Special Discounts on Lucky Sea Glass

I want to let you know that I have discontinued the special discount for repeat customers.  Instead, I will be offering specials for everyone as long as I can.  Watch for the pre Thanksgiving  luckyseaglass bucks.

Also, free shipping on items over $100 (after discounts) if you are in the continental U.S.  I can ship elsewhere, but will charge whatever it costs me to ship. 



As always, please email me first to make sure the item is still available, to arrange for payment and if you have any questions.  Thanks.

Over 10,000 views! Thank you!

I hope you are enjoying this blog.  It has had over 10,000 views as of today -- but I haven't heard from too many of you.  Please keep watching.   I hope to have a special offer for blog fans soon.  I just finished doing my spreadsheet/inventory so now I can design some new pieces for the holidays.

Latest Lucky Sea Glass designs (Fall 2012)

Here are some of my latest designs.  They are now on my website so if you are interested in purchasing, just email me.  You can purchase with a credit card through PayPal on my website  (you don't have to belong to PayPal).  Hope you like them!  They range in price from 86 to 135.


Large white seaglass (Greece) with ocean blue briolet crystal, gold filled wire, pin/pendant  Item 455
 



Spider pin with amber seaglass (Florida), copper wire, onyx, aventurine, mother of pearl beads



White seaglass (Greece) pendant, silver plated wire and necklace, aventurine bead, crystal

  

California sunsets

I was out in California last week and, of course, beachcombed for about an hour. Unfortunately, didn't find even one piece of sea glass  (near Cambria, south of San Simeon).  But, did take some pictures of the fabulous sunsets over the Pacific.

Amazing color --  no editing done!!

Sun setting into the Pacific.  Actual colors!

 

Sea Glass Festival November 2012 update

Lucky Sea Glass was invited to participate in a Sea Glass Festival in Chesapeake Bay area in Maryland on November 17.  Richard LaMotte, the author of Pure Sea Glass will be speaking the night before.  I will provide more details soon!  This would be a great time to do some holiday shopping and learn more about sea glass.

The festival will be at Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center, 600 Discovery Lane, Grasonville, MD 21638.   I'm told it is right over the Bay Bridge.   The event will run from 11:00 ti 3:00 P.M.  There are talks and walks on Friday the 16th.  This event includes juried artists. I hope to see you there -- and do mention this blog if you come!  I hope to demonstrate some of my techniques, too.

Something to Make You Smile!

I thought you might enjoy this little smiling fish today!

Learning New Skills

The more I create sea glass jewelry, the more I realize that I have learned so much in addition to wire wrapping, design, drilling glass, etc.  I have had to develop my photography skills, computer skills, marketing, and organizational skills.  Lately, I have been so busy trying to create a spreadsheet for my designs since the old loose leaf notebook is overrun with crossouts and erasures as items are sold, moved in and out of shops, etc.  Once I finish with the spreadsheet, I will hopefully be able to put some more pictures on the website since so many designs are not pictured!  Wish me luck!

Where to find seaglass

As you probably know, I look for sea glass wherever I travel! Even when there is no ocean or river.  But, I thought I'd list the places I have actually found sea glass -- and if you want more information, just check out my website, too.

Bermuda   (Glass Beach, and near the Armory past St.George's)
California (Ft.Bragg), also along the coast, south of San Francisco, Lake Tahoe
Hawaii  (Maui, Kauai - Glass Beach), Hawaii (North Shore)
Spain -  near Gibraltar
Greece - numerous islands
Puerto Rico
Ohio   Lake Erie
Florida -- near Amelia Island
Massachusetts -- only one piece, Cape Cod
Antarctica  -  at an abandoned whaling station\
Aruba
Romania  -- Black Sea
Argentina -- Tierra del Fuego
Italy -- Lake Como
Virginia -- Potomac River

No luck in China -- unless you count my monastery glass from Tibet.
I haven't looked in England and Ireland -- but I hear they have great seaglass
Also, along the Dalmatian Coast...   I still have a lot of seaglassin' to do!  Please share if you know of a great seaglass beach.

How I Create Lucky Sea Glass Jewelry

Thank you all for visiting -- approaching 10,000 views!  I thought today I would tell you about the process I go through when creating Lucky Sea Glass jewelry.  It is a labor of love, of course, but also time consuming, costly, demanding, even exhausting at times.

First of all, I have to get to a beach!  Usually, that means a plane trip and a car ride.  Then, once at a seashore, I may walk along the beach for hours over a period of several days.  In Bermuda, I was lucky to find a glass beach, but first had to walk for almost an hour to find it!  Sometimes, I find a few good, tumbled pieces, but other times I find nothing at all. 

When I get home from my trip, I sort through the labelled pastic baggies, and organize the seaglass by place found and color and size.  Rough pieces are discarded.  This sometimes takes a while, especially if I have found a lot of seaglass.

Once I am ready to create a piece of jewelry, say a pendant, I carefully select a sea glass piece that "speaks" to me,  Then I decide on silver, gold or copper wire for wrapping. I usually either order the wire online or at a jewelry show. As I wire work, I experiment with various crystals or gemstones to see what seems to look best.  This can take a while of trial and error, before I commit.  For , bracelets, or earrings certain pieces work best together, so I take a lot of time matching and planning.

I love the freedom of creating unique designs, so I rarely repeat a design unless it is really popular, like my spider pins. ( But, each time, the sea glass is unique and the design is changed somewhat.)  If you see a sold design you like on my website, I can make something similar, but not the exact one.  Each unsold design pictured is the one you will receive.  I create the designs myself, and am very lucky to have no problem with this at all!  It is hard to explain the creative process -- it is almost magical how it happens. 

More China pictures

The Terra cotta warriors at Xian.

Very top of the Red Pagoda on the Yangtze River.  I climbed to the top!

Terra cotta horses, too!

I am slowly making my way through the pictures! Here are a couple more..Soon I'll put up the panda pictures!.

Sea Glass - Real or Fake Continued

It is so important to buy sea glass jewelry from artists you can trust.  There are many vendors who sell manufactured or machine tumbled glass as "sea glass".  Some even take their glass pieces down to an ocean or river so they can claim it has been tumbled by the sea! Nobody can really stop these fakers.  Genuine sea glass looks different, feels different, and, of course, has a unique and special history.

Check out my previous posts for more information about sea glass.  The main reference book, Pure Sea Glass by Richard LaMotte, also provides detailed information about it.  Members of the North American Sea Glass Association try to inform the public about sea glass.  But, for now at least, sea glass is not regulated.

Lucky Sea Glass only uses genuine, pure sea glass found in oceans, lakes and rivers around the world!  I guarantee it.  99% I have found myself!  The rest, from trusted friends who have found a few pieces for me as they travel.

 

Remember September 11!

Always remember 9/11/01.  We are so lucky to live in a free and strong democracy.  I appreciate it even more, having traveled to countries where freedom is not taken for granted.

Reviews of Lucky Sea Glass

Here are some recent reviews from my customers, in case you are considering a purchase of Lucky Sea Glass designs.  I don't always get to see reviews because many items are sold in shops -- but these are from customers I helped myself.

Recommendation from Della Z. Aug. 2012:

Received the necklace this afternoon. LOVE IT! Thank you again for holding it for me. And thank you for the beautifully designed piece. The way you have bent the wire to make it hang down from the chain, well - it makes it feel like I am wearing a piece of art.   I will definitely visit your web page again and find more pieces that I just have to have!

Recommendation from Roselle F.:

Lucky Sea Glass has made 4 pieces of jewelry for me and 3 for my adult daughter. The last 2 pieces were custom to fit as well as design. I have been delighted with materials, workmanship, and creative design. The sea glass which is obtained through world wide travel is deep in color, interesting in shape and good in size. Other materials such as crystals and pearls are of a very fine quality. Each stone seams to be hand picked. I will continue to purchase from Lucky Sea Glass.

Recommendation by Karen M.:

• Jean is a true artist with sea glass. She collects the sea glass all over the world and then makes the most fantastic pieces - necklaces, rings, bracelets, pins. They are a joy to own and wear! I am one of Jean's first customers and I love every piece that I have! Everyone should have some Lucky Sea Glass!

Recommendation by Mary B:

I am a jewelry fanatic and as such go to a lot of art fairs etc. I must say Lucky Sea Glass has some of the most unique and beautiful pieces I have seen and very reasonably priced. I also like the fact that the sea glass she uses in her pieces often have a story behind them. Also, Jean (the owner and designer) is a delightful person and she really has a passion for her work.

 

My Most Recent Sea Glass Necklace Design

I thought I'd show you my most recent design (post China!).  This is a beautiful large white seaglass pendant with a sparkling blue crystal.  Perfect for a holiday gift for you or a friend.

P.S.   Over 9100 views on this blog!

White sea glass (Bermuda) with ocean blue crystal drop on a lovely sterling silver plated textured link chain   Item 446

Another Good Luck Story

While I was on my China tour, one of the group members bought a pair of Lucky Sea Glass earrings and a Lucky Sea Glass pendant the last night of the tour.  That was nice, but the good luck started after she put them on and went to the Farewell Dinner.  At the dinner, we all put our names in for a cash prize -- and her name was picked!  She said it was because of the Lucky Sea Glass -- maybe it's true???

I can't guarantee good luck to my customers, but Lucky Sea Glass does make people happy!

Had some computer problems -- a virus -- but now getting back to those China and Tibet pictures, so keep looking for them soon. 

Jet Lagged

O.K., it has been a week already -- but I am still waking up at 3 A.M. and taking naps in the afternoon.  When is this going to end.  I realize China is a world away, 12 hours ahead at least, so it is tomorrow there when it is today here.  Any ideas?  I guess I will just muddle through....but jet lag is no fun.

New Sea Glass Earrings

White sea glass (Hawaii), 14K gold filled wire, rubies from India

White sea glass dangles (Hawaii) with sterling silver wire work, silver plated earwires

 I really missed creating sea glass jewelry while on the long China trip -- so now that I am back, I have already created a couple of designs  (maybe Asian inspired?).  Of course, even while I was away, I was keeping track of Lucky Sea Glass -- and even sold several pieces! Here's the latest.  (Oh, by the way, this blog is up to 8800+ views!). 

Sea Glass in Mongolia and Tibet

O.K., I didn't really find any sea glass in these areas -- they are not near an ocean.  But, I did find some rather old glass atop a mountain when I went to the Ganden monastery in Tibet, that almost looks like sea glass.  And, in the Gobi desert, where the rains and floods sweep across the plain, I also picked up some weathered glass to add to my collection.  My advice is if you find sea glass in your travels, be sure to put them in an envelope or baggie and label it!

Gobi desert sunset

Monastery atop a mountain in Tibet

Although we cruised along the Yangtze River in China, since the big dam was constructed, there are no river banks that I could search for river glass.  Many people were amazed at my sea glass jewelry in China.  In fact, at a Jade Jewelry center, the salespeople thought my green sea glass ring was jade, and they couldn't believe it when I told them it was sea glass!