Honeymoon Keepsake

When Chris and I were on our honeymoon in St. Thomas, I had suggested we bring back some sand with us for a little craft project I had in mind.  We filled up one gallon sized ziploc bag and two small sandwich size bags as well.  I wasn't sure how much I would need and decided I'd rather have too much than not enough.  I ended up having way to much but that's okay.  My project ended up working out better than expected and that's all that matters!

Here is what I did:  

I shopped around for a glass jar in my house (I have tons!) to put the sand in.

The cotton balls were moved to a new (smaller) jar

Then, I got on the computer and cropped, re-sized, and did some fun effects on a few of my favorite photos from our honeymoon.

My favorite is the bottom right photo that is a smaller version of the sunset photo up top.  It is supposed to look like a postage stamp that says, "Greetings from St. Thomas!" on the top and the bottom says, "US Virgin Islands."  

After that, I poured the sand in the jar and began to arrange the photos and seashells the way I wanted.

Finally, I had this finished product!

I'd still like to put some twine around the top and make a little tag with my cricut that says where we went, the date, and what the occasion was.  That'll probably happen later this week.

So, what do you think?  Isn't this such a cute way to make a keepsake from all your vacations?  I have to say, I'm in love.