sustainable gifts Archives - The Devon Mermaid https://devonmermaid.com/tag/sustainable-gifts/ Seashell gifts handmade in Devon Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:52:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/devonmermaid.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20221022_210627_167-scaled-e1667574855217.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 sustainable gifts Archives - The Devon Mermaid https://devonmermaid.com/tag/sustainable-gifts/ 32 32 211831532 Devon Mermaid is now in Teignmouth! https://devonmermaid.com/2025/01/21/devon-mermaid-is-now-in-teignmouth/ https://devonmermaid.com/2025/01/21/devon-mermaid-is-now-in-teignmouth/#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:52:53 +0000 https://devonmermaid.com/?p=495 You can now find my lovely gold leaf gilded seashells in Gallery 8 in Teignmouth! https://maps.app.goo.gl/9X2Fz52HWQ1fjXVeA

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]]> https://devonmermaid.com/2025/01/21/devon-mermaid-is-now-in-teignmouth/feed/ 0 495 The Devon Mermaid – it started with a dish… https://devonmermaid.com/2023/01/12/the-devon-mermaid-it-started-with-a-dish/ https://devonmermaid.com/2023/01/12/the-devon-mermaid-it-started-with-a-dish/#respond Thu, 12 Jan 2023 21:47:28 +0000 https://devonmermaid.com/?p=255 Precisely, this glass dish, inherited from my grandmother, a stout Victorian lady. It’s a beautiful little work of art made from decoupaged multicoloured sweetie wrappers – imagine Quality Street – (other sweeties are available) set inside a glass frame and painted in gold on the back. Taking this as my inspiration The Devon Mermaid has […]

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]]> Precisely, this glass dish, inherited from my grandmother, a stout Victorian lady. It’s a beautiful little work of art made from decoupaged multicoloured sweetie wrappers – imagine Quality Street – (other sweeties are available) set inside a glass frame and painted in gold on the back. Taking this as my inspiration The Devon Mermaid has reimagined another classic household item, this time from the 1960s, the ubiquitous scallop shell ashtray. How something so naturally beautiful ended up being used for something so ugly baffles me. So, here are my rescued scallop shells, repurposed by The Devon Mermaid into something beautiful. I hope you like them.

The Devon Mermaid's inspiration - my Victorian decoupaged dish
The Devon Mermaid’s inspiration – my Victorian decoupaged dish

Marnie Devereux is a writer and poet. Her second poetry collection, The Pelican Tree, is available here.

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