Today is super hot and humid but I went to Pilates anyway, and saw a friend of mine who’s a nurse and she always has a handful of non-latex gloves or figs from her tree for me and I trade her tomatoes and cucumbers and clary sage seedlings, so it’s a win-win for both of us. I’m really excited about all my clary sage seedlings; I have about 100 of ‘em that look very healthy but will have to wait for the weather to cool down to put them in the ground. Here in So Cal, October is our spring, and that’s the best time I have found to plant natives.
So I have all these seashells, right? Prolly thousands of them, collected by me or presented as gifts, and I am not super creative like everyone on Etsy and Pinterest, but I do like to embellish almost everything with shells and rocks. I was looking for a new project and somewhere saw a bouquet of seashells and starfish and thought that it looked easy enough to re-create, so I did!
Plus, I hadn’t heard from my MM in two days and I tend to worry a lot about him and the boat’s email has been down for a few days; a project is a way to take my mind away from negative territory. OK, well, he just called as I was typing that sentence-whew! Now I can stop stressing. Everything is fine, there’s a bit of bad weather, but he should be home by September 20. He was taking one boat and bringing another one back.
How to make the seashell bouquet:
1. Get craft sticks of all sizes; I even used chopsticks
2. If you don’t have a glue gun, get one! I can’t live without mine, that’s for sure. For this project, you don’t have to be perfect, obvs you need to use more glue for the heavier starfish
3. If you want to use florist’s foam,that would be a good idea; I didn’t do that here, but I did fill the vase with paper
Voila! Here’s the finished product. This vase is at the bottom of our stairs up to the second level and is the first thing you see when you come in the front door. 
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This is a great idea! All my shells and sand dollars are just sitting in a box right now, now I finally have a way to display them!
Sand dollars would be beautiful in a bouquet! Thanks for the idea; I will add that tonight!
LOVE this!
Thank you!
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Ooooooh, I like it!
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How fun! You are very creative!
Thank you so much! I think I’ll make them for gifts this year.
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While I’m doing a zillion loads of laundry from our camping trip (why so much??), downloading photos, and organizing my thoughts to post “The Princess Guide to Camping”, I thought I’d tempt you with a little old post from a few months ago. Seashells is my name, seashells are my game…just a reminder that it’s not always all about Chanel!
Very nice! I can see these in every nook and cranny!
I need to make more of them…I just got an adorable vintage vase with little frogs climbing all over…perfect for a seashell bouquet!
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
These are gorgeous!!
Thank you!
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
I really love that!!! Very artistic and if I had everything for it would make one. I have a nautical decor around my apartment!
It’s really so simple, that’s why I like it. I just gathered about a dozen sticks from the yard and I’m going to make an “all natural” one for a new vase I got at the thrift store.
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 11:46 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
That’s sounds great!
So clever!!!!!
Sometimes I’m slightly crafty…appreciate the comment!
Very creative, I’m impressed.. You go girl..
Thank you kindly!It’s also great for people like me who are allergic to lots of flowers.
Oh, me likey! Do you know how lucky you people are to have all those shells readily available? The Husband and I were THRILLED to find a fishbowl half full of assorted, but mostly common, shells, (and one tiny starfish) for $5 at a local thrift shop,(we’re used book junkies…btw, Shells, he told me that I had to tell you about them.You have invaded our lives!)]
Spring???How dare you talk Spring! We are getting the coldest weather yet…into the single digits tomorrow night. Think warm thoughts for us!
I’ll think warm thoughts for you. It was close to 80 degrees today. Sorry. Thank your hubs for thinking about me! Now you have to make a seashell bouquet.
It was close to 80 last week.
Wow! That’s a beautiful DIY project. I’d love to try it some time. Definitely pinning this.
Thank you so much! I love making them.