ReCurrents

Me today: I’m just gonna go to the beach for a quick 1-hour walk to help my brain adjust to the time change, no beach combing today.
Also me: 👀
(Honestly I don’t even know why I lie to myself like that sometimes!)

This one was a bit of a heartbreaker. But it’s always a thrill to find a mighty megalodon, even if it is broken in half!

Happy whelk Wednesday! I found all of these whelk shells one recent afternoon, after a winter storm. I walked along the ocean’s edge at low tide and was amazed by how many I kept spotting and pulling out of the water. I’m always on the prowl for small shells I can make into jewelry and don’t really have a use for the large ones, so I set them in the sand for others to discover, or give them to a nearby child. It’s always fun to see someone pick them up!

What an honor to receive this review! I’m so delighted to provide gifts that y’all are proud to give. 😘

Autumn at the beach is my favorite. 💙

I love the little micro minis!
(That’s seven seashells on a penny!)

Gorgeous sand tiger shark tooth in situ. 😍

Thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful reviews! 😘
With love from your neighborhood bestie,
ReCurrents

Wishing you a new year filled with peace and joy. 💙
#2023

The coastal version of three French hens?
Wishing you abundant joy this holiday season!

Thank you for choosing to shop small on this small business Saturday!

Did you know that wampum clams receive their name from the Algonquin word “wampi,” meaning white? Wampum shells come from the northern quahog clam and have been highly prized by Native American tribes for centuries. The Cherokee people used wampum beads to convey great meaning and messages.

Wishing you that peaceful, easy feeling this Thanksgiving.

October mood. 🖤

It was an excellent morning for shell hunting at Kure Beach, and I was lucky enough to find these two gorgeous whelk shells. While I was beach combing, two young girls and their mom passed me, searching for shells to drop into their colorful little plastic buckets. Before I departed, I approached them, knelt down, held out the two whelks and asked, “would you like to bring these home with you?” Their faces lit up with joy as they exclaimed “yeah!!”
Being able to share the magic of the ocean with others is so special. I will never take it for granted, not for a moment.

It is such an absolute joy and privilege to be part of your childhood memories, your preciously held and formative moments, your milestones. I am so grateful to all of you for allowing ReCurrents to be part of your lives.

Only found one intact shark tooth today but sometimes it’s quality over quantity. The enamel on this bull shark tooth is perfection. ✨

When you’re sorting through your beach finds and a perfect baby whelk shell falls out of another shell. 😍

Did you know that sea stars are marine invertebrates with no eyes, no face, and — perhaps most surprisingly — no brain? As an embryo, the sea star begins to grow a brain, but this instead develops into a nerve ring around its mouth. This means that even though a sea star does not have a brain, it does have a nervous system.

Perfection.

Every now and then I find a shell that is simply so beautiful that all I do to transform it into jewelry is drill a small hole and add a jump ring. That was certainly the case with this perfect little knobbed whelk shell. Head over to the shop to check out this whelk pendant and other simply beautiful shell jewelry like it.

Shark Week isn’t over yet, friends… it’s just heating up! How are you celebrating Shark Week?

Did you know that the mouth of a sea urchin is called an Aristotle’s lantern, and it’s located on the underside of the urchin? Five little tooth-like structures make up a small beak that resembles a star, or a lantern. These are two fossilized Artistotle’s lanterns from the extinct Hardouinia kellumi urchin, which lived during the Cretaceous era, 145 million to 66 million years ago. You can find these Aristotle’s lanterns in the shop now!

Q: How much salt do crabs like on their food?
A: Just a pinch!

Look for the rainbow after the storm.

Feeling fierce? Swim on over to the shop and hook some of these new wire-wrapped dangling shark tooth earrings. Each pair is made with genuine fossilized shark teeth found on the shores of North Carolina and .925 sterling silver ear wires.

Did you know that a limpet’s teeth are 100 times thinner than a human hair and made of the hardest biological material on Earth?
Now ya know!

The greater the storm, the brighter the rainbow.

Catch a cloud and put it in your pocket.