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Sea Glass Art

I went sea glass hunting in February, and since then I’ve been trying to come up with a way to use my treasure in a crafty manner. Since I’m not a fan of wire-wrapped jewelry, google wasn’t much help. (Although I do have some old toys and bits and pieces from the 80’s that I want to wrap eventually, sea glass is wayyyyy over-done.) Anyways, the other day, someone who looooves the ocean wanted to buy a painting. I was inspired!

I traded buttons for sea glass for this little number!

I wanted this painting to be extra ocean-y, so I checked out this video and learned a bit about how to paint water.

It’s a bit of a different style than I’m used to doing, but I think my friend will like it, and I was happy to finally figure out something to do with my sea glass!

So, until I get my new computer (I can’t wait!!!) I’m keeping these posts short ~~to avoid throwing this computer across the room~~, but lemme scrounge up one more photo that is worth sharing…

Oh! Here’s a good one:

A sweet little rainbow button tree. I had to bring it back to buttons. 😉

Have fun being crafty-or at least have fun imagining you are crafting via Pinterest

Hubby’s Bday Surprise

Today is my hubby’s birthday- the real reason for the season. Saint Patrick, shmatrick. He is old news. My hub can grow a mustache that would make Pat turn in his grave. (Whatever that means?)

Main point is, today is his thirtieth birthday, so I wanted to do something special. With buttons, of course 😉 He is a big Legend of Zelda fan (we named our 4th born child ‘Link’) so I thought this project would be perfect. I wasn’t sure how it would turn out, and until it was complete it seriously went through some ugly stages (I’ll post a tutorial when I figure out my new photo-editing program.)

Introducing button-mosaic Link:

Hubby was surprised and happy! Success! Speaking of hubby, thirty is a big milestone, and even though he has only been thirty for a matter of hours, there are already some big changes! Here is a pic of him when he was a young one, merely 29 years of age: