I've seen a few beach shadow boxes made from Antique Printer Trays. Isn't this a great rustic look! It suits shells so well.
And here's a small Printer Tray Shadow Box.
And then there's this spectacular printer tray, created by Jane of Sea Breezes. Jane says, "Everything in it is beach themed, it keeps me going through the winter." If you love this idea, you can find plenty of Antique Printer Trays
on Ebay. I love the variety in this display. Photos are mounted along with letters and beach treasures.
This is one of my favorite DIY ideas. A Drawer Shadow Box! Follow the link to learn how to transform an old drawer into a shadow box. A very doable project. You could even leave the drawer pull or add one!
And after swooning over the cubby organizer in the Pottery Barn catalog, Karla from It's The Little Things re-purposed her vintage Schweppes wooden bottle crate into a beach shadow box. Perhaps these shadow boxes have sparked your imagination!
20 comments:
What a great post! My mom had one of these and had everything in it from old printing letters, like in the last one, to seashells and other mementos. Thanks for providing me with yet another way to spend money...love these!
Kat :)
I'm feeling inspired Maya!!!
My interest in miniatures started with my shadow box. Love that last photo. Lots of wonderful ideas!
ohhhhhhh the last photo amazed me!! "True love".. mmmm, it doesn´t exist and the "Sandy Beach".. :) yes, I want to have a private beach!!
I see these trays quite often and usually pass on them. I am so glad that I found this post. I am loving this idea. All the best, Lori
Wow, What tremendous shawdow boxes, I am going to start gathering thing to put in one.
Barbara
Oh wow! Gorgeous! Now I want to make one :)
This blog post made me smile a big beachy day kind of smile!! I have two shadow boxes that I thought were becoming a pain to keep up with but now I know exactly what I want to do with them and where to put them! Thanks for the ideas :-)
Love shadow boxes. Gotta get one made for my future cottage. Got plenty shells from the beaches here to put in it. Thanks, by the way, for visiting my blog!!
Great re-purposing ideas! I love shadow boxes and shadow box frames, they make such interesting displays.
I never seem to make shadow boxes look right. We had a yard sale where I had two antique shadow boxes out and they were stolen...that's my story with shadow boxes:)
keep the wonderful posts coming dear Maya! these boxes are so cute and make for a nice weekend project. I will keep my eyes peeled for a crate all week. i love that stone in the header. I am moved tohave my estudiantes paint their own stones in class with a little español on it!
What a great, crafty idea:)
I have a bucket and box full of sea shells collected when we lived in Southern CA. I have wanted to use them in decorating my home. I forgot all about using shadow boxes.
I absolutely loved every one of these creative displays!
Brenda
I am sooo going to feature your post in my post tomrrow along with Link love, friend!
Great work!
Thanks for linking up to Thrifty Thursday!
Leigh
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Maya, thank you for this post. I have been thinking since you said you'd like to see my sea-glass collection that keeping it all in a drawer is not the best way to deal with it.
But for the life of me couldn't think of the best way to display it. Now I have no excuse not to do something stunning with it and display it.
Once I sort it out I will send you some photo's.
Much love
Lia
xx
You know I have an old printers tray from the first time they were popular. I never thought about filling one with shells...hmm, wonder where that thing is?
Great collection !
love from the Netherlands ♥RINI♥
First of all, I love the ocean theme and this was posted on my birth day :) I love love love these pics- I found an old Coke a Cola bottle holder with the slots for the bottles in my basement yesterday that would be perfect for this kind of display!!! Thanks! Amazing!My bedroom is beach themed, too :)
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