Saturday, March 21, 2009

New sea glass for jewelry!

Yes. I'm ba-ack!

A little bit of a hiatus from my blog, but I have lots of things to share with you.

The newest:

I just got back from a quick trip to Palm Beach and I had an opportunity to add to my collection of sea glass.

I don't know why, but I've always been fascinated with sea glass. I mean, sea glass is really just little bits of TRASH! But after being buffeted by the surf and sand, they almost seem magical to me.

I was raised on the east coast and lived within a few miles of the ocean. I remember going to the beach when I was little - catching snails and minnows. Picking up shells and bright bits of sea glass...

Now I live in the midwest. HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of miles away from the nearest ocean. I regret more and more that I didn't spend more time at the beach when I had the opportunity.

But when I have the chance to walk on a beach, I always look for the little bright glints of light in the sand that might mean that I could find a new piece of sea glass.

So here are some of the pieces I added to my collection:

There are few pieces of bright blue and cobalt glass which will be perfect for rings. Some of the larger pieces might work as pendants. I think I'm going to have to set them this week!

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7 comments:

  1. So good to see you back! Been meaning to reply to you via etsy but took me a while to realise that you'd convo'd me back as I don't go on there much now.
    Hope you're all well.

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  2. Nice to have you back...you new sea glass pieces are beautiful..Can't wait to see what you create with them.

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  3. I love sea glass too. Nice collection. So nice to see you back. I just started following your blog a few weeks before you took a vacation.
    Can't wait to see what you have in store for your glass.

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  4. Thanks!

    I've been working on a sea glass ring today AND I've been taking photos. The ring is tumbling right now. I just haven't set the sea glass in the bezel yet. So you should expect to see a new post on my blog for tomorrow.

    Glad to be back blogging,
    Contrariwise

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  5. Hooray!! I've missed your blog posts. I love the sea glass pieces and can't wait to see what you do with them. :)

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  6. So glad you are back. If you visit my blog, you will see that I have passed on 2 awards to you :)
    Vicky

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  7. Swiss Side Jewellery,
    Thanks so much! I just checked your blog out. What a fascinating story about you leaving England and relocating to Switzerland.

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