{"id":17298,"date":"2013-11-21T19:32:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T00:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=17298"},"modified":"2018-11-27T21:11:59","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T02:11:59","slug":"how-to-make-an-easy-sanibel-island-seashell-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/21\/how-to-make-an-easy-sanibel-island-seashell-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make An Easy Sanibel Island SeaShell Mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve never been disappointed after beach combing any of the beaches of SouthWest Florida. There’s always something new to discover whether it’s a shoreline filled with shells, beautiful shore birds doing their own beach combing, sea life playing a game of hide and seek in the Gulf Of Mexico or finding lots of different BEACH BLING in the high tide wrack line. If I feel like I have to collect something from my day of beach combing, but I didn’t find the perfect shell\u2026 I love to sift through the bling and maybe look for a SEA BEAN or find a beautiful piece of DRIFTWOOD…<\/p>\n

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Even if most of the shells strewn along the shoreline are broken, they are still beautiful to me\u2026 especially if they have holes naturally drilled in them from other mollusks or cracked open from CRABS looking for a meal. I will pick up a broken FIGHTING CONCH in a heart beat if I feel like I need to get my shell collecting fix. I always have ideas what I can do with them!<\/p>\n

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

I bring those beach beauties home and save them in a jar until I’m ready to make something with them. I’m so ready for a craft project! How about you!<\/p>\n

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I spilled that jar of broken shells out on a work table along with one of those long pieces of DRIFT WOOD, a spool of twine and a pair of scissors. I’m going to make a SEASHELL MOBILE \u2026 Sanibel Island style!<\/p>\n

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This is so easy, y’all! I picked out the shells I want to use and lined them up just how I wanted them to hang from the DRIFT WOOD…<\/p>\n

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

I cut 4 pieces of twine almost double what I needed for each line just to make it easy to tie each piece as needed. I’d rather have it too long than to have to redo the whole thing for being too short. Then I started from the bottom by tying the heaviest ones first…<\/p>\n

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

Most long time shellers would never pick this broken FIGHTING CONCH up but for some reason when I saw it\u2026 it spoke to me. It said\u2026 \u00a0“I would be sooooo easy to tie on a string for a mobile, Pam!”<\/p>\n

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And I’ve always loved shells with perfectly drilled holes in them. They are perfect for this project!<\/p>\n

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Once I had them all strung, I then tied each shell string to the DRIFTWOOD. I didn’t do any fancy knots\u2026 I just tied a double knot because twine has a way of holding together especially when the weight keeps them in place. I tied one long string to the ends of the DRIFT “STICK” to use as the hanger. Voila! I had a shell mobile.<\/p>\n

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But\u2026. hmmmmm\u2026 something was missing. It was still cute and islandy but it still needed a little bit of color for my own taste. So I got out some of my SEA GLASS and started tying the twine around the SEAGLASS with a knot to secure it, then tying the ends of the glass twine around the mobile twine with a nice secure knot\u2026 then cutting the excess off with the scissors. It worked!<\/p>\n

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I wanted to keep it a simple beachy look so I didn’t overwhelm it with shells or SEAGLASS.<\/p>\n

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

I think that broken piece of JUNONIA steals the show anyway- LOL!<\/p>\n

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

I think it’s sweet, simple, raw island. I love it! It makes me happy. I love to collect broken shells to make something beautiful … just like the OLIVE BRACELET<\/strong><\/a>. So if you ever feel disappointed in your shells finds, take a second look at all of the beautiful things that are surrounding you on the beach. Maybe some of the shells or bling that you normally pass by will start speaking to you as well.<\/p>\n

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