Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Shell (or rock) Shadow Box

I am still working on filling in the frames in our family room gallery wall, but I have made a little progress :)

In addition to adding in our decorative vintage clock face, I also wanted to add in a few other unexpected elements other than just framed prints. And since I'm a shell hoarder, I thought a shadow box filled with shells would be the perfect addition.


This was a super cheap and easy little project to complete and turned out looking pretty dang cute too.
I bought all of the supplies at Micheal's (white shadow box, 4 bags of varying sized shells) and got to work. 
I started by strategically placing all of the larger shells in the frame.


And then kept filling in with the small shells until all of the gaps were filled in.


Then I placed the back on and hung it up. It was as easy as that :)


I also tried it with rocks, but didn't like how it looked in our room as much as I liked the shells.



Now if I could just get the rest of the frames filled up!
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6 comments:

  1. very kool!
    did you glue anything down? if not how did you keep the sand from moving down?

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  2. I love it, very well done!!

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  3. Ohhh, I love it! What a great idea. It looks beautiful! I am your newest follower. : )

    Jeannie
    maxwellhouseinteriors.blogspot.com

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  4. Love it!!! Shadow boxes are so fun especially with shells. :)
    xoxox

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  5. Looks great, Erin - I love the shells in the shadow box!

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  6. I am definitely going to try a shadow box with seashells. What size frame did you use?

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