Vacation and holiday Gift Ideas-Personalized Sand Message

08 Mar 2011 No Comments

by adminin Sand Ideas Tags: name in sand, sand art, writing in sand

Have you ever had friends come back from vacation and bring you some cute but completely useless trinket / souvenir? Have you yourself ever been out on holiday and found yourself completely lost and clueless as to what to get for your friends? Be creative and try making little personalized sand messages for them.

Personalized sand messages are better than any souvenir you can buy. It will however, only work when you are out on the beach. All you have to do is scribble some message (a short one ideally) on the sand, lie down and take a picture of yourself next to it and voila! You have just created your first ever unique and personalized sand message.

You may opt to create an e-card out of your artwork or have it printed. Once done, you can place some further scribbling on the side, buy a frame and wrap it as a gift. You may also send it via the net, simply as an e-mail message or better, use some online networking tool. (Think facebook, twitter or multiply.)

Giving personalized sand messages is an ingenious way of bringing a piece of your fun filled vacation to your family and friends. Even they will appreciate it rather than receiving some bauble with little or no use to anyone. Personalized sand messages are also perfect little gifts that show that they were thought about during your trip. If anything, it is a thoughtful and appreciative way of telling them you care.

Best of all, sand messages weigh nothing and cost nothing in terms of extra baggage. You will not have to worry what condition they are in when you get back home. There will be no anxiety over broken, torn or ripped souvenirs. They can be sent almost instantaneously and do not need to be shipped or mailed yet they do their job as effectively and well, if not better.

Personalized sand messages are also great ways of updating loved ones that are far away on the latest happenings of your life. If you are hard at expressing yourself in words, then express yourself instead in pictures. All you need to do is write a caption (on the sand) before taking the photo.

A bit of caution and reality check though as there might be some people that view this gift as tacky or think of it as a form of cheapness. They may also let out that this is a cheapskate means of getting away with not buying or giving anything. Make sure that you select the people you give this to wisely and well. (In the first place, the people who think this way probably aren’t worth giving anything to.)

So again, the key to saving yourself a great deal of time and money is all up to how resourceful and inventive you are. Let your creative juices flow and make sure you send something substantial that really matters. Remember, just because something costs almost nothing doesn’t mean they are worth nothing.

Beach Sand Sculptures-Fleeting Works of Art

08 Mar 2011 No Comments

by adminin Sand Art Tags: beach art, sand art

Art can be very powerful and profound. Paintings and sculptures can provoke emotion or rouse in us sentiments that we didn’t know we had or were capable of. On the artist’s part, making a work of art is also a means of expression, an outlet or a way of channeling feelings from the intangible to something that can be perceived by others also. This may be one of the reasons why art connoisseurs and collectors buy masterpieces and works of art – to remind themselves over and over again of the feeling they first felt when they gazed at it or felt the artwork for the very first time.

But what if the work of art isn’t permanent?

Beach sand sculptures are a perfect example of masterpieces that are ephemeral and short lived. Made with just water and sand, these works of art only last for as long as the tide sets in. Some sculptures are ‘simple’ – if that term can even be applied to these sculptures – while others are so breathtakingly beautiful and so ornate that you just can’t resist to stop and stare.

Beach sand artists have always been asked time and again why they create such beautiful works of art using a medium so volatile and temporary. The common answer often is: ‘the enjoyment is in the process of creation; the contentment from the people whose lives are touched, whether in a menial or life changing way.’

Nothing could be truer. The next time you see beach sand sculptures, pry your eyes away from the masterpiece (if you can, it can be very hard) and focus instead on the people milling about. Observe how everyone – young and old are united in admiration of the sculpture. Children may gawk and stare in admiration – who knows if a future artist has been awakened? Couples may silently gaze at it in mutual affection and – who knows? That split second of communal sentiment may be all it takes to cement an already firm partnership or put a spark to a dying ember.

The same can be said of the maker of the sculpture. At the end of every work of art, notice how his face seems flushed with the excitement, happiness and satisfaction that is as immeasurable as the sand with which he has created his monument.

Beach sand sculptures may not last a lifetime or even a week but the emotions they invoke as well as the work of art itself, is a poignant reminder that art – so much like life – is not permanent. Nothing ever lasts forever. The Sistine Chapel may one day fade; the Mona Lisa may someday lose its color; everything tangible we hold dear may melt into nothingness but so long as you look for beauty while it is there, so long as you appreciate what you have while it exists, so as long as you value and put to heart things as invaluable as friendship and love – then the beach sand sculpture that awoke so much feeling, will no longer be fleeting but live on forever.