Seashell Basket for Metamophosis Monday

I am joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch forMetamorphosis Monday Please go by and see all the great metamorphosis projects others in blog land have to share. Susans' blog is great and she always has something great to share.

This week I am sharing a basket I found at the GW for $1.00, it is the usual basket you might find at any GW store, I kept coming back to it, so I decided it needed to come home with me.

I went to my local dollar tree and purchased sea grass and a flower stem.

I already had the Styrofoam and seashells. I really liked the color of the basket, it just needed some cleaning with a damp cloth  and to be filled with something, So I began .

placing the styrofoam and placing the grass and flowers. The shells I used are one I have collected on past trips to the beach. Using my hot glue gun I placed them on skewers covered in green florist tape and then broke off to desire length, placing them in the stryofoam.

The large shell in the back on the left is actually a large crab shell from our favorite seafood restaurant here in town. It was just to pretty to throw out, so I washed it  and I think it works great.
I am pleased with how it turned out, now I just need to find the perfect spot for it.
Thanks for stopping by and please check out the other great Met Monday projects.

Seashell Curtain Tiebacks

I am joining Susan at betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com   for Metamorphosis Monday and Cheri at http://itssoverycheri.blogspot.com/  for Its So Very Creative Monday. I love the beach and my living room is decorated beachy country style. I have seashells just lying around waiting to be used. I have made several things for my living room with shells, A wreath and a flower arrangement but decided my windows need something beachy. So I came up with tiebacks, Really simple to do, All you need for the project are seashells that are similar in size and color, rope or ribbon, I used rope type that I purchased at Hobby Lobby, a drill and drill bits- a small one and a larger one,  also a old phone book to place the shells on when you drill.

These 2 shells look pretty, think I will use them

Drill a small hole on each side of the shell, using the small drill bit, then using the larger drill bit make the holes bigger so your rope can be inserted. Sorry the picture is not to good, but you get the idea.

Insert rope into a hole and bring over and insert into the other hole, place around your curtains and tie the ends together, adjust, instant tiebacks. I have hooks that I slip my tiebacks on. I think they look good.
BUT...

After making my tiebacks, I began searching the internet and found these:

I think I can make mind look prettier, I will be making a trip to Hobby Lobby this week in search of tassels.
I will let you know how they turned out. Thanks for stopping by. Patricia