Sand N Stones

Rockhounding Resources – Sand N Stones

Michele Buckler — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:32:27 +0000

Some 2012 Rock and Mineral Shows Mineralfest the Mid-Atlantic Show Calendar February 18: 22nd Annual Mineral, Jewelry, & Fossil Show Southern Maryland Rock and Mineral Club Sat 10am-5pm Admission: $3 (free for children 6 and under) Demonstrations, exhibits, door prizes, kids crafts, and over 80 tables of minerals, jewelry, fossils, equipment and more. … Continue reading »

Delmarva Antique Bottle & Sea Glass Club – Sand N Stones

Michele Buckler — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:47:54 +0000

The Delmarva Antique Bottle Club was founded in 1992 and is a nonprofit organization which promotes, fosters and encourages all activity involving the hobby of antique bottle collecting. You may be wondering how does sea glass fit with an old bottles? Sea Glass is any bottle or glass that has found its way into a … Continue reading »

Mid-Atlantic Seaglass & Arts Festival – Sand N Stones

Michele Buckler — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:32:37 +0000

Presented by the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware Like collecting shells, fossils, or stones, ‘combing shorelines for sea glass is a hobby many beach-goers and beachcombers enjoy. Hobbyists often fill decorative jars with their collections and take great pleasure in sourcing out a shard’s original origin. Artisans craft beautiful, much sought after pieces of … Continue reading »

Healing Properties of Gemstones -Sand N Stones

Michele Buckler — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:39:43 +0000

Michele’s Healing Properties Beliefs’ Most of my life I usually had some kind of stone or mineral in my pocket. One day my father, who has a very concreate scientific mind, asked me why I always had a stone in my pocket. I always replied “that it makes me feel better.” He asked me how … Continue reading »

Scanography- Sand N Stones

Michele Buckler — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:42:45 +0000

Many people know that I truly enjoy photography, recently I attended one of my favorite authors and Scanography artisan Josie Iselin from Loving Blind Productions, lecture at the 2011 North American Sea Glass Festival. I sell her books at Sand N Stones and personal own several of her books. I love the grouping and the detail of the items that … Continue reading »

Delaware Butterfly House & Covered Bridges – Sand N Stones

Michele Buckler — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:25:04 +0000

August 23rd, 2011, was a beautiful day to go photographing, several people have come into Sand N Stones and told me about the Brookside Gardens Butterfly House, in Wheaton Maryland, and what wonderful butterfly shot they got there. I looked it up on the internet, and decided that I did not want to go that far, so instead I … Continue reading »

Herloom Bone Fine China Jewelry – Sand N Stones

Michele Buckler — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:11:30 +0000

Fine Bone China Jewelry Fine Bone China has been cherished and passed down for generations. Unfortunately, sometimes these treasured pieces become chipped or broken. Michele can give new life to these inherited treasures, by making them into jewelry to be passed on for generations to come. You can choose a piece of china out of … Continue reading »

Saving Sea Pottery Shards – Sand N Stones

Michele Buckler — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:36:16 +0000

I asked an Archeologist one day if there was a way to save the shards that I find on the beach from crumbling over time. She told me… Pottery Shards are very pores, and when they have been in salt water for many years, the salt gets inside of the pottery, and since salt is a drying … Continue reading »

Fulgurites- When Lightning Hits Sand – Sand N Stones

Michele Buckler — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:53:25 +0000

Several people who have come into Sand N Stones thought that when Lightning hits the sand that is what makes sea glass. That is not true. The clear glass objects shown in this film, Sweet Home Alabama, are not likely to have been created by lightning. When lightning strikes sand, sandy soil, or other silica … Continue reading »

Bonfire Glass – Sand N Stones

Michele Buckler — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:07:39 +0000

Bonfire Glass: is glass that has been in a fire, such as beach bonfires, building fires, and landfill burns. These pieces of glass pictured were formed when glass was thrown into a bonfire and melted (glass melts at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit) and when high tide comes in cools the glass very quickly. Sometimes you get neat things trapped inside of the glass … Continue reading »