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Boring seaweed turned into coral? It could happen…

June 25, 2011 5 Comments

If you’ve been following along with me over the past week, you know I’ve been on a coral kick.   And dough.  A dough/coral kick.  I made white coral, red coral, I even made starfish.
Out of dough.

But long before I busted out the dough, I busted out the acrylic paint.

This seaweed is all up and down the Southern California coast.  I don’t know what it’s called.  (Nor do I care, so there is no need to tell me.  It’s OK, really.)

Seaweed
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However, if you find some and let it dry, you can make up a little mix of watered down red and orange paint…. dip the regular old, dried seaweed into the paint mixture and let it dry.  Ta-Dah!

If it’s sitting on a plate, or in an apothecary jar with a bunch of other beachy items, how accurate does it have to be?

Seriously?

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Comments

  1. Jane says

    June 26, 2011 at 8:52 PM

    This is cool! I’ll have to go beachcombing around here…

    Reply
  2. Xazmin says

    June 28, 2011 at 7:19 AM

    It’s so pretty. You don’t know how badly I wish I knew the name of that seaweed so I could tell you!

    Reply
  3. Lowri says

    July 2, 2011 at 1:06 AM

    This is a really fun and simple idea – thanks for sharing 🙂
    Lowri

    Reply
  4. Kelsey says

    July 2, 2011 at 5:11 AM

    What a great idea! Never thought of that before 🙂

    Reply
  5. Solvency II says

    January 6, 2012 at 10:24 AM

    Great creativity. Which you present here. I want to make it. Every thing looking perfect. I attract by that. I am so excited for this creative idea.

    Reply

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