Mermaid Sightings

Mermaid Sighting: Mary Kay Mermaid!

Our good friend and favorite author, Mary Kay Andrews, was hard at work recently! She attended the Scotts Antique Show in Atlanta, and wouldn’t you know it, she spotted a mermaid!

 

Look at what Mary Kay Andrew's shared with us!

This is one lovely, vintage treasure of the sea! Thanks for sharing her with us Mary Kay, and I know you found many more fabulous things at that show, too. You always do!

Have you spotted a mermaid lately? We’d love to see it! Please send your sighting and maybe a little background about it to diane@mermaidcottages.com. Keep your eyes peeled, because your sighting could end up being our next featured Mermaid! We look forward to hearing from you soon!

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Mermaid Sighting: Mermaid Cottages and Tybee Island Accolades!

 

To those of us who already know and love our beautiful island, we know Tybee Island is the perfect place that happens to be a little piece of heaven on earth! Well, we are so excited to share some wonderful news. Tybee Island and Mermaid Cottages is getting noticed and we couldn’t be more proud! Tybee and Mermaid Cottages were recently featured in an article in Atlanta Magazine! Along with the wonderful words about our beautiful island, the authors of the article recommended Mermaid Cottages as the place to stay when visiting. They even mentioned their stay at Nora’s Cottage! Here’s the article…make sure you click the picture for a bigger view, and read all of the wonderful things they had to say!

Tybee Island has also been noticed by other outlets, and garnered some pretty awesome accolades to boot! According to the TybeeVisit website, others are figuring out how great our wonderful little island is as well. Some of Tybee’s most recent accolades are:

Top 10 Vacation Rental Hotspots for 2010- TripAdvisor
Top 10 City Beaches in America – AOL
#1 Healthiest Beach in America – Health Magazine
“Readers’ Choice Best Beach” – Georgia Magazine
“Best One Tank Trip” – Atlanta Journal Constitution
“Best Beach Retreat” – Creative Loafing Atlanta

Not to be forgotten, Tybee was also listed as one of the Top 5 “Hidden Beach Destinations” on Yahoo! How exciting is that?! Here’s a little of what they had to say…

Located just a few short minutes east of Savannah, GA, Tybee Island may not be such a secret to those in the southeast. Tybee Island offers some beautiful beaches and resort hotels and gives you the feeling of those old 50’s and 60’s beach towns. While there, you can catch one of Savannah’s famous ghost tours or catch the casino gambling boat that takes you out and let you spend the kid’s college tuition.” 

Make sure you read the entire article to learn more about all five of the Top Hidden Beaches over at Yahoo! I agree…I had no idea we were such a secret. Well, if we were, the secret is definitely out now! These accolades are huge honors to have, but of course, they come as no surprise to those of us who live here.

Tybee’s beautiful marshes at sunset.

We are so glad more and more people are visiting (and falling in love with!) Tybee Island! We hope you can make it soon. Whether you are a frequent guest, or brand new to the island, we can’t wait to see you! Curious to learn more about our wonderful paradise? Head on over to the TybeeVisit website and explore, then visit the Mermaid Cottage website and plan a visit. We can’t wait to welcome you!

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Mermaid Sighting: Beary Clever Art from Sue Tobey White

     This week, we really have a special treat. A beautiful piece by our friend Sue Tobey White, a fabulous artist from Belfast, Maine, is our featured mermaid sighting!
     A few years ago, Belfast had fiberglass bears, much like other cities…Chicago had cows, Tybee has turtles and so on. Well, Sue was one of the artists participating! Sue was kind enough to email a little information to us.

“We could choose between a standing-on-all-fours or a standing bear, on two legs, and create what we wanted. I chose the one on two legs. We cut off the legs, made a tail, and created Bearielle, the mer-bear.She is now on Nantucket Island at the home of someone who collects mermaids!”

    
     Isn’t Bearielle fabulous? Of course, I adore this quirky, unique mermaid! Thank you so much for sharing her with us Sue. You can read more about Bearielle and the other Belfast Bears at the Belfast Bearfest website; they are all so much fun!
     Have you seen a mermaid? Feel like sharing? We’d love to see your sighting! Please send your sighting and story to diane@mermaidcottages.com and allow us to share it with our readers. And, make sure to catch our up-coming Mermaids in Our Midst post this week to learn more about Sue Tobey White and her fabulous art!

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Mermaid Sighting: High Tide Creations

     I just love mermaid decor…especially if it is handmade! I saw this wonderful sculpture featured on the Sally Lee by the Sea blog a little while ago, and fell in love. They featured High Tide Creations, and Etsy shop full of wonderful beach creations! This mermaid has to be one of my favorites, but everything is gorgeous…it’s hard to pick just one.

     Make sure to stop by next week for our sighting, too! We’ll be featuring one of our favorite artists who has a mutual love of mermaids!
     Have you seen a mermaid lately? You know, they are everywhere! If you have a mermaid sighting you’d like to share, please send it to diane@mermaidcottages.com. We’d love to see it, and share it right here!

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Mermaid Sighting: Pittsburgh, PA

     It never ceases to amaze me where mermaids turn up! Fellow Mermaid, Melissa, spotted this mermaid while in Pittsburgh, PA…before the snow of course!

“I spotted this lovely lady in Pittsburgh. We were really trying to get home to Erie, but got totally lost in downtown after a wrong turn! It was a wonderful surprise to see a mermaid…almost like it was destiny!”
     Thanks for sending in your mermaid Melissa! If you have your own mermaid sighting, we’d love to see it! Please send your sightings to diane@mermaidcottages.com and we may share it right here on our blog.
 Happy searching!

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