{"id":2946,"date":"2010-09-30T21:32:09","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T01:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=2946"},"modified":"2010-09-30T21:32:09","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T01:32:09","slug":"seashell-mailboxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/30\/seashell-mailboxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Seashell Mailboxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2944\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-crafting-mailbox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2944\" data-attachment-id=\"2944\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/30\/seashell-mailboxes\/shell-crafting-mailbox\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-crafting-mailbox.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1276466421&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shell crafting mailbox\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sanibel Seashell Mailbox. Local shell craft&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sanibel Seashell Mailbox&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-crafting-mailbox-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2944\" title=\"shell crafting mailbox\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-crafting-mailbox-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-crafting-mailbox-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-crafting-mailbox-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-crafting-mailbox.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sanibel Seashell Mailbox<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I went shell hunting on the streets of Sanibel and Captiva&#8230; literally.\u00a0I want to start using some of my shells to cover my mailbox so\u00a0I needed to get some inspiration. The creative shell crafters that made these mailboxes gave me the perfect nudge to get started on my own. My friend Jane (from my post <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/07\/janes-seashell-frames-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jane&#8217;s Seashell Frames<\/a><\/strong>) made this first one and the last one but I don&#8217;t know the other artists. Maybe this will inspire you too! (?)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2939\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-dolphin-mailbox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2939\" data-attachment-id=\"2939\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/30\/seashell-mailboxes\/seashell-dolphin-mailbox\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-dolphin-mailbox.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,956\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1274649636&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"seashell dolphin mailbox\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Dolphin seashell mailbox. Sanibel shell craft&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dolphin seashell mailbox&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-dolphin-mailbox-1024x764.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2939\" title=\"seashell dolphin mailbox\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-dolphin-mailbox-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-dolphin-mailbox-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-dolphin-mailbox-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-dolphin-mailbox.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dolphin seashell mailbox<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2941\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-turtle-mailbox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2941\" data-attachment-id=\"2941\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/30\/seashell-mailboxes\/seashell-turtle-mailbox\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-turtle-mailbox.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1274649936&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"seashell turtle mailbox\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Turtle and Shell mailbox with driftwood Sanibel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Turtle and Shell mailbox on driftwood&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-turtle-mailbox-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2941\" title=\"seashell turtle mailbox\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-turtle-mailbox-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-turtle-mailbox-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-turtle-mailbox-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-turtle-mailbox.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turtle and Shell mailbox on driftwood<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2942\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-craft-mailbox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2942\" data-attachment-id=\"2942\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/30\/seashell-mailboxes\/shell-craft-mailbox\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-craft-mailbox.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1276474307&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shell craft mailbox\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Shell craft mailbox with turtle on Sanibel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Shell craft mailbox with turtle&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-craft-mailbox-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2942\" title=\"shell craft mailbox\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-craft-mailbox-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Mailbox with turtle on top\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-craft-mailbox-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-craft-mailbox-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-craft-mailbox.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shell craft mailbox with turtle<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2943\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-crafter-mailbox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2943\" data-attachment-id=\"2943\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/30\/seashell-mailboxes\/shell-crafter-mailbox\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-crafter-mailbox.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1285353325&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shell crafter mailbox\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Captiva seashell mailbox&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Captiva seashell mailbox&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-crafter-mailbox-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2943\" title=\"shell crafter mailbox\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-crafter-mailbox-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-crafter-mailbox-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-crafter-mailbox-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/shell-crafter-mailbox.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Captiva seashell mailbox<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2940\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-mailbox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2940\" data-attachment-id=\"2940\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/30\/seashell-mailboxes\/seashell-mailbox\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-mailbox.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1277151589&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"seashell mailbox\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;pen shell, whelk and scallop mailbox Sanibel shell crafter&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Pen shell mailbox&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-mailbox-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2940\" title=\"seashell mailbox\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-mailbox-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-mailbox-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-mailbox-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/seashell-mailbox.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pen shell mailbox<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went shell hunting on the streets of Sanibel and Captiva&#8230; literally.\u00a0I want to start using some of my shells to cover my mailbox so\u00a0I needed to get some inspiration. The creative shell crafters that made these mailboxes gave me the perfect nudge to get started on my own. My friend Jane (from my post [&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":[2039,139,2035,215],"tags":[361,2048,560,561,126,562,558,559,2050,2082,242,71,563],"class_list":["post-2946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-decorate-with-shells","category-seashell-decor","category-shell-art","category-shell-crafts","tag-art","tag-captiva","tag-crafter","tag-decorate","tag-dolphin","tag-embellish-with-shells","tag-hunting","tag-mailbox","tag-sanibel","tag-seashells","tag-shell-craft","tag-shelling","tag-turtle","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-Lw","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946","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=2946"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2949,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946\/revisions\/2949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}