Seashell Mail Organizer: Shell Decorations

Video Transcript

"Hi, now I want to start with fixing different shells and some more decorations. Now we have been using the hot glue gun, but for this we're going to want to use some epoxy glue and the reason for that is, is that it's a clearer glue, kind of like Elmer's glue. It's going to go on nice and smooth and easy and if you have any sticking out from the sides, if you're using sand or if you're using the small beads like we're going to use, it's going to dry clear. So you're not going to have any problems and it's nice and thin. That glue gun is going to have some pretty bulky pieces of glue to it and that's not really what we want. So with our sand colored beads, we're going to make a little sand beach here. So all you're going to do is squeeze on some of your epoxy or tacky glue. If you don't want to get your fingers dirty, you can smooth this out with another little paint brush, but I don't mind. So I'm just going to smooth this out with my finger, just like so. Now I'm going to start taking my little sand colored beads and I'm just going to drop them on my glue, just a few at a time and again I'm just going to smoosh them down with my finger. If you want you can just drop sand on here which is really a neat effect, again it's going to make it look like a little beach. You're creating a real tropical feel here. Now you can see that this glue is really really white, but when it dries just like we have in our finished one, it's clear and you can't see where any of that glue was. That's the effect you want to go for. I'm just going to drop them in and then we're going to have our little beach. Alright, now our little sand art is complete."