More Blues and Gray

More Blues and Gray

Today I am posting some more pieces of jewelry that I recently completed using blue sea glass and gunmetal gray wire. 

This is a set. It is going to be a gift for someone special.

 This pair I created this Sunday afternoon while watching the Seahawks win the game  during the second half. GO HAWKS!

These are now for sale on Etsy. 

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Christmas Day Beach Walk

Christmas Day Beach Walk

Today is Christmas Day and we took a little drive out to First Beach, La Push  for a little walk to get some fresh air and a little exercise (and maybe find a treasure or two).
It was cloudy with a few seconds of sunshine now and then.  It wasn't rainy and and not too cold nor windy, so that makes it pretty nice for here.

This is how it looked on Christmas Day 2014 at First Beach in La Push WA

I even found  some nice pieces of sea glass. Here are a couple of the highlights.

Nothing brightens your heart like a bright green piece of sea glass.

View of waves with a piece of green sea glass in the foreground amongst the pebbles on the beach.

This bright blue piece is a dandy.

What a find for Christmas Day!

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Today's sea glass haul

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Replenishing

I have been replenishing my stock of jewelry after all the recent holiday bazaar sales. 

Shown here are some images of the jewelry I have recently made.

They are also for sale on my Etsy shop.

One necklace sold right away and of course that made my day.

The necklace shown here sold already,  but the earrings are available on Etsy

A fabulous blue sea glass and silver set suggestion

This one is fresh off the workbench and for sale on Etsy.

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Merry Christmas 

Aquamarine Sea Glass Earrings Wrapped in Sterling Silver

A dainty gift idea for her that's for sure

These aquamarine sea glass earrings are wrapped in sterling silver wire. And they are now for sale on Etsy.

Genuine aquamarine sea glass wrapped in sterling silver wire

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Beachcomber's Christmas Tree

Beachcomber's Christmas Tree

Today we just put up and decorated our unconventional Christmas tree.

The tree itself is a big tangle of net and driftwood that Jim found on the beach one day. He was so impressed with the size and complexity of it that he had to take it home.

We decorated it with lights and all sorts of plastic floats and other flotsam we thought would hang well as ornaments.

It was a lot of fun to create this installation made almost completely out of stuff we found washed ashore on the beach.

Close up of Beachcomber's Christmas tree with a sea glass ornament available on Etsy

Now I have somewhere to hang my sea glass Christmas tree ornaments!

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Sea Glass Christmas Tree Ornaments

Sea Glass Christmas Tree Ornaments

I've been keeping busy dedicating my efforts to the upcoming Christmas holiday season by making sea glass Christmas tree ornaments.
Customers at the last holiday bazaar were happy to purchase a handmade sea glass ornament for $5 a piece. Below are a couple pictures of the second batch of sea glass christmas tree ornaments. Last week I sold all but 3 from the first batch of 17 ornaments.

This is a large group shot of the Christmas tree ornaments

These are the larger, fancier sea glass Christmas tree ornaments

This set is for sale on my Etsy shop.

Keeping Busy in November

Keeping Busy in November

This month has kept me very busy with going to bazaars, making jewelry and experimenting with new materials and techniques.
Shown here are some of the things I made in the past couple of weeks.

The past few weeks I have been learning how to made cedar baskets. This is my third little basket. I made a necklace to go with it that has drilled green sea glass in it. Because it is a learning piece, it is very special to me and won't be for sale. I really enjoy making baskets. 

This is a stacked sea glass pendant. 

Cobalt blue sea glass wrapped in Argentium. 

This piece sold today at the Elks Bazaar in Forks, WA

Group shot of my most recent completions. Many of which are now for sale online. Click this caption/link to go to my Etsy Shop.

Aquamarine sea glass wrapped in gunmetal gray wire looks stunning.

Mini wreaths decked out with beachcomber's treasure finds

Sea Glass Christmas tree ornaments were sold at the bazaar.  

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Benefits of shopping online: 

you don't have to go out in the snow. 

you don't get exposed to sick people

or germy surfaces

you avoid traffic jams

you avoid car break ins

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A Lovely Afternoon at the Beach

Great Beachcombing Weather, And a Little Sea Glass, Too

Yesterday afternoon we went on a walk at First Beach in La Push, WA.We had a clear sky and hardly any wind. It actually got to warm for us in the sun with all the winter clothing we were wearing. We quickly realized we were on the warm side of the "omega block" that is causing all the cold weather in the central and eastern U.S. And thats not a bad thing.Here are some pics of our walk.

View of First Beach, La Push, WA on a sunny November day

Check out the panorama view of the beach in a video.

I found a few nice pieces of sea glass, too.

glowing green gem quality sea glass

modest sea glass haul

We had a gorgeous sunset before going back home.

Sunset at First Beach, La Push, WA

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Recent Creations

Recent Creations 

Recent Creations many of which can be purchased from my Etsy Shop

 A piece of sea glass found on the beach that has an unusual color

Jewelry Display Boards

Jewelry Display Boards

In addition to making new jewelry I've been working on making jewelry display boards for quicker and easier display, transport and storage. Most of the jewelry you see on these boards are for sale on my Etsy shop. 

The pendants on the bottom row are wire wrapped stones except for the one on the far right that is seaglass with an owl painted on it.

most of these earrings are for sale on Etsy

Most of these have images hand painted or hand drawn on them

Except for one small thing wrapped in copper every piece here is wrapped in sterling silver or Argentium

New Earrings for Sale on Etsy

New Earrings for Sale on Etsy

Here are some new blue seaglass earrings for sale on Etsy. They are made with genuine sea glass hand picked off the beach.  

These are wrapped in that new gunmetal wire I mentioned in the last posting.

These  dazzling beauties are wrapped in sterling silver and Argentium wire.

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New Wire New Looks

New Looks with New Wire

I recently purchased a different color of wire for wrapping sea glass. Its called gunmetal and its a dark gray color.
Today I'll present some pendants and earrings wrapped in gunmetal wire.
Some of the pendants have an owl or a ladybug hand drawn on them. This is also a new idea that I have.

Two of these three owls are available on my Etsy shop.

Ladybug hand painted on wire wrapped sea glass

Ladybug keyring or purse charm

The sea glass in this charm is an unusual gray color

Blue seaglass wrapped in gunmetal gray wire

Available on my Etsy shop

necklace with an owl hand drawn on wire wrapped sea glass 

another trendy owl on wire wrapped sea glass

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