Sand Dollar Mixed Media

 

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.

Let's Boogie Mini Album

 

Last year I saw Laura Denison's "Surf's Up" beach house on you tube and knew it would be perfect to hold the 500+ pictures I took of my family at the beach that summer.  Here is the link to Laura's pattern.  I used  BoBunny "Key Lime" Collection.  I used a 6x6 stack and a couple sheets of the 12 x 12 to make the beach house and the album, along with coordinating cardstocks.  I finished the beach house last summer, but knew there wasn't enough room in the mini album pattern for my pictures.  Finally, I was inspired to create this album which holds over 100+ photos, most of them 4 x 6!  Here is the link to my pattern on my website.  And here is the link to the you tube video showing my album.  As soon as I was done taking these photos, I loaded my album with all those fun pictures and I love it!  Remember: life is better at the beach!

 

Load your album with horizontal 4 x 6 photos or in the  place of 4 x 6 photos, use 3 x 4 vertical photos to fill the space.

 

 

 

 

 

Also load these books with journaling and more pictures.

 

The 'drop' on the 'wave circle was an accident.  I applied stickles glitter, let it dry, then glossy accents and walked away.  When I came back the glossy accents had pooled in one spot and dried, forming a 'droplet of water!'  It looks amazing!