{"id":21446,"date":"2014-12-08T09:49:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T14:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=21446"},"modified":"2014-12-08T16:47:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T21:47:03","slug":"the-shellelf-judge-in-the-2014-captiva-golf-cart-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/08\/the-shellelf-judge-in-the-2014-captiva-golf-cart-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"The ShellElf Judge in the 2014 Captiva Golf Cart Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ginger<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s the most wonderful time of year again…We shellebrated the holidays the weekend at the Captiva Golf Cart Parade<\/strong> <\/a>with fabulous floats!<\/p>\n

\"Nut<\/a><\/p>\n

Since the parade began in 2009,\u00a0I’ve been decorating our Junonia Jalopy<\/strong><\/a> to take part in this quirky Christmas ritual… but not this year. This year I was honored to be a judge. But I couldn’t be just any judge- I had to break out a shell or two and decorated myself as a ShellElf to help\u00a0NBC2 news anchor Kellie Burns<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and writer Steve Winston of WorldPropertyJournal.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>judge the cutest little parade on the planet.<\/p>\n

\"Captiva<\/a><\/p>\n

I wish you could have seen these carts in person because they looked so much more amazing than the pictures but The Snowflakes were creative, frosty, sparkly and bright.<\/p>\n

\"snowflakes<\/a><\/p>\n

They won first prize for Non-Commercial decorated golf cart. They were so stinkin cute!<\/p>\n

\"Non<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0local Remax offices are currently under construction so this team of realtors got really creative to decorate their golf cart float as The Grinch with construction tape and hard hats in colorful Christmas colors. They even had a dog with one antler- lol. The Grinch would be proud!<\/p>\n

\"decorated<\/a><\/p>\n

The Grinch mobile deservingly won first prize in Commercial category.<\/p>\n

\"Commercial<\/a><\/p>\n

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw Bubble Room’s Ginger Bread House roll down the street. Yes, there was really a golf cart under this candy house made mostly of colorful paper plates. Awesome!<\/p>\n

\"Gingerbread<\/a><\/p>\n

They won Best In Show! \u00a0These are the adorable Bubble Room girls who made this amazing golf cart\u00a0the overall winners of the parade.<\/p>\n

\"Best<\/a><\/p>\n

It was not easy being judge since there were so many other whimsical and creative\u00a0golf carts…<\/p>\n

\"Captiva<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Captiva<\/a><\/p>\n

\"American<\/a><\/p>\n

After watching theses crazy carts float around Captiva Island, then watching the wacky awards ceremony, we all enjoyed merry cheer as the sun went down and the streets lit up with Luminary Festivities .<\/p>\n

\"Shell<\/a><\/p>\n

Our friends Louis and Nancy from our home town of Virginia Beach came for their second year to spend an Island Christmas in paradise with us. Being a part of such silliness, they want to come back next year too.<\/p>\n

\"Clark<\/a><\/p>\n

Since The Grinch didn’t want to\u00a0steal this Christmas this year, The ShellElf steals a smile.<\/p>\n

\"Captiva<\/a><\/p>\n

Shellers loved the parade too! I saw local sheller Jim rejoicing in the fun… while we talked about shelling our local beaches. He’s been finding lots of good shells at Gulfside City Park too and the same as me… he has\u00a0been seeing Blind Pass and the Lighthouse beach a “hit or miss” these days. As we both said… ‘You never know what your gonna find until you get there!”.
\n\"Pam<\/a><\/p>\n

This sweet little parade would never have been possible if it weren’t for the sponsorship of Royal Shell Companies so you may have wondered why these nutty Nut Cracker Carts didn’t win anything… \u00a0we couldn’t vote on our sponsor. But YOU get to vote for any cart you want because there is one more category that needs to YOUR VOTE…<\/p>\n

YOU get to choose the Peoples Choice Award! You can see all of the floats from the parade and vote for your favorite one. CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a> to choose your fave! (or\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/captivagolfcartparade<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"captiva<\/a><\/p>\n

The island Shellebrations have begun!<\/p>\n

\"Pam<\/a><\/p>\n

Come join us for our Shelling Adventure on Sight Sea-R cruise on Wednesday December 10, 2014 to Big Hickory Island. We should find plenty of holiday gifts from the sea on the island from these north winds that have been blowing- weehoo! CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a> for more info and future dates.<\/p>\n

\"pam<\/a><\/p>\n

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