Seashell Saturday

Hello! Welcome to Seashell Saturday, and welcome aboard new followers! It's so nice to see some new faces, and I hope you enjoy visiting here :D

A couple of weeks ago, Debbie from Love of the Sea had a giveaway, and I left a comment...not even thinking I would actually win. I don't win contests and giveaways. Ever. I usually don't even bother to enter anymore, but I like Debbie, and I wanted to show my support.

Well, surprise! I won! You could have knocked me over with an ocean breeze!

A big THANK YOU, and a big HUG to Debbie for having this awesome giveaway!!!

Now I get to play with some more shells, and this bright red faux coral!

 I'm still trying to decide where to put it, and how the new arrangement will go!

                            I put the shells in my big clam shell...

                           and I may add a few shells to it.

                            I'm trying to decide between this....

                                               or like this?

I really love this pop of red! It sets off the other red in the room, like the wooden box on the wall, and my lighthouse collection!

I also had an idea while playing around with the new tablescape...

shells on the "shelf" that this box provides! I don't know why I didn't think of it years ago! There will be more playing around with this, too :)

I thought about putting the shells and "coral" here...

 what do you think?
On the dolphin table?
or the boat table?
I'm sure it will get changed back and forth throughout the seasons!

Thank you Debbie, for the new addition to my decor!

Love,
Del

Seashell Saturday

Happy Seashell Saturday!

While my best friend Dee was visiting, we went over to the Gulf to Clearwater Beach. Clearwater is one of my favorite beaches. It's not too far from home, and I can shell there!

It was a bright, sunny day when we went. I mean blindingly bright! Dee soaked up the sun, and I stayed under my canopy chair most of the day.

so bright I can't see

okay, I can see the camera now

ahhh that's better thanks for the sunglasses Lace

We saw some sailboats....

they don't see sailboats in Alaska

and a pirate ship!

Pirate ship in Clearwater. I want to go out on this ship, as long as I don't have to walk the plank!

We did some shelling, too, which is my main purpose for going to the beach!

Laci finding some mini shells

All of us found a LOT of shells. Elisia, Laci, and I found a shelling bag full EACH! Dee didn't find as many. She was busy soaking up some good Florida sunshine ;D

some of my mini's

more of my shells

I made a pair of earrings for Dee with some auger shells I found.

These are just her style, too. These should go well with her regalia, or anything she wears up there in Alaska. This was the first time I used feathers and shells together, and I like how they turned out. I know Dee will love them! She hasn't seen them yet, I'll be sending them to her on Monday.

On this shelling trip, I found shells I've never found before!

bubbles, wentletraps, baby ears, horse conch, and???

This is just what I found, and doesn't include the cool sponge that I put out by the pond. Elisia found a TON of little shells (and I found less because I was sitting in the shade most of the day ;( lol). These are so small you don't even notice them until you start really looking for them. I went with an intention to find small shells, and I did have to leave a few because they were still quite alive!

I love, love, LOVE the babies ears and wentletraps!!! They would make gorgeous earrings, but the ones I found are just too fragile. My augers aren't in this pile, I had sorted them to make Dee's earrings. I found three different kinds of spiral augers! Okay, I see one auger in the pile.

I can't wait to go back to Clearwater! I'll be sure to bring my own sunglasses, though!

It's a special day here! Today is my 2nd oldest daughter's birthday! Happy Birthday Lace!!!

Laci and Tanner

 May you always feel 27 sweetie!

 I hope your Saturday is special, too! Have a great day!

Love,
Del

Seashell Saturday

I thought it would be neat to show some of my favorite shells, new finds, or other things I've made with shells. I contemplated this idea, and decided to call it Seashell Saturday. I'm sure I have more than enough shells, and shell items, to do this for years!

For my first Seashell Saturday, I picked the whelks we found last weekend :)

 

 He found the larger, manly whelk, and I found the small, dainty whelk. When we find shells that are alike, his always seems to be the larger, manly, rugged shell, and mine are the smaller, feminine, dainty shell. I'm so lucky to have found HIM! Actually, he found me :) We are so alike in so many ways, and I'm so happy that he shares my love of the sea, the beach, and shelling.

Have a great weekend!
Del