Can someone please tell me how we ended up here? In this crazy house. Covered with lobsters.
What started as an off-handed remark about the house needing “lobsters crawling all over it” has somehow turned into this little magical place where we live.
It’s one thing to say, wouldn’t it be fun… If we covered the house with lobsters. It’s a whole nother thing to do it. And we did it.
I think we’re up to just over 200 wooden buoys. How wild is that? It’s hard to pick a favorite holiday “theme” as they are all so unique.
And if I’m being completely honest, I don’t think we’re done yet.
I think we might need to do something special for Thanksgiving and maybe something to change things up mid-summer.
The HH says we have enough buoys. But I disagree. And really, he’s got the whole buoy making thing down now.
It would be a shame to stop now, right?
I think I might re-paint the Easter Eggs for next year though. I think they might be a little too busy. Maybe I’ll go for a more nautical pattern.
We’ll see.
Easter falls on April 5th next year… So I also might need something for between Easter and the Fourth of July.
But what? Do you have any ideas?
The tulips were in bloom by about the third week in April last year. So maybe something flower related?
We pulled up the white daffodils {which were really late bloomers} and moved them to the side of the house.
This year we should have oodles of creamy yellow, white and pink tulips in front of the fence in early May.
Trying to match buoys and tulips… It’s a bit tricky. Or just a little on the nutty side. Ha! I’m not sure which.
The back to school display was a really fun surprise.
We put it up the weekend before school started and received SO MANY wonderful comments about the books. Especially from the kids in town.
I think we’ll have to add a few more titles next year.
The only time the lobsters weren’t on the house was the month of October.
The poor HH. Decorating the Lobster House has sort of turned into a part-time job for him.
Secretly I think he likes it though. 😉 Not that he would ever admit it, but I think he does.
So there is it. The Lobster House, through the seasons, 2025. I’d say it was a busy year in the arts and crafts department. 🙂
I’m excited to do it all again next year {and then some}.
~Mavis
Nancy Settel says
Oh the back to school one is darling (well they all are) but wouldn’t it be fun to have children pose in front of the house before starting 1st grade and on and on. Perhaps you could do a “book” with each grade in it so they could hold up that book. 1st grade, 2nd grade etc.
Mavis Butterfield says
There were kids taking their school photos in front of the fence. 🙂 I like your “First Day Of” idea. Thanks Nancy, I might do that!!
Mel says
Thanksgiving buoys would be easy, I would think: browns and orange, turkeys, pumpkins, feathers, etc.
May is trickier, but I vote for “May flowers.”
Mavis Butterfield says
May is a hard one!!!
Mel says
Maybe just a garden theme? Flowers but also vegetables? I think beets, carrot, strawberries, etc. could be cute.