Shell Earrings

There's not great tutorial on these earrings...
they're made of out 2 pieces of shell I've found on the beach with natural holes!  no work involved!
I simply tied a small piece of rope/twine through and strung them onto a earring hook.
I love them & the sounds they make when they clang together, kinda like my own personal wind chimes.  And I love the fact that they aren't perfectly symmetrical to one another and that there are slight variations in the color.

The earrings in action & an absolutely incredible sunset we were fortunate to witness!

I'm sure I'll have many, many more shell earrings to come.  My shell collection continues to  grow daily!!

AND exciting news!! remember when I got to do that modeling job up in St. Vincent and the Tobago Cays ?? Well my husband and I are currently spending 3 days on Grenada's sister island of Carriacou & a day trip to the Tobago Cays!!  I'm so excited! and I will have so many pictures to share when we return!
Perfect of picniking!! don't forget about the first link up going to start on Saturday!!

earrings out of coins

last Sunday I had "Crafts with Kelsey" as apart of our Significant Others Organization here at SGU. 
I taught everyone how to make these little earrings out of the Eastern Caribbean Currency.
the 1, 2, and 5 cent coins here are made out of aluminum or some other non-strong metal. 
It feels and sounds like play money. and it's worth absolutely nothing.  5cents EC is like a penny in the US. can you believe they waste time and money making a 1 and 2 cent coin??

One day I was looking at them, they come in different shapes and sizes.  frilly, round, square.
and I decided I could make earrings out of them. 
only problem was I didn't own a drill or have any nails to hammer a hole through.
so as impulsive as I am I found the next best thing, a box of thumbtacks and went to work with my little hammer.
I broke about 10 of them, but after a while I was successful and had holes through the coins!

I've upgraded my methods recently to either using a really thin nail and hammer or my friends drill.

my favorites! the frilly 5cents!

"She's got a whole shoebox full of them. dangly ones"

I was just having fun with these ones. this shows both sides. Thought I'd show the Queen in honor of all the royal hype going on lately (btw love Kate Middleton!)
I looped them together using fishing line, my to go crafting essential.

next up I am making an awesome EC necklace.
anyone know if defacing money is a crime in the caribbean?? :/