OK, so it's Saturday afternoon and the "must do" chores are done....how do we spend the rest of the day??? The weather was nice, a little breeze off the water and not too warm perfect for a beach glass outing in the canoe
! So, my husband and I decided to take the new (old) canoe out - first time for me in this one. It's a used Old Town Canoe made in Maine.
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(old) Old Town canoe |
Destination??? Well, I am always on the lookout for new beach glass locations and there was this nice beach not too far away that usually has quite a few pieces. So, we paddled over.
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Beach with lots of stuff! |
When we pulled the canoe up on the beach, first thing I saw was this wonderful piece of lime green in a great earring size! My day was made! I just love finding different colors!
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Lime green glass on the beach |
This was a good omen I thought and I was right....I found more of the same color! It's so, so, so unusual to find the same size AND shape, but a piece for a pendant also....Heaven!! Here is the trio:
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Future lime green earring and pendant |
I can't wait to see how they turn out! I haven't decided what color crystal or pearls to pair with them. Sometimes it's nice to have a real contrast. I just went to my favorite gem show and got a lot of new Swarovski crystals. I got some chocolate brown opaque that might be interesting.
I also find lots of white glass, as you would expect. This time there were some great patterns and some with writing on them. These are always fun and I love the way the pendants look.
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Frosted white glass with patterns and words! |
My husband had the find of the day though....this amazing piece of real purple. This is not the glass that turns lavender or purple from the sun. This is a GENUINE purple glass shard. It's big too....hard to tell from the photo, but it's about 2 1/ 2 inches. This would make a great pendant. The front has designs - it must have been a decorative piece like a vase.
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Purple glass with decoration |
The back is plain but nicely frosted and would be a good "flip" side for a pendant.
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Back side of purple shard |
Today my husband won the prize for the "best" beach glass. We laughed at the competition between us and then went for a swim, clothes and all!
7 comments:
Wow! Your husband must be a really great guy! I'll bet that turned out to be his lucky day!!
:)
Great finds!! I love the purple one! I can't wait to see you work your magic with them. What a great day to spend with your hubby!!
Beautiful! Today was your day. The lime green will make a wonderful set.
What lovely beach glass you found! I love the purple one, what a beautiful pendant that would make!! I can't wait to see what you create! Thanks for sharing-glad you had a nice canoe time!
what great finds! Love the purple one too, but the greens are so pretty as well. I get excited just imagining being on that beach and seeing that glass just waiting to be picked up. What fun.
What a wonderful find in that beautiful purple piece of sea glass! The three 'matching' green pieces are just as wonderful. I love the adventure and challenge of looking for such treasures. Venturing to new beaches sounds like a great idea.
WOW! Great finds - you lucky lucky girl to have found the purple piece. Awesome with interesting patterns still on it. thanks for taking us along with you on your kayak ride!
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