Nautical coasters

 Aren't these coasters hideous? If you pop into your local 99p store with a spare 99p you to can own this amazing set of coaster tat lol. However they are perfect for a frugal crafter! With a little bit of PVA and some nifty scissor work you can create.....

...your very own set of trendy nautical coasters! I used a page from my trusty craft atlas (my favourite thing to use at the moment) and cut out a few fish from an old book I picked up for crafty purposes. I think they look really swish! Perfect for my dinner table.

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Nautical Storage

 Sorry for the long gap in posts lately. For an explanation have a look here.
Yesterday being a horrible rainy afternoon I busted out the craft supplies and made some new storage for DD's art supplies. So far I have 2 empty formula boxes and I was determined to use them.
 So once they had been cleaned and dried, I cover each one in a page from my atlas, added a fish label from a cutting up book and voila! One box for pens and one box for pencils and crayons.

I think they look rather smart and nautical. Certainly an improvement and more on theme than the old biscuit box they were in before. I also threw out any that were snapped or had run out of ink.

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Simple cheeky decoration

 There is something about saucy seaside postcards that just brings out the giggly teenager in me. Whenever I spot a particularly rude or hilarious one in a seaside shop or newsagent I just have to snap it up to add to my collection.
 It occurred to me yesterday as I added another card to my stash that it was a waste to keep them out of sight. Their bright colours and cheekiness would be perfect added to my seaside theme hallway.
 So using the magic that is bluetack I arrange my collection on the doors of the hallway along with a few postcards from beach's we have visited on holidays and days out. It took about 5 minutes to organise and stick up, yet the difference is amazing! Already my hallway feels a little bit brighter and more seaside-y and a little bit ruder to.

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Frugal Seaside decorating

  Using an old Ladybird book I picked up in a charity shop recently I have made 2 pieces of bunting. The first hangs at the start of the hallway, opposite my "rude" postcard wall. The detailed pictures are just beautiful to look at each time you go past and are really far to nice to be stuck in a dusty old book.

 And the second banner hangs the opposite end of the hallway, which gives a lovely symmetry to the room. I'm hoping that with a few more touches I can make my hallway feel quite beachy/nautical.

 I have also been using an old Atlas for some crafty makings this week. Such as making washi tape and covering some notebooks. The photo really doesn't do these guys justice, they have come out beautifully!!! I'm having serious thoughts about covering some of the books on my hallway bookshelf to add to my theme.

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Paignton Devon treasures

  Welcome to From the Tideline, a little blog I set up to showcase my beachcombing finds, seaside adventures, beach craft and anything else beach inspired I come across. First I want to share with you my finds from a recent holiday in Paignton Devon.
 Paignton beach is fabulous for finding seashells and seaglass. In the little baggy above I have 3 piece (2 white, 1 brown) and a really pretty zig zag scallop. I haven't processed them yet, hence they are still safely bagged up.

In the jam jar I have made a mini beach jar. I used to make these when I was little to capture part of the seaside as a souvenir of my visit. It's a frequent fantasy of mine to journey around the UK coastline making loads of these to show the different colors of sand and types of shell as you travel. They make fantastic frugal souvenirs/crafts for children (and adults).
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