Seaglass always gives off an aura of its watery origins; cool, calm colors, undefined edges. Scoop up a handful and hold it up next to your ear and you can almost hear the gentle lapping of waves.
My youngest likes to take off by himself and head to a secret spot somewhere north of Santa Cruz and south of Half Moon Bay and spend a few, solitary hours in the meditative process of gathering seaglass.
He has quite a collection of it – it would probably fill a half gallon milk carton. I keep urging him to experiment with jewelry making but for now he is content just to gather and admire.
In the meantime, while I wait for his creative spark to fire (or for him to get tired of me going on about it), I’ve discovered one of my online friends has an Etsy shop, KahiliCreations with designs, while not made from seaglass, evoke the same calm, cool, watery essence.
Her work stands on its own but she has gone one step further and given each a name, in Hawaiian, that perfectly descibes the piece.
Can’t you practically feel the sand between your toes?
Edited to add: Whoops! My bad – I posted a link to a contest that was over long ago in March. I thought it was May. I need to slow down….
The seaglass is lovely, I would be tempted to grab a few handfuls for myself 🙂 I have a friend that use to live in California and Half Moon Bay was her favorite place ever. Your blog is lovely!
I use to get that all the time when I was a kid, now my kids love doing it too ! I like your blog ,been here reading just never talked before . Have a nice day ! ps. you are already in my list !
Ohh – on my way over to check that out!
Love the sea glass collection. I have a little pair of earring made from white brown bits of sea glass. Must dig those out.
I just bought some sea glass at Michaels today at lunch! Which means it will probably be on my blog tomorrow! I would much rather find it on the beach though.