{"id":18569,"date":"2014-03-07T18:46:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T23:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=18569"},"modified":"2019-08-23T10:41:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T14:41:33","slug":"seashells-and-beach-bling-arrive-shell-festival-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/07\/seashells-and-beach-bling-arrive-shell-festival-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Seashells And Beach Bling Arrive Shell Festival Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Heavy winds and rain with tornado watches whipped through Sanibel during the first day of the 2014 Shell Festival <\/span>yesterday<\/span>. They had to close the show around 1:30pm because <\/span>the storm caused power outages throughout the island so the Sanibel Community House was completely pitch dark. What a fluke! <\/span><\/p>\n

But…. those same whipping winds caused hundreds of seashells to wash up at Lighthouse Beach this morning. Yay!<\/span><\/p>\n

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All sorts of STARFISH, PEN SHELLS, DISK DOSINIAS and SEAWEED piled up to form a nice thick wrack line to pick through…<\/p>\n

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I always love to sift through all the BEACH BLING to see what sorts of cool things from the deep belly of the Gulf Of Mexico make an appearance. I found a gorgeous treasure in this mess of sea debris so I thought you might enjoy picking through it for some CYBERSHELLING too. Get picking by CLICKING on the pic!<\/p>\n

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Did you find this stunning TRUE TULIP too?<\/p>\n

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Here’s another CYBERSHELLING photo to check out such an amazing pile of DOSINIAS. After I got home and looked at this photo a little closer, I realized I missed a very cool WORM SHELL, Dang it! Oh well, I hope someone else snagged that piece of yumminess up…<\/p>\n

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I love to look inside the PEN SHELLS for hidden gems too. This one had a tiny TRUE TULIP laying inside like a precious pearl waiting to be found. Once I picked it out of the PEN SHELL, I realized this baby TRUE was still alive and well protected so I put both together back in the water to hopefully get lodged in the sand.<\/p>\n

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It was so much fun to see so much bling and shells wash up at the Lighthouse Beach again… especially for the many shellers in town for the Shell Festival.<\/p>\n

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I promise I’ll get back to showing more exhibits from the fair on my next post but I had to shout out about the shelling news at the Lighthouse… and here are my favorite finds from this morning.<\/p>\n

Clockwise- a GIANT ATLANTIC COCKLE filled with BUBBLE SHELLS, a BUTTON and a little itty bitty juvie FIGHTING CONCH; 2 juvie FIGHTING CONCHS; TRUE TULIP; CALICO CRAB SHELL; the smallest CARRIER SHELL I’ve ever found on Sanibel; SHARKS EYE; LACE MUREX, oodles of SUNRAY VENUS, SEA URCHIN and then another LACIE.<\/p>\n

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I have some other great news too… there are spots available for you to join us for Shellabaloo! It’s the most fabulous Shelling Adventure on the planet! Come join us April 24-27, 2014 to experience this awesome event. CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n

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Okay, I can’t resist…. I have to show you a few more shell pieces from the show. They are exquisite!<\/p>\n

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