Crafting Island Style!
September 24, 2008 10:35 am maria Crafts, Painting
I’m just back from a surprise vacation to Grand Cayman! I thought our trip had to be cancelled due to some hurricane activity, but my husband surprised me and off we flew! When I travel, I can’t help but try to check out what the locals are crafting or what’s popular in different parts of the U.S. and world. However, this time I didn’t have to go looking for crafts since within an hour of arriving at Ocean Frontiers at Compass Point, Britta Egrid was putting down some plastic covering on the picnic table in front of our room.
Britta was going to show us how to make driftwood signs to post near the dock. I’ve seen this type of signage at many tropical locations and I just love it. Driftwood is found along the shore, dried out, and then painted with mileage to a location. For example, my town of Palm Bay, FL was exactly 600 miles to the south of our Grand Cayman location.
I’m going to be very honest. The paintbrushes were very primative! I’m spoiled by delightfully smooth paintbrushes from Loew-Cornell and we were using kid’s brushes with stiff bristles that were a little uneven, but I just loved it! Outdoor acrylics are used since these signs must stand up to tropical sunny (and sometimes very wet!) locations.
My husband and I were inspired to come home and finally start a sign post with locations we’ve been lucky enough to travel too (Chuuk, Palau, British Virgin Islands, Key Largo) and places we hope to visit one day (Belize, Turks & Caicos, Galapagos Islands).
Britta (far right) gives some painting tips to my husband (far left).
I put some finishing touches to our sign!
Our sign was added to the sign post (beside left dive flag).
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