Seaweed HELP!!!

[angelstarfish]

OK, long story short, but I went to the beach today and came back home with a HUGE amount of seaweed. I'm drying it out and plan to use it in crafts for my Etsy shop...

The only thing is I don't know what to make with seaweed!!! Any creative and unique ideas out there?

I have a mixture of wing kelp, brown or red or green seaweed, dead man's bootlaces, and possibly even some peacock's tail.

Any ideas would be greatly helpful!!!


Mermaid Angel Starfish

[Mermaid Kalliope]

Earrings and necklaces? Weave the smaller/thinner stuff into bigger strands? Keychains? Get some resin and make pendants? Uh.... ya... I'm out of ideas. Haha

[Theobromine]

Make nori?
In my experience, seaweed gets really stinky when dry, unless maybe you have a specific method for drying it. But I would also imagine it would get rather crispy. But I wonder if you could use a flower press to press smaller pieces of it...then maybe you could laminate it to things like picture/mirror frames, wooden box lids, or something like that?

[angelstarfish]

thanks for the ideas!!!

Theobromne, I do have a special way for pressing and saving seaweed- it involves a warm over, a few heavy books, wax paper, and plently of thumb wittling, lol

The press is an interesting idea- I dont own one, but I shall keep my eye out for one in the near future!!!


something that I'm planning on making is a seaweed inspired top (think of the one that the Mertailor offers, only with seashells and pearls added, with sequins, starfishies, and sand dollars!!!)

[Theobromine]

I can't wait to see what you come up with! I haven't seen a Mertailor seaweed top I don't think, though I've seen ones by Merbella Studios and Finfolk productions. I don't think real seaweed would hold up well in the water...unless you also have some way of varnishing it and making it watertight or something. Sounds really interesting though! I like seeing alternative top ideas.

[angelstarfish]

I have PLENTY of seaweed (enough to last should the apocalypse hit, LOL) so the top will be trial and error. Do you have any idea of a waterproof seal I can try out?

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[tealmermaid]

I like the idea of making resin jewelry with it. That would seal it nicely and preserve it. It would look really pretty too.

[aWittleNoob]

Earings sound pretty risky. A lot of people are allergic to seaweed just don't know it. I think you should go for something interesting though!