Pretty, can someone use as a gift?

localeater

last year

Gorgeous ring holders https://shop.downeast.com/product/fish-oyster-shell-ring-dish/

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Sueb20

last year

Just randomly came across this on Etsy. These would be so easy to make if only I had a supply of oyster shells. Next time DH orders them, I might be the weirdo in the restaurant sweeping the empty shells into my bag.

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Funkyart
last year
ohh .. they really are pretty!
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Jilly
last year
I love those, thanks for sharing!
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DLM2000-GW
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Oh does that give me project ideas! So pretty - decoupaged not hand painted which opens a lot of possibilities. My Washington DS and DIL could bring shells with them, I'd find some interesting papers for the art then drill for a hanger or ribbon to hang.
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Jilly
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DLM, we attended an arts festival recently, and one of the artists was selling large shell ornaments. Hers were hand-painted, and so lovely. They were a popular item! She did custom ones, too … you could choose any design you wanted. I saw a few with people’s pets painted on. :D
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happy2b…gw
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Very pretty
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nicole___
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A lot of work went into those little guys! So pretty! 😺
mtnrdredux_gw
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About a month ago i bought one of these:

https://aeceramics.com/oyster-series/oyster-cup

I love this woman's work. And when I am not talking myself out Juliska's Country Estate in Flint, I am talking myslef out of AE Ceramics oysterware.
petalique
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Beautiful. Looks like an interesting small company in E Boothbay.

And, localeater, I also love the painted fish in the oyster shells.
Funkyart
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@mtnrdredux_gw you really are like a third sister! I never answered you before but yes, I like the Flint (though it was the winter/holiday designs that made me teary-- most in red-- but it was the nostalgic sketches of winter scenes, northpole etc that made me all emotional! LOL)

I adore the AECeramics pieces .. the oyster, the clam, the sea urchin!

I don't eat oysters anymore (long icky story) but this platter is soooo beautiful .. it may need to go on my christmas list (which is hilarious because no one asks me for one anymore! *)

and the SINK leaves me breathless! Sadly/luckily it wouldn't work in my house but oh my ...

* just to be clear because I sound like a brat: I am totally ok that no one asks for a list-- I mean, I buy what I want to buy and anything I can't afford, I wouldn't ASK someone else to buy for me. I love to see what others choose for me.. based on what they know about me. Still .. it's going on my list for what I will buy myself after christmas <wink>!
Funkyart
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@mtnrdredux_gw did you get the mint and tortoise? or the white (lol)?
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Those are so sweet -- and thanks to you and Mtn, I am now obsessed with anything oyster. At least once every two hours, I go and look at the AE oyster ceramics again.
mtnrdredux_gw
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I forget what color they call it. It's on my nightstand for rings. Can't help myself, i staged it.
Funkyart
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Ah.. it looks like it may be the abalone and tortoise... works beautifully with your inlay!

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