10/28/2026
New Pendant for Friday’s Auction…
My silver seashell casting session didn’t turn out so well. The sand cast was incomplete and the edges were ragged. It looked broken! My first thought was to discard it and try again, but the more I looked at it, the more enamored I became. Its brokenness was no longer a defect but the story of a seashell’s journey.
We tend to walk past broken shells on the beach, hunting for the perfect, unblemished ones. Collect enough of them and they all start looking alike… just another shell. If you have a jar full of perfect seashells and one is broken, where does the eye go?
Its imperfection is what gives this piece character. Ragged edges, missing pieces… nothing to suggest anything special. But look inside and there it is: a hand-carved abalone heart, shimmering in pinks, purples and greens. The outside tells one story while the inside tells another.
Maybe that’s true of more than shells. Being a little rough on the outside from the journey is often just the hallmark of where you’ve been… and those are often the ones holding the most beautiful memories within.
Beauty isn’t always on the outside. Sometimes it’s found within.
And just for fun, a little mermaid tail is hiding the bail. See it Friday at the auction.
