Beach Holiday Keepsake

We’ve been to the beach a month ago, and brought back some pretty sea shells, rocks and awesome memories! 

So we made a special keepsake from it, to pretty up our home and remind us of that fun holiday:

   
This was a collaborative project: I did start and finish it, but the kids helped with the shell and sand decorations.

   
We reused old wooden frames like this, together with two shades of teal colored paint:

   
The background was painted like this:

   
Then the shells and sand were added:

  
I color copied some of our holiday photos, and deco podged it to the frames:

   
I added some crushed Mielie corn as a frame around the picsand around the wooden frames too:

 

And that is it! A lovely beach holiday keepsake to be hung on the wall for all to enjoy:

    

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