Creating a Seashell Mosaic -or the second Life of a Vintage Mantel

Suzy @ Georgia Peachez received this vintage mantel as a gift from a friend and turned it into a display shelf, which in her own words was crying out for some embellishment.


And since she's got bowls full of shells all over the house she transformed it into a piece of shell art for the porch. "I like to start my seashell mosaic projects with a central cluster of large shells and work out from there," she said.


And if you wonder what it takes to accomplish something like this, here's a hint from the artist herself: "It takes me hours to work out the placement of all these shells. Even when I do a small mirror, I go back and forth with the placement before finally committing and setting the shells down with the glue."


It was a five hour project, which to me doesn't sound bad at all..., and I love it!