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‘beeing’ creative with clam shells

April 29, 2022

clam shell bee

I have a love/hate relationship with bees.  I am a gardener, so I love bees from a nature perspective.  And, honey happens to be my sweetener of choice.  But for all the good bees may do, some of them are extremely annoying!  I have a major issue with carpenter bees at my house – they drive me crazy this time of year!  And, a bee almost killed my favorite little puppy when he got stung in the throat by one!  So, there is that!

Putting all the bad feelings aside, I know many people who keep bees and, who doesn’t love a good bee motif?

After I created some of the double clam shell decoupaged pieces from the last post, I started playing around with some of the single ones and created a set of shells as a gift for a bee lover.

bee clam ornament

I made a couple shells with bee designs and created a hanging shell as well to create a nice trio of ‘bee’ shells!  (FYI:  clam shells are much tougher to drill through than oyster shells!  I forgot just how tough!)

I am happy with how these clam shells turned out and I am looking forward to creating some cute packaging for the set!

bee clam shells

I think I may continue with my shell creations for a time – especially now that beach walks are more frequent with the milder weather!

Thanks for stopping by!

Remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie

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