Inspiration

How do I get through winter? If there was a hibernation option, I would take it. I can't tell you how good it feels to be back on the beaches, warm sun on my skin, hair whipping about my face, icey cold saltwater on my toes.

And sea glass hunting.  Spring is always the best time, gathering the baubles that winter storms have laid bare. My kitchen counter is spread with my favourite finds over the last two weeks. I want to admire them for as long as possible before they are added to the collection or made into jewelry. But I guess its time to clear the counter. Keith was away for work this week, and made the comment that the glass thats there now looks like the same glass that was there when he left, only more of it. Um, well, yeah. But I fed the kids when you were gone. Really, I did.

A few of my favourite pieces. The smallest red piece has the markings characteristic of a tail light from an antique car. The pottery piece with "Nordic blue" on it is patterned on both sides, here's the other side:

 

Beautiful, isn't it? I will have a good week creating.

Sea Pottery Happiness

We did Christmas at the Forum on the weekend, which was a great show. We met lots of people, sharing their sea glass stories.  One lovely lady and her daughter studied our sea pottery collection and casually mentioned that she recognized the patterns of some of our floral pieces, and that she had the china at home in her attic! The china belonged to the Victoria General Hospital, back in the day when hospitals served patients on real china and not styrofoam and plastic.  The VG has since been amalgamated into a larger Health Centre.

I was so excited that I rambled on to everyone who stopped by the booth for the rest of the day (sorry people, but thanks for listening). And thank you to the kind lady who rescued the saucers from her attic, you made my day!

Home Sweet (you know the rest...)

Its always exciting to find pieces of sea pottery with images, and houses and castles are my very favourite. And bittersweet, because we're trying to sell our home right now, which isn't my favourite thing to do. It probably doesn't help that what would be a dining room (if we were civilized folk) is my studio, crammed with our sea glass finds and floating in silver dust. This piece of sea pottery is bezeled in fine silver and hangs on an 18" sterling silver snake chain. If you'd like to see more pics of this, visit the listing in our etsy shop (and buy my house please).

New in our Etsy Shop

I had fun making these rings- there's something about hammering metal that just makes a girl feel good. A set of three hammered sterling silver stacking rings, one with a bezel set piece of soft green sea pottery rescued from a Nova Scotia beach. The rings may be worn together or separately. They will fit size 7 1/2 to 8. If you'd like a set of rings in a different size or with a particular colour of sea glass, we'd be happy to do a custom order for you.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23550836

Press Happiness

Many thanks to FASHION Magazine reporter Nadine LaRoche for her appreciation of items with a little history, and for her article about our sea pottery jewelry. Follow the link below to see the full article.

Thanks Nadine!

http://www.fashionmagazine.com/blogs/fashion-reporters/2009/02/03/halifax-sea-glass-designs-cries-mermaids-tears/