Sanibel Home Interiors - Making a House a Home!: SHI Designs Launches

It is fair to say it has been a while since I last blogged and now with holidays only a distant memory and dare I say it Christmas only around the corner it is time for me to get back in the saddle!

As a family we had a fabulous summer holiday this year on the Gulf Coast of Florida. We visited two of our favourite places namely Sanibel Island and Little Gasperilla Island. Both islands are truly unique and stunning places. Adorned with sandy white beaches carpeted in shells they make a fab place to while away the hours just walking and shelling. Little Gasperilla Island has the added benefit of being a fossilized beach, this means, that in addition to the great shelling you can also find hundreds of smalls fossilized remains. The most abundant being sharks teeth.

Since returning home I have spent a good while cleaning and sorting all of the lovely treasures from the sea which my family and I collected. These treasures have provided me with the inspiration for my new project.

I have now launched SHI Designs a range of contemporary shell art all lovingly preserved in box frames. The first batch of my lovely creations are now complete and have already been showcased at a craft event in Corby, Northamptonshire. These pictures (a few of which are shown below) are all for sale but only locally within Northamptonshire and surrounding counties. I feel a little nervous about posting them so will offer a delivery service at a small cost depending on the location. The pictures are priced from between £20 and £120 plus delivery.

As they are all unique due to the nature of the materials used you will have a truly original piece of art!
The shells and sharks teeth which have been used have in the main been collected by me but some more delicate or rare shells have been purchased for my projects.

Commissions can be taken as I have two frame sizes available and can change the colour background on the pictures. I am happy to also discuss design changes and will add to my portfolio as time goes on. Whilst I have displayed some of these on my website www.sanibelhomeinteriors.co.uk they cannot be purchased through the website and any enquiries regarding a purchase or commission should be directed to my email sanibelhi@btinternet.com

So here are my new creations, it would be lovely to get some feedback on these.

The Tree of Life - created using fossilized sharks teeth which my family and I have collected. A truly original one off piece of art! £120.00 plus postage. It is set in dark wood box frame.