Remembering
Our Time Away
I hope everyone is
having a great weekend. We are getting a lot of rain so it is the perfect day
to be in my craft room. It has been a hectic week in our household this week
and our youngest started his Junior year (enjoy your little ones they grow up
way too fast).
A couple of weeks
ago I shared my relaxing getaway with you and that I had collected some shells
while we were strolling the beach. Today I wanted to share one of the project
ideas I had for my shells. While it is not a new idea it is one that will help
us remember our time away and allowed me to bring a piece of the ocean home
with me.
For this project I
used a plain wood frame I had purchased from Michaels some time back, Mod
Podge, sand, shells, and canvas. If you do not have shells you can purchase
these at any craft store.
I wanted to use
sand as the base of my frame and had planned to use a wonderful product I
purchased a couple of years ago at the CKC convention – it is sand that already
has adhesive mixed in so you just have to spread it on – but I had used it for
a previous project and it was hard as a rock. In the trash it went and I had to
think of another way to use sand. I was able to find a small bag of sand at
Hobby Lobby so I put a thick layer of Mod Podge and sprinkled it with sand.
This did not give me the coverage I wanted so I cleaned off the loose sand then
covered that layer with more Mod Podge and sand. After removing the excess sand
I applied a light layer of Mod Podge by dabbing it on the top layer of sand. This
allows the sand to stay in place so I do not have sand falling off the frame. Now
that I know this technique works I will not purchase any more of the sand with
adhesive because in the future I will remember to gather sand from the beach to
use when I get home.
Once the top layer
of Mod Podge was completely dry I started arranging my shells and then adhered
them with 3-in-1 Beacons glue. I then created a tag using canvas fabric,
outlined it with a brown marker, and added it to the frame. The edge of the
frame was bare wood so I decided to use aqua rick-rack to add a little color that
compliments the ocean.
Now I can remember
our getaway and the fun I had collecting the shells during our trip.
Tracey
