I’ve talked before about my love of beach glass. I love collecting it, the act of looking at the rocks below my feet watching for a glint of colour. The thought of someone tossing a bottle into the ocean and it becoming a piece of treasure appeals to the recycler in me.
I often go home with pockets of glass pieces – like this collection I brought home the other day from walking the dog at the beach.
The glass usually goes into a jar on my shelf, and then eventually we make something with it. We’ve decorated picture frames and mirrors, and put them in a beautiful candle holder. But our favourite thing is to make garden stones.
One person’s trash truly become another person’s treasure.
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What a great idea! I pick up beach glass too – I like to imagine it’s journey from a tossed bottle to a smooth edged shard on the shore. I’ve got a lot of really pretty pieces I’d like to display and this looks so neat. Do you just use a regular concrete mix?
By: Julie on August 25, 2009
at 8:21 am
Hi Julie,
I’m answering you here, so other people can see as well.
Yup, just a bag of cement mix from the hardware store, the smallest I could get. I used plant pot bottom trays as my molds.
By: kate on August 25, 2009
at 8:34 am
how fun!
i think this is what lily and i should do with the beach glass you sent me!
By: melissa on August 25, 2009
at 9:12 am
Thanks!
By: Julie on August 25, 2009
at 6:44 pm
Nice! I’ve been wanting to make some garden stones lately…don’t have beach glass, but I’m sure that I can find an adequate substitution! Thanks for sharing in the comments what you use for the mold and materials!
By: Rachel on August 27, 2009
at 10:32 am
I love your beach glass…..I found gorgeous beach glass earrings in St. John, New Brunswick…beach glass from the Bay of Fundy…I’m kicking myself for not buying them……love your garden stones.
By: Audrey on August 29, 2009
at 8:38 am
I love beach glass too. I have a glass full I brought home from Puerto Rico with me.
By: Liz on September 1, 2009
at 3:38 am