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plough a garden photo and relic into a delicious 3 - D display with this shadow box tutorial . It ’s a fun way to preserve garden retentiveness and make something beautiful to display indoors .
If you want to make your own illumination , we havea tutorial here using polymer clay .
Empress of Dirt garden shadow box with assorted miniatures
DIY Garden Shadow Box
Shadow box seat , detritus journals , and scrapbooks may take different shapes , but they all spring from the same originative spark — gain the bits and pieces we screw and deform them into something beautiful and meaningful .
Whether it starts with a favorite photo , a pressed bloom , or a just the ticket butt from a garden tour , these undertaking catch memories in a direction that is meaningful and unambiguously your own .
For this shadow box project , I ’ve chosen a storybook expressive style using a great garden photo as the backdrop and assorted garden trinkets and miniatures to bring it to life .
Empress of Dirt garden shadow box with assorted miniatures
I ’ll take the air you through how it ’s made and deal some additional peak and ideas along the way .
A tail box is a deep , framed exhibit cause used to showcase objects , photos , and mementos in a visually interesting way .
It ’s part collage , part remembering corner — perfect for turning meaningful bit and pieces into a ornamental souvenir you may hang on the rampart or prop on a shelf .
Supplies & Materials
My shadow box used the following :
ensure any illumination or other keepsake item you take will fit inside the vestige box between the desktop range and the front glass . The shadow box I used allowed approximately 1 - in full depth so I had to cut some of the Ellen Price Wood piece to fit .
Take photo of your garden from the same location at dissimilar times of class and create a shadow box for each time of year .
You could also addmini battery - operated string lightsfor extra glitter .
Tools
Do a dress dry run first to check that everything will fit . I take the glass out while I tested mine to nullify get marks on the chicken feed .
Assembly
Get all your supplies ready and warm up thehot glue dispenser .
I desire you ’ll try create your own !
I ’m going to make a winter version as soon as I ’ve collected the miniatures I want to let in .
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