{"id":3754,"date":"2010-12-14T00:04:17","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T05:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2010-12-14T22:23:31","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T03:23:31","slug":"happy-holiday-marketplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/14\/happy-holiday-marketplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Holiday MarketPlace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3753\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Sanibel Sunset point\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sanibel-Sunset-point.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3753\" data-attachment-id=\"3753\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/14\/happy-holiday-marketplace\/sanibel-sunset-point\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sanibel-Sunset-point.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1292110534&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;29.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Sanibel Sunset point&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sanibel Sunset point\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sanibel Sunset point&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sanibel Sunset point&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sanibel-Sunset-point.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3753 \" title=\"Sanibel Sunset point\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sanibel-Sunset-point-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sanibel Sunset point\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sanibel-Sunset-point-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sanibel-Sunset-point.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sanibel Sunset point<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The sky was so pretty looking over at the Sanibel from the new sand bar beach on the Captiva side of Blind Pass.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3752\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Sand bar beach Captiva\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sand-bar-beach-Captiva.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3752\" data-attachment-id=\"3752\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/14\/happy-holiday-marketplace\/sand-bar-beach-captiva\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sand-bar-beach-Captiva.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,483\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1292110478&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;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Sand bar beach Captiva&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sand bar beach Captiva\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sand bar beach Captiva&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sand bar beach Captiva&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sand-bar-beach-Captiva.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3752 \" title=\"Sand bar beach Captiva\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sand-bar-beach-Captiva-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Sand bar beach Captiva\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sand-bar-beach-Captiva-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sand-bar-beach-Captiva.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sand bar beach Captiva<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Clark and I stopped there to see the changes\u00a0after our fabulous weekend hanging out in our booth at Chadwick&#8217;s Square for the Holiday Marketplace. We had a fantastic time getting to know more shellers, giving away shells and showing off our new merchandise. We also had front row to the stage to see cooking demonstrations, painting demos, ice sculpting&#8230; oh my gosh.. I could go on. But the best thing for me? \u00a0I was so thrilled to meet blog friends and shelling sisters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3749\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Captiva-Holiday-Village-i-Love-Shelling-booth.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3749\" data-attachment-id=\"3749\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/14\/happy-holiday-marketplace\/captiva-holiday-village-iloveshelling-com-booth\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Captiva-Holiday-Village-i-Love-Shelling-booth.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1292084219&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Captiva Holiday Village iLoveShelling.com booth&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Captiva Holiday Village iLoveShelling.com booth\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Captiva Holiday Village iLoveShelling.com booth&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Julie and Bob (Canada)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Captiva-Holiday-Village-i-Love-Shelling-booth.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3749 \" title=\"Captiva Holiday Village iLoveShelling.com booth\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Captiva-Holiday-Village-i-Love-Shelling-booth-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Captiva Holiday Village iLoveShelling.com booth\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Captiva-Holiday-Village-i-Love-Shelling-booth-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Captiva-Holiday-Village-i-Love-Shelling-booth.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie and Bob (Ottawa, Canada)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3748\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"i Love Shelling Pam Rambo Penny\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/i-Love-Shelling-Pam-Rambo-Penny.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3748\" data-attachment-id=\"3748\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/14\/happy-holiday-marketplace\/i-love-shelling-pam-rambo-penny\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/i-Love-Shelling-Pam-Rambo-Penny.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1292090076&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;i Love Shelling Pam Rambo Penny&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"i Love Shelling Pam Rambo Penny\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;i Love Shelling Pam Rambo with Penny&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Penny from Jupiter&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/i-Love-Shelling-Pam-Rambo-Penny.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3748 \" title=\"i Love Shelling Pam Rambo Penny\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/i-Love-Shelling-Pam-Rambo-Penny-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"i Love Shelling Pam Rambo Penny\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/i-Love-Shelling-Pam-Rambo-Penny-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/i-Love-Shelling-Pam-Rambo-Penny.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Ann from Indiana (of Course!)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3755\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sally.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3755\" data-attachment-id=\"3755\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/14\/happy-holiday-marketplace\/sally\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sally.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1292103076&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sally and James (Georgia)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sally and James (Georgia)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sally and James (Georgia)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sally.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3755 \" title=\"Sally and James (Georgia)\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sally-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sally and James (Georgia)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sally-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sally.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sally and James (Georgia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you all for stopping by! You have no idea how much it meant to me.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3751\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Blind Pass cut sand bar\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Blind-Pas-cut-sand-bar.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3751\" data-attachment-id=\"3751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/14\/happy-holiday-marketplace\/blind-pas-cut-sand-bar\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Blind-Pas-cut-sand-bar.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1292110497&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;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Blind Pas cut sand bar&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Blind Pass cut sand bar\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Blind Pass cut sand bar&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Blind Pass cut sand bar&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Blind-Pas-cut-sand-bar.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3751 \" title=\"Blind Pass cut sand bar\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Blind-Pas-cut-sand-bar-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Blind Pass cut sand bar\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Blind-Pas-cut-sand-bar-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Blind-Pas-cut-sand-bar.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blind Pass cut sand bar<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was a perfect way to end the day to stop to see the beach.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3750\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Tulip shell piece\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Tulip-shell-piece-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3750\" data-attachment-id=\"3750\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/14\/happy-holiday-marketplace\/tulip-shell-piece\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Tulip-shell-piece-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1292110597&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Tulip shell piece&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tulip shell piece\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tulip shell piece&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tulip shell piece&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Tulip-shell-piece-.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3750 \" title=\"Tulip shell piece\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Tulip-shell-piece--300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tulip shell piece\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Tulip-shell-piece--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Tulip-shell-piece-.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tulip shell piece<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I had to smile when I saw this broken piece of TULIP shell lying there on the sand bar. It&#8217;s exactly what <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/10\/changing-captiva-island\/\" target=\"_blank\">Val from New Mexico<\/a><\/strong> uses for her flowers and leaves to make beautiful ornaments. I love mine!<\/p>\n<p>PS- There are 20 mph West winds kicking up the gulf right now&#8230;. shelling is right around the corner!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sky was so pretty looking over at the Sanibel from the new sand bar beach on the Captiva side of Blind Pass. Clark and I stopped there to see the changes\u00a0after our fabulous weekend hanging out in our booth at Chadwick&#8217;s Square for the Holiday Marketplace. We had a fantastic time getting to know [&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":[15,5,3,16],"tags":[2049,513,711,251,223,71,712,228],"class_list":["post-3754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beach-holiday","category-blind-pass","category-captiva","category-christmas","tag-blind-pass","tag-blog","tag-captiva-holiday-marketplace","tag-seashell","tag-shell","tag-shelling","tag-shelling-sister","tag-tulip-shell","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-Yy","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754","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=3754"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3760,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754\/revisions\/3760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}