Sea of Rivers Sea Glass Creations

09/01/2026

24/12/2025

As the year draws to an end, thank you all for your continued support. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas 🎄

15/12/2025

🎄 Last Posting Dates for Christmas Gifts 🎄

Still searching for a meaningful, ocean-inspired gift? Here are the final dates to order in time for Christmas ✨

📦 Royal Mail Tracked 24 / 48
➡️ Last orders for dispatch: Friday 19th December
⚠️ Please note: Tracked services do not include compensation for jewellery

🎁 Royal Mail Special Delivery (Guaranteed)
➡️ Last orders: Monday 22nd December
✔️ Fully tracked
✔️ Compensation up to £750

Order early to avoid disappointment and give a gift that helps tell the story of our rivers and seas 🌊💙

15/12/2025

✨ New bracelets now online! ✨
Perfect little gifts and lovely stocking fillers 🎄
Each bracelet is handmade in North Shields and features genuine sea glass, naturally shaped by the sea over decades — every piece completely unique.
Thoughtful, ocean-inspired gifts made with care. 💙🌊
Message me if you’d like help choosing one!

02/12/2025

✨ Only a few days to go! We have lots of festive entertainment to enjoy alongside our stalls, street food and bars.

🎶 Local churches and the Salvation Army will open the market at 10am this Saturday with a short service, followed by performances from choirs and schoolchildren throughout the weekend.

🎡 There will be a selection of fairground rides around the square.

🎄 Families can meet some festive characters and enjoy free Christmas crafts and games at the Beacon Centre on Saturday (10am – 12pm) and Sunday (12pm – 2pm).

🎅🏻 North Shields Community Hub and Library will be hosting free children’s crafts, a Christmas quiz and an elf treasure hunt both days between 10am and 4pm. There will also be the opportunity to write letters to Santa, listen to Christmas stories in French as well as some stalls (Saturday only).

🚂 The Blyth and Tyne Model Railway event also takes place this weekend between 10am and 4pm at their venue above Asda on Saville Street. There will be over 20 model railway layouts and refreshments (admission charges apply).

🕰️ The market is open 10am until 5pm on Saturday and 10am until 4pm on Sunday.

The event is organised by North Tyneside Council and supported by Bernicia Homes and the Beacon Shopping Centre.

29/11/2025

A fresh batch of handmade bookmarks is ready for Christmas! 🎄
Crafted from recycled copper pipe and finished with ocean-worn sea glass drops, each one is completely unique.
I’ve also made a few limited-edition NS800 bookmarks to celebrate our town’s heritage.

Find them at North Shields Christmas Market — or message me to order directly. 📬
Sustainable gifts with a story.

29/11/2025

Just in time for Christmas… 🎄
A new wave of handmade sea glass pendants has landed in the shop!
Each piece features naturally aged sea glass — shaped for over a century — paired with recycled silver for a truly one-of-a-kind finish.
Sustainable. Meaningful. Ocean loved. 💙

29/11/2025

North Shields Christmas Market returns on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th December 🎄

There’ll be a fantastic selection of stalls selling a wide variety of festive gifts, crafts and food and drink.

Northumberland Square will be home to some of the region’s favourite street food traders alongside bars selling mulled wine and festive hot chocolates.

There will also be fairground rides and performances from local choirs and schoolchildren throughout the weekend.

28/11/2025

✨ New sea glass pendants now online for Christmas! 🎄
Each piece is lovingly handmade in recycled silver and set with genuine sea glass over 100 years old — shaped by waves, tides, and time.
One-of-a-kind gifts with a story. 💙🌊
Shop sustainably, beautifully, and meaningfully this season.

25/11/2025

North Shields… countdown mode activated! 🎄

Just over two weeks until the North Shields Christmas Market lands — and this is your gentle reminder to shop local if you can!

Why?
Because when you spend with a small business, you’re not boosting some faceless giant… you’re helping real people in our town pay rent, buy ingredients, keep creating, keep trading, and keep North Shields North Shields.

Local money stays local.
Local businesses make our town interesting and fun to visit. 🎁✨

So here are the brilliant traders joining the North Shields Christmas Market this year. These are the people who graft, create, bake, brew, carve, blend, design, and show up for our community all year round:

Awesome Chocolates
The Yolker
Pie Demand
Pennington Spirits & Liqueurs
The Travelling Bee Company
The Cherry Tree Durham
Hazy Daze
The Canny Candy Gadgies
Screaming Chimp Chilli Sauce
Longsands Clothing
Simply Cheesecake
Calder’s Kitchen
St Mary’s Premium Spirits
The Brownie Bar
Catchi’s Kimchi
JT Workshop
Fairley’s
Fortuna Script Rum
The Little Cakery by the Sea
Grants Family Butchers & Cheese
Snapper Photography
Anarchy Brew Co
Alison’s Kitchen Jams
Ridiculously Rich Northumberland
JewelGem Jewellery
Shaw Meats Ltd
AB Gold Rum
Bake for the Soul
Sea of Rivers Sea Glass Creations
Emily Ward Art
Pirate Escape Rooms
Stateside Treat Emporium
Wiga Wagaa
Sweets of Yesteryear
Jenny Wren Fabrics
Jack and the Bay
Karen Griffiths Glass Art
Reny’s Ark
Evie’s Pupcakes
BAESHA
Laura Mary Art
Oh So Heavenly
Brinkburn Street Brewery
Deep North
The Crackling Guy
Dixons Florists
Just a Littlemore Cookie Co
To the Moon & Back
Howey Nichols
Karen’s Decs
TAS Designs
Oriyoki Crafts
Cullercoater Crafts
Kitty Kawaii
Chic Sister
AS Automation

📍 North Shields Christmas Market
🗓 6–7 December
✨ 70+ small businesses bringing the festive magic
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Let’s show up for the people who make this town what it is.
Let’s shop small! Let's all turn up and shop local this Christmas.

28/10/2025

From lost to found, from waste to wonder 🌊
Our latest ring designs are forged from recycled metals and sea glass that’s spent decades being shaped by the tide.
Each one tells a story of transformation — from the depths of the sea to the palm of your hand.

💍 Discover them all: [link]