It has been a busy week at the Sanibel Shell Festival. This year I was excited to enter a beautiful albino horse conch that I found a year ago. However, the judges were not as excited as I was about the albino and I did not receive a ribbon. The first place was a beautiful RIGHT handed whelk as opposed to a normal left handed whelk shell. My friend Rachel did a stellar exhibit on natural pearls. I have a few photos above. Rachel also brought these cameos from a friend of hers who is a 3rd generation carver of shells from a remote island in Honduras. The cameos were my favorite and I am glad to have one in my house. The last photos are of the lovely and extremely talented Audrey O’Donnell who showed me how to thread a rice shell on wire for crafting. The Shell Festival was a lot of fun, it was great seeing friends and talking shells and crafts.
I'm sorry to hear you didn't win anything this year Brian, but it must be such a thrill to be there and see everything.
I love the cameo's too – so pretty!
Wow, Katie would love the shell fair! I'm going to have to try to take her next time.
If I were a judge, I would give you a ribbon 🙂
Capt. Brian, It was wonderful to meet you at the show! I give you a Blue Ribbon for your Albino Horse Conch-Gorgeous! You did a great job learning to wire wrap! Thanks so much for the photos posted of the 1800's rice shell basket. My next peice to restore. Sincerely, Audrey O'Donnell
Aww, bummer that you didn't win — the picture here does that shell even more justice than the one you showed me on your phone. So cool.
Excellent photos of the Shell Festival