Shopping and Collecting

About a week and a half ago, we went on a road trip to Punta del Este.  This first picture is what we bought when we got back - we hit up the bead shop yet again.  They always have something new.












 I collected these shells on the beaches of Jose Ignacio and La Paloma.  There are a lot of complete ones - almost all of them are flawless, if small.  Some are definitely going onto crazy quilting blocks.  It was fun sitting in a field of shells and picking through them, even if the day was windy and cold.

Okay, so this one's really different.  We were in the Punta del Este mall, and a place was having a clearance sale.  This was only 100 pesos (about $5).  I'm -not- going to wear it!  I'm going to take it apart for all the motifs and beading and such for crazy quilting.  There's so much of it and it's such a good deal that I bought two.