tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13283060288630566222012-02-11T00:30:15.347-08:00Seaglass,Vintage-inspired,Antique bottles,Urban Exploration,Lapidary,ShellsBecca Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351578916765088517noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1328306028863056622.post-76267145893689995272012-02-11T00:30:00.000-08:002012-02-11T00:30:15.358-08:00I found a lump in my breast last night. My mom, aunt, and grandma have all had benign tumors removed from their breasts multiple times so I shouldn't be too worried about it being cancerous but I really cant help myself. Hopefully when I see my doc on Thursday he will be able to offer me more insight&nbsp;on the situation....Wish me luck!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1328306028863056622-7626714589368999527?l=vintage-ramblings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Becca Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351578916765088517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1328306028863056622.post-76198969071645760842012-01-27T14:18:00.000-08:002012-01-27T14:18:11.194-08:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alright, first "blog".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">I got a wonderful rock tumbler for Christmas from my man, and now I am interested in what else I can do with it besides tumbling rocks. So I am experimenting with sea glass. So from what I have heard its simple so I tried it yesterday. If you don't have a rock tumbler and are interesting in getting one, he got mine at Harbor freight. They have the standard one barrel rock tumbler, which is what I have, and they also have a double barrel one available. I guess the double barrel one allows you to have two different tumbles going at once but I personally don't need that. You can also purchase them off amazon, eBay, and I am sure you could find one at a garage sale, maybe craigslist, and you could buy one of the kiddie ones at a toy store. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">So what I did is found a bottle from my collection that was plain green glass, that I didn't like very much, double bagged it inside of brown grocery bags to protect myself from getting. Knowing me, if I didn't do that I would have probably hurt myself. I hit the bag against a wall until the pieces were at the size I wanted. After that I just filled the barrel about 2/3rds full with the glass, filled it with water until it just barely covered the glass. I didn't have any plain sand so I just used black aquarium sand that we had left over, about one table spoon. I checked on it after about 4 hours to check the progress. After 4 hours it defiantly was doing the job but I added more sand just in case(two more table spoons)&nbsp;. I have heard it only takes about 8 hours, but I plan on running it for 12-24hrs. By putting the sand in the barrel I am making sea glass the way you see it on the beach; fogging glass pieces without jagged edges. But if you don't want it foggy, just safe to handle, you don't have to put any sand in. I bet I could also put in only tile pieces or broken pieces from old plates and etc, so we shall see!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Anybody have any suggestions on making sea glass another way? or maybe a way to speed up the process?</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1328306028863056622-7619896907164576084?l=vintage-ramblings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Becca Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04351578916765088517noreply@blogger.com0