Saturday, January 30, 2010

A Coastal Sign

I'm always picking up things from the shore, like this pretty sea urchin, that I can combine with other recycled objects.




I pick up wooden letters when I see them on sale, especially the ones that spell out my favorite place. In it's former life, this curved distressed board was part of a church steeple.


I gave the wooden letters and sea urchins a coating of liquid gold leaf.


I love how the board is weathered with just the right amount of chippy paint and empty nail holes that make me sigh.



I like the way it looks on the wall.



Especially, right above my tin lobster that I painted blue.

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12 comments:

  1. Low Tide High StyleJanuary 30, 2010 at 10:52 PM

    Very cool...is that in the studio? I love that blue lobster too!

    Kat :)

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  2. JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)January 31, 2010 at 2:04 AM

    I love that blue lobster - what a great sign.

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  3. Fabulously FrenchJanuary 31, 2010 at 3:47 AM

    Lili the sign looks great and goes so well with the funky lobster.

    Hope that you are having a great weekend, it is sunny today but cold.

    Not as cold as there I should imagine.

    Leeann x

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  4. jennyfrecklesJanuary 31, 2010 at 9:03 AM

    How creative you are. When I visit your blog I spend time looking at that gorgeous seascape in your title - I wish I was there!

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  5. LiliJanuary 31, 2010 at 10:39 AM

    Kat, It's in an upstairs spot that I get to look at each day.

    JoAnn, I have a small collection of blue lobsters too, hope some day to catch a real one that we would donate to local research place here to keep alive.

    Leeann, Yes! I LOVE my funky blue lobster. We have sunny and cold here today too, but just a couple days ago it was 54 F. -- don't know what that translates to in C. though.

    Jennyfreckles, I took my title photo at the Schoodic Region of Acadia National Park, just 12 miles from here, during a day with gale force winds.

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  6. Maya @ Completely CoastalJanuary 31, 2010 at 11:33 AM

    I just saw your post on Kat's blog..., what a treasure that sea urchin is. I would love to find something like that!! And the lobster is so neat in blue!

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  7. Dear LillieFebruary 2, 2010 at 4:31 PM

    That sea urchin is so so so beautiful!!!!

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