhile, if you would like to order a set of 4 cards, please visit my Etsy store: Crafty Beachcomber.  Thanks.

Coastal Ideas on Pinterest

I live along the  Gulf Coast and love all things coastal.  So I’ve been collecting things on my Pinterest page that are Coastal Inspirations.

Some people pin an enormous amount of items and I wonder if they’re really pinning for themselves or just randomly what they like that day.  I prefer to pin what I like and what represents what I’d realistically like to have, make, do or visit.  So, my pin board is not a large collection; only about 100 pins but it reflects what inspires me.

I also love Starfish so I have a separate board for everything Sea Star. Hope it inspires you.