{"id":1104,"date":"2010-03-04T15:04:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T20:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2010-03-04T18:30:37","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T23:30:37","slug":"shellers-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shellers-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheller&#8217;s Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shells! Shells! Shells! The shelling at Blind Pass is fantastic. The shelling at the lighthouse is great. I couldn&#8217;t even make it to any of the other beaches because the Sanibel Shell Fair is soooo incredible!!! I&#8217;m so sorry some of the pictures are blurry or the detail isn&#8217;t showing. The refection of the glass on most of these pieces was very difficult to angle around so forget about a flash or good lighting&#8230;.but you still get the point, right?? So let&#8217;s get on with it! It&#8217;s too exciting!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1106\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_21761.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1106\" data-attachment-id=\"1106\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shellers-dream\/img_2176-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_21761.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD450&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1267731403&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Selling shells at The Sanibel Shell Fair and Show\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Selling shells at The Sanibel Shell Fair and Show&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Selling shells at The Sanibel Shell Fair and Show&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_21761-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1106 \" title=\"Selling shells at The Sanibel Shell Fair and Show\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_21761-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_21761-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_21761-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_21761.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Selling shells outside The Sanibel Shell Fair and Show at the Sanibel Community House<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1107\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1107\" data-attachment-id=\"1107\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shellers-dream\/img_2131\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2131.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1855,2230\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD450&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1267726822&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"I chose this Sailor&amp;#8217;s Valentine by Brandy Llewellyn for my Judge&amp;#8217;s Merit Ribbon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I chose this Sailor&amp;#8217;s Valentine by Brandy Llewellyn for my Judge&amp;#8217;s Merit Ribbon&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2131-851x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1107 \" title=\"I chose this Sailor's Valentine by Brandy Llewellyn for my Judge's Merit Ribbon\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2131-851x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2131-851x1024.jpg 851w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2131-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2131.jpg 1855w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I chose this Sailor&#39;s Valentine by Brandy Llewellyn for my Judge&#39;s Merit Ribbon<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1110\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2132.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1110\" data-attachment-id=\"1110\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shellers-dream\/img_2132\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2132.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2592,1944\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD450&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1267726835&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Close-up of Brandy Llewellyn&amp;#8217;s Sailor&amp;#8217;s Valentine\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Close-up of Brandy Llewellyn&amp;#8217;s Sailor&amp;#8217;s Valentine&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2132-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1110 \" title=\"Close-up of Brandy Llewellyn's Sailor's Valentine\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2132-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2132-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2132-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close-up of Brandy Llewellyn&#39;s Sailor&#39;s Valentine<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Judge&#8217;s Merit Ribbon is a non-blue ribbon exhibit that a judge felt was noteworthy of recognition. I felt that this was an exceptional piece to receive my Merit Ribbon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1111\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2134.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1111\" data-attachment-id=\"1111\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shellers-dream\/img_2134\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2134.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2279,1680\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD450&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1267726993&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"I chose Rusti Stover&amp;#8217;s mini Shell Museum for my Judge&amp;#8217;s Special Award\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I chose Rusti Stover&amp;#8217;s mini Shell Museum for my Judge&amp;#8217;s Special Award&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2134-1024x754.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1111      \" title=\"I chose Rusti Stover's mini Shell Museum for my Judge's Special Award\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2134-1024x754.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2134-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2134-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I chose Rusti Stover&#39;s mini Shell Museum for my Judge&#39;s Special Award<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1112\" style=\"width: 528px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2107.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1112\" data-attachment-id=\"1112\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shellers-dream\/img_2107\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2107.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2592,1944\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD450&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1267645702&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Close-up of Rusti Stover&amp;#8217;s mini Shell Museum\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Close-up of Rusti Stover&amp;#8217;s mini Shell Museum&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2107-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1112   \" title=\"Close-up of Rusti Stover's mini Shell Museum\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2107-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2107-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2107-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close-up of Rusti Stover&#39;s mini Shell Museum. <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1116\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2106.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1116\" data-attachment-id=\"1116\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shellers-dream\/img_2106\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2106.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2592,1944\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD450&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1267645690&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Look at those tiny shell displays! Perfectly fun!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Look at those tiny shell displays! Perfectly fun!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2106-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1116 \" title=\"Look at those tiny shell displays! Perfectly fun!\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2106-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2106-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2106-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Look at those tiny shell displays! Perfectly fun!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Judge&#8217;s Special Award is one award by each of the 2 artistic judges given to any Artistic Division exhibit. In short- my fave of the show. For this exhibit, she also won a Blue Ribbon in the class &#8220;Miscellaneous&#8221; for hobbyists and Best in Show- Hobbyist trophy. Hobbyists are non-professionals who haven&#8217;t sold their work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1117\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2166.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1117\" data-attachment-id=\"1117\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shellers-dream\/img_2166\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2166.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1944,2592\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD450&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1267728160&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hobbyist Barbara Malbouef won a Blue Ribbon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Hobbyist Barbara Malbouef won a Blue Ribbon&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2166-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1117 \" title=\"Hobbyist Barbara Malbouef won a Blue Ribbon\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2166-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2166-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2166-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2166.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hobbyist Barbara Malbouef won a Blue Ribbon in class- Flower Arrangement, Sea Life with or w\/out Shells<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got to get back to take more pictures and I&#8217;ll answer more of your questions tonight. I will be at the fair tomorrow and Saturday as well so I&#8217;ll have lots of good stuff to blog about&#8230;&#8230;and more of the winners!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shells! Shells! Shells! The shelling at Blind Pass is fantastic. The shelling at the lighthouse is great. I couldn&#8217;t even make it to any of the other beaches because the Sanibel Shell Fair is soooo incredible!!! I&#8217;m so sorry some of the pictures are blurry or the detail isn&#8217;t showing. The refection of the glass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,3,29,8,119,1],"tags":[112,2048,2050,30,2093,2082,80],"class_list":["post-1104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blind-pass","category-captiva","category-lighthouse","category-sanibel","category-sanibel-shell-fair-and-show-festival","category-uncategorized","tag-beach","tag-captiva","tag-sanibel","tag-sanibel-lighthouse","tag-sanibel-shell-fair-and-show","tag-seashells","tag-shells","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Nubb-hO","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1115,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions\/1115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}