Look what I found at the beach... well, not the whole frame but the seashells on it:). It cost me a lot of work to make it look like this. I was searching for the right shells for couple days. The mission was simple... walking on the beach and looking for shells in same size! The outcome of couple beach walks... seashells of different sizes for couple more frames, a lot of colorful sea-glass, rusted metal wheel, rusted key, an old metal spoon (maybe from a shipwreck), and Darren rolling eyes by all that junk that was spread out on our dining table for a while, hehe.
So, how it goes? The process is very easy and you just need couple items - wooden frame with a mirror or without (you can make a picture frame for example), hot-glue gun, and couple shells. Don't use the glue right the way. First, spread out the shells around the frame the way you want it. Than, it's time to use the gun:). Take the first shell positioned on the frame and apply a little bit of hot glue around its edge and attach it quickly back to the wood frame, one after each other. Have fun!!!
They are two ways - You take a seed, plant it into the soil, and water it. Or you make it my way. I have to admit, I stole couple of the buxus leaves from the front yard at the place where we had a rented apartment while staying in RI. Well, I was bored and the bush needed a trim anyways:)
This project was very simple. I know I always say it's simple but honestly, it is very easy. I wasn't at home in Slovakia, which means I was missing couple floral items that you can find at my house any time - like oasis... spongy foam for flower arranging. But, I found a piece of used oasis for dry flowers from previous renters in one of the kitchen cabinets. The trouble is that the dry one is harder to soak up with water. So, if you want to work on your own tree, just use the one I mentioned before (usually in dark green color but the company came up with new fun colors as well). I made a ball out of the foam using a knife. That will be the base for the buxus leaves. Look for straight piece of stick... that will be your tree trunk. The additional items you need is a flower pot, couple stones & see shells, and of course bunch of buxus leaves.
And because, I didn't have enough of the floral foam, not even the dry one, I had to improvise. I centered the stick in the pot and stuffed the pot with couple plastic bag. So much for recycling:) Than, I just covered the bags with stones and shells that I found at the beach. In your case, please use a piece of oasis that you cut in order to fit it in the pot and use as a base for the stick. Than, you just need to attach the formed oasis ball to the top of the stick (trunk) and you can start to arrange the leaves around the ball. You can also use any full bloom flowers (carnations look awesome). I hope I inspired you today a little bit. Have fun making trees!:)
She is from a milk company brochure. I got her with our milk delivery in Denver, which was awesome by the way. We got fresh milk and chocolate milk directly from cows every week (the choc milk was from a cow that was fed only by chocolate, true story!). But honestly, you could taste the difference right the way. That would be one of the reasons why I would move to Denver for ever. And, this is from a person who doesn't even like the milk that much:)
I used the same technique that I showed in wrap paper making. I even picked the same colors and the same wooden fabric stamp but in a different way. I just used the green paint for the background and the yellow for the dotted stamping. I added couple foam adhesive squares to the cow picture and the word sentiment from a magazine free kit to make it stand out against the color splash. Very artsy and fun to make! I usually enjoy every second when playing with paint. I guess it's the great feeling acting like a child without any rules comparing it with mud games or jumping into paddles in my shiny green rainboots when I was kid. So enjoyable:)
