Seaglass Round Up

Its been a while sharing any photos of seaglass but I've been collecting behind the scenes and now have a bunch of photos to share with you guys. I'm hoping to hit the beaches a bit more come the warmer weather which I'm super super excited about :) :) 

Still loving those rare blues and I also love the parts of the bottle tops with their interesting shapes!

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Big Things of Oz Collection

Let me introduce you to yet another collection - Big Things memorabilia! Currently in it's early stages and surprisingly not as easy to find as I would of thought its still been fun keeping my eyes peeled whilst op shopping.  Below are its humble beginnings...

A fridge magnet of the Big Koala down in Victoria, which I've sadly haven't seen yet...
#bucketlist

I also stumbled upon this amazing vintage tee, which has secret buttons so you can fold your shirt sleeves up!

I think this shirt is actually what started the collection off.  I love it's colour and illustration of  the Big Gumboot in Tully :) I also decided my Big Things Blog needed a good about photo but I dunno, maybe I should of made Ben take this rather than a tripod :P

I live in the same town as the Big Pineapple and to be honest when I picked up this book I was really disappointed that the words out weighed the photos - I really wanted the book to be filled with huge vintage photos but after reading it I'll happy eat my own words because it's awesome! I read it whilst having my back issues and every five minutes would yell out to Ben an exciting fact that popped up through the pages. The Big Pineapple or should I say, Sunshine Plantation (didn't swap names till 1996) has definitely been on a journey of highs and lows and hopefully it's headed back for another high! Also, did you know Macadamia nuts (another famous product of The Big Pineapple) are the only native Australian plant to hit the international market.  Do you guys eat Macadamia nuts?

I also got this (paper weight?!?) of the Big Banana - if someone knows the name of these tourist items let me know, they seem like they want to be a snow dome but without the snow or dome :p

So, yup, humble beginnings but it's only the start - the hunt is on!

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Beach + Seaglass Roundup / 5

It's been ages since I've shown off my sea treasures, although mostly seaglass this time there are some cute shells and stones and pieces of pottery too :) I also think there may be a pair of boobies :p I hope writing that doesn't negatively affect any Google searches for burntfeather :p

I hope everyone's week is going well, I've been knocked down by a flu these past few days but fingers crossed I get back on top so next week I can show off some more beach themed entries - woohoo!

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Beach + Seaglass Roundup /4

Time to share some more beach treasures with you :) I think I whinged before about the vanishing amounts of seaglass in my area over the last 6 months or so, well I'm glad to report that period seems to have passed and the last few times have been especially awesome.

  

Although these guys above, aren't beach related I thought I'd throw them into this post; some feathers, gum nuts, rocks and snake skin from around our place.

My collections are growing pretty big now :) I also learned a new word this week, Knolling - I'll leave you with a link to wiki, to fill in the blanks.

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Beach + Seaglass Roundup / 3

I've been hoarding seaglass again to get to share with you guys. I've noticed the seaglass in my area has definitely dwindled down in the last 6 months. My previous advice of going after a storm still rings true but overall (on my beach at least) I find myself coming home with less loot. I guess that's half the fun though, if there was a super abundance it would only taint the magical nature of finding those elusive perfect pieces! Silver lining peeps :)

I definitely find myself going for weird shapes and textures. I got way too excited when I found that sea urchin shell in tact and super super excited to find that little bit of bright blue seaglass. 

I actually found another piece when my little bro J came to stay. After spotting it, I muttered something like, "man I am so sorry but I have to keep this" and then five seconds getting the guilts and gifting it to him and his collection. Fast forward to a couple of weeks later and I found my own little blue piece, which was a nice surprise and I figured the Universe definitely had my back that time :)

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Beach + Seaglass Roundup / 2

I love collecting seaglass, there's a line in this song that goes "do you believe that there's treasures in the ocean" and whenever I hear it I nod along happily. I think the sea is magical and I love that you can go there and find treasures. It's on par with op shopping for me :)

So many pretty colours :) 

On the day from the collection above Ben and I found so many "Sea Portals" a name we've given to those spiral white shells! Ben suggested we explore the rock pools which is something I shy away from on my own but I'm super glad we did!

And on my last hunt I found another piece of bright blue! Woohoo it's not super smooth but as I always say, I'm willing to make exceptions for the rare pieces :p

Ben and I are off again tomorrow to the beach and I can't wait to see what treasures await for us!

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