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 Linda
Jereb Designer - Owner
By The Sea
Jewelry
Nags Head, NC
Sebastian, FL
A Full Time
Professional sea glass
jewelry company for over 20
years. I pride
myself on top quality rare
sea glass collected from
beaches around the world!
The internet's oldest sea
glass jewelry site and first
to individually photograph
each and every piece sold.
We are also the oldest full
time professional sea glass
jewelry company online with
over $1M in retail sales.
Many of our customers are
repeat customers (see our
Raves
Page
for more info). I also offer
the Largest Online
Selection of Ready
To Ship Jewelry Pieces.
By The Sea Jewelry
Has Moved! After 20
years in our home in the
Outer Banks of North
Carolina we have moved to
our new home in Sebastian
Florida, home of Pelican
Island situated on the
Indian River and Sebastian
Inlet. I will continue to do
art shows in the Outer Banks
and surrounding beaches and
will be available at some of
the finest art shows in
Florida during winter.
 Linda
Jereb - "I have
been designing and selling
Sea Glass Jewelry from my
studio since 1990. I was
schooled in commercial art
and graphics and have a
background in sales and
marketing. " "I
discovered sea glass when I
moved to the Outer Banks of
North Carolina in 1988, and
have been collecting these
lovely frosted gems ever
since. I have amassed a
collection of sea glass at
over 1000 pounds from both
the OBX and from around the
world but I sill get a
special thrill when I hold a
unique and rare piece in my
hand." "My designs are
based on my love of sea
glass. I always try to leave
a bit of glass open so the
wearer can reach up and feel
the wonderful texture of the
frost that is the telltale
sign of top quality Genuine
Sea Glass TM. We maintain
the highest quality of work
and materials and use the
best and rarest sea glass in
the world." "I am also
a licensed NC Real Estate
Broker (Inactive), Vocalist
and have won several surf
fishing tournaments. When
not making jewelry, I can
usually be found on our boat
Flat Feat fishing
with my husband Jim and our
dog Sam." Favorite quotes:
"Dance like nobody's
watching; love like you've
never been hurt. Sing like
nobody's listening; live
like it's heaven on earth."
- Mark Twain
“Integrity
can be neither lost nor
concealed nor faked nor
quenched nor artificially
come by nor outlived, nor, I
believe, in the long run,
denied ” -
Eudora Welty
"The difference between
Genius & Stupidity, is that
Genius has it's limitations"
- attributed to
Albert Einstein
 Sandyfeat
Jewelry
Flatfeat Fishing Charters
Jim Jereb
In
April of 2010 when Linda
decided not to sell or work
with artificial sea glass, I
started my own independent
company called
Sandyfeat Jewelry.
At that time I acquired all
inventory, designs and
processes of Fanta Sea Glass
and will soon be marketing a
full line of Eco Friendly
recycled glass jewelry
nationwide. See my work
soon in coastal gift shops
and boutiques and at select
art shows side by side with
my wife Linda. I will
continue aid Linda as a part
time employee of By The Sea
jewelry, polishing Linda's
finished creations. I also
run Flat Feat Charters
specializing in personal
flats chartered fishing on
the Indian River, as captain
of my own flats fishing
boat. For some of the BEST
year round fishing on the
East Coast.
"Everyone should believe
in something, I believe I'll
go fishing" -
Henry David Thoreau
More company
info....Linda is
self taught in wire jewelry
making and this adds to the
unique wrapping style. From
simple basic wire settings
to more complex pieces like
her Squiggles™ and Sea Glass
Tiara/Necklace, she uses 14K
G/F and Sterling wire to
enclose these recycled gems
and turn them into jewelry.
She has many retail sales
locations throughout the
United States and offers the
Largest Online section of
sea glass jewelry on the
internet.
Linda established By The Sea
Jewelry and it is the oldest
internet sea glass company
in the world with retail
sales nearing $1M. Though
the sea glass industry has
greatly grown, By The Sea
Jewelry remains a favorite
site among sea glass
collectors the world over!
Her passion for these
diminishing gems and her
integrity has kept her a
leader in the Sea Glass
industry. She has also been
featured in numerous print
articles, on two television
appearances (one National on
NBC) and a radio spot, as
well as several exclusive
gallery exhibits. (see
The
Press
for more).
She is also founder of
Seaglasslovers,
a rapidly growing social
network of nearly 4200
members in over 44
countries. Seaglasslovers
was started as a way to
network sea glass collectors
and provide more information
than her jewelry site would
allow. Members of SGL
currently share over 20,000
photos, hundreds of beach
locations, craft and display
ideas and much more. The
site has experts to help
with shard id and other sea
glass related questions.
Linda
was one of the
founding board members of
the NASGA, a group
formed by professional sea
glass collectors, authors,
artisans, and retailers. The
NASGA is an organization
that was founded on a
primary goal: to inform
collectors and retailers
about the inherent
properties of genuine sea
glass versus the artificial,
tumbled craft glass, which
is commonly being sold and
often misrepresented as real
sea glass. This is a goal
she has tirelessly strived
for on her web site and at
art shows for over a decade
and a half. It was Linda's
first efforts to get sellers
of craft glass to disclose
that it was manmade and not
found sea glass that
inspired a fellow sea glass
collector in San Francisco
to organize the NASGA.
Those involved in the
creation of the NASGA are
leaders in their fields and
respected members of the sea
glass community: Charles
Peden of By The Bay
Treasures, Richard LaMotte
author of Pure Sea Glass ,
C. S. Lambert author of Sea
Glass Chronicles, Lisa Hall
( featured on Martha
Stewart), and other artists
in other retail sea glass
business.
Linda's Designs
Gathering inspiration from
nature and the beach, her
other unique designs
include: Squiggles™
and Waves™ a
distinctive signature wire
wrap setting seems to mimic
the sand after the tide has
receded. Sea Swirl™
- A simple basic design
reflective of a spiral
shell. The Hurricane
Earring™ - a hand
hammered detail that remises
the hurricane logo on
weather charts.
Linda's Wire Bezel
Setting© is an
Original setting that leaves
both front and back of the
sea glass open so the wearer
can reach up and feel the
glass. Linda has also been
apprenticing with a master
silver gold smith and is now
offering limited editions
silver smithed settings.
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