For Yo Baby Daddy!!!

My husband recently went home to Ormond Beach, Florida...... It was an old fashioned Southern family reunion, equipped with beehive hairdos, house coats, fried chicken and baked beans!!

He really misses his family!! I'm not sure, but I think his mom is starting to "feel" her age.... she made all these photo memory books and gave him all his trophies to take home! She also gave him a HUGE tackle box filled with vintage and antique fishing lures!

Most of these lures he couldn't bear to part with....... Others..... well, I was lucky, he gave em' to me!!! I made some great (well, I think so) Father's Day treats with them!!! I used beach stones from Rhode Island and California and paired them with some sweet lures!

I find it so hard to find "manly" gifts for our men!! How man ties and soap on a rope can one man pretend to love! These are cool.... functional..... can be used every day and HEY, if he's out around a lake one day..... he's prepared!!

Genuine IS Genuine

I've been collecting sea glass since I was a little girl. My family is from Arroyo, Puerto Rico and as a child we would visit my Abuelita once and a while! Arroyo is just a town over from Ponce, home of some of the most beautiful beaches! I remember the exact day that I found my first piece!! It was brown and it was perfect!! I found greens and sea foams..... I didn't know what it was...... but I knew I had discovered treasure!!! I was nine..... I truly thought I had found emeralds, diamonds and rubies!! I brought them back to our little home and my Abuelita wrapped them carefully in a towel, safe for my plane ride home!

Upon my return, my father and I handed out gifts to my brothers and sisters! I was lucky, this was a Daddy and me trip! When we were finished handing out our gifts, I ran to reveal my found treasures to my mother! Sadly, she was disgusted! I remember her scolding my father for allowing me to pick up trash! She forced me to dispose of it! That sadness sometimes still creeps up on me! I know she had no idea what it was, but I loved it nonetheless!

In any event..... Years later...... before the days of kids..... My husband and I traveled to Mexico!

I had to be about 21, I can remember mas cervezas...... We were floating in the ocean together, enjoying our day! My husband pulled up a HUGE piece of lime green sea glass and said "Hey babe!! Look at this!!" Puerto Rico came back to me! I remembered. We spent the entire trip searching our Mexican beach.... I found a lot of crap! Broken, not so flawless (to say the least) sea glass! I brought it home with pride!

Over the years, I have used only FLAWLESS genuine sea glass in my designs! But I realized I had WAY MORE less than attractive sea glass..... In all colors! I certainly couldn't throw it away!

I made some mosaics...... didn't love doing that! Made some votives...... way too much work!

A friend of mine one day suggested hiding the chip...... I'm a Karma girl!! There was no way I could do that! BUT!!! What if I repaired the chip with a non-toxic sanding method and was HONEST about it!! Hey! There's a notion!! Re-Glass(tm) Sea Glass was born!! From time to time, I repair sea glass chips and offer them, honestly, to my wonderful customers!

You see, sea glass people...... I feel that altering our precious sea glass is perfectly acceptable, as long as we're honest about the alter and we let our educated buyers decide! Why on Earth would I re-pollute the Earth by throwing it away....... I'm more interested in preserving this amazing planet for my amazing kids! I'm able to offer gorgeous rare colors at a fantastic price!

I recently had another very reputable sea glass artist ask me how I could alter my sea glass! I asked, how can you bore a huge hole in yours, by drilling it!? After a bit of chatting, she understood...... The dishonest people make it hard for those of us who just want to be! She called me a trailblazer........ A pioneer.........


Whatever..... I just want to make pretty chit!

You're not as HOT as you think you are!!

You wake up in the morning..... Get in the shower...... clean like you're going to the gyno...... shave everything possible...... exfoliate from head to toe........ you're gleaming!!!

You get out..... tweeze your brows to perfection...... brush, floss.... buff to a gorgeous shine!
Your hair comes out EVEN better than you intended...... your make up looks as though it was air brushed by an artist!!!

You look good, you smell good........... You're off for the day!

Errands to run.......

While standing in line at the Post Office, with two smokin' hot construction guys..... my lovely talkative Postal Clerk ... Pearl says to me....
"What's that on your shirt?"
"Where?" I reply
"On your boob!"

I look down to notice a huge white SPLAT from the top of my boob.... allllll the way down to my waist........ NO IDEA what it was.......

As if I wasn't humiliated enough....... As I was exiting...... I glanced down at the SPLAT and noticed that the fly to my EXTREMELY low rise jeans is wide open.......

Who's a pretty Britney girl!!!??

You're not as HOT as you think!!

Thanks A Bunch Too.......

Thanks for the feature Kim!!! Check out Kim's shop at http://www.flashyfish.etsy.com/!

My feature is at http://www.everythingetsy.com/

Yay blogs!!!!

Thanks A Bunch!!!!

We've been getting a ton of publicity and features lately..... It's summer and nothing says it better than sea glass!!

Thanks to our most recent feature from Becky at http://www.craftingagreenworld.com/ .

And to Erica at http://www.etsymay.blogspot.com/ too!!

Thanks a bunch gals!!!!

Even More Ikebana

I am having such a blast making these Ikebanas! Sea Glass from Rhode Island and Beach Stones from Malibu, California..... They're so peaceful!! Look forward to more..... I'm always design manic come spring and summer..... I'm so inspired to work work work! Hope you like what's to come!

Sea Glass and Stone Ikebanas

Once and a while I must clean house and be creative at the same time! I've been collecting flat glass since I moved to Rhode Island..... not much you can do with it! While cleaning this weekend..... I thought of something! You like!?