{"id":2968,"date":"2010-10-05T23:19:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T03:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=2968"},"modified":"2011-08-31T03:34:14","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T07:34:14","slug":"today-a-bridesmaid-forever-a-sheller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/05\/today-a-bridesmaid-forever-a-sheller\/","title":{"rendered":"Today A Bridesmaid, Forever A Sheller"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2970\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Bridesmaid-collecting-shells.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2970\" data-attachment-id=\"2970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/05\/today-a-bridesmaid-forever-a-sheller\/bridesmaid-collecting-shells\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Bridesmaid-collecting-shells.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX L1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1286272866&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0060240963855422&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bridesmaid collecting shells\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bridesmaid Dani From Columbus Ohio collecting shells on Sanibel Island&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dani (Columbus, Ohio)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Bridesmaid-collecting-shells.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2970\" title=\"Bridesmaid collecting shells\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Bridesmaid-collecting-shells-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Bridesmaid-collecting-shells-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Bridesmaid-collecting-shells.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dani (Columbus, Ohio)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was a perfect evening for a wedding on the beach at Casa Ybel Resortwith cool breezes, no humidity and a clear colorful sky. I saw a beautiful small ceremony taking advantage of this gorgeous weather,\u00a0\u00a0then I got so tickled to see beautiful bridesmaid Dani make a bee line directly to the shell line on the beach right after the ceremony ended while still holding her flowers. She already had a hand full of CALICO SCALLOPS, a BANDED TULIP, and a few <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/25\/the-coquina-cover-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">COQUINAS<\/a> <\/strong> by the time I caught up with her. She told me the whole wedding party came to Sanibel from Columbus, Ohio to celebrate her sister&#8217;s wedding.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2973\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Wedding-at-Casa-Ybel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2973\" data-attachment-id=\"2973\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/05\/today-a-bridesmaid-forever-a-sheller\/wedding-at-casa-ybel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Wedding-at-Casa-Ybel.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX L1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1286271025&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;8.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0027624309392265&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wedding at Casa Ybel\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Dani&amp;#8217;s sister&amp;#8217;s wedding at Casa Ybel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dani&amp;#8217;s sister&amp;#8217;s wedding at Casa Ybel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Wedding-at-Casa-Ybel.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2973\" title=\"Wedding at Casa Ybel\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Wedding-at-Casa-Ybel-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Wedding-at-Casa-Ybel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Wedding-at-Casa-Ybel.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dani&#39;s sister&#39;s wedding at Casa Ybel<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So beautiful.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2971\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/pear-whelk-lightning-whelks-conch-tulip-shell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2971\" data-attachment-id=\"2971\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/05\/today-a-bridesmaid-forever-a-sheller\/pear-whelk-lightning-whelks-conch-tulip-shell\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/pear-whelk-lightning-whelks-conch-tulip-shell.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX L1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1286272438&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0049212598425197&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pear whelk, lightning whelks, conch, tulip shell\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Pictures of Sanibel pear whelk, lightning whelks, conch, tulip shell &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Fran and David&amp;#8217;s shells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/pear-whelk-lightning-whelks-conch-tulip-shell.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2971\" title=\"pear whelk, lightning whelks, conch, tulip shell\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/pear-whelk-lightning-whelks-conch-tulip-shell-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/pear-whelk-lightning-whelks-conch-tulip-shell-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/pear-whelk-lightning-whelks-conch-tulip-shell.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fran and David&#39;s shells<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I also met Fran and David who have been coming to Sanibel for years to shell but have gotten a little picky about the shells they keep. They were especially happy to find the PEAR WHELK (top right) and the BANDED TULIP (bottom left).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2972\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Shell-seekers-from-New-Mexico.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2972\" data-attachment-id=\"2972\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/05\/today-a-bridesmaid-forever-a-sheller\/shell-seekers-from-new-mexico\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Shell-seekers-from-New-Mexico.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX L1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1286272453&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0022563176895307&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shell seekers from New Mexico\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Shell seekers from New Mexico&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Fran and David (New Mexico)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Shell-seekers-from-New-Mexico-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2972\" title=\"Shell seekers from New Mexico\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Shell-seekers-from-New-Mexico-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Shell-seekers-from-New-Mexico-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Shell-seekers-from-New-Mexico-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Shell-seekers-from-New-Mexico.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fran and David (New Mexico)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Susie from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/macintoshbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MacIntosh Books<\/a><\/strong> found a pretty CONCH!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2977\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Susie-MacIntosh-Books.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2977\" data-attachment-id=\"2977\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/05\/today-a-bridesmaid-forever-a-sheller\/susie-macintosh-books\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Susie-MacIntosh-Books.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX L1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1286272759&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0050658561296859&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Susie MacIntosh Books\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Susie from MacIntosh Books finds a conch shell&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Susie (Sanibel)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Susie-MacIntosh-Books.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2977\" title=\"Susie MacIntosh Books\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Susie-MacIntosh-Books-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Susie-MacIntosh-Books-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Susie-MacIntosh-Books.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susie (Sanibel)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a perfect evening for a wedding on the beach at Casa Ybel Resortwith cool breezes, no humidity and a clear colorful sky. I saw a beautiful small ceremony taking advantage of this gorgeous weather,\u00a0\u00a0then I got so tickled to see beautiful bridesmaid Dani make a bee line directly to the shell line on [&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":[571,95,108,8,2045,2047,2007],"tags":[2139,575,138,106,574,2070,576,572,75,2090,2050,2082,71,80,573],"class_list":["post-2968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-banded-tulip","category-calico","category-pear-whelk","category-sanibel","category-scallop","category-tulip","category-whelk","tag-banded-tulip","tag-bridesmaid","tag-calico-scallop","tag-casa-ybel-resort","tag-ceremony","tag-coquina","tag-flowers","tag-lightning-whelks","tag-macintosh-books","tag-pear-whelk","tag-sanibel","tag-seashells","tag-shelling","tag-shells","tag-wedding","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-LS","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968","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=2968"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7580,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968\/revisions\/7580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}