Sunday, February 20, 2011

Beach Treasure

We spent 5 days at the beach last week and most of that time was spent looking for shells to use in my jewelry.  I got quite the haul and it's a good thing we drove because I brought back was 17 pounds of shells and I would have had to ship them had we flown down to Fort Lauderdale.  On the way back we stopped for a day in St. Augustine, had I know what beautiful black shells they had on their beach we would have made more time for beach browsing, there is always next time.

Here is a photo of the shells from this trip and some of the jewelry I created with the shells I picked up last year.
These are a few inches deep.

Life's a beach bracelet
Shells n Sea Glass Beads Bracelet

5 comments:

  1. I like your beach treasures. Playful, fun, clever use of found objects, natural, nice. Well done! Makes me want to go to the beach and get away from this snow!

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  2. Oh my these are beautiful I hate being so far from the beach, I love shells.

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  3. Those pieces are fabulous. The top copper one is blowing mind. You must spend an inordinate amount of time drilling holes and sanding sharp edges. More power (tools) to ya!

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  4. I'm a huge shell collector....these look great with the oxidized copper....can't wait for my beach trip! I usually take my dremmel and make windchimes...shells hanging off driftwood....guess I'll be taking my copper this time :-) Great pics! Inspiring!

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