sea shells

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Hi everyone! I have a question for you guys. And there are some pics under the cut, 'cause I think text only posts suck. Ok so my question is about sea shells. A while ago I went to Australia, and I picked up a lot of beautiful shells on the different beaches I went to. A few of them already have holes in them, which is great. But some of them I want to put holes in, so that I can make them into a necklace, or something like that.

So, does anyone know how to put holes in a sea shell without cracking them? Any help would be MUCH appreciated.



Already have holes:





examples of some I want to put holes in:





whoa I didn't even realize that the third pic looks like a heart... cool! And not all of the ones I want to put holes in are broken shells, I have a few whole ones.

Thanks for looking!