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Crafting Question: Seashell Decor
By: Venus193 Date: April 10, 2022, 8:46 am
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In the past couple of years I've become almost obsessed with
seashells and the cool things you can do with them. The ones I
can't make jewelry of are fated to be jarred like this:
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The jar on the right cost me $3 in a local store. The one on
the left had once contained a food item and I soaked off the
labels when cleaning it. I figured I could get away with that
if the lid has nothing on it. The question is whether it would
be tacky to reuse a jar that has a brand name on the lid when
it's impossible to remove the brand name neatly.
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Re: Crafting Question: Seashell Decor
By: Aleko Date: April 10, 2022, 9:00 am
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You can always cover up the brand name on the lid with an
ornamental label, or with paint. One of my parents' neighbours
is locally famous for the chutneys, jams and other preserves
that she makes out of produce from her garden and foraged wild
fruit, and sells for charity; she saves used jam jars and asks
her neighbours to donate them too, and she paints the lid of
each one with a design referencing what's inside.
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Re: Crafting Question: Seashell Decor
By: Venus193 Date: April 10, 2022, 9:02 am
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What kind of paint works for this?
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Re: Crafting Question: Seashell Decor
By: Aleko Date: April 10, 2022, 4:13 pm
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Ive no idea what our neighbour used, but I'd imagine ordinary
acrylic paint, or indeed any water-based gloss paint.
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Re: Crafting Question: Seashell Decor
By: Rho Date: April 10, 2022, 9:20 pm
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nail polish, especially glittery ones, can be used instead of
paint.
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Re: Crafting Question: Seashell Decor
By: Venus193 Date: April 11, 2022, 10:36 am
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I use nail polish on shells that become jewelry. It's good for
that but I worry about how lasting it is.
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Re: Crafting Question: Seashell Decor
By: sandisadie Date: April 12, 2022, 2:51 pm
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You should be able to paint your metal tops and let them dry for
a couple of days and then apply a clear acrylic coat. That
would keep the paint from being scratched off or marred in some
way. I'm not sure that would work but you could experiment with
one. It also might be a good idea to lightly sand the top with
very fine sandpaper so the paint will adhere better.
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Re: Crafting Question: Seashell Decor
By: Venus193 Date: April 13, 2022, 10:10 am
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Does this work or should I just only use jars with smooth glass:
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Re: Crafting Question: Seashell Decor
By: caroled Date: April 28, 2022, 9:41 pm
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Are there supposed to be photos, because there is nothing, not
even a link.
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Re: Crafting Question: Seashell Decor
By: Venus193 Date: May 3, 2022, 3:34 pm
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The photos were large so they were probably removed.
I just moved into a new computer so I haven't had time to put ,y
photo files back yet. Will do so as soon as I can.
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