Summer Copy Cat Challenge

Although I can't afford much from the Pottery Barn catalogs,

I do love to look at their great vignettes and rooms for

decorating inspiration.  This Summer they have used glass jars

and rope to show off the vase fillers that they have available.

For Debbiedoos Copy Cat Challenge, I wanted to try to mimick

some of the elements of Pottery Barn catalog's summer vases.

The only thing I had to purchase for my copy cat attempt was

the shells.  I was impressed with the affordable bags of shells

that Dollar Tree, Hobby Lobby, and Wal Mart had.

To copy the Pottery Barn picture, I studied it to break down what

types of objects they had used to make a great display.

Clear Vases

Here is my hodge podge of  clear glass vases and containers before the elements were added...

...and after.

Candles

This star fish was added with thin silver wire

Sea shells were added to some of the candles with hot glue.

Sea Shells

Star Fish

These two starfish are made from foam.

You can see how to make them in Whimsical Starfish post.

Rope and Vintage Beach Pictures

Rope also got added to the tops of some of the glass containters.

A Touch of Silver

Well, my silver shells are silver in paint name only. 

They started out life as plaster shells from Dollar Tree.

Then got a couple of different colors of silver-ish paint layered on.

This was a fun and easy Summer display to do.  I only wish

I had done it earlier in the season...only a few more weeks

of Summer are left! 

Here are some pictures of the summer centerpiece display

in the daylight.