rustic signs and beach finds

It's amazing how much fun you can have with some bits of recycled timber and simple finds from the beach. We've had some lovely old weatherboards leaning against the laundry wall for a while ages.. someone wanted to chuck them out but I knew they'd come in handy one day (;

There's nothing like the rustic beauty of old wood, weathered and worn with interesting layers of old paint. The builder of the family cut them to size for me and I've been adding some more layers of paint in beachy colours I mixed.
I attacked them with a sander and enjoyed watching the layers of colour coming through. I recently bought myself some good quality alphabet stamps to add some simple messages to live by. 

The sea glass, sea pottery and shell finds have been put to use and I'm in the middle of making some larger pictures I will show you later.

They stand on a shelf or can be blue tacked to a door or wall.

Have a great week & remember to enter the Reclaim Prints GIVEAWAY drawn this Wednesday!