Sea Shells for Jewelry Making

Right from our childhood days we have been accustomed to the tongue twister – “SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS BY THE SEA SHORE”. Did you know that sea shells could be the perfect ingredient for exotic beachside jewelry to be worn with your beachwear during the summer sea getaways?

Currently the hottest trend in summer beachwear jewelry – one that is endorsed by most of the Hollywood celebrities and which occupied reams of newsprint and the cover spread in the People magazine – is sea shells jewelry, belonging to the genre of oceanesque/marine/aquatic beach jewelry.

In fact no Hollywood film or pop music video featuring bikini clad babes is complete without that ubiquitous piece of sea shell necklace adorning the necks of beach beauties!

The fashion jewelry industry is in a tizzy over transforming lobster shells, anchors, clams, starfish, corals, oyster shells, coconut shells and various other kinds of sea shells into Object d’Art which can spice up a regular ensemble in a jiffy.

Sea shells are versatile ingredients and can be used to create large cocktail rings, single pendants, long charm pendants, cuff bracelets, charm bracelets, dangling earrings, ear tops, necklaces etc.

The other USP of sea shell jewelry is that sea shells come with natural readymade patterns on them and the patterns are varied, they are available in all kinds of shapes and sizes from big to small to tiny, from smooth glossy finish to matte finish to a ribbed surface and therefore doesn’t require much additional detailing or patterning.

Moreover sea shells can be colored to match the color of your outfit. The greatest plus point of sea shell jewelry is its super cheap price – you can get hold of mindblowingly pretty and exotic sea shell necklaces at $1 only! The dirt cheap rates are of course because of their bountiful abundance on the sea shores. Most fashion jewelry stores, online stores, boutiques stock exotic and eye catching sea shells jewelry.

If Elsa Peretti of Tiffany’s was responsible for introducing and unveiling the mystical and magical magnificence of sea shell jewelry to a bedazzled awe-struck world, then modern designers have carried the craze further by experimenting with hand painted sea shells and teaming up sea shells with swarovski crystals, colored stones, mother of pearl, corals, oriental pearls and setting them in platinum or sterling silver or white gold or gold or copper or brass to create exquisite pieces of marine art.

In fact sea shells jewelry combined with bones, horn, stones, wooden beads, mother of pearl shells, and other such natural marine materials form the mainstay of Balinese and Philippine and Hawaiian jewelry.