Beach-n-Bling - Wire Wrapped Sea Glass

2016-08-04T17:01:00.000-07:00

2016 UPDATE: Beach-n-Bling recently moved to Waimea, Hawaii

Many changes mostly due to relocation have been taking place over the past year. During this time Beach-n-Bling was rather dormant. Exciting adventures and new wire wrapped jewelry made out of sea glass found in Hawaii and are on the agenda!

a group of wire wrapped sea glass found and manufactured in Hawaii

Now you can purchase my wire wrapped sea glass jewelry on Bonanza.

My booth is called Teresa's Treasure Trove

http://www.bonanza.com/listings/Blue-Beach-Glass-Necklace-Handmade-in-Hawaii-genuine-found-sea-glass-jewelry/379955362

Visit Beach-n-Bling's Etsy Shop

2016-01-02T17:04:00.001-08:00

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Happy 2016

2016-01-01T08:45:00.000-08:00

Beach-n-Bling Wishes You a Very Happy and Prosperous 2016

Click this link to see what Beach-n-Bling has to offer using genuine sea glass hand picked off the beach.

Sea Glass as found on the beach

Wire wrapped sea glass pendant

Stacked sea glass luminary

Thanks for visiting Beach-n-Bling

Hickory Shirt Days

2015-10-09T17:22:00.001-07:00

Beach-n-Bling is showing and selling upcyled sea glass jewelry and fine art along with the Far West Art League during Hickory Shirt Days at the Rainforest Arts Center in Forks, WA this weekend. (October 9-11).
If you don't know what a hickory shirt is, I'm wearing it in this picture.
These are my latest wire wrapped sea glass creations. They are on display and for sale at the Rainforest Arts Center in Forks, WA during the local Hickory Shirt Days event.

Visit my Etsy shop to purchase these and many other original upcycled sea glass treasures hand crafted by Beach-n-Bling.

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I'd love it if you liked it.
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Visit Beach-n-Bling on Google Plus

2015-09-27T22:15:00.000-07:00

Beach-n-Bling has a Google+ Page.
Click this link to go to it.

Genuine found seaglass upcycled into unique luminous earrings.

Rare olive green seaglass necklace in a two tone wire wrap

Shop for wire wrapped sea glass jewelry on Etsy.

Recent Sea Glass Jewelry Creations Available on Etsy

2015-09-25T20:24:00.000-07:00

Recent Sea Glass Jewelry Creations Available on Etsy

Some of my most recent upcyled genuine found aquamarine sea glass jewelry. Go to my Etsy shop to purchase these distinctive works of wearable art.

Wire Wrapped genuine found aquamarine sea glass earrings

When you buy distinctive, handmade sea glass jewelry from Beach-n-Bling, you get an original, high quality work of wearable art created out of genuine found seaglass hand picked off a Pacific Northwest beach. Handmade in Forks, WA.

Thanks for visiting!

Beading With Kids

2015-04-23T07:33:00.003-07:00

Beading with Kids

or

Beach-n-Bling at the Grand Opening of the Rainforest Art Center

A view of the activity going on inside the RAC during the Art Space Event sponsored by the Rainforest Council for the Arts

On April 18, 2015 the Rainforest ArtCenter in Forks, WA had its grand opening and dedication ceremony. For the story behind the RAC please follow this link.

Rainforest Council for the Arts sponsored the Art Space event in the RAC on grand opening day. (read the president's report of the day's event)

The art space event had local artists set up and demonstrating throughout the main room of the new building while the public could come in and have a look around at the newly opened Rainforest Art Center.

Local Artist, Penny Winn, demonstrating encaustic painting to Pearl Lucken, Forks' oldest citizen.

Local artist Jeanette Gilmore demonstrating basket weaving and Flora Finley painting in the background

Beach-n-Bling staffed a kids' activity table loaded with beads donated by members of the community and helped kids design and create their own bracelets or necklaces. Once the day got rolling, kids were constantly at the table making jewelry until it was time to pack up and make room for the evening's events.

Beach-n-Bling owner /operator, Teresa Falkenberg is a Forks, WA resident and a member of the Rainforest Council for the Arts and Far West Art League.

Happiness is...

2015-04-15T21:06:00.000-07:00

Happiness is...

Happiness is finding a treasure where you'd least expect it.
Last week we went beach hiking on a beach near Kalaloch , WA. The weather has been such that the wind was blowing in straight from the west which means that stuff starts washing ashore. That means interesting beach hiking for beachcombers.
Normally I don't find sea glass on this beach. So I was pleasantly surprised to find some this time. Here are a few photos of the sea glass I found.

Do you see the face in the rock?

More Jewelry to Show

2015-03-17T20:15:00.001-07:00

Here are some more pieces of wire wrapped sea glass jewelry I've created in the past few weeks.

Rich cobalt blue sea glass wrapped in copper wire

cobalt blue sea glass with sterling silver set

green sea glass in sterling silver

aquamarine sea glass in antique bronze colored copper wire

reverse painted sea glass in brass wire "Midnight Sun"

Group pic of latest earrings

All of this jewelry is for sale on Etsy.

Coca Cola shard wire wrapped into a pendant

2015-03-04T17:41:00.000-08:00

Wire Wrapped Coca Cola Shard

Today I wire wrapped a surf tumbled Coca-Cola shard into a pendant.

Click this link to go to where you can purchase this wire wrapped pendant

close up of shard with the word cola embossed on it

february sea glass update

2015-02-23T21:32:00.001-08:00

February Sea Glass Update

Here are some pictures of some of my most recent pieces of wire wrapped sea glass jewelry.
My favorite color of wire lately is gunmetal gray. I have learnt that it is getting hard to find. I wonder why.

I found this collection of sea glass and other beach combed items on the Strait of Juan de Fuca .

This gorgeous green set is available on Etsy

These necklaces are available on Etsy

Close up of wire wrapped sea glass necklace pendants

Beach-n-Bling in Austin Texas

2015-01-26T07:59:00.000-08:00

Beach-n-Bling was at the Bluebonnet Flea in Austin, Texas yesterday.

Beach-n-Bling selling wire wrapped sea glass jewelry at the Bluebonnet flea in Austin

Genuine sea glass necklace wrapped in Austin at the Bluebonnet flea market.
This piece of sea glass is a very unusual frosty "bluebonnet" blue.

It was a bright and sunny Sunday in Austin with a lot of happy people browsing around at the Bluebonnet Flea.

View Beach-n-Bling's table at Bluebonnetflea in Austin

If the weather is nice next Sunday, Beach-n-Bling will be there again.

Beach-n-Bling will be in Austin TX until Feb. 14.

If you aren't in Austin, Beach-n-Bling sells wire wrapped sea glass jewelry on Etsy.

Thanks for visiting Beach-n-Bling

View of Austin, TX

First Sea Glass Haul of the Year

2015-01-14T20:30:00.002-08:00

Today I am sharing with you my first sea glass haul of the year.

Since January 3, Beach-n-Bling has been in Texas for a longer visit.
Except for one day, it has been just as cold and damp as in Washington State. For some reason 45degrees F feels colder in Texas than in the Pacific Northwest. What's up with that?

On Jan 12 we went to Galveston only to find a cold bleak beach. The next day we decided to leave and head north to Houston via Bolivar Island. We took the free ferry from Galveston to Bolivar Island just to see more beach. Somewhere a year or so ago I researched finding sea glass in Texas and read that somewhere near Houston there was sea glass to be found. I didn't remember where, so I had some hope of finding sea glass and just followed my lucky instinct.

Lately, it has been much colder than normal in Texas. It was cold and miserable on the beach. I even had to wear pants over pants and bundled up with all that I had. On the Houston news they said its been below average cold the longest in recorded history.
We stopped for lunch at the Tiki Beach Bar and Grill on Bolivar Island, which was the only place open in 40 miles. I had a fairly decent gumbo. Then we started heading north on HWY 87. After a while we decided to just stop and take a look at the beach. This is how it looked. It had a lot of shells and random rocks and other stuff

The beach on Bolivar Island, TX went on and on like this.

Mixed in with all the shells and rocks there were pieces of sea glass to be found. I was so elated, that I didn't care about the cold anymore.

Me all bundled up with my haul on the beach.

Now for the good stuff:

This is what was in the bag.

Jan. 13 Sea Glass Haul from Bolivar Island TX

Close up of sea glass haul

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If you are interested in wire wrapped sea glass jewelry, I recommend visiting my Etsy Shop.

More Blues and Gray

2014-12-28T17:45:00.001-08:00

More Blues and Gray

Today I am posting some more pieces of jewelry that I recently completed using blue sea glass and gunmetal gray wire.

This is a set. It is going to be a gift for someone special.

This pair I created this Sunday afternoon while watching the Seahawks win the game during the second half. GO HAWKS!

These are now for sale on Etsy.

Thanks for visiting.

Christmas Day Beach Walk

2014-12-25T15:29:00.001-08:00

Christmas Day Beach Walk

Today is Christmas Day and we took a little drive out to First Beach, La Push for a little walk to get some fresh air and a little exercise (and maybe find a treasure or two).
It was cloudy with a few seconds of sunshine now and then. It wasn't rainy and and not too cold nor windy, so that makes it pretty nice for here.

This is how it looked on Christmas Day 2014 at First Beach in La Push WA

I even found some nice pieces of sea glass. Here are a couple of the highlights.

Nothing brightens your heart like a bright green piece of sea glass.

View of waves with a piece of green sea glass in the foreground amongst the pebbles on the beach.

This bright blue piece is a dandy.

What a find for Christmas Day!

Merry Christmas from Beach-n-Bling!

Today's sea glass haul

Visit my etsy shop if you are curious to see what I make with sea glass.

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Replenishing

2014-12-23T15:44:00.001-08:00

I have been replenishing my stock of jewelry after all the recent holiday bazaar sales.

Shown here are some images of the jewelry I have recently made.

They are also for sale on my Etsy shop.

One necklace sold right away and of course that made my day.

The necklace shown here sold already, but the earrings are available on Etsy

A fabulous blue sea glass and silver set suggestion

This one is fresh off the workbench and for sale on Etsy.

Thanks for visiting

and

Merry Christmas

Aquamarine Sea Glass Earrings Wrapped in Sterling Silver

2014-12-18T19:42:00.000-08:00

A dainty gift idea for her that's for sure

These aquamarine sea glass earrings are wrapped in sterling silver wire. And they are now for sale on Etsy.

Genuine aquamarine sea glass wrapped in sterling silver wire

Thanks for visiting

Beachcomber's Christmas Tree

2014-12-09T22:09:00.001-08:00

Beachcomber's Christmas Tree

Today we just put up and decorated our unconventional Christmas tree.

The tree itself is a big tangle of net and driftwood that Jim found on the beach one day. He was so impressed with the size and complexity of it that he had to take it home.

We decorated it with lights and all sorts of plastic floats and other flotsam we thought would hang well as ornaments.

It was a lot of fun to create this installation made almost completely out of stuff we found washed ashore on the beach.

Close up of Beachcomber's Christmas tree with a sea glass ornament available on Etsy

Now I have somewhere to hang my sea glass Christmas tree ornaments!

Thanks for visiting!

Sea Glass Christmas Tree Ornaments

2014-12-01T20:04:00.001-08:00

Sea Glass Christmas Tree Ornaments

I've been keeping busy dedicating my efforts to the upcoming Christmas holiday season by making sea glass Christmas tree ornaments.
Customers at the last holiday bazaar were happy to purchase a handmade sea glass ornament for $5 a piece. Below are a couple pictures of the second batch of sea glass christmas tree ornaments. Last week I sold all but 3 from the first batch of 17 ornaments.

This is a large group shot of the Christmas tree ornaments

These are the larger, fancier sea glass Christmas tree ornaments

This set is for sale on my Etsy shop.

Keeping Busy in November

2014-11-22T19:32:00.001-08:00

Keeping Busy in November

This month has kept me very busy with going to bazaars, making jewelry and experimenting with new materials and techniques.
Shown here are some of the things I made in the past couple of weeks.

The past few weeks I have been learning how to made cedar baskets. This is my third little basket. I made a necklace to go with it that has drilled green sea glass in it. Because it is a learning piece, it is very special to me and won't be for sale. I really enjoy making baskets.

This is a stacked sea glass pendant.

Cobalt blue sea glass wrapped in Argentium.

This piece sold today at the Elks Bazaar in Forks, WA

Group shot of my most recent completions. Many of which are now for sale online. Click this caption/link to go to my Etsy Shop.

Aquamarine sea glass wrapped in gunmetal gray wire looks stunning.

Mini wreaths decked out with beachcomber's treasure finds

Sea Glass Christmas tree ornaments were sold at the bazaar.

Thanks for visiting!

come back again soon!

Visit my Etsy shop to do your sea glass Christmas shopping. Beach-n-Bling has great gift ideas for him and her. If you read the reviews, you will see that I deliver promptly and have great quality. Don't wait till its too late.

Benefits of shopping online:

you don't have to go out in the snow.

you don't get exposed to sick people

or germy surfaces

you avoid traffic jams

you avoid car break ins

...

A Lovely Afternoon at the Beach

2014-11-17T14:35:00.000-08:00

Great Beachcombing Weather, And a Little Sea Glass, Too

Yesterday afternoon we went on a walk at First Beach in La Push, WA.We had a clear sky and hardly any wind. It actually got to warm for us in the sun with all the winter clothing we were wearing. We quickly realized we were on the warm side of the "omega block" that is causing all the cold weather in the central and eastern U.S. And thats not a bad thing.Here are some pics of our walk.

View of First Beach, La Push, WA on a sunny November day

Check out the panorama view of the beach in a video.

I found a few nice pieces of sea glass, too.

glowing green gem quality sea glass

modest sea glass haul

We had a gorgeous sunset before going back home.

Sunset at First Beach, La Push, WA

thanks for visiting.

Visit my Etsy Shop for some fabulous hand made gift ideas made in the USA that cost less than a tank of gas.

Recent Creations

2014-11-01T17:07:00.000-07:00

Recent Creations

Recent Creations many of which can be purchased from my Etsy Shop

A piece of sea glass found on the beach that has an unusual color

Jewelry Display Boards

2014-10-24T10:51:00.002-07:00

Jewelry Display Boards

In addition to making new jewelry I've been working on making jewelry display boards for quicker and easier display, transport and storage. Most of the jewelry you see on these boards are for sale on my Etsy shop.

The pendants on the bottom row are wire wrapped stones except for the one on the far right that is seaglass with an owl painted on it.

most of these earrings are for sale on Etsy

Most of these have images hand painted or hand drawn on them

Except for one small thing wrapped in copper every piece here is wrapped in sterling silver or Argentium

New Earrings for Sale on Etsy

2014-10-21T19:06:00.000-07:00

New Earrings for Sale on Etsy

Here are some new blue seaglass earrings for sale on Etsy. They are made with genuine sea glass hand picked off the beach.

These are wrapped in that new gunmetal wire I mentioned in the last posting.

These dazzling beauties are wrapped in sterling silver and Argentium wire.

Thanks for visiting.

New Wire New Looks

2014-10-20T22:03:00.000-07:00

New Looks with New Wire

I recently purchased a different color of wire for wrapping sea glass. Its called gunmetal and its a dark gray color.
Today I'll present some pendants and earrings wrapped in gunmetal wire.
Some of the pendants have an owl or a ladybug hand drawn on them. This is also a new idea that I have.

Two of these three owls are available on my Etsy shop.

Ladybug hand painted on wire wrapped sea glass

Ladybug keyring or purse charm

The sea glass in this charm is an unusual gray color

Blue seaglass wrapped in gunmetal gray wire

Available on my Etsy shop

necklace with an owl hand drawn on wire wrapped sea glass

another trendy owl on wire wrapped sea glass

Beach-n-Bling - Wire Wrapped Sea Glass

2016 UPDATE: Beach-n-Bling recently moved to Waimea, Hawaii

Many changes mostly due to relocation have been taking place over the past year. During this time Beach-n-Bling was rather dormant. Exciting adventures and new wire wrapped jewelry made out of sea glass found in Hawaii and are on the agenda!

a group of wire wrapped sea glass found and manufactured in Hawaii

Now you can purchase my wire wrapped sea glass jewelry on Bonanza.

Visit Beach-n-Bling's Etsy Shop

Happy 2016

Beach-n-Bling Wishes You a Very Happy and Prosperous 2016

Sea Glass as found on the beach

Stacked sea glass luminary

Hickory Shirt Days

If you don't know what a hickory shirt is, I'm wearing it in this picture.

These are my latest wire wrapped sea glass creations. They are on display and for sale at the Rainforest Arts Center in Forks, WA during the local Hickory Shirt Days event.

Visit Beach-n-Bling on Google Plus

Recent Sea Glass Jewelry Creations Available on Etsy

Recent Sea Glass Jewelry Creations Available on Etsy

When you buy distinctive, handmade sea glass jewelry from Beach-n-Bling, you get an original, high quality work of wearable art created out of genuine found seaglass hand picked off a Pacific Northwest beach. Handmade in Forks, WA.

Thanks for visiting!

Beading With Kids

Beading with Kids

or

Beach-n-Bling at the Grand Opening of the Rainforest Art Center

A view of the activity going on inside the RAC during the Art Space Event sponsored by the Rainforest Council for the Arts

On April 18, 2015 the Rainforest ArtCenter in Forks, WA had its grand opening and dedication ceremony. For the story behind the RAC please follow this link.

Rainforest Council for the Arts sponsored the Art Space event in the RAC on grand opening day. (read the president's report of the day's event)

The art space event had local artists set up and demonstrating throughout the main room of the new building while the public could come in and have a look around at the newly opened Rainforest Art Center.

Local artist Jeanette Gilmore demonstrating basket weaving and Flora Finley painting in the background

Happiness is...

Happiness is...

Do you see the face in the rock?

More Jewelry to Show

Here are some more pieces of wire wrapped sea glass jewelry I've created in the past few weeks.

Coca Cola shard wire wrapped into a pendant

Wire Wrapped Coca Cola Shard

Today I wire wrapped a surf tumbled Coca-Cola shard into a pendant.

february sea glass update

February Sea Glass Update

Here are some pictures of some of my most recent pieces of wire wrapped sea glass jewelry.My favorite color of wire lately is gunmetal gray. I have learnt that it is getting hard to find. I wonder why.

I found this collection of sea glass and other beach combed items on the Strait of Juan de Fuca .

Beach-n-Bling in Austin Texas

Beach-n-Bling was at the Bluebonnet Flea in Austin, Texas yesterday.

Beach-n-Bling selling wire wrapped sea glass jewelry at the Bluebonnet flea in Austin

Genuine sea glass necklace wrapped in Austin at the Bluebonnet flea market.This piece of sea glass is a very unusual frosty "bluebonnet" blue.

View Beach-n-Bling's table at Bluebonnetflea in Austin

First Sea Glass Haul of the Year

Today I am sharing with you my first sea glass haul of the year.

Since January 3, Beach-n-Bling has been in Texas for a longer visit.Except for one day, it has been just as cold and damp as in Washington State. For some reason 45degrees F feels colder in Texas than in the Pacific Northwest. What's up with that?

The beach on Bolivar Island, TX went on and on like this.

Mixed in with all the shells and rocks there were pieces of sea glass to be found. I was so elated, that I didn't care about the cold anymore.

Me all bundled up with my haul on the beach.

More Blues and Gray

More Blues and Gray

Today I am posting some more pieces of jewelry that I recently completed using blue sea glass and gunmetal gray wire.

This pair I created this Sunday afternoon while watching the Seahawks win the game during the second half. GO HAWKS!

Thanks for visiting.

Christmas Day Beach Walk

Christmas Day Beach Walk

This is how it looked on Christmas Day 2014 at First Beach in La Push WA

Nothing brightens your heart like a bright green piece of sea glass.

View of waves with a piece of green sea glass in the foreground amongst the pebbles on the beach.

Today's sea glass haul

Replenishing

I have been replenishing my stock of jewelry after all the recent holiday bazaar sales.

Shown here are some images of the jewelry I have recently made.

One necklace sold right away and of course that made my day.

Aquamarine Sea Glass Earrings Wrapped in Sterling Silver

Beachcomber's Christmas Tree

Beachcomber's Christmas Tree

Today we just put up and decorated our unconventional Christmas tree.

The tree itself is a big tangle of net and driftwood that Jim found on the beach one day. He was so impressed with the size and complexity of it that he had to take it home.

Sea Glass Christmas Tree Ornaments

These are the larger, fancier sea glass Christmas tree ornaments

Keeping Busy in November

Keeping Busy in November

This month has kept me very busy with going to bazaars, making jewelry and experimenting with new materials and techniques.Shown here are some of the things I made in the past couple of weeks.

The past few weeks I have been learning how to made cedar baskets. This is my third little basket. I made a necklace to go with it that has drilled green sea glass in it. Because it is a learning piece, it is very special to me and won't be for sale. I really enjoy making baskets.

This piece sold today at the Elks Bazaar in Forks, WA

Mini wreaths decked out with beachcomber's treasure finds

Sea Glass Christmas tree ornaments were sold at the bazaar.

Benefits of shopping online:

Here are some pictures of some of my most recent pieces of wire wrapped sea glass jewelry.
My favorite color of wire lately is gunmetal gray. I have learnt that it is getting hard to find. I wonder why.

Genuine sea glass necklace wrapped in Austin at the Bluebonnet flea market.
This piece of sea glass is a very unusual frosty "bluebonnet" blue.

Since January 3, Beach-n-Bling has been in Texas for a longer visit.
Except for one day, it has been just as cold and damp as in Washington State. For some reason 45degrees F feels colder in Texas than in the Pacific Northwest. What's up with that?

This month has kept me very busy with going to bazaars, making jewelry and experimenting with new materials and techniques.
Shown here are some of the things I made in the past couple of weeks.