After my family trip to Anna Maria Island in Florida, we had lots of shells we collected from the gulf. My oldest son and I went out at 6:30 AM one morning and found LOADS of shells. On the plane ride home, using my gypsy (of course) working on my layouts from our vacation, I thought about what could I do with all those shells. Well I decided to make my own wind chime from some of the shells we found.
Bowl full of shells
I had to drill holes in the shells to be able to
feed the fishing line through them.
I also wanted to give a little color to some of the shells, so
I spray painted a few of them blue. Not completely,
I spray painted a few of them blue. Not completely,
just a couple of swipes.
Then I took a few of the shells and cut out vinyl using
Summer Vacation for the "BEACH"
Here is the finished project. I added some gold beads I had also
from my grandma's crafts stuff.
Such a neat idea! I always have tons of seashells and then can't figure out what to do with them.
ReplyDeleteoh what a great idea. That came out great
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. I love it
ReplyDeleteWhat a creative project and a great keepsake from your vacation.
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely idea for all those beautiful shells!! Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteHello Leslie, your shell chimes are so special. Just knowing that you gathered them yourself.
ReplyDeleteThat is a really cool idea!! I would have never thought of that!! So creative!
ReplyDeletethat is brilliant! I have a box of shells just waiting for something to be done with them from my last vacation....
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