Mini “beach” made with an old sardine tin. Elements: string of sparkling blue+green beads; little carved stone turtle (both can serve as components for a bracelet or necklace); local sea shell; local sand; tea-light candle.
The beads are part of a bead collection I have had forever. The tea-light is from a large bag of brand-new tea-lights that somebody was throwing away.
This mini world is one I made for a super kind & compassionate friend who is constantly helping animals and picking up trash off our local beach.
You can see a pic here at my art page, art & design by jenny nazak, on Facebook
This thrifty and one-of-a-kind gift concept could obviously be adapted in many ways. You could make a mini forest, a little urban street scene, an interplanetary space world, or any other beloved pocket universe of your imagining.