Coastal NC Lifestyle Magazine | December 2019
This Holiday Season send special cards to all your special friends and family with these unique Christmas cards from the beaches of North Carolina! These are unique designs that you’ll only find in our Islands Art & Books store!
You’ll find several designs to choose from as well and they come in several different quantity packages.
See the whole selection as well as our selection of custom Christmas ornaments from various NC Coastal artisans.
Start your holiday shopping with our 2019 Island Life NC Holiday Gift Guide!
All art, books & jewelry by local artists & writers from the NC Coast.
The coastal islands of North Carolina have long been a magnet to artists and writers who discover the beauty and romance of the area and decide to put down roots.
Island Life NC’s Islands Art and Bookstore features an extensive collection of works by premier local artists and photographic prints at affordable prices. All Giclee’ prints are of the highest quality using archival inks and the highest quality materials.
Islands Art and Bookstore also offers a selection of books by the area’s best writers as well as local guide and history books!
Islands Art and Bookstore features Beautiful Handmade Sea Glass Jewelry.
All books, photographic prints, original art works and Giclee’ prints are by artists and writers who live here or write about the area.
In hopes to standardize sea glass color names for collectors, jeweler Meg Carter created this guide as a reference and a beautiful work of art.
Eighty-one different sea glass colors have now been classified and officially named. This 24 x 18 inch poster is not only helpful in sorting and discussing your collection, this rainbow of color can be a statement piece in your home. Above all, it can be a conversation starter about your own sea glass collection. This is a must have for any sea glass collector or beach lover.
You can bring your sea glass home right from the beach and identify your color and rarity before you even wash it. The Carter Sea Glass Color and Rarity Guide was created as a reference and common place for color names.
Collectors, crafters and jewelers can now reference colors by all using the same names. Color rarity is indicated next to each color name on a 1 – 10 scale making collecting and identification even more exciting.
Specifics:
This poster is printed on 80 lb. white silk paper. This guide features 81 of the likely color shades found in one’s collection. Each piece of glass shows the official color name next to the shard along with its rarity grading from 1-10.
You will also find an “*” next to some shards denoting they are ultraviolet. These particular pieces are ultraviolet, but it is possible to find these colors without the shards having an ultraviolet hue.
All the pieces of sea glass showcased in this guide are actual genuine pieces of sea glass that have been unaltered from Meg Carter’s collection. None of the colors have been created by any false means. All of the colors are true to the actual shades of sea glass.
The pale pieces in the top right of the guide are very close to white, but have a small hint of color, which is best viewed under natural light. When using your guide to sort your collection, always use natural light. Using artificial light while viewing the guide will cause the color hues to appear differently.
Sydney Long was born and raised chasing seagulls and surfing in the blue-green waters of Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina. After high school she ventured a little further south to attend college in Charleston, South Carolina.
After dipping her feet in various industries and some soul-searching, she realized her zeal to design and create jewelry inspired by an undying love for the sea.
The name Barracuda Moon is inspired by her life lived by the ocean, planned according to the tides, orchestrated by the moon.
She has always been fascinated by the magic of this rhythm and how connected it makes us feel to the sea, no matter the coast.
The barracuda symbolizes the hunt; they are driven seekers, not afraid to roam wild and free.
Related Story:
Read an interview with Sydney Long in our People Section of Island Life NC Magazine here!
Sydney hand-makes all of her jewelry with sea glass and seashells that she finds on the beach of her home island, Ocean Isle Beach, NC and in her new home of Charleston, SC as well as treasures from recent travels.
She uses only natural gemstones, and gold-filled chain, wire, findings, etc. She describes her jewelry as “beachy-bohemian mixed with elegance; jewelry designed to wear with your bikini or your favorite cocktail dress.
Each piece of jewelry is handmade with joy in the designer’s home studio in downtown Charleston, SC. It is created to carry on a story & become part of the wearer’s story through her travels and memories.
The collection features local treasures such as 14kt (3 microns) gold-edged natural sea glass and antique Charleston porcelain found in the earth of historic downtown as well as among Charleston’s neighboring islands. All pieces are made with 14kt gold filled materials and precious and semiprecious natural gemstones. Pieces made with 14k gold are available upon request, and are made-to-order.
This jewelry line is casual-luxury mixed with elegance; jewelry designed to wear with your bikini or your favorite cocktail dress. It is jewelry for every style, especially girls who want to howl at the moon and say “Viva!” How beautiful it is to be alive!
Shop our Handmade Jewelry selections from Coastal Carolina Artisans Here:
