I don’t know about you but I love beach glass.
Do you want to know how you can create your own?
I have some pretty Beach Glass.
and I picked up some pretty aqua, green and blue rocks while we were at Sea World
to mix in with the sea glass.
No, it was not a thrifty buy but I crammed as many rocks in the bag as I could possibly fit.
I just think it is so pretty.
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Maybe you have seen the pretty
SEA GLASS
in jewelry or
in the Flea Market Style Magazine
Do you know what it is?
Beach Glass is also called
Sea Glass
It washes up on the BEACH
BUT
it is hard to find
You usually have to get up
really early
to find it
before
they sweep the beaches clean.
Some people think it is something
created by the Sea
but
NO
It is actually
something beautiful
that comes from humans leaving trash
People go to the beach
with their thick beer bottles
made of nice thick glass
that comes in a variety of colors
and they leave them there.
They get washed back into the water
God allows
the Sea
to begin doing its magic
When they wash back on shore
we get beautiful
Beach Glass
If you don’t live anywhere near a beach
You can make your own beach glass
that looks pretty close to the real thing.
You will need:
An Ice Cream Maker or Rock Tumbler
Gritty sand
Rock Salt
Thick pieces of broken glass in a variety of colors
Water
Directions:
You want to take broken glass pieces
Make sure you use thick glass
Get an ice cream maker
(if you don’t have a rock tumbler)
Take out the paddle arm.
Put your pieces of glass in.
add some gritty sand –a few Tablespoons
I think it needs some rock salt as well
After all the ocean has salt and I am sure it plays a part
in creating these beautiful pieces
Just barely cover it with water.
Now turn it on to create “WAVES”
Place in your garage and tumble away for 1-4 days
depending on the way you want yours to look.
Don’t FORGET to vote for the Top 10 finalist in the DIY Club inc contest. Voting ends tonight. Click on the word VOTE and it will take you to the voting poll. You only get to vote for one so look over all the entries and pick your favorite. We will announce the winner Tomorrow and begin our next project. We are excited to show you our projects.
Do you see the Bow I made–Come back Saturday and I will show you how to quickly make a pretty bow.
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I never thought you could make your own. I guess it ruins the icecream maker? This is so cool!
Thanks for stopping over and also emailing me! Love the blog.
I didn’t know you could do that either, if its a brown beer bottle does it stay brown? How does it get blue?
That is so beautiful!! We’re headed to Pensacola in a few weeks, but I don’t really remember seeing this on the beach before when we lived there. Now I’m going to have to get up early one morning & go see if it’s there! lol.
Oh, and I was thinking that would look really pretty in one of those glass blocks that were really popular at Christmas where people put lights in them. I’ve got one sitting on my craft table… so I’m definitely being inspired by this project. Thank you for sharing.
Blessings!
-Sarah
If you look on eBay you can find it as well. From what I’ve seen it doesn’t last long on there, though. I ran into it by accident there, researching some old bottles we have to sell. I was amazed that there was actually a market for that! 🙂 Ya just never know with eBay!!! Of course now that “the loop” has caught the oil spill all the pretty glass on our beaches, will be covered in OIL! Just wondering, is the ice cream maker safe for use after this process?? I would like to try it, if I can still make ice cream after the fact!
Happy Thursday!
Hi Cheri, I was blog hopping today and found your post on beach glass. I have heard of doing this before and always meant to try it but I have one question. I noticed that you said place the rock tumbler in the garage for a couple of days. Can I assume that means the tumblers are not insulated and are noisy? or did you just put it in the garage as a work space. I’d be interested in hearing your views on the rock tumbler. Thanks. Barbara@BabyBloggingBoomer