AliRay Designs http://www.aliray.com/blog Oh, The Places We'll Go! (and the seaglass along the way) Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Beachglass Goes Mainstream? http://www.aliray.com/blog/2010/04/02/beachglass-goes-mainstream/ http://www.aliray.com/blog/2010/04/02/beachglass-goes-mainstream/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:50:44 +0000 aliray http://www.aliray.com/blog/2010/04/02/beachglass-goes-mainstream/ I was heading to one of my favorite bead/supplies store in NYC and I passed by Macy’s… to my surprise and excitement I saw the following window displays!

Clearly it’s not natural seaglass but it shows the beauty and inspiration that this Swedish company had while making thier glassware :)

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100 Waves of Summer

In my hunt for beachtown boutiques, I came across Mary Tantillo’s shop in LBI, NJ called Swell Colors Glass Studio. Her stained glass is amazing and I specifically love the idea she had for “100 Waves of Summer.” She made 100 different stained glass windows for each day of the summer… and a couple of Indian Summer days in fall :) www.swellcolors.com

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Costa Rica Sunset “A real friend is someone who takes a winter vacation on a sun-drenched beach and does not send a card.” ~Maya Angelou


“Give me the splendid silent sun.” ~Walt Whitman


“In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.” ~Rachel Carson, American Marine Biologist


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The weather stayed perfect for all of the runners… I might attempt it this year!

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Serene Photo of Northport Harbor

One of my favorite photographers is John Ellsworth. He is a resident of Northport, NY & focuses his work on local waterscapes, boats and one of my favorite places, the Northport Harbor. If you haven’t seen his work, definitely take a look here. www.johnellsworth.com. His artwork is great for a beach house, bathroom wall or even home office. They exude serenity and a relaxing connection with nature.

We will both be displaying our work at Cow Harbor Day on 9/27 so come out and celebrate with us! www.northportny.com

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Large Star - Seabags.com

]]> http://www.aliray.com/blog/2009/08/27/gold-star-for-seabags/feed/ 4 Week of all Weeks http://www.aliray.com/blog/2009/05/18/week-of-all-weeks/ http://www.aliray.com/blog/2009/05/18/week-of-all-weeks/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 15:32:10 +0000 aliray http://www.aliray.com/blog/2009/05/18/week-of-all-weeks/ This week is a very special one. It kicks off the ‘official’ summer season and things get very busy for me! :) I have a couple of new orders to finalize and stores to follow up with…. not to mention the lack of a free Saturday until the end of June. AND I am celebrating the 10th year anniversary of meeting my husband! How time flies…. carpe diem…. xoxo AliRay

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Quick update this week: I’m busy making jewelry for a jewelry party next Sunday! 20% of all proceeds go to Team LifeSavers, part of the Avon Breast Cancer team!

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April is shaping up to be a busy month for me and I’m trying to find at least one weekend to spend looking for seaglass. I wrote last week about the six month plan and week 1 of month 1 is shaping up well. I have a new shop in Port Jefferson, NY selling my jewelry and a jewelry party lined up for the 19th. More to come…. enjoy the day!

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This is my biggest issue – I love to sleep. I complain about there being not enough time in the day, but I don’t want to sacrifice my blessed sleep hours in the morning. I’ve tried setting my own voice to an alarm clock, having my husband yell at me, using multiple alarms and I snooze, snooze, snooze away. God help me when I have kids….

That being said, the main reason I need more time is for my jewelry business to flourish. Last year was my best year yet… which I am very proud of. BUT there is always room to grow and I have a laundry list of things to do. I decided to give myself a monthly task list. This should give me a full month to get different aspects of the business growing. I’d love you to keep me on my toes and ask how the progress is going. Here is my list to date which brings me to September. I’ll try and update weekly :)

April – New Summer Store Sales (on-going)
May – Blog / Site Pictures
June – Search Engines
July – New materials
August – Potential Site Redesign

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