Seashells

What is it that makes seashells so fascinating? Is it their beautiful colors that come in so many shades and facettes? Their different shapes and intricate build? Or the simplicity of some seashells that are so symmetrical and perfect at the same time? It could also be that what they represent draws us to collect and treasure them – they come from the mysterious ocean, nobody knows where they have been and what they have encountered, so they hold a spell over us.

Whatever the reason, seashells do make the perfect home decor for people who love the beach and the ocean (that’s us!). There is a myriad of seashell decor you can add to your home to capture at least a little bit of the seashells spell. You can either buy your seashell decor online or in the shops, or you can get creative and put together some decor pieces yourself.  Most fun is probably if you have a collection of shells you have gathered on a beach, maybe during a special holiday, and want to create some stunning decor pieces for your home.

Whichever way you want to decorate your home with seashells, you can find some great ideas , material and other seashell decor pieces on my squidoo page on Seashell Decor.

Do you love to take photos of the beach, on the beach and around the beach? I try to take my camera with me every time I go to the beach, because almost every time I am there there are moments and moods I want to capture. Whether it is of the people I love strolling along the beach, or playing, or of a seagull sitting in the sand, or just of the sun setting over the ocean, beach photography holds something magical for me. I can feel a yearning inside every time I look at these photos I have taken at the beach.

If you feel the same, and you are an “amateur” photographer like me, why not start to decorate your home with the best photos you have taken on the beach? Whether it is a standalone photo of something amazing you have seen – shell? – or maybe photos taken in succession to make up a little story, you can be sure that if you add these photos as full blown pictures to your wall decor it will look stunning.

Make sure you take your photos at a fairly high resolution (high megapixel) as you might want to blow them up, and to do that and have the photo still sharp and clear you need a high megapixel resolution. Have the photos enlarged to the size you want, and then pick some really nice frames that go with them – I highly suggest white or whitewashed frames, or possibly some light blue, kind of rustic looking frames, because then even the frames tie in with the beach theme. You could even decorate the frames with a couple of shells from the beach – but don’t overdo it, because you don’t want to draw the attention away from the photo.

If you are going for more than one photo, make sure it is a “trilogy” – 3 photos, because this will look the most balanced. You can hang them either in a straight line, or a little cluster, or even a diagonale. See what works best in the spot where you want to hang your photos. If you have one single photo you could blow it up quite big and make a real statement with it on a single wall.

Now, I have to admit that I haven’t done any of my own pictures like that yet, but I am certainly planning to! So unfortunately I cannot show you any completed projects, but I can certainly show you some of my favorite beach photography I plan to turn into wall art some time in the future (note: you might see that not all of them are “just” beach; it can be very interesting to have the beach just as a distant background…)

Beach Photography - Wine By The Beach

These two wineglasses would make a great centerpiece on a wall, don’t you think?

And the following pelican pictures would make a great trilogy of pelican pictures.

Beach Photography - Sitting With Pelicans

Beach Photography - Fight Of 2 Pelicans

Beach Photography - 2 Pelicans

Or what do you think about this one? I think it has an eerie quality (could be just me, though). It is my daughter standing on the beach, close to sunset, with a pretty big dead fish by her feet.

Beach Photography - Sunset at the beach

Ok, here we go, this is my last one (for today!): SEAGULLS.

Beach Photography - Seagulls

I hope you have enjoyed my little display of beach themed photos – as I said, just go out there and start taking photos, you will be surprised what you can come up with! These days, with digital photography, you can snap away as much as you want, and then just pick the ones that really stand out.
I wish you Good Luck!

The other day I was browsing around the Internet just looking for some beach decor (funny ’bout that!) and I came across these sweet little “Beach Party” Wine Glass Charms” – and I had to tell you about them! Aren’t they just adorable? You surely agree, if you love the beach you won’t be able to resist these cute thongs!

Wine glass charms will make a party this little bit extra special, because they always get people to talk and comment about them, and they make it just so much easier to remember which glass is yours! Haven’t you been at parties or had friends over and people just put their glasses down somewhere and then suddenly they all look the same and you have no clue any more which one was yours? With wine charms you won’t have this problem any more. You just put them around the stem of the wine glass, and everybody knows exactly which glass is theirs. Very clever!

Aloha Wine Charms

Island Shirts Wine Charms

Hula Island have got more great wine charms for lovers of the beach, Hawaii and everything tropical – check out these “Aloha” Wine Charms or the “Island Shirt” Wine Charms.

Hula Island also have wine glasses, martini glasses and coasters all in the beach theme. It is a great place to shop for beach decor and Hawaiian or tropical themed decor and accessories (apart from my site, that is! ).