This sand dollar holds a wonderful week of memories for my family. In 2013 we went to Disneyland with our 5 children, for the FIRST time! We were so excited to go for months and I had invisioned the joy and excitement on thier faces hundreds of times. Long story, short ... we had the most wonderful time, just as we hoped. It was a magical week full of wonder and dreams coming true!
One of the days we took a break and visited the beach. My kids like to collect things, so they were out collecting shells and I was out taking lots of pictures. It was also my sons birthday. As I was walking along the shoreline I looked down and saw a tiny bit of this sand dollar poking out of the sand. I expected to find a shell or a broke husk, but instead I pulled out this FULL sand dollar. It was just one more wonderful thing to add to our amazing vacation.
Well... it's been leaking sand every time I pick it up ... lol, but I've kept it in a safe location. Everytime I saw it all those wonderful memories flooded back and I wanted to really capture the mood in my head. I purchase this 5x5 shadow box frame from a dollar store to try a mixed media project and this sand dollar came to mind. It was so fun, relaxing and refreshing to try something new and it makes me feel the way I did on the beach with my family.
Materials: 5x5 shadow box frame, molding paste, paint (blues, white and bit of green), beads, glitter, paper flowers, fishing net, Tim Holtz bottle with sand, extra shells from our trip.
This is so beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing. I have purchased some canvas to try some mixed media art but I've yet to start. This has inspired me to give it a try! :)
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