Things on the wall in the hall.

Hello, blog friends! Yesterday's post showed the before and after shots of the hallway in our new home. Today I'm showing you a few things on the wall that hold special meaning for us. ♥

The heart-shaped bottle in the photo above holds sand from the beach in Florida where Doug and I honeymooned, and the frame above it is one of my favorite treasures in our home. It was made by a friend of mine {Corri} when we worked together at a scrapbook store about five years ago. This framed piece was used as the sample for a class the store was offering. We needed a wedding photo to use in the sample and I volunteered ours. When the class was over, I got to have the frame. :o)

For my friends who are crafters and/or for those who are interested: the frame itself started as a plain, unfinished wood frame. It was painted with off-white acrylic paint and then embellished with textured wrapping paper, buttons, a zig-zag paper strip, and black velvet ribbon along the outer edge. There's a transparency overlay with print that we sold in the store at the time too.

Back to the honeymoon:  We loved the beach in Florida with all those pieces of polished shells instead of fine sand. I brought several pounds back with us, and am surprised I didn't exceed the suitcase weight limit flying home!

Up until our honeymoon, Doug was the only one that ever found heart-shaped rocks, but on the beach in Florida I was the lucky one who spotted this heart-shaped piece of coquina. It's displayed in this shadow box along with some more honeymoon sand at the bottom.

I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend.

I'm going to a witch-hat-decorating party this afternoon.

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