Mermaid’s Purse
Sea Glass Jewelry
Deep Treasure Brought Back To Life
Sea Glass Jewelry an “Estate of Grace”
Gracefully Reshaped, Resurfaced with frost and Re-purposed for New Life
As Fine Crafted Wearable Art
What was she before..how old could she be..from where could she have traveled
The Allure of Sea Glass is Irresistible!
Want One?
Need One?
Commissions Welcome
mermaidspurse@att.net
310.989.3503
Fair Winds and Calm Seas,
Deborah Leon artist/collector
Pink Champagne Sea Glass
This Beauty was found on the coast of central California by a friend
New owner and home is in Rhode Island.
Such a Rare Sea Glass color!
Pink Champagen Sea Glass
Champagne in a Glass
Champagne Pink Sea Glass Pendant
Custom Orders are Welcome
I have other great colors of Sea Glass just waiting
Deborah Leon artist/collector
310.989.3503
mermaidspurse@att.net
Look What I Found While Looking for
SEA GLASS
My Camera Shy Friends Looking for Sea Glass in Carpenteria
A rare outing for these lovely women
enjoying the beach and looking for Sea Glass
Took a little coaxing to get this one of a kind pic.
Thank you ladies and God Bless
Deborah Leon artist/collector
mermaidspurse@att.net
www.mermaidspurseseaglass.com
This Looks like a Mexican Sea Glass Celebration
Let’s Party!
The above is a photo shoot for a friend of their amber, green and gold Sea Glass found in Central California.
Rico Suave!!
Fair Winds and Calm Seas,
Deborah Leon artist/collector
White Sea Glass & Turquoise Summer Necklace
Deborah Leon designer/collector
310.989.2502
mermaidspurse@att.net
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Meet Roberta Hickey
Sea Glass Enthusiast Extraordinaire
Authoress of
I’ve mentioned before one of my favorite things about looking for Sea Glass are the people I meet along the way. If you plug in Google Search Words like Sea Glass and all the variations thereof you will get daily emails of what is out there and thus begins the dive into cyber space of meeting others who are into sea glass. THIS is how I met Roberta Hickey.
Leaving comments on blogs is a common practice and getting a response back is like getting a letter in the mail…a treat.
Roberta is very knowledgeable about Sea Glass and shares freely what she discovers and knows. She is also very fortunate in that her local beaches provide incredible finds, the mermaids are working overtime tossing their tears at her feet.
Roberta is also providing her insights and experiences of a journey interwoven with her Sea Glass escapades. In our communications back and forth we discovered we also have something else in common “Pancreatic Cancer”. This nearly took my breath away.
My Mom was taken home 3 years ago after living 7 months longer than the Doctors gave her after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
This is where Roberta is at ….living in that area that is a gift of time beyond reason.
In reading her blog American Mom, I’m taken in by how interesting she is, well spoken and her ability to convey all arrays of emotion, be vulnerable yet steady as a rock and find myself wishing I lived next door to her.
Roberta is a treasure amongst treasures….I thought for a while I’d keep her to myself but then after the greed fell to the ground I knew that she must be shared as all treasure should be.
I find comfort in talking about the illness and walking with her. We are connected for a reason and I’ll just leave that to the Lord as to how that plays out. I’m encouraged by her rallies from treatments to continue to live life as she loves it with such an amazing spirit. She is generous to a fault with her time, posessions and heart.
Meet and visit my friend Roberta, find for yourself the treasure she is….You’ll be better for it.
When you visit tell her I said Hi and give her xoxoxo’s for me.
Mermaid’s Tears are often the telescope through which men see into heaven.
_____Anonymous
Fair Winds and Calm Seas,
Deborah Leon artist/collector
mermaidspurse@att.net
HERMOSA BEACH CLEAN UP DAY
AND
SEA GLASS FINDS
Saturday, April 17 was clean up day at Hermosa Beach sponsored by Mermaid’s Purse. When we got to the pier there was a flurry of activity going on and we fit right in. Spyder Surf put on Surf Fest 3. All the top Surf sponsors were there, Billabong, Volcom, Roxy, Reef, Rip Curl, Quick Silver, Surf Riders, etc. There was a high school surf competition, bands, volley ball, beach tennis and of course the all important CLEAN UP…YEAY.
I’m so proud to say that the teenagers, our future keepers of this earth made a strong showing. Outfitted with trash bags and disposable gloves we dispersed to do our thing..collect trash.
Yes….SEA GLASS was amongst the trash picked up, but of course it never made its way into a trash bag, the Sea Glass was safely tucked onto the lining of pockets to be shown after.
Helping to clean were young surfers, Boy Scouts, students serving to get community service credit, Moms, an attorney and more importantly great attitudes and fantastic workers.
Penny found a styling piece of emerald green Sea Glass from a bottle neck. She also found the largest trash item…a nasty 5 gallon paint bucket sitting in the sand.
Penny and Emily...there's that nasty paint bucket. Good job girls!
MORE PICS OF THE CLEAN UP BRIGADE DOING AN “ACT OF GREEN”
Cade, Trevor and Kurtis
Tim...a man on a mission
Kristina
Amanda and Evelyn...Bags are looking heavy!
Sonia multi tasking, cleaning, talking on the cell and looking cute
Sonia "Representing" She's wearing Sea Glass Jewelry from Mermaid's Purse..Nice!
Thank you soooooo much to all that helped. For myself, my bag got so heavy I couldn’t drag it anymore and asked a kind beach comber to toss it away for me.
I found a handful of Sea Glass most of which is usable for jewelry while cleaning. *TIP: look along the debris line to find Sea Glass also, not just the shore line.
Hermosa Beach Pier pylons
It was a glorious day and much was accomplished. Another thanks goes to the Earth Day Org. for bringing to the foreground that we must continue to be good stewards of the amazing possession we call Earth. This year is their 40th anniversary.
Fair Winds and Calm Seas,
Deborah Leon artist, collector
mermaidspurse@att.net
www.mermaidspurseseaglass.com
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