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Old 02-21-2012, 11:43 PM   #157
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thank you everyone for your tips! I will bring them forth to my daughter and she can chose which ones she wants to use!

I personally love the idea of sea glass gifts for her bridesmaids! So very cool! I dabble in making jewelry so Imma gonna look for sea glass and try to do some for her and let her pick.

I already asked Scrumptious to teach me how to make the glass!

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Originally Posted by Truly Scrumptious View Post
One of my favourite things to work with is sea glass . . . it's so pretty, and so versatile. What about adding a few cups of sea glass to some wide (shallow) bowls, adding water, and floating flowers? Or you could add it to vases, and do the same thing but with stemmed flowers. You could tint the water a little too, if you wanted.

Depending on where you live and how much time you have, real sea glass can be tricky to come by, but you can buy tumbled (or faux) sea glass pretty cheaply. If you live anywhere near a Christmas Tree Shop, they usually have bags of it for a few bucks. Or if you're in New England, Ocean State Job Lot often has it also. Michael's usually carries it too, but it's much more expensive. Or . . . if you have the time and feel like breaking glass, you can actually tumble glass yourself. It won't look like sea glass, but can be really pretty if you use green and amber wine bottles, and Skyy vodka bottles. You don't need a tumbler, and it's a pretty simple process . . I will explain more if you are interested.

And how about sea glass jewelry for bridesmaids gifts? You can find beautiful original pieces at etsy.
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