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1. What is Bonfire Glass?

   Posted on 7:37pm Friday 7th Dec 2012

   Bonfire glass is molten, free-form glass shards that  often have specks of ash or sand embedded in it. Beach bonfires, building fires and controlled landfill burns may all produce bonfire glass.

   I found this excellent piece of jade green bonfire glass on Warkworth Beach.

    

   

2. Excellent find!

   Posted on 7:24pm Monday 3rd Dec 2012

   Found this wonderful piece of pottery on my local beach!

    There is a line in James Joyce, Ulysses

   "What is a home without Plumtree's Potted Meat? Incomplete"

    

   

   G.W. Plumtree Ltd

   Manufacturer

   of

   Home Potted Meats

   13 Railway St

   Southport

3. Deserted Beach

   Posted on 4:57pm Thursday 29th Nov 2012

   

                                                           

   

   Fabulous, if not chilly, morning walk along the beach!

4. What is sea glass?

   Posted on 1:33pm Sunday 25th Nov 2012

   Sea glass is glass which was once in the form of bottles, jars and other objects. During the passage of many years in the sea the glass takes on new forms, forms of beauty that belie their prosaic origin. After decades or more in the sea these pieces wash up on the strandline, recycled to be the basis of beautiful jewellery, smoothed, shaped and frosted.

   

   The journey the glass has undertaken is one of history and mystery.  What was it originally? When was it made? How far has it travelled?  How long has it been in the sea?

   As glass is being replaced by more plastic, sea glass is becoming a diminishing source.

   Sea glass quality varies from piece to piece

   Overall smoothness

   Frostiness of surface

   Colour rarity

   Shape and size

    

    

5. CRAFTfest

   Posted on 8:07pm Friday 23rd Nov 2012

   Well tomorrow is the big day! The start of CRAFTfest November 2012.   I'm sure if you popped in to have a look you would find oodles of things that are just what you need for Christmas pressies :)

   

6. Tired eyes

   Posted on 5:11pm Monday 19th Nov 2012

   Aaaaw! Tired eyes!  I've  een tidying thestrandline website all day getting things sorted for CRAFTfest - hope I don't sleep through it :)

7. CRAFTfest November 2012

   Posted on 10:16pm Friday 16th Nov 2012

   CRAFTfest is just a week away 24th November - 1st December and I'm working feverishly to get my stall ready.

   I found some great Christmas gift ideas on the stall holders websites and have bought some stuff already - yey!

   Good luck everyone.   I'll be promoting some of the stalls on here soon so keep checking back :)

8. Getting blog up and running ...

   Posted on 10:22pm Thursday 25th Oct 2012

   Thank you so much for your post!  I see what you mean about photos, etc. and will hopefully be adding some in the near future, so keep checking back :)