{"id":3656,"date":"2010-12-08T12:39:49","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T17:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2015-12-29T21:42:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T02:42:55","slug":"how-to-drill-holes-in-sea-shells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/08\/how-to-drill-holes-in-sea-shells\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Drill Holes In Sea Shells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Picking up Seashells\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Picking-Seashells.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3659\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/08\/how-to-drill-holes-in-sea-shells\/picking-seashells\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Picking-Seashells.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1291652119&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;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Picking Seashells\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Picking up Seashells on Captiva Island, Floriida&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Picking up Seashells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Picking-Seashells.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3659 size-medium\" title=\"Picking Seashells\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Picking-Seashells-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Picking Seashells\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Picking-Seashells-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Picking-Seashells.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The shell pile on Captiva is moving to pile up under the \u00a0Blind Pass bridge.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Under the Blind Pass Bridge\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Under-the-Blind-Pass-Bridge.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3661\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/08\/how-to-drill-holes-in-sea-shells\/under-the-blind-pass-bridge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Under-the-Blind-Pass-Bridge.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1291651610&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;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Under the Blind Pass Bridge\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Under the Blind Pass Bridge&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Under the Blind Pass Bridge&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Under-the-Blind-Pass-Bridge.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3661 size-medium\" title=\"Under the Blind Pass Bridge\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Under-the-Blind-Pass-Bridge-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Under the Blind Pass Bridge\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Under-the-Blind-Pass-Bridge-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Under-the-Blind-Pass-Bridge.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wormie worm shell\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Wormie-worm-shell.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3662\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/08\/how-to-drill-holes-in-sea-shells\/wormie-worm-shell\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Wormie-worm-shell.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1291652212&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;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Wormie worm shell&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wormie worm shell\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Wormie worm shell&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Wormie worm shell&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Wormie-worm-shell.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3662 size-medium\" title=\"Wormie worm shell\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Wormie-worm-shell-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Wormie worm shell\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Wormie-worm-shell-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Wormie-worm-shell.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Baby Flat Scallop\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Baby-Flat-Scallop.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3658\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/08\/how-to-drill-holes-in-sea-shells\/baby-flat-scallop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Baby-Flat-Scallop.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1291652431&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Baby Flat Scallop\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Baby Flat Scallop&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Baby Flat Scallop&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Baby-Flat-Scallop.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3658 size-medium\" title=\"Baby Flat Scallop\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Baby-Flat-Scallop-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Baby Flat Scallop\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Baby-Flat-Scallop-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Baby-Flat-Scallop.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While shelling under the bridge, I met Gwen from Connecticut. She makes jewelry from SEA GLASS and shells by drilling holes in them. I&#8217;ve made seashell decorations from shells that already have holes in them \u00a0(like my sand dollar and starfish garland) or with hot glue (like my Santa hat) but I&#8217;ve never drilled holes in shells to string or wire into jewelry or decorations. So here ya go&#8230; meet Gwen! She&#8217;s going to tell you how to drill holes in the SEA GLASS or any shell!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PhKNjRedPxw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t that fantastic? Thank you Gwen! I can&#8217;t wait to try it. Here&#8217;s the rest of the group that was there with us.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Shelling under Captiva bridge\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Shelling-under-Captiva-bridge.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3660\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/08\/how-to-drill-holes-in-sea-shells\/shelling-under-captiva-bridge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Shelling-under-Captiva-bridge.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1291651845&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;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shelling under Captiva bridge\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Shelling under Captiva bridge&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jim (ME), Bob (CT), Kaybe (FL), Patty (ME), Gwen (CT)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Shelling-under-Captiva-bridge.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3660 size-medium\" title=\"Shelling under Captiva bridge\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Shelling-under-Captiva-bridge-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Shelling under Captiva bridge\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Shelling-under-Captiva-bridge-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Shelling-under-Captiva-bridge.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you see someone familiar in there ? In the middle is blogger and shelling sister Kaybe from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/theessentialbeachcomber.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Essential Beachcomber<\/a><\/strong>. She came to Sanibel for the day from Englewood and I saw her find this yummy bright orange\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shellmuseum.org\/shells\/shelldetails.cfm?id=3\" target=\"_blank\">TURBAN<\/a><\/strong> shell. You don&#8217;t often see TURBANS this color so it&#8217;s always a real treat to find one.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bright orange Turban Seashell\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bright-orange-Turban-Seashell.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3657\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/08\/how-to-drill-holes-in-sea-shells\/bright-orange-turban-seashell\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bright-orange-Turban-Seashell.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1291652463&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=\"Bright orange Turban Seashell\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Bright orange Turban Seashell&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kaybe&amp;#8217;s Bright orange Turban Seashell&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bright-orange-Turban-Seashell.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3657 size-medium\" title=\"Bright orange Turban Seashell\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bright-orange-Turban-Seashell-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Bright orange Turban Seashell\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bright-orange-Turban-Seashell-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bright-orange-Turban-Seashell.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The shell pile on Captiva is moving to pile up under the \u00a0Blind Pass bridge. While shelling under the bridge, I met Gwen from Connecticut. She makes jewelry from SEA GLASS and shells by drilling holes in them. I&#8217;ve made seashell decorations from shells that already have holes in them \u00a0(like my sand dollar and [&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":"","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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[41,698,2045,58,208,2043],"tags":[112,2049,699,2048,130,2153,444,2083,687,2082,702,703,71,80,700,2106,39,701],"class_list":["post-3656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flat-zigzag-scallop","category-how-to-drill-holes-in-shells","category-scallop","category-jewelry","category-video","category-turban","tag-beach","tag-blind-pass","tag-bridge","tag-captiva","tag-flat-scallop","tag-how-to-drill-holes-in-shells","tag-island","tag-sea-glass","tag-seaglass-jewelry","tag-seashells","tag-shell-collecting","tag-shell-jewelry","tag-shelling","tag-shells","tag-turban-shell","tag-video","tag-worm-shell","tag-wormie","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-WY","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656","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=3656"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24274,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions\/24274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}