Doesn't the beach give you some fabulous treasure! This is a beautiful cobalt blue sea glass gem fresh from the sea ðŸ’™

Cobalt glass was often used for medicine and cosmetic bottles including Noxzema jars/bottles, Milk of Magnesia and Vicks Vapor Rub.

Cobalt blue is one of the rare colours of sea glass (depending where in the word you live).  

What a lovely warm day it was yesterday so took my daily walk to the beach - didn't realise how warm it was and set off with a tshirt, cardi and fleece - the layers soon came off and I ended up with just the tshirt which is a pretty rare occurance (for me) here at the beginning of May.  Later on we actually remembered the full moon - Wow!!

 Ah! The smell of May blossom

 Bluebell Wood

 Warkworth Beach

 Full moon over Amble

Took this photo last night of the nearly full moon over Amble.  Don't you think the colours are fabulous.  I'll be out tonight to see the full moon - hope it looks so good 🙂 🌒

Wow! Just been notified that my sterling silver cast heart necklace is featured in the  #WeBuySmall Christmas Gift Guide 'for her'! 

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Why not check out my website www.thestrandline.co.uk for some unique sea glass and silver jewellery ... most are one-of-a-kind!  First come first served!  

Two things I love about the sea, sea glass and mermaids! I've found one but not the other.  This gorgeous cobalt blue sea glass has a silver bail that resembles a mermaids tail...Mermaid MAJA

Good way to keep cosy - soldering! Made a good batch of headpins ready for Swarovski pearls and crystals 🙂 These will be added to a necklace with a sea glass gem making a great personalised gift for birthdays, Christmas, weddings or anniversaries 🙂

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 

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.

I was sorting my tiny sea glass gems this morning when I spotted 5 of them lying in a row and thought - yay! these would make a lovely charm bracelet and so I set to work matching, then drilling, and attaching and I've even got enought to keep me busy tomorrow too! 

What a lovely job for today - making bezels for these sea glass gems. I've only got one on my website so better get a move on.....

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

Yay! The Blog is back! It's been nearly a year since I last posted and a lot has happened in that time. My website and Etsy shop have been ultra busy, I'm now selling on Amazon as a Prime Seller and my Etsy shop The Strandline Finds (selling beachcombing finds) is stocked and doing very well.

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 :)

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 :)

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 :)