What’s a pretty craft for sea glass?

I was just at the beach and there was all of this sea glass, so I was wondering if anybody had any good ideas for what to do with it.

Before setting out to use your sea glass in a craft project first evaluate if you may want to do something different with it later. If not then a mosaic propject is great, just keep in mind that the sea glass is there permanently.

How about a sea glass mobile of some sort? You could use driftwood and other things from the beach as well. For this you can use craft wire and maybe some sort of natural string material.

Have Fun!

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