{"product_id":"opala-ombre-bag-charm","title":"'Ōpala Ombre Bag Charm","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is NOT sea glass. This is recycled glass. Here is its story...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is an area of coastline on Maui where, between 100 and 200 years ago, people went to \"dispose of\" their trash.  Some of these areas eroded in a way that the glass, tableware, etc. quickly made its way to the ocean and began its transformation into sea glass. In other areas, the rubbish sat. Storms rolled in, packing the rubbish in with sand, dirt, thick mud and other sediment.  Grass grew over it and it became its own hillside.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn a hike, one day, I very accidentally discovered an area such as this. While I generally search for only surf tumbled glass, I felt equally enamored by this \"dump glass.\" Most was broken, but smoothed slightly and patinated by weather and time. There were intact bottles, hand painted china and glass in almost every color of the rainbow.  Maybe it was just me, but I found it all so beautiful and interesting.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis was the day that the 'Ōpala Ombre was born. Trash was quite literally about to become treasure! What I collected, I took home to break up further and then left in the rock tumbler for about 4 weeks to get clean and smooth. To make the complete \"ombre\" I sometimes incorporate glass from my own everyday life in the form of alcohol bottles, perfume bottle, broken art glass, etc. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs you scroll through the 'Ōpala Ombre images, you will see the glass as it looks both before and after tumbling. Every piece of glass (and shell) is, of course, different in shape, size, thickness, and has an incredibly unique (and mysterious) story. No two pieces will ever be alike...just like us!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Ōpala Ombre Bag Charms come in two sizes: da kine (3 inches) and small kine (2.25-2.5 inches). They are made using 7-9 machine tumbled pieces of colorful rescued and recycled glass. Each tiny piece of glass is carfeully drilled and hand strung on hand twisted waxed polyester rope. At the bottom of each bag charm is a surf tumbled shell, and at the top a gold colored lobster claw clasp making it an easy addition to a zipper, key ring, you decide!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat a beautiful reminder that even broken, discarded, unwanted things can be made beautiful again with a little work and a lot of aloha...lemons into lemonade, rain into rainbows, trash into treasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions + Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 inches long (da kine) and 2.25-2.5 inches long (small kine)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003erecycled glass + shell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e0.5 gold color lobster claw clasp + wooden bead\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehand strung on flat waxed polyester\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Aloha Shack","offers":[{"title":"da kine 1","offer_id":50536265711778,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"da kine 2","offer_id":50536265744546,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"da kine 3","offer_id":50536265777314,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"small kine 1","offer_id":50536265810082,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"small kine 2","offer_id":50536265842850,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"small kine 3","offer_id":50536265875618,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"small kine 4","offer_id":50536265908386,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"small kine 5","offer_id":50536265941154,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"small kine 6","offer_id":50536265973922,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"small kine 7","offer_id":50536266006690,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"small kine 8","offer_id":50536266039458,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/2872\/1736\/files\/B738B9BB-9F94-495A-90F8-CE948DCB0F3C_1_201_a.heic?v=1790537915","url":"https:\/\/thealohashackmauka.com\/products\/opala-ombre-bag-charm","provider":"The Aloha Shack","version":"1.0","type":"link"}