Decorating with Seashells [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Anita Louise Crane (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2001

Shells come in all sizes, shapes, and colors, and they seem to hold the compelling mysteries of the sea--as well as the key to beautiful original decorations, home accents, and gifts. Using a poetic, personal text, and lovely soft-toned photos, one of the most creative crafters working today (with some special friends) offers more than 25 romantic ideas for seashell projects. Paint shell-covered sweetheart boxes a translucent pearl, make shell wind chimes, give an angel shell wings, and more!

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Seashells are beautiful in and of themselves, but by combining nature with human-made objects, it is possible to extend their beauty even further. Illustrated with lovely photographs, this book includes both ordinary decorations, such as pictures framed in shells, and drawer pulls, candles, and colorful flowerpots. Accompanied by quotes from sea lovers such as Anne Morrow Lindberg, the book combines shell craft ideas with interior design themes using nature. The directions are easy enough to follow. This should be a must for libraries in coastal areas or for patrons who winter along the seashore. Marlene Chamberlain
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About the Author

Park City, UT

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Sterling/Chapelle; illustrated edition edition (June 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806936398
• ISBN-13: 978-0806936390
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #760,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Merely an irritating coffee table book, February 14, 2008

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Loki - See all my reviews

This review is from: Decorating with Seashells (Hardcover)

I actually became... repulsed by the tacky decorations in this coffee table pictorial.

Don't get me wrong. I like shellcraft... but this book goes too far, while being so limited in scope... no room for any taste is left on these shell encrusted nightmares.

If you dream of making teddy bears, and painting their odd quirky expressions before you sell them, so you can remember them, and love the idea of covering everything that won't move in pastel, overblown, garish, tourist trap nightmare shell coverings, in your bed and breakfast in Utah... then you have a lot in common with the author, and this book is for you.

If you don't think shell encrusted birdhouses and lamps are the height of fashion, and would rather see tastefully done shell craft, look elsewhere.

Photography, writing, and content are really second rate as well... its more a book about how the author and her friends are really spectacular... with no history, substance, or research put into it.

5.0 out of 5 stars great ideas!, October 4, 2011

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Jan Pullen - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Decorating with Seashells (Hardcover)

I love this book. Every thing looks fairly easy to make and I am always looking for ideas to do with shells. I love going to the beach and beachcomb. I am so glad to find something helpful. Hoping someone will print some more books to do shell crafts.