1. Postcard Book
Send yourself a postcard from everywhere you go. Choose really cool postcards that you love and write down your favorite memories of that location. At home, laminate them and slide onto a keyring to make little books you can flip through.
2. Seashell Jewelery
If you collect seashells by the seashore, use them to make beautiful jewelry, too. You can string them for necklaces, dangle them like earrings and even attach small shells to rings. This video teaches you how to clean them and get started.
3. Bar Coasters
You've had beer all around the world, and now have a collection of paper coasters to prove it. With just some Modge Podge and resin, you can preserve them for everyday use.
4. Shadow Boxes
Shadow boxes are great for postcards, stickers, ticket stubs, museum maps and more. Just layer them in, add little trinkets like shells, rocks and wine corks, and you have original artwork to remind you of your trip every day.
5. Phone Case
Little trinkets, beads and shells will look great on your phone case. With a thick layer of deco glue, you can have the mermaid case of your dreams.
6. Picture Frames
Gluing a row of sea shells around your picture frame is the perfect excuse to print out a vacation photo and get it out of your phone.
7. Wind Chimes
Is that the sea calling or is it a homemade wind chime made with shells from your last vacation? Either way, it's relaxing.
8. Shell Printing
Shells, leaves and stones can be used as stamps to make delightful nature prints. Adorn a beach bag or a travel tote to take your memories with you always.
9. Travel Journal
An ordinary notebook becomes a personalized travel brochure with every page turn when you glue in photos, postcards and maps. Part scrapbook, part journal, it tells the story of your travels.
10. Travel Blanket
Patches are a lightweight thing to collect at every travel stop. When you get home, iron on to a blanket. You can use the blanket at home or bring it with you on your next journey.