Collecting Sea Shells to Create a Wind Chime

After collecting a massive amount of sea shells on our recent holiday to a very quiet beach I thought to make something rather than put them in dish to collect dust... What a great way to remember our holiday too!


These gorgeous shells came from just one small stretch of beach near Byron Bay, NSW. 

I used only shells that had holes in them as they were far too thick to drill through.  I found a variety of colours, textures and sizes. 



I had collected a few peices of driftwood also which made a perfect holder to attach my shells.  I used garden twine to keep with the natural hand made look.

A double knot through the holes in each shell keeps them in place.  I mixed colours, shapes and sizes of shells.

Final touches were a braided peice of twine tied around the drift wood.  I ended up making 3 variations of my wind chime and gave one to my Mum for Mother's Day. 

Now, what to make with the rest of the shells!