Seaside Sneak Peek

With one set of grandparents walking distance from the Atlantic Ocean and the other set walking distance from the Pacific, we have countless photos of time at the beach. Therefore, I am thrilled that October Afternoon has released a beach-themed line: Seaside. I've been playing around with it for the last couple of days:

The keepsake bottles were a super-quick and fun project. See below for close-up photo and instructions:

1. Remove labels and adhesive from a Frappucino bottle (or another similarly-sized bottle).

2. Using a 1 3/4" circle punch, punch a circle from October Afternoon Seaside Boardwalk patterned paper and adhere to top of bottle cap.

3. Adhere an October Afternoon Seaside Shape Sticker to white cardstock and trim around the edges of the shape.

4. Punch a small hole at the top of the cardstock-backed shape sticker.

5. Thread a 10" length of jute through the hole in the cardstock-backed shape sticker and tie it around the neck of the bottle.

6. Fill the bottle with shells, sea glass, etc. (either collected at the beach or purchased at a craft store) and you're done!