Suzy @ Georgia Peachez received this vintage mantel as a gift from a friend and turned it into a display shelf, which in her own words was crying out for some embellishment.
And since she's got bowls full of shells all over the house she transformed it into a piece of shell art for the porch. "I like to start my seashell mosaic projects with a central cluster of large shells and work out from there," she said.
And if you wonder what it takes to accomplish something like this, here's a hint from the artist herself: "It takes me hours to work out the placement of all these shells. Even when I do a small mirror, I go back and forth with the placement before finally committing and setting the shells down with the glue."
It was a five hour project, which to me doesn't sound bad at all..., and I love it!
Shared with Hooked on Fridays + Metamorphosis Monday.
33 comments:
Love it, love it! Nice project. It looks like it would be very enjoyable to do.
Wow, this is so cool! Love all the colorful pots she put on the mantel, too. Very pretty!
Thanks for the feature! I love my mantel so much. It is on the porch and I pass by it every day and I have to say it is pretty awesome! I've still got lots of shells left over, hmmmmm, now where is that glue gun? xo, suzy
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Yes!
Happiness,
~Julia
That is beautiful!
Great mantel! What a find. The shells are beautiful!
Linda. :)
Fabulous display, am with you on the tinkering on placement sometimes it feels like it takes forever to decide but that is half the fun.
Beautiful! I love that cute little green birdhouse too!
What a creative idea! I love that she's using a mantel as a shelf.
pk @ room remix
I'd be lucky to find a mantel like that in 5 months. It's worth all 5 hours of shell work to make it one of a kind.
wonderful post - absolutely love the mantel - and love your blog - beautiful, thought-provoking and most of all, beautifully creative!
jenean
OH, I love that! Incredible. Thanks for sharing.
So pretty and special...
Very pretty Maya!
How cooool.
That is really neat!
She's so creative! I can see how she worked from the center outward.
Clever talented girl. Have a great weekend Maya x Julie
What a great project. thanks for sharing it!
Hi there Maya - thought I'd drop over and see how you're going. Love the mantel piece!
Suzy did a beautiful job on her mantel!
One of these days I'm going to have to post some pics of my shell crafts. Nothing as beautiful as this, but still pretty.
I love all the ideas from yesterday also and that you included some from my favorite blogs.
This is beautiful! Takes a bit of patience I would say!
Wow that is so beautiful! Thanks for your comment, I saw that post you wrote about the candles, they are so great!
Oh, This is great , love seashells too !
Love from the Netherlands RINI
That is just gorgeous! A work of art, so inspiring! Cindy
So happy to see one of Suzy's projects featured here. She is one of the most talented women that I have ever known...and she is a wonderful friend too!
Wow...great job...love it...I am having a new give a-way do hope you stop over...
xoxo
Julie
WOW! How awesome! Very unique!!
WOW... that's very beachy cool!!!
Your friend did an amazing job. It's very pretty!..Christine
That mantel is beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing! :)
I'm new to your site. Nice to "meet" you!
Roeshel
WOW! That turned out beautiful! I can't believe it only took 5 hrs! I would have taken me 5 weeks!!
Wow what an amazing project.
I hope you will come by for a visit as well. I have a fun party on Mondays and another on Wed that just started up.
Cheri
Its So Very Cheri
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