Remember yesterday when I said this beading thing could be addictive? Well, here is another beaded project. Originally the flower was supposed to be pink but the yellow seemed to work better. For now it is attached to a headband but that may change to a brooch. While I was photographing the subject of this post, it reminded me of a cruise that we went on. The ship was the Carnival Conquest and until we got aboard the ship, I was unaware that the decor was all impressionist artist influenced. Just wandering around and looking at the decor was like being in a floating gallery. Why this post reminds me of the cruise, the gigantic sunflower in this atrium! Here is a picture of it. Yes, another item influenced by Van Gogh, go figure.
A while ago, my mom gave me this jar and I shuffled it around the house trying to figure out what to do with it. It came to me last night. With the bathroom decor leaning towards tropical, I decided to fill it will shells. These are also something that I had collecting dust in the house. Now, filling a jar with shells isn't just dumping them in there and saying OK that looks good, no you need to show off the cool ones and fill the middle with the average ones. It took me two tries to get it the way I wanted it to look. There is a neat shelf in the bathroom that I had already decorated with shell frames, they were discount store finds from a few years ago. I centered the jar and then on put my wedding cake topper on the lid. I will get into my wedding stuff in some later posts, but the theme was obviously of the tropical nature. I love painting and drawing and everything else, but it is really fun when you can quickly make something that is simple and fills a void in your home. :)
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