I made a shabby distressed wood tray to display my collected river rocks! 😀

I used a chisel and hammer to carve the wood by hand. The scrap wood was very hard, so the carving wasn’t easy. Then I distressed the wood with wood rasps. I used a handsaw and wood rasps to turn the piece of wood into faux driftwood.

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Then I smoothed the wood with sandpaper and stained the wood.

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I use the faux driftwood tray to display my collected river rocks and some bought semi-precious stones. There are also a few green and white sea glass pieces, driftwood and DIY pink paper roses and crochet flowers. How do you display your river rocks and beach finds?