Creations, Coastal Holiday Sign

HHjr and a friend went snorkeling on a sand bar recently and harvested a bounty of sand dollars

 

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He washed them, dried them in the sun and bleached them for me!

 

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So when life hands you sand dollars, you make a sand dollar holiday sign!

 

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I played around with tiles, sea glass and the sand dollars….

 

 

oars

 

and then I found this!  {Old Time Pottery}

 

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Now I felt J O Y!

 

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I glued the shells on with clear E6000

 

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and hung the oars from a screw put in the wood

 

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Tis’ the Season!

 

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27 Responses to “Creations, Coastal Holiday Sign”
  1. How cute is that?!

  2. Jodi says:

    Oh I LOVE this! Definitely shouts JOY!!!! I’ve got that Joy Joy Joy Joy down in my heart…. down in my heart…. down in my heart… to stay… LOL!!! 🙂

  3. Mary says:

    Adorable Jenna and perfect for a coastal Christmas! What a haul on those sand dollars too! Hope you’re enjoying some warm Gulf breezes this weekend 🙂

  4. Lynn Bean says:

    So cute! What original ideas you have. Have a wonderful week ahead.

  5. That really turned out cute! Happy Thanksgiving Week:@)

  6. Rosie M. says:

    Wow! Talk about serendipity! This sign was made to happen. It took an artist like yourself to bring the happy finds together and create a holiday work of art! LOVE it!! Rosie

  7. I can’t believe all those sand dollars – and they’re all so perfect! You found a wonderful way to use them, I love it!

  8. What a great sign!…So beautiful and creative!!

  9. Leslie Anne Tarabella says:

    Those sand dollars are a pain in the patootie to clean, but your’s look beautiful. Great Coastal Christmas sign!

  10. Oh my goodness, Jenna! This is one of the cutest beach holiday signs *ever* LOVE this!

  11. The cutest, Jenna! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving week!

  12. Julie says:

    Hi Jenna, wow that is the cutest sign you made. I love how your used sand dollars to make it! I would love to find one on the beach.
    I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family.
    Hugs, Julie xo

  13. Totally captivated, Jenna. I love shells — and this is so elegantly simple.

  14. Kim says:

    Jenna, this is wonderful! How inspiring for the beach lover! I hope you have joyful Christmas decorating. 🙂

  15. Amazing how you always find so many ideas and I love this one! Great sign for the beach house using your pot of gold (sand dollars)!!!!
    Happy Thanksgiving Jenna…….

  16. Jacqueline says:

    You are too clever! Yes that is a bounteous harvest! Hubby has a briefcase full that he collected in his teens! He never did anything with them, but they are his treasure. The JOY sign is just darling!

  17. Oh my word! This is so dang cute! I love it so much. Perfect for your beach house and for the holidays.

  18. The sign is adorable. It works great in a coastal look.

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