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  4. Products We Love

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    Beachcombing and Books

    When I'm at the beach I find all sorts of things sea glass, shells, fossils and even agates. It's really handy to have some books back home to help find out what things are and of course you can always Google things :) 

    Here are some books that are useful for beachcombing finds 

  5. Working with sea glass

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    Working with a piece of sea glass is a wonderful thing. When I find a piece of sea glass I wonder what it was before it was broken and tossed around in the sea and batterered against the rocks for over 50 years sometimes even a 100 years.  And I still wonder at the beautiful finish the sea gices to the glass, smooth and frosty but pitted with wonderful 'C' shapes or depending on the tides just smooth and frosty.  Here are some examples of different finishes on sea glass.

  8. A1 Steam Engine - Tornado

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    Guess what I saw today - A1 Steam Engine Tornado - Yay! :)

     

  10. First Day of Spring

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    It's the first day of spring today so I went for my first beach walk - yay! I can only say that it can't get any colder, or can it? The recent storms have certainly churned up the sea and even exposed an old pillbox.

    Pillboxes are concrete dug-in guard posts, normally equipped with loopholes through which to fire weapons. The originally jocular name arose from their perceived similarity to the cylindrical and hexagonal boxes in which medical pills were once sold. They are in effect a trench firing step hardened to protect against small-arms fire and grenades and raised to improve the field of fire. Pillbox, Wikipedia link

    I found a few pieces of sea glass and pottery, not good enough for jewellery, but interesting all the same. And, the sun finally decided to come out on my walk back which made it a lot more pleasant - hope it stays out for a while :)

    P1490337 copy

    P1490338 copy

    P1490341 copy

    P1490363

  11. Keeping Cosy

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    I hope you're surviving the 'Beast from the East' and keeping cosy. I'm busy editing photos from a trip we had to Goa at the end of Jan, beginning Feb and I think it's making me feel colder!!

    I'm also editing photos of my strandline finds (beachcombing) for my newly re-opened Etsy shop 'The Strandline Finds' in which I sell all sorts of beach finds from my local beach - including sea glass, beach pottery, driftwood and holey stones. Some of the pieces are for collectors and some are for crafts i.e. mosaics, pictures etc. Here is the link if you would like to have a peek   www.etsy.com/shop/thestrandlinefinds

    I have quite a stock of things to add as I've been collecting for years and I'll be adding more as and when I find them.  If there is anything in particular you would like just send me a message and I'll do my best to help :)

     

     

  12. What a find!

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    Went for my daily beach walk this afternoon and is was the same as yesterday and the day before - no sea glass or so I thought! Walked along to the North Pier, took some photographs and started to walk back. There was a freezing wind blowing and the sky was grey, but then I saw it, a sparking piece of bright seafoam sea glass lying on the sand. What a find and my only piece found today!  Check out the video below - pity we don't have feelavision, then you could feel how cold it was :)

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  13. Happy New Year!

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    HAPPY NEW YEAR!

    Thank you to all my wonderful customers - here's wishing you all a very healthy, happy and prosperous 2018!

    Maureen x

     

    The Strandline Finds

    Over the years I’ve amassed a great collection of sea glass and beach finds and was selling pieces that I didn’t need for jewellery making on Etsy. As I was tidying my workroom yesterday I though I really need to re-stock my Etsy shop with some of these wonderful pieces, and so, with a New Year starting I re-opened my Etsy shop ’The Strandline Finds’.