You know Moi - I went down to Sanibel last August with her and Traci. You can read about our fun filled trip here. Moira and I share a passion for decorating with beach themed items, and after she gave me some gorgeous sand dollars a couple of weeks ago, I had an idea of something I wanted to make for her.
First I took an 8" x 10" picture frame and painted it beige....
I applied a thin coat of watered down Elmer's Glue to both sides of the sand dollars to help make them a little more sturdy. Sand dollars are so fragile and I've found that I break fewer of them if I coat them with the glue mixture. Once they dry, you can't even tell. I took a piece of burlap and cut a piece a little larger than the cardboard insert for the frame. Then I ironed it out nice and flat. I pulled out my stencils and some blue paint....
....and stenciled one of our favorite sayings onto the burlap....
Once the paint had dried I attached the burlap to the cardboard insert and put it inside the frame. Finally I took one of the sand dollars and glued it to the corner of the frame. I adore the look of stenciled letters on burlap.
So the above frame was made for Moira and then I made this for myself. I took one of the arrowhead sand dollars she gave me and gave it the Elmer's Glue dip. Then I took a 4" x 4" frame, painted it beige and simply glued the sand dollar to the back of the frame. This was a super easy project and it's now standing on a book shelf in my office. Isn't the shape of this sand dollar awesome?
I swear it took me longer to clean up all that burlap than it did to make both projects.
