mermaid tears – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com Making a Handmade Modern Home one DIY project at a time. Sat, 03 Jan 2015 00:51:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/francoisetmoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Untitled-2-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 mermaid tears – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com 32 32 76357554 {Handmade} Mermaid Tear Pendants https://francoisetmoi.com/uncategorized/handmade-mermaid-tear-pendants/ https://francoisetmoi.com/uncategorized/handmade-mermaid-tear-pendants/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:27:52 +0000 http://francoisetmoi.com/?p=7450 We brought home a handful of pretty mermaid tears (sea glass pieces) that we collected this spring on the beach in Positano, and since we’ve gotten home, I’ve been looking for the right project to put them to good use (other than looking pretty in a jar on our end table). So I decided to pick a few of my favorites and turn them into mini sea glass pendants. I didn’t want to have to drill into the pebbles since they’re so small, so I used wire and strong adhesive instead, and I love how they turned out! Materials List: sea glass pebble(s) 26 gauge brass wire gold toggle clasp & ring or gold lobster clasp gold jump rings 18″ gold chain clear drying glue 18 kt gold leafing pen wire cutter pliers Step 1. Cut a 10″ piece of wire and wrap around sea glass either creating an “x” with the wire, or wrapping the wire parallel. Step 2. Tightly twist wires around each other at the back of the sea glass. Step 3. Create a loop with the right side wire and tuck underneath the horizontal wire wrapping the gem. Tightly twist wire tail that created the loop with the other […]

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]]> https://francoisetmoi.com/uncategorized/handmade-mermaid-tear-pendants/feed/ 2 7450 Holiday at the Beach: Italian Style https://francoisetmoi.com/travel/holiday-at-the-beach-italian-style/ Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:54:32 +0000 http://francoisetmoi.com/?p=6088 As I mentioned yesterday, Spiaggia di Fornillo is a public beach in Positano tucked into a large cove on the Tyrhennian Sea reachable on foot by following the stairs down the hill from La Casa Di Peppe‘s cliffside perch. Technically, the beach is public because anyone is welcome, but the beach is looked after by a few open-air beach restaurants, so there are sun loungers and boats for rent, the beach is well maintained, and cocktails and pizza are just a short pebbly shoreline jaunt away. We particularly loved bar bagni Da Ferdinando, which is run by the kindest and friendliest family who have been serving up beach fun at Spiaggia di Fornillo since 1953. Being that it was the last stop on our two week trip, we decided to really capitalize on the relaxing beach holiday facet of Positano by spending two full afternoons at the beach, combing the shoreline for mermaid tears (sea-worn glass and pottery), sipping mojitos and taking intermittent dips in the sea when the sun became too fierce. We also rented a pedal boat from Da Ferdinando, but it wasn’t just any pedal boat. It was a pedal boat with a layout deck and ladder at the front end of it! Ken and I’d […]

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