When most people travel, they do so to experience the world and create memories.
When I travel, my favorite way to bring these memories home is by creating my own travel souvenirs, like my DIY “Father’s Day” nature sculpture.
This simple sculpture, made of driftwood and a white starfish, hangs on our living room wall to remind me of that day on the beach – Father’s Day 2009.
The driftwood is a symbol of my husband, the father in “Father’s Day.” The five-point star symbolizes our four children and me.
A simple project, really. The hard part was recognizing this piece of driftwood as a symbol of our family.
To read more about how I found the driftwood, and the steps I consider when constructing it, click here.
You can view the piece in my gallery, along with my other art, by clicking here.
Happy Trails,
Mrs. Padilly
MrsPadillys.com 
What a great symbolic memento. I have a fondness for driftwood. We used to live by the ocean and I always wanted to bring some home. I would love for you to do more YouTube videos even if it is just a walk around your place. You live in a vastly different place from me so that is always intriguing. I have snow covering my world, right now.
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Thank you, Pauline. Started my YouTube last month. 🙂 I’m working on videos now, but it will be a few more weeks. Here is the link if you don’t have it. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7sKZa2pFc8YEVN68sth7vA
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I’m already a subscriber to your channel. I started following you ages ago, if I remember correctly you had done a post on a welcome sign on your trailer door and I really admired it.
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The stenciled screen door post. Wow! Do you know that post still brings most of the traffic to my other website? And it was an afterthought project!
Now I know which Pauline this is. 🙂 Thank you for being such a loyal follower. I will work hard to get some Florida video on YouTube, soon, so you can have a break from winter. Even it if is just a few minutes of sunshine. Thanks for your comments, and have a great weekend.
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How absolutely wonderful!
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Thank you, Pit. 😊 Did y’all get snow in the hill country? I’ve seen some beautiful pictures of snow covered pastures from our Texas family.
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We did get a little snow. Not much but still more than the last few years.
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