I guess I didn't realize how much I love shadowboxes because here I am making another one. I went to Alaska over the summer and it's much more simple than my last couple boxes but still unique. I started off by using glass paint, whatever they had at Michael's or A.C. Moore, I have no favorite brand.
I put the paint on the inside of the glass, that way the outside would have a more finished, as professional as I could possibly get it kind of look. To do this I drew my template backwards (I had to redo it so ignore the extra black line at the bottom), put it under the glass and outlined it with the glass paint.
Once it's done have to let it dry a while, it said four days but I gave it a couple hours before I finished it up, it'll have plenty of time to dry on my wall.
Once I put the picture I took in the back I didn't like how empty it was so I printed out a picture of my kayak and the whale I saw (greatest kayaking adventure EVER btw!) and put the whale into the background. I put the whale on some cardboard so it gave it a more 3-D look.
So my finished product has the outline of Alaska and the symbols on their flag inside the outline in front of a glacier we saw.
Just trying to keep them original, don't want a whole wall (cause that's where this is heading) of the same style shadowbox. Until the next trip! Portugal in two months :)
