A Few Shells :)

Laura-

I know that I haven’t been around in a while.
It’s mostly because I’ve been so busy with school and haven’t had the time to post or make anything. But luckily school is going to be over with this week, and hopefully I will start shoving out a bunch of new jewelry items made by your’s truly. I’m beginning to realize that my blog just shouldn’t be all about showcasing the jewelry being made in our house. This site was initially to be just for shell jewelry, but then I decided to put some of my mom’s clay jewelry on because it’s just a nice. I’m kinda going back to just shells now, but any tropical clay creations of my mom’s will be put on here.

I want this blog to be a fun creative one… something that people talk about. Of course it’ll take a while to get popular, but I can always wait, and hopefully I can make it into a website sometime, despite my accidental “shellinshope” without the extra E. But this should be a blog for shellers/beachcombing fans out there. To gain knowledge about the shells, to know where they came from. I’m inspired to make shell jewelry because it’s like you can see shells in a different way. To carry part of the ocean with you. I consider all shells to be beautiful… no matter how beaten down they are. Because each one has a story to tell. Sea creatures are nice enough to let me have their old homes. I don’t force them out like some people do. Mostly the shells I pick up are empty, and if not, I put them where I can’t step on them my accident. Respect ocean dwellers and they will respect you. Hope ya’ll like my blog. 😀

So anyways, I did a little picture taking with my crappy camera.
These are a few shells that I have 😀

 

 To begin with, the giant shell you see is a Queen Conch (Strombus gigas)
My mom found this one when she took a cruise to the Bahamas. Generally these gall’s live in sand, seagrass beds, and coral reef habitats. They’re found in warm, shallow water and is generally not found deeper than 70 feet. More information coming soon 😀

The smaller brown and creamed shell in front of the flower pot is  a Lightning Whelk. I found this specimen on my trip to Sand Key Florida along with many other broken whelks. Lightning whelks can be found in the sandy or muddy substrate of shallow embayments. I would say the best place to find them is on the Gulf side of Florida, preferably more south near where Caribbean waters start. (More info coming soon)

The other shell next to the conch is still unidentified, mostly because its been torn up pretty good. I do have an assumption, but I don’t want to misguide anyone.