A thrift store find for less than a dollar. I think it was a display of some sort at one time possibly with a glass top. It is smaller so maybe for a cheese display, I'm not sure. It's about seven inches around and has a ridge that had something that fit into it, your guess is as good as mine. The first thing I did was flip it over to the smooth side and paint it black, then painted small pebbles shapes all over it in white. The color scheme was random, first I added the green, then the blue. I was going to leave it at that, but it needed more. The gray and pearl paint were last minute decisions. After the 'pebbles' were dry, they were outlined in the white. It kind of has a mosaic effect, but it is all paint. It's a new addition to my big wall of art projects. Wow, three months down, nine to go. I have doubted myself lately, but I ...
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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