{"id":18268,"date":"2014-01-31T14:35:33","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T19:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=18268"},"modified":"2020-02-08T09:31:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T14:31:41","slug":"seashell-display-table-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/31\/seashell-display-table-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Seashell Display Table Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I always love to see how other shellers display their collections of the beautiful seashells and beach bling<\/strong><\/a><\/span> they find on vacation. Since it’s been raining for two days, I thought I’d stay inside and show you one of the ways I have displayed some of the shells Clark and I have collected while on vacation. We looooove to sit and look at our shells in our glass top coffee table that doubles as a shadowbox display case… right in front of our comfy couch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since the table has four sections, I made each section a shell collection from four different trips we’ve taken over the last few years. I bought four square display trays from Michaels then painted them my favorite color\u2026 aqua. No surprise there, right? LOL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In one of the corners, I have displayed some of our shells and bling we collected on our trip to Cat Island in the out island of the Bahamas<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. We don’t just collect the biggest and most talked about shells. We love those little minis and the “clam shells” too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In another corner, these are some of the shells and very cool bling we collected while on our vacation in Turks and Caicos<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. We love to be reminded of how different the shells are in the Caribbean from our local Southwest Florida shells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How could we ever forget our trip to Guantanamo Bay Cuba<\/strong><\/a><\/span>! It is priceless to us to be able to see \u2026 every single day\u2026 some our beautiful seashells we collected on such an amazing, memorable trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking of memorable trips\u2026 I had to make one of the four sections of the gorgeous shells we found less than 2 years ago on our vacation to Thailand<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. The whole trip was fascinating and we also found so many “first shells”. Now we can be reminded of them each and every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you can see, I displayed each section differently because our shells we collected from each trip have different meanings for us. We love to surround ourselves with memories of our vacations… and shell collecting is a very big part of most of our trips. It’s what makes us happy. I didn’t want to hide any of the shells inside the table so I put only one book (Gift from the Sea<\/a>\"\"<\/strong><\/span>) and one shell from Cat Island on top of the glass. Each shell from any place in the world is truly a gift from the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I know you want to know where we got this great table, right? Believe it or not\u2026. Rooms To Go in Fort Myers. It was really reasonable and it had all the features we wanted so we didn’t hesitate to get it. I hope this helps you with some ideas on how to display some of the shells you have found from Sanibel, Captiva or wherever you found your treasures.  The rest of our house is decorated with lots of local shells and shells from other trips as well so I’ll start sharing a few more ideas with you (especially when I’m stuck inside like today!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh and PS- Did you notice that sweet little kitty relaxing on the sofa? Yep! That’s our little cutie pie (but not-so-little) “PuppyCat“<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/strong> We got him as a kitten for Christmas and he has eaten us out of house and home (heehee) and kept us very entertained. He has stolen our hearts and even made Dustie<\/strong><\/a><\/span> fall in love with him now too. Hmmmm\u2026 Do you think he loves his new home?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 It’s clearing up outside as I’m writing this so come out tomorrow (Saturday February 1, 2014 at 9am) and go shelling with Clark and me as we take a Captiva Cruise boat ride to Cayo Costa for some awesome beach combing. CLICK HERE<\/strong> <\/a><\/span>for details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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