... and I'm excited to show you Lili's shell crafts (and other things) made in Maine @ Fearless Nesting!
Beginning with her shell embellished Craft Table. You've met Lili before. Her gorgeous Sorrento Wood Sign is part of Make a Wooden Beach Sign (second from top).
An ordinary bread basket...
... is transformed into a one of a kind Shell Basket. Lili painted the basket a light shade of aqua and hot glued pretty white sea shells all along the rim, giving them a gold leaf treatment.
A small starfish inspired Pillow done with some fabric left over. And the belly button is just perfect!
A salvaged Adirondack Chair and a sealife wreath here.
A crudely constructed Bird House is covered with mussel shells and mounted on a driftwood stand.
A Birdhouse Covered in Sea Shells.
Layering sea shells and sea glass over Sea Letters.
And thanks Lili for this intro to your Wall Sconce Craft Project! "Ever since Maya over at Completely Coastal did a post about the art of attaching shells to objects entitled It's Called Coquillage, I was anxious to find an object suitable to use with my collection of tiny shells."
But as you have just seen, Lili's birdhouses are (already) wonderful examples of the art of Coquillage!
And here's the finished sea shell covered wall sconce -gorgeous! And in case you want to do this too, it only took her about 5 minutes to paint, and about 30 minutes to apply the shells. For the chandelier version, go to Making a Shell Chandelier.
15 comments:
I <3 the star pillow :)
Oooooo. That is a nice pillow! I'm also a fan of the shell embellished craft table.
I am truly humbled by this Maya. You've really made my day! ~Lili
Great ideas. So creative and fun. Thank you for sharing another great post!
Thanks for the inspiration. Now I wanna go cover things with shells. I think I might.
T
wow....that star pillow is adorable...i love it.
and love the shell look....
Super cute and inspirational as usual =) Love the shells on the table, but won't they break when you pull up a chair? On the other hand I guess you take extra care not to brake them with a table like that.
All such lovely decorative ideas! Love the beach and all that comes from it.
Brenda
I get more inspired with every post Maya! These are some great ideas!!!! Off to check out Lili's blog...
:)
Kim
loving all these crafts. I think I will try the SEA letters one and will post when I complete it. It will probably be once school ends but I am excited to try this. Hope you are having a great week and I will be back on sat :)
Great shell crafts! I'm visiting South Padre Island next week, I'll look for more crafts and take photos for you of the dunes and beach and water Maya! Cause I can't go to the beach and not think of you!
~Rainey~
What a creative post. Some wonderful things being done there with shell and sea glass.
have a lovely weekend babes.
Much love
Lia
xx
These are great seashell ideas. I love the birdhouses.
Rhonda
Fabulous full of interesting and unique ideas that inspire.
Wow, these are all beautiful, such great inspiration!
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