Driftwood Crafts

I mentioned before in the razor clam post  that I love beach crafts and the memories I have attached to them. So I wanted to share driftwood crafts today. Driftwood is amazing and it is not surprising that it can be hard to find because lots of people want it!!! The best time I found to collect it is first thing after a storm.

So I collected lots of driftwood and started small by making driftwood boats. I had a long strip as the base and tried to use pieces that were ‘boat shaped’ to screw into the base, I used thinner straight pieces as masts and made some plain fabric sails attached to the boats with twine. The boats are about the width of a standard bookcase (that’s where these boats normal live!)

This piece of driftwood is a candle holder. It is a large piece of wood that I sunk tealight size holes into the top. It has such a unique grain and is just beautiful. This one was a little harder to photograph!

And finally I have this beautiful driftwood heart. I spent a long time planning out what pieces I was going to use and where they were going to be placed and at one point it was a star not a heart but I finally settled on this layout. I had a thin piece of MDF that I used to back the heart and the larger pieces are tacked to it, the rest are held in by a little glue and very careful placement (wedged in!) It is a wall hanging (another reason for the MDF) and hangs in my kitchen.

I also have a little jar of sea glass that I am unsure what to do with. I would like to make some jewellery but I need to look into what I need to do for that!

I hope you have enjoyed this driftwood crafts post and if you have any ideas of what to do with the sea glass please leave a comment! Oh and don’t forget to follow me!!!