a coastal holiday part 2

I have been creating all kinds of simple coastal inspired decorations from all of the finding from my beachcombing this week. Since this year I purchased a small table top tree, I kept all of my creations small.

I stared by adding a little ribbon and beads to the clam shells.

I used the photos that I took of all the shells and printed them out.

I cut out each shell and glued them to a piece of twine to make a garland.

I used shell drawings from my sketchbook and made color copies.

I cut out the shells,

glued each of them to a book page and added a little piece of twine to the top.

I created another garland with ribbon and all the bits of tiny shells and pebbles.

I couldn't resist making a small chain from book pages.

I made a nautical wreath by wrapping rope and scraps of fabric around a styrofoam wreath form.

I made little watercolor starfish to place throughout the tree.

And I painted a large watercolor starfish for the tree topper.

I even used scrap fabric to sew a little skirt for the tree.

I filled jars with my collection of rocks.

I even put notes in bottles.

And then I went to work putting everything together :)