11/12/08

A Sailors Valentine Kit

sailors valentine
making a sailors valentineAre you up for an elaborate seashell craft idea?

Sailors would bring home these beautiful seashell boxes as mementos of their long and far travels and give them to their loved ones, thus known as Sailors Valentine Gifts. Every Sailors Valentine Kit includes all the shells you'll need to create these beauties and this particular design consists of a star shaped background with a traditional rosette shell shape in the center. Most of the known Sailors Valentines are associated with Barbados which from the 17th to the turn of the 20th century was an important port for goods such as sugar, rum, lumber, and fish.

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2 comments:

please sir said...

Aww what a beautiful idea!

Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality said...

How fun Maya! I need to figure out something to do with all the shells I've been collecting.