Hello Friends! Happy Monday!
Today I’m linking up with 2 fabulous groups!
First, I’m linking up with
The Teaching Tribune for their Monday Meet Me!
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Second, I’m linking up with
Tara over at 4th Grade Frolics for her Monday Made It!
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Over the Memorial Day weekend, my in-laws came to visit us from KS. We went to the beach for 3 straight days & they loved it. My mother-in-law loves to walk the beach & collect seashells. So I decided to make her something to remember her visit.
I pinned this idea & pinterest! To see this pin & the tutorial click HERE!
I basically came home & washed all the seashells. Then sorted the seashells by colors. My mother-in-law picked out 2 frames. From there I chose enough seashells for the 2 frames. I spray painted a clear coat on the seashells & got to work. I just followed the directions from my pin!
And ta-da!!!! Bubble wrapped them & mailed them to KS!
(Sorry for the lovely iPhone pics!!!)
I also made my mother-in-law this wreath while she was here! This is my 4th burlap wreath & I really enjoy making them! This is very basic & she can change the bow to match the month or seasons. This was not cheap to ship to KS:-)
That’s it for me from the past week! Hopefully I get some more things done this week!
Beautiful! We love to collect shells too. I finally just put them in my planters instead of mulch, love the idea of framing them… next time!
It turned out better than I expected! I'm going to do them for my home too next, I didn't want to send them off!!! Ha ha!!!
I love your Monday Made It crafts .. so creative! Thanks for sharing!
Jamie
Thank you! So sweet!
Your shell art is adorable! I'll have to check out the common core books that you mentioned too!
-Christa
Learnin' Books
Aww, thanks! Definitely, I saw him speak in March & only got a few chapters done since. I'm planning on hitting it hard over the next month. Amazon is probably the best bet!!!
Hi! First off…you are SUPER crafty!!! Second-where are you teaching in NC?? I live and teach in NC, too! New Bern. I am following your blog and hopefully we can follow each other! I would love to get to know other teachers in NC since I am just starting out in this blogging world! ๐ Third: I LOVE Mumford and Sons, too! They were BY FAR the best concert I have ever been too!!!
Lori ๐
Mixing it up in Middle
Hey! I'm in Jacksonville, NC, my husbands on New River! So close!!! I'm heading your way now! So nice to meet you, stay in touch!!!
Love those shell pics! So cool and so thoughtful of you to do that:) We have shells from all our trips to the beach too! I love to just have them in a big jar:) That wreath is beautiful:) I made one once but it didn't turn out nearly as good as that one did! Awesome;) Thanks for linking up:)
4th Grade Frolics
I love your shell craft! I've been collecting shells for years and have tried to figure out ways to actually use them.