I am so excited about the new items I have made. The first group is a result of my recent vacation on Hatteras Island (Outer Banks). I brought my tools with me, just in case. I thought that it might be fun to experiment with any materials I might find, and I was right. Only a few days in, I discovered a gift shop named Old Gray House. It is an original Hatteras Island cottage turned gift shop. Well, it is a gift shop, but not like any other I've ever been to. You could spend hours there exploring the rooms filled with crafts, shells and anything else you can imagine that is associated with the beach and/or ocean. Then there is the path that you can wander through and read tidbits of information about life on the island. It is truly a gem, and a must for anyone visiting that part of the Outer Banks.
So, I visited a few times early on in the week and picked up some shells that I thought might lend themselves well to my crafts. Pretty soon, I came up with two that I loved. On my next visit to Old Gray House, I spoke with the owners and showed them what I had made. They were so kind and receptive, and since they hadn't seen anything like them, they agreed to sell my crafts on consignment. Wow! I was very excited. So, I went to work, and before week's end, I had delivered 14 shells and candleholders made of shells.
I'm updating this post to add a link to the Old Gray House website AND their blurb on me and my crafts: http://www.outerbanksshells.com/MeetMyCrafters.html . Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page.
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