{"id":16416,"date":"2013-09-01T15:45:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T19:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=16416"},"modified":"2013-09-24T13:06:49","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T17:06:49","slug":"seashells-and-beach-bling-at-shellabaloo-3-shell-n-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/01\/seashells-and-beach-bling-at-shellabaloo-3-shell-n-tell\/","title":{"rendered":"Seashells and Beach Bling at Shellabaloo 3 Shell ‘N Tell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On your marks… Get set! It’s time for Shell ‘N Tell! \u00a0Our last night together at Island Inn Sanibel<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for Shellabaloo 3\u00a0was one of my favorite evenings because I got to see everybody’s exshellent shells they collected throughout the week and to see how well they did for their Shellinger Hunt. On the first night, I gave each sheller a scroll with a list of shells and\u00a0Beach Bling<\/strong><\/a> to find throughout the week to display their fave finds and listed items on the last night for Shell ‘N Tell. The day before the festivities began, my kitty Dustie helped me prepare their scrolls…<\/p>\n

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I was so amazed and tickled at all of the cool shells in awesome displays for our mini shell show! Here is Lou (FL) with her trays with SHARKS TEETH FOSSILS, the SANIBEL SIX<\/strong><\/a>, BEACH BLING and a MACULATED BABY’S EAR<\/strong><\/a> (you can see it better in the first photo).<\/p>\n

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Can’t you just see the fun Donny (Port St. John, FL) was having by that smile? Ha! That’s true beach treasure!<\/p>\n

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Love, love, love how everybody showed their different display styles and different shells and bling like Marie (Kansas).<\/p>\n

\"marie<\/a><\/p>\n

See? Look how sweet that SAND DOLLAR is encircled with OLIVES, CONCHS, AUGERS,WHELKS, SLIPPERS and white clam shells. I love the red vegetation too!<\/p>\n

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Martha (AR) made a simply elegant display!<\/p>\n

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She added some beautiful greenery to her shells and cool Beach Bling items of a TARPON SCALE, piece of CORAL and a metal stake. LOL I just loooove the humor of shellers!<\/p>\n

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Cathy (St Augustine, FL) had some awesome finds!<\/p>\n

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See that big green thing in the middle top? That is part of a PANCAKE SAND DOLLAR<\/strong><\/a> she found at Cayo Costa. Such cool stuff! And dont miss the beautiful color of the LIGHTNING WHELK bottom left…<\/p>\n

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Oh Angela (Windermere, FL), you are so cute! It’s amazing to see how many different varieties of shells you found…<\/p>\n

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OMG Jennifer (Ottawa, Canada)! You found so many big beautiful shells!<\/p>\n

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Marisa (Ottawa, Canada) wasn’t sure if she was going to love shelling or not when her mom Jennifer asked her to come with her to Shellabaloo at the Island Inn<\/strong><\/a>. By the end of our shelling week, she looked like she was just as “into” finding shells and beach treasures as every body else. And look at the great ones she found!<\/p>\n

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Annette and Jim (IL) were so much fun to hang around with for the week. And they had some great luck finding some awesome shells too…<\/p>\n

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As you’ve probably noticed, some the Shellinger Hunt items listed were… “Find 10 KITTENS PAWS then display them in a COCKLE SHELL.” and “Find a dozen JINGLES and display them in any large BIVALVE shell.” Since I loves me some Beach Bling, They had them find 2 pieces of Beach Bling as well. Annette found 2 OPERCULUMS!<\/p>\n

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Jim found an OPERCULAUM as well and did a nice job of \u00a0… “Find 5 DOUBLE COQUINAS with different colors”.<\/p>\n

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Nancy (San Diego, CA) had a gorgeous display with her very cool ARROWHEAD SAND DOLLAR she found while snorkeling at Cayo Costa<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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She found 2 gorgeous LACE MUREXES and SHARKS EYES as well.<\/p>\n

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Trish (CO) added some doilies to spruce up her already beautiful display…<\/p>\n

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Her husband Gregg had some oh so fab shells too!<\/p>\n

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Here are Gregg and Trish’s shells combined to make a gorgeous display with flower petals added for color. Fabulous!<\/p>\n

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After being overwhelmed at seeing everybody’s shells all at one time, I tried to take my time and look back through some of the shells again. I got back to Gregg and Trish’s display and looked again at the WHELKS. OH MY GOODNESS! “EVERYBODY COME HERE!” I shouted. \u00a0 Look what Gregg found!<\/p>\n

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It’s a RIGHT HANDED WHELK!<\/p>\n

*UPDATE: Oops! After lots of research and talks with Dr. Leal, we’ve come to the conclusion that this is a KNOBBED WHELK…. not a right-handed lightning whelk.<\/p>\n

He had no idea it was special and just put it in his favorites pile along with all the other WHELKS and CONCHS. Yes! It should be in your favorites pile! We went to the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum<\/strong><\/a> at the beginning of our shelling tour where Dr. Jose Leal had mentioned to us that the LIGHTNING WHELK was the only left handed gastropod in our area. It is extremely rare to find a RIGHT HANDED LIGHTNING WHELK.<\/p>\n

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But back to the Shellinger Hunt results! The winner was based on points scored from each of my questions and treasure hunt finds listed on the hunt rules. Thank goodness Super Sheller Clark was there to help with the judging because it was very close. Drum Roll Please…..<\/p>\n

Congratshellations! The highest score is Lou!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Thank you\u00a0Sealife By Congress<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for generously donating an amazing prize of a stunning silver JUNONIA pendant on a silver chain!<\/p>\n

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On the first night, I had announced the winner’s prize of the necklace and let everybody get a glimpse of what the Shellinger Hunt winner would receive. Do I look excited or what? hahaha It’s from my favorite jewelry store<\/strong><\/a>. Thanks Jessica (from Hillgate Communications<\/strong><\/a>) for the photo!<\/p>\n

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Lou was a happy, happy gal to wear her new fab \u00a0JUNONIA necklace.<\/p>\n

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Our 5 day shelling adventure brought a group of kindred spirits together for a shelling trip of a lifetime. We started as shellers and bonded as friends.<\/p>\n

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Clark and I thank\u00a0Island Inn\u00a0Sanibel<\/strong><\/a> for organizing this unforgettably shellacious event and hope to be announcing dates for the next Shellabaloo very soon -you will be the first to know. We’re already looking forward to Shellabaloo 4!<\/p>\n

\"pam<\/a><\/p>\n

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