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For whatever we lose (like a you or a me) it's always ourselves we find in the sea. - e.e. cummings

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(Credit: Beachcomber Simple Living Blog) Sally Lee By the Sea  is one of my daily stops in  blogville.  This seaside blog emanates all things beachy & coastal.  Get your daily fix of ocean-going  home dec, shopping, beach crafts, & travel all brought to you by mother/daughter team Marie & Liz.  I love the print boxes they are featuring today as shell displays.  In my own home I have re-used the print box/shadow boxes from my own childhood to display my best "keeper" shells on my living room wall.  A  coat of Caribbean blue spray paint gave them new life & is a nice tropical background to show off every shell & beach combing find.   My display changes with the ebb & flow of tides of new shells, give away's, & thrifting finds. The pride of SWFL - junonias line the top (sadly, none of which I have found). Bobbers, old bottle bottom, & a shell belle made by my mom are all considered worthy of display in the box. Sunrise telli