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Shell Craft Tealight Holder Sculpture

A blend of seashells, shell pieces, coral, glass fish, glass crab, and a miniature tealight candle holder creates a beautiful work of art. This artificial reef scene is mounted on a glass base - the same type of glass base as the post below using the lighthouse tealight holder.

The seashell varieties used include an auger, slipper limpits, a bubble, an olive, and a courie. There are also a few unidentified shells in place. The larger shell pieces have both color - like the orange piece - and interesting shapes. Hiding in the nooks are a couple of fish and a small red crab. 3 different types of coral add their qualities to enhance the reef.

What do you think of this shell craft art? Leave a comment and let me know. Thanks.

the Shellcrafter

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Lighthouse Shellcraft Tealight Holder

This tealight candle holder shellcraft sculpture uses a 7" wide x 3" deep glass base. The glass is covered in sand on the design side. Self-adhesive foam is applied to the underside to keep the glass from marring wood surfaces.

The ceramic votive candle holder has an embossed lighthouse on the front side. Gulls fly around the sides and back. Although originally intended for votive candles, now that it is part of this sculpture it is better to use tealights.

I made an island for the small red & white resin lighthouse to the left of the candle holder. The island is made from 2 seashells. As you can see the lower one is very colorful. Once these 2 main pieces were glued in place I started the rest of the design.

After picking through my collection of seashells, I settled on the ones shown here. I picked the yellow one for the brilliant color. There are also 2 pieces of coral. One is right in front of the candle holder and another is on the right side behind the yellow shell.

A small yellow fish and a small red crab complete the design.

the Shellcrafter

Photo Frame with Artistic Photo of Lighthouse

I made this shellcraft one weekend after "finding" the wood frame at the local craft store. The frame is set up for mounting on the wall instead of a desk.

First I removed the glass and backing. Then I lightly sanded the wood. I painted on a layer of white glue over the wood and applied sand over the glue.

While the sand dried, I thought out a design to place on it. As you can see I settled for a variety of seashells and some faux pearls.

Once the glue holding the sand was dry, I glued down the shells and pearls. Then I added the photo of the lighthouse and closed it all up.

By the way, I took the photo early in the morning on one of my walks down by the beach. The early morning sun was shining brightly in the sky. I took a few shots, using different settings on the camera. This is the one that impressed me the most once I got back home.

If you would like a copy of the original photo you can buy one for just $4.95 via Paypal. I have it set up on my store at Shellcraft Guides.

Decorative Shellcraft Jar with Topper

This decorative glass jar used a recycled 16oz candle jar (about 4 inches around and close to 6 inches high with the topper) as its canvas. Once the candle flamed out, I removed the wax then cleaned the jar of soot and dirt. With a clean jar in hand, I began the process of transforming it into this seashell arts and crafts.

I have used seashells and shell pieces in the design I placed on this jar. Although you can only see one face of this 4 faced jar here, the design carries around the jar. Since I use natural seashells and shell pieces, each face has slight variations in colors and shells. Being hand crafted, means that there are variations in placements too.

The topper also uses seashells. In this case, I wanted a place to hold a faux pearl in place. I used a darker seashell and turned it to present the interior instead of the usual exterior. Surrounding the center shell with it's pearly delight are four yellow rhinestones, and four bi-valve seashells.

What can you use this for? Obviously, you can use it just as it is for decoration. Place it on a shelf, a table, or even a mantle. You can fill it with keepsake items. The lid will help keep most dust out.

Another possibility is to use it as a candle lantern. Remove the topper and place it aside, add a votive candle inside a clear glass votive candle holder. Light the candle. Enjoy.

If you would like to try your hand at making one or more of these beauties visit
Shellcraft Guide's Decorative Glass Jars Guides.

Decorative Shellcraft Candleholders

I've started a new series of projects that involve placing seashell designs on votive candleholders. These very pretty shellcraft projects are used to hold tealights - the smallest, self-contained candles that I know of.


These miniature candleholder crafts can be used all around the house. Place small groupings around a larger candle. Use scented tealights and add fragrance to your home as you enjoy the soft glow the sand adds to the light.














Place two or three of these miniature candleholder crafts around a figure (statuette?) that you'd like to highlight (keep a few inches away from the statue and make sure there is nothing flamable over the candles themselves). Add tealights and sit back and enjoy the show.


If you don't want to use flames, there are now tealights on the market that run off of batteries. Buy yourself a few of these and place them inside the holders. I'm pretty sure the ambience will not be quite the same but it still should be a pretty show.,br>

If you would like to try your hand at making one or more of these beauties visit
Shellcraft Guide's Miniature Candle Guide.

Decorative Fridge Magnet 6 Pack

Well, I started with one magnet design and continued on my merry way making a few more. For these I had to go out and buy the magnets. So I bought a couple of packs of peel off magnets and started to lay out some more designs. Here is a six-pack of those I have made over the last couple of weeks. Click on the photo for a closer view.



As you can see, I've used seashells mixed with rhinestones of various colors, beads, and pearls to create some very beautiful and decorative refrigerator magnets. The design dictates the quantity of seashells used. The rhinestones add a bit more color.

Of course you don't have to use them only on refrigerators. What you need is a flat steel surface. In an office you place them on file cabinets, storage cabinets, and other metallic office furniture.

Take a look at more of them at my new Decorative Magnet Photo Gallery on Shellcraft-guides.com.

Shellcrafter