Genuine Seaglass

The Search is on for Genuine Seaglass

Spring sprung
The grass is riz
I wonder where
The seaglass is

With the beaches cleared of ice, it is time to resume the hunt for authentic seaglass in Prince Edward Island.  I have been under the weather lately and am just now feeling good enough to resume my beachcombing adventures.

Genuine seaglass is becoming a rare commodity.  When you look at all the man-made glass on the market, it is hard to tell authentic seaglass.  Here is one hint.  If you see many pieces with just about the same shape, it is a fairly good indication that the glass is man made.  Genuine seaglass does not come in strings like those glass beads you find in the craft stores.

Authentic seaglass is frosted and has little nicks and grooves in it.  Some say you can see "C" shaped grooves in genuine glass.

In this picture, you can see the pits and grooves

that are typical of authentic sea glass.

I feature only genuine, Island glass in my gift shop in Charlottetown, and in my Etsy shop. You can see above the earring pairs are not identical in shape.  Like snowflakes, no two pieces are alike.

You can find this piece of genuine PEI seaglass, (and many more) in my Etsy Shop

I will be beachcombing on the next sunny day and I hope to have a treasure to share with you upon my return.



~00~ Cindy
Crafting - http://seaglassing.ca

Dark Roast ~ Sunlit Sunday

The Roosters have something to crow about this morning....

Fresh roasted Coffee. 

For a mile around everyone was smelling fresh roasted coffee. 

Have you ever started out to do something, that something vanished, and poof it was gone?  Well that is what happened to a file I recently made with this take on the road computer.  I have to say I've had more trouble using a tablet then I had raising 5 kids.  I made an amazing file called "Sunlit" and poof here it is Sunday morning and it is as gone as the last 10 years have.

The Rooster Roasters

Not exactly how I wanted to announce we were doing small batch roasting and sales, but our roaster arrived and we have been turning green beans into dark roast, just the way I like them.  Mr. Guy is happy happy happy, says the next best thing to waking up beside Miss. Cindy is having fresh roasted coffee.

This is our first small batch roast we did. Full, balanced just not dark enough for me.

So we ran it again and this time roasted the beans until the second crack and beyond until the oil spilled out of the bean.

Now, that's my kind of coffee, dark roast.  You can visit us roosters when we return home to Prince Edward Island where we will be roasting up the freshest small batch coffee on the Island.  Visit our new web site for the Rooster Roasters and let me know what you think and if I made any mistakes, typose, or errors; I'd appreciate your input. 

This week I'll be making a new file folder and in it placing pictures for sunlit sunday so I can continue to venture over to "My Little Home and Garden" where we share photos during the long months of the Winter to brighten your days.

~oo~ Grandma