Dear Spiders - In addition to lacemaking, I also make "Sailor's Valentines". For those of you not familiar, they are shell mosaics, normally done in octagonal wooden glass-front boxes (see http://www.sailorsvalentines.com/blanda.htm for examples). The originals were produced in Barbados in the mid-1800's as love tokens and souvenirs for sailors.
Now...to the point of this email! I am searching for a certain shell, Spirula spirula, sometimes called a ram's horn shell, which is from a tropical, deep-water squid. It is delicate, washes up on beaches but is just not something we find in Virginia. If any of you know of a reliable source, have access to an excellent shell shop or any coastal dwellers downunder have some, please contact me! Thanks! May your threads never tangle, Cindy Cindy Hutton Norfolk, Virginia USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
