Earl’s mother LOVES all things sea-related. Her living room is full of reminders of an ocean this land locked state won’t see unless an earthquake really does send California under the waves.
But Earl and I are both enablers. We have no problem giving in to this particular obsession, and as such, her Christmas presents tend to have a theme.
When we were in Vancouver staying with my aunt, I found in her living room this GIANT hurricane that was filled with a layer of sand, some shells and a ceramic light house and I thought: Earl’s mom would love this! So I decided, when we got home, I’d set about making something similar.
One trip to Michaels and we had this:
(Please excuse the mess!) I chose the Apothecary Jar because we live in a desert… such a life means that dust is EVERYWHERE. I kid you not, to keep on top of it, you need to dust almost daily. But, that being said: Apothecary Jar it was.
Basically the ingredients were as follows:
- 1 Apothecary Jar (Large)
- 2 bags Sand
- 1 bag Assorted Shells
- 1 Net
Put 'em to gether and what have you got? Bippity bopity boo!
I hot glued the netting over the lip of the jar and then secured it and a shell to the base of the jar
(Please note the ornament also pictured - it's simply two matching shells hot glued around an extra plastic ball ornament.)
Dude this looks awesome. It was such a good idea!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I do really like it.
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