Summer Wishes x
Two whole days of sunshine. Maybe we will have a summer.
I hope so. It’s my favourite time of year for many reasons – but one is the gentle pleasure of walking along a shore line in bare feet with my daughter, looking for Sea Diamonds…
We have quite a collection.
Each one a little jewel of time. I’ve always been fascinated by them, but I’ve only started to collect them seriously after seeing the work of some wonderful sea-glass jewellers..
This is by ecstasea-at-etsy.
I love the fact that here the glass takes precedence over the diamonds. And the colours with the gold. These are all by Lisa Hall, an American jeweller.
Maybe one day I’ll get to go to a glass beach like this one near Fort Bragg, California in Mackerricher State Park…
Can you imagine? Although I hear the mudlarking equivalent of diamond hunting is now banned here, but there must be other places in the world…
I want our collection to be made into a piece of jewellery for Bella’s eighteenth birthday – a creation of companionship and shared joy where for a little while we lived on a planet of our own peace.
Laters, Kate x
Maison Bentley Style 
I have never seen a Sea Diamond before! The examples you showed are very nice, it’d be great if you managed to create jewels like that one day.
we can but hope for half decent summer…………..
I have everything EVERYTHING crossed! xxx
I think we have possibly over-romanticised them..but there is something lovely about discovering them and their colours and textures are wonderful. I am thinking a bracelet would be best, with the sea diamonds hanging off like tear-drops.. xxx
That would be very beautiful! I like tear-drop jewellery, it always finishes an outfit. Looking forward to see the result if you make it!
xx
This are very cute and simple, this how i want my jewel
Are you sure?! I think you would like big, bold and bright!! But these are delicious.. xxx
Nah! I prefer the small ones as my friend will always say we don’t front we represent so I don’t like donning big jewelries cos when i do i feel like all eyes are on me for all the wrong reasons.
I am quite sure they are on you for all the right reasons..jewellery or no jewellery! xxx
You are right about that tho!
Such a lovely idea for Bella — the best pieces of jewelry evoke wonderful memories! An artist made a necklace for me filled with sand and shells from the beach my children love the most.
I’m a sucker for memories and nostalgia all mixed into something special. I have a charm bracelet with charms collected from every country I have visited..also very close to my heart..sometimes it’s just the thought that means the most hey xxxxx
Lovely name you have given them and something your daughter will treasure forever…..feel the shoreline pulling me in…..bliss x
Sigh. I could do with being there now. Have had two sick children this week..Charlie went down last night..was sick – or trying to be 15 times..finally settled at 5..I’m going to need matchsticks today.. xxx
I feel your pain!!
Beautiful and gorgeous!
It is amazing to think of that piece of glass, broken into nothing..and then made into a jewel to be treasured by the sea. I love them. xxxx
Haven’t heard about this place before. But it’s so beautiful. Great article!
It went straight to the top of places I would love to visit.. xxx
That’s a lovely idea! Great pics 🙂
Hoping she will like the idea as much as I do..there’s that fine line between loving something for yourself..and loving it for someone else! xxx
Poor Charlie! I hope by the time you read this he will be well. Love sea glass too.