Wednesday, August 10, 2011

About Us

Hello there, we'd just like to take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about ourselves. My name is Hailey, and my brother Will and I have recently taken an interest in sea glass. Unfortunately, we live in Wisconsin, so we lack nice beaches next to the ocean like you would find in places such as California. We have to search the beaches of Lake Michigan, so we get rather slim pickings. However, we seem to be developing our own method for finding the beach glass, so our collection has been growing and growing. We hope to use some of our nicer pieces to make jewelry, drawing inspiration from sites such as Santa Cruz Sea Glass. If anybody has suggestions for other crafts, ways we could make jewelry, etc, we would love to hear them! This blog is for people like us, who love to collect beach glass but live in places that aren't really ideal for finding it. In the coming posts you will see pictures of our prized pieces, as well as our hauls from days spent at the beach searching for beach glass. When we get the materials to start experimenting with jewelry-making, we will be sure to post photos, and blog about our progress and any suggestions we might have. We want to share our adventures and ideas with you, and who knows, maybe we can inspire other people to get involved in beach glass collecting and crafting.

Happy beach combing!
Hailey and Will (and our golden retriever Bronx, who is more than happy to come to the beach with us, as long as he get plenty of time to swim!)

3 comments:

  1. Thanks for the tips! I'm taking my daughter to Lake MI tomorrow (in lower MI) to hunt for "Indian Beads"/Crinoid Fossils and wanted suggestions on how to find sea glass as well.

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  2. What beach did you find these on? I search the Southwest Michigan beaches and do quite well. My husband and I started a business: www.blingbeachglass.com The double-sided window hangs in the sunlight and the top opens so you can drop your beachglass in.

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  3. Heading to Michigan from ohio, any suggestions for good beach glass ideas and kids activities. Thanks. I want to make a memorial for my daughter.

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