{"id":6006,"date":"2011-04-29T22:10:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T02:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=6006"},"modified":"2020-10-26T18:08:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T22:08:11","slug":"how-to-make-shell-crafts-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/29\/how-to-make-shell-crafts-video\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Shell Crafts Video – Project: Dandelions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Dandelion<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I started thinking about summer projects this week so I revisited some of my blog photos for inspiration. Bingo! The 74th Sanibel Shell Fair and Show was last month … and it gave me a great idea for both me and you. I thought I’d find out some of the secrets of shell crafting so I asked how 2011 Blue Ribbon and Judges’s Special Award winner Barb Walling made her “Dandelions” piece. We will get to learn every detail of how this piece was made by the artist herself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Barbara<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"organized<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Barb was gracious enough to invite me over to her Sanibel home to see where the magic begins. She first showed me how she organizes her shells that she picks up off the beach after she washes and dries them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She categorizes each box or drawer by the shell name. This one is the SEMELE which she uses as the base to the dandelion and most of her shell flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Semele<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

From here, I’m gonna let her tell you how everything else is done. Sit back, relax and let your imagination roll…<\/p>\n\n\n