"The oyster shells really do just that." Items from Beachcomber Creations are available online at beachcombercreations.gifts, at Coastal Treasures in Marshfield or at local craft fairs.

She says she's loved it all. Denise Miller, of Duxbury, hangs a wreath she made of locally collected oyster shells on Monday, April 11, 2022. "I've been crafting all my life," Miller says with a ...

Now she has "probably 500" oysters piled up in buckets, waiting to be painted in her craft room. Her family orders a dozen raw oysters every time they go out to eat and take the shells home in a ...