Beach Finds 5/4/2012, Lots of Marbles ;)

Beach Finds 5/4/2012, Lots of Marbles I didn’t realize I collected 9 marbles This is all I got today. More shots of the marbles, I got a couple pieces of aqua blue and lots of beautiful shell pieces manufactured by the Sea Goddess herself *;-D Only a couple of whole cone shells and quite a [...]

Antique Maltine Sea Glass Bottle Top

Sea Glass Maltine Bottle Top Maltine bottle top From reading “Pure Sea Glass”, a book by Richard LaMotte who did extensive research on sea glass and where sea glass could possibly originate from, I could tell that this bottle top was from an old antique bottle so I did a little research. When I research [...]

Sea Glass, Shell, Beach Finds 5/2/2012

On this day my children and I found 5 marbles, an antique bottle top, 2 ceramic toppers (maybe from teapots), lots and lots of purple cone shells in perfect shape, lots of puka shells and lots of white sea glass which we really need.

Sea Glass and Shell Find 4/25/2012

On this day we found some jewelry grade cobalt blue sea glass, lime green sea glass, cone shells, drupe shell, puka shells, beautiful sea foam and pastel blue sea glass pretty large thick and perfectly smooth edges. Some we will keep and others we will use to craft Natural Maui Ohana jewelry, something we Love [...]

Pontil Sea Glass Bottle Base

I found a very informative video on YouTube on bottle bases. I was most interested in finding information on the bottle bases I found awhile back. I have 2 like this which we display at craft fairs as part of our treasures. I knew it was old but I didn’t know it was from before [...]

The Many Hues of Blue Sea Glass

   When using blue or aquamarine blue sea glass to make jewelry it’s always hard for me to define the color. They are all a hue of aquamarine or blue but not the same. Some are lighter, so I call it light aqua, some have a greenish hue so I call that teal green, if it sways [...]

The Many Hues of Blue Sea Glass

 When using blue or aquamarine blue sea glass to make jewelry it’s always hard for me to define the color. They are all a hue of aquamarine or blue but not the same. Some are lighter, so I call it light aqua, some have a greenish hue so I call that teal green, if it [...]

Sea Glass Jewelry, Where does the sea glass come from?

Every time I find a piece of sea glass I never fail to wonder where it originated from. People who buy sea glass jewelry from us often ask the same question, where does it come from? So many explanations are covered in Richard LaMotte’s book “Pure Sea Glass” but he can’t possibly include everything so [...]

Incorporating Tumbled Glass Into Our Jewelry Line

Above is a pair of earrings I made using white authentic sea glass wire wrapped in argentium silver plated wire. I also included coconut fishes for varieties sake. Yesterday at the craft fair these two wonderful ladies stopped by our booth just browsing. One of them was wearing a gorgeous pair of earrings that looked [...]

Natural Maui Keiki Kekoa and His Shell Collection

Remember the earlier post about my grandson (moopuna) collecting shells with me and his aunty Rel? Well… This is a photo of his shell collection with flash. There’s a couple of choice pieces that I can make earrings for his mommy, my daughter, the Mommy Goddess Sophia :>D Later, after he’s collected more we’re going [...]