This piece started with the blue fabrics coming together and the grey fabric I used as ocean waves. I used ink to die some of that fabric in shades of blue. Once it was all pieced together, I started my usual hand stitching it onto a piece of foam core, but enhanced the edges with beads. The shrubbery on the left has a few of the button rejects from when I used that fabric for a shirt, and made polymer clay buttons in blue on blue for the shirt. Inevitably in the button-making project, there are buttons that missed out on being usable because they get pinched or out-of-shape, but they certainly fit in here. Other beads invited themselves to the rose bush and one of the trees, so I let them stay! My artwork is mounted on foam core, which creates a light-weight but rigid piece with a wire for hanging and a felt backing. It is treated with a sun-block spray, although prolonged exposure to direct sunlight may eventually cause fading.