Artsy is NOT Fartsy v10

This past Christmas was a Christmas of home-made gifts, 

both to save money and because i think anything homemade is better than what you'll find in a store. 

 And um, 'cause i like to make stuff...

Using a few things i already had in my craft hoard supply, 

I made this neat shadowbox for my brother and his girlfriend out west:

Since they don't have things like oceans and sea glass and whales and lighthouses on the prairies,

i thought i would send a little east coast their way...

I simply painted a plain old shadow box that i got at the dollar store white, 

added a pretty blue paper background, and glued on some sea glass / sea porcelain -

 although i did have to paint that one piece red.

I think i might just have to make one for myself : )