I still have a ton of shells on hand… so I had to play some more!
On our trip last week to the beach we found a TON of these little shells…
little baby shells… too cute!
A few weeks ago I showed you how I made Pottery Barn’ish shell candles. I just hot glued them to the candle. I used my “hot” glue gun and it worked great because the shells were big enough. Now working with smaller shells I tried using my “cooler” glue gun, because I knew my fingers were going to be touching the glue… but the cooler glue wouldn’t stick to the candle!!!
SO…
I decided to “melt” the baby shells into the candle. I used my candle lighter and put the flame on the candle till it liquefied a bit.
Then I just pushed the shell on… instant stick!
Here’s one next to my Pottery Barn’ish Jar Candleholders and split peas in my favorite carafe.
I added another one on top of a candlestick next to my shell trimmed pot that I showed you earlier this week.
Just a little more shell-love for my mantle!
Sharing my summer’ized candles here:
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So fun for summer and to remember your trip to the beach! I love using split peas in vases too!
Love it! Great ideas!
You make the cutest stuff! I love these! they would look really great with all my lakehouse "stuff".
Debbie@houseatthelake
Love it! Those would go perfect with the beach theme in my master bedroom/bathroom.
Thanks for sharing!
Sherry
Super cute shell candles! And who would've ever thought split peas would look cute on a mantle? Not me! Thanks for the sweet comments on my turquoise dresser and can't wait to see the spotlight!
I'm so shell obsessed these days. You have some great ideas. Thank you.
I'm soooo lovin' this neat "COASTAL" idea…hop over and show it off at my NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAYS PARTY and while your there…enter my "COASTAL GIVEAWAY"!
Blessings,
Linda
Thanks so much for linking up–I shared these this week!