Seaphemera Jewelry

There are so many gifted artists living right here in Florida and now that I belong to a group called Florida Etsy Street Team (FEST) I have the opportunity to get to know some of their work.

 This is to introduce Gail Cormier's shop Seaphemera on Etsy.  Gail lives in Inverness, Florida and loves to walk the beach and look for unique and unusual shells to use in her jewelry.  She also uses beach glass and pearls and has created truly lovely pieces at very reasonable prices.

Ocean Deep-My Newest Mosaic

A few weeks back I showed you my WIPs on this newest ocean-themed mosaic.

I ended up changing a few things around as the rectangular mirror I had in there to begin with was making the piece entirely too heavy. I opted for a 12" round, beveled mirror which actually gave me more room to put the design.

This is my interpretation of things found deep in the ocean from the little crab to the sand dollar. I also added a broken pottery vase and some "sea leaves".

The brown and blue with white beach pottery came from Australia and is just perfect for this theme.

It took me a long time to complete this one but I really enjoyed making it.

Nesting Turtles on Our Beach

My sister-in-law, Sally, sent these to me last night and I wanted to share them as this is Mother Nature at her best. This is right outside of their condo in Indian Harbor Beach, Fl.

I am always so amazed by the lengths wild creatures will go in order to preserve their young. This little turtle has an amazing feat for one so small and low to the ground.

Here is a little information about the nesting turtles I picked up from the website of the Natural Resources Management Office of Brevard County:

Marine turtle nesting season along Brevard’s coasts—from the mother turtles’ nocturnal crawls to lay their eggs through the hatchings’ mad dash toward the waves—occurs each year primarily from May 1st through October 31st. During this time, construction activities are avoided on the beach in order to protect habitat for nesting and hatching sea turtles. Mother turtles come ashore in the dark, dig a hole using their flippers, and lay 100-150 eggs at a time in these “nests”. During the course of a season, a single female lays multiple nests, usually 3-8. After a 45–70 day gestation period, hatchlings emerge from the nest under the cover of darkness and follow the light of the moon reflecting off the ocean.


This is the nest full of eggs all covered up to keep safe and warm.

This is mama turtle racing back to the sea.

She has just about made it. Poor thing must be exhausted by now.

These are the tracks left by all of the turtles running up and down the shore.