By the Sea Potpourri Jar

Bring the beach-side look you love indoors with this By the Sea Potpourri Jar.  Decorate an unglazed clay pot with seashells and a soft glitter finish and fill it with a soft scented potpourri for a wonderful addition to your bathroom or bedroom.  You could also use this painted clay pot to store small treasures, such as jewelry, precious love notes, or your own collection of sea shells or sea glass.

Materials:

• Unglazed clay pot with lid
• Selection of small sea shells
• Sweet Memories Acrylic Paint in Pink
• Thin paintbrush
• Clear drying craft glue
• Spray & Sparkle Gold Glitter Varnish
• Matching potpourri

Instructions:

1. Use the sweet memories acrylic paint to give a few shells a light pink wash. Allow to dry thoroughly.
    
2. Decide how to arrange the shells on the lid and glue them in place. Allow to dry thoroughly.
   
   
    
3. Use the sweet memories paint to give the top edge of the pot, as well as the outer rim of the lid, a pink edge. Allow to dry thoroughly.
    
4. Spray the outside of the pot, as well as the top of the lid, with the glitter varnish. Remember to work in a well-ventilated area when spraying the varnish. Allow to dry thoroughly.
    
5. Turn the pot and lid around. Spray the inside of the pot, as well as the bottom of the lid, with the varnish. Allow to dry thoroughly.
    
6. Fill the pot with matching potpourri.