Seabreeze Spinners

SOLD

Beautiful, rare handmade Rick Reeves Norwegian Spinning Wheel for sale. The wheel has been well cared (as you can see from the photos) and is in perfect working order. This is a dream wheel. The purchaser will also get handmade Rick Reeves Lazy Kate and a total of 4 bobbins.

Lots of photos below … click on thumbnails to see larger images.

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Lovely Sterling Silver Smokey Quartz bracelet and complimentary silver ring. Find these and other beautiful items for sale HERE.
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Seabreezespinners.com is offering quality, trendy, silver jewelry at deeply discounted pricing. Handmade, silver jewelry from Bali, Napal and India which compares in fashion and quality to high-end catalog offerings while deeply discounted in price.

Be wary of 925 jewelry from China. Some wholesalers are touting that their listed plated jewelry is stamped “925″. For an example look HERE. Seabreeze Spinners always is careful to describe offerings. We would never list “plated” jewelry without clearly identifying the jewelry as “plate” or “layered over …”.

ALL OF THE JEWELRY posted on this site is 925 silver or even more refined. (The jewelry smiths of Napal & India at times employ silver that is more refined, that is, has more silver than sterling and is less likely to tarnish.)

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The Sterling Silver Smokey Quartz Racelet show above is $70 (not the $175 of the Ross Simons Citrine bracelet) and the Sterling Silver Swirl & Square bracelet is $200 (not the $295 of the Ross Simons Onyx bracelet).

Beautiful Sterling Silver Jewelry @ amazing prices HERE 18″ 3mm HEAVY (26 gm) Sterling Silver Bali Necklace $86; 18″ 4mm HEAVY (37 gm) Sterling Silver Bali Necklace $128; Sterling Silver Bali Bracelet 8″ (16 gm) $94. Other styles at comparable prices.

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There’s something new at Seabreeze Spinners … jewelry. Beautiful, Sterling Silver jewelry at amazing prices. Photos here of some of the looks. Find other items for sale HERE

Ross-Simmons is currently offering an 18″ Bali 3mm Necklace originally priced at $200 and now slashed to $140 HERE … I can offer you a comperable 18″ Sterling Silver 3mm Bali Necklace (heavy 26 grams) for $86.

Prices for the unique pieces pictured above are as follows:

Sterling Silver Bali Dot Earrings $44
Sterling Silver Bali Dot Necklace $120
Sterling Silver Swirl Earrings $52
Sterling Silver Swirl & Square Bracelet $200
Amethyst & Citrin & Garnet SIZE 7 ring $62
Garnet & Citrine SIZE 7 ring $58
Lemon Quartz SIZE 8 ring $37
18″ 4mm (HEAVY 37grams) Sterling Silver Necklace $128

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I am listing my personal Julia Counterbalance Floor Loom for Sale on eBay at: HERE

The loom is in pristine condition but with recent additions to my hoard it needs to move along.

UPDATE 8/15/2011 SOLD

I’ve been enjoying collecting Ball jars and have seen plastic topped mason jar solar lights and came up with this simple way to make my own.

First, gather common canning/mason jars and inexpensive garden solar lights.

(My solar garden lights came from K-Mart and were on sale for $1 each.) Be sure to bring your lids with you when you shop for lights. Some lights are larger (and more expensive) and may not fit your lid. Notice the mason jar lids are two part. If your garden lights fits in the top you’re good to go. If not, like mine, I substituted vintage presto canning jar lids with a smaller carve out.

Take the solar garden light an unscrew the light from the stake. You won’t need the stake. Holding the light against the lid, use removeable type glue, reminds me of silly putty, to hold the light in the jar lid; wedge the glue between the walls of the lid and the light. Screw the lid onto the jar and place in the sun. Be sure to remove plastic tab, if any from the light battery or turn the light to “auto” or “on”.

I plan to use the jars as lights on the path up to our cabin and on the deck railing to provide soft lighting when we’re entertaining. They’d make very romantic wedding decorations.

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While in the Smokies last week, enabled by my husband, I meandered the various flea markets and garage sales in our area. I found this beveled glass arch for $5 at the Methodist Church garage sale in Silva…

I haggled for jars, bought jars at a cooperative antique mall at 40% off, and found my “prize”/favorite jars at Bob’s Flea Market between Bryson City and Waynesville. Didn’t pay over $3 for any jar except I splurged on one, $9. You can see I favor the blue glass. All had zinc lids but I’m not certain they were originally matched with the various jars as a couple don’t fit too well.

HERE is a great resource for dating Ball Canning Jars. Bob Clay has wonderful history with lots of photos and sketches. I’m a novice but this is what I came up with:

1910 - 1923

1923-1933

1910-1923

1910-1923

1896-1910

1893-1896

1893-1896

I’m obviously a novice, I bought the jars because I like the glass. I love the irregular shapes and bubbles in the old glass. Please comment and feel free to correct me if my dates are off or if I have anything of any value, I’d love to know. (Thank you Bob Clay for correcting identification of first jar; I’ve updated this page.)

I’ve picked up insulators over the past few years and have a number but this one is unique. Usually I try to only collect ones without knicks or “bites” but this one is so unusual I took it with it’s small chip. Does anyone recognize it?

The other two I picked up aren’t uncommon but I like blue glass:

Not my usual fiber related post, but something fun and may be of interest.

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This yarn was inspired by the Smoky Mountains … blue skies, brush stokes of white clouds and leaves every color of green. I spun Louet Karaoke Angelfish (50% wool / 50% soysilk) spun with a pinch of Angelina (Peacock Green).

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I was looking for a spindle holder to both keep and display some of my spindles. I wanted to pick them up and spin easily when I got the notion. I discovered an antique French flower frog on eBay which was plenty deep to hold the spindle shafts.

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