::the island of misfit frames

Back in the fall of last year, we took a trip to Hilton Head. We'd never been before and the beaches were just teeming with sea life. We may or may not have snuck back with a couple of sand dollars and these sand dollars may or may not have been sitting in our garage for the past however many months. They'd been hanging out on Aaron's work bench (aka:the termite infested dresser we picked up on the side of the rode). I'd been wanting to do something with them for a while, but throwing them in a vase didn't seem good enough. They're so fragile anyway, I figured they'd break.

So, I thought about a shadowbox. I went to Hobby Lobby a couple weeks ago to price check and $30 was a bit steep. I figured I'd eventually go back with a 40% coupon and start this little side project. Well, Saturday was the day. I went with my coupon and low and behold the frames were already marked down 50%. Woot! Brought it home, threw some linen fabric on the back (to cover up the ugly, faux velvet (or whatever it is)) and put up the sand dollars. What do you think?

I think it turned out really well! Now they're all safe and sound and a cute little reminder of our first trip to HH. Now I just can't find a place to hang it. I think we're going to start a gallery wall in our hallway. Lol, something else added to the list. Soon as you finish one project, it starts on another.