Beach Themed Wall Art -- Beach Bash Day 3

Welcome to day 3 of the Beach Bash!  Are you ready for some beach themed wall art??  Remember we are partying from June 27 to July 20 with the former contestants of One Month To Win It.  If you have missed any of the posts head on over here and catch up!

  Our next craft is from Kristi at The Speckled Dog!  I heart Kristi's blog and etsy shop!  And she has a great beach themed craft for us today!! 

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Howdy, Country Chic Cottage readers! I'm Kristi from The Speckled Dog and I'm really excited to be a part of the Country Chic Cottage Beach Bash! No vacation for us this year so this bash is as close as I'm going to get to the beach.

I want to share with you today, a simple project to help you "beachify" your summer vignettes or even a spare wall you might have.  It's a great way to bring some beach life into your decor.  I'm planning hang mine as a collection in my master bath. 

The project I'm sharing is my Simple Beachy Wall Art.  I think the whole project took me less than 30 minutes, and I was able to do the whole thing almost completely with items I already had on had.

 

Materials Needed

• assorted frames
• paint & brushes (optional - My frames were already pretty beachy so I left them as is.)
• burlap
• scissors
• spray adhesive
• shells
  
  
  Directions
  
  
  *If you're going to paint your frames, go ahead and do that first. 
  
  
  Remove backing and glass from your frame.  
  
  
  Lay your backing onto the burlap and trace around the backing.  Then cut burlap.  I cut mine a little larger than the size I needed, just in case I made some sort of mistake (I usually always make mistakes).  
  
  
  Spray backing with a light coat of spray adhesive and smooth the burlap onto the backing.  Any creases or wrinkles in your burlap will be smoothed out at this time.
  
  
  Let the adhesive set about 10 or 15 minutes, and then trim away any excess burlap.
  
  
  Put backing back into frame (without the glass).
  
  
  Now it's time for the fun part!  Lay your frames flat and play around with different shell arrangements until you find the ones you like.
  
  
  Once you're satisfied, use your glue gun (I couldn't find mine and had to use E600) to glue the shells in place, making sure to leave everything flat until the glue sets.  
  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  That's it! Pretty simple, right??

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Thanks Kristi!!  I so need to make something like that for our river cabin!!  The Beach Bash has been full of great ideas and runs til July 20 -- follow along with The Country Chic Cottage and don't miss a day!!  Grab a button if you want and help spread the word!!

 
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