Going to work

I have a full time job, but my part time job as a jewelry designer is my favorite thing to do.   When I "go to work" for that job, it means a long walk on the beach!  Finding beach glass or beach "trash" is always exciting and never the same two days in a row.  If you've gone beach-hunting, what are the fun things that you've found?  Recently I took a long walk on the beach and this was my collection:

As you can see, there is a real variety of beach glass.  Even though white beach glass is common, it's always so perfectly "frosted" - it has a cool, snowy look.  I love to pair it with turquoise:

I keep a large glass jar full of just white on my kitchen counter.  In another post I will show all the ways to display glass around your home.  I also found some driftwood, a pottery shard, and some "Mermaid's tears".  These are small, perfectly polished quartz stones.  Some are round and some are oval.  You can see one in the foreground of the picture.  I started to notice these smooth white stones after seeing the movie "Somethings Gotta Give".  There were bowls of beach stones all around her gorgeous house.  I now collect these in my favorite antique white flower pots.    Here is a picture of one:

Let me know what kinds of things you are finding on your "secret" beaches!