Frame upcycling

So I picked this up today for €1 in the charity shop and it's full of beans/peas/lentil.  However it is just what I need for my DIY project.  Currently it has zero appeal to me, although I can imagine it in somebodys kitchen.

So with all my beach walks with the dog, I'm forever picking up bits, shells, pebbles, seaweeds that catch my eye.  Not like there's a load of it on the sand, except kelp after a storm.

I gave it a blue card background and chose a selection of stones and shells that I had.  I glued them all into place in the end - I tried that double sided sticky foam, but they just fell off eventually.
I left it like that until Aldi got chalk paint in, which happened to be about 2 week after.  So then I had a mad frame painting session.  I had 4 frames from almost 2 decades ago, you know, when the brown ones with a gold inside edge was all the rage. 

So five frames to get a revamp, I finished them off with some lavender furniture wax that I have in.  Nice to see it finally came in useful.

Sorry it's a bit hazy, but it goes well in the bathroom with the puffins and the Kingfisher.  Both from EweSir.ie