Beach + Seaglass Roundup /9

It's been a while since I did a seaglass/beach combing round up! 

I still find it amazing that sometimes there will be so many goodies down at the beach and other times just a few! I suspect it's tide/weather related but I'm open to other possibilities too!

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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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Thrifty Sunday Finds /3

I like seeing what other people get from their thrift adventures so I need to remind myself to share mine too :)

Mugs are notorious for being non-respected in our house so I'm always on the lookout to build my collection.  I try and buy obnoxiously fee mugs too so they won't be used but so far that hasn't been a successful deterrent :P

An owl tea cosey to add to my collection which is 100% inspired by Thimble and her awesome collection :) I wouldn't mind finding a pineapple tea cosey next!

A Siamese cat to add to my cat collection, I'm really picky so that collection is growing very slowly!

And lucky last some gold jellies that you may have seen me wearing in my Byron adventures :)

Linking up with Thriftasaurus

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Ben's keychain collection

Remember when I said Ben and I are in strict competition over who has the cooler key chain collection (I do!) well I finally got around to photographing his. I think we're going to have a Facebook comp to see who wins but feel free to voice your own opinion in the comments below. I think it's going to come down to who has more friends really :p

You can check out mine here.

I had this revelation the other day that Ben and I optimise the stereotype of little kids and their genders.  My favourite colour is pink and I like all things cute and as you can see above Ben likes swords and guns and tools and toy cars :p

The best thing that came out of all this (untangling his collection was certainly not) is that I've been wanting that cat keyring Ben got in Japan (for forever) and he finally gave it to me! (who ever said persistence never pays). I also love that it looks a little bit like Gremlin!

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Key Ring Collection

For some reason I never got around to posting my keychain collection even though these photos were taken ages ago.   Ben and I often fight about who has the coolest collection but it's pretty obvious I do :P  Ben is keen for our collections to be judged but I don't think we could find unbiased judges because our two collections are super different his being mostly metal or wood and usually with a moveable part - very gadgety! Whilst my collection is definitely more on the cute and plastic spectrum.

The majority of keychains I collected whilst in Japan but I'm always picking up new ones - it's an inexpensive hobby :)

Ben often surprises me with one which I secretly (or not so secretly) love more than flowers!

and finally a picture of all my plush key chains which may be a little cheating but if it has a keychain it goes into the collection!  

Ben (who is back from work as of yesterday - hurrah!) actually taught me the trick to link all of your key chains together onto themselves in one big fun mess :)

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