So are you sick of seeing this fabric yet? haha.
I was looking for some way to create inexpensive art, while also bringing blue into this area.
I had this shadow box that was literally, collecting tons and tons of dirt on the garage.
I purchased it... oh, at least 5 years ago, with good intentions, yet I pulled it out of the garage looking like so:
Notice even the price tag is still on it? I guess it is a good thing I bought it back then, because the me now, that has been newly dubbed Cheapo-Courtney, probably wouldn't invest $20 in a frame.
Anyway, I cleaned it up - No small feat!- and ripped off the mat. It didn't really go with the look I was aiming for.
I then lined the felt on the back with my ol' standby blue stripes. I do realize I need to go back in and adjust that fabric. It doesn't look as bad in person, but the above photo really makes me see the gap in the two scraps.
I placed white scrapbooking paper over a sheet of black, and went to work with these:
These shells were found along the Texas coast, on Galveston Island while my sons did a little of this:
Ah, good stuff.
I laid out the shells and played with the arrangement until I found one I liked.
I then taped down each shell with extra sticky packing tape. For the heavier shells, I braced them with sewing needles (pins), that in my mind can also be used as 'specimen pins'. :)
I then sealed it up, and hung it.
Wa-la.
Total cost (if you consider money spent in the last 4 years- haha) $0. :)
-Courtney
