Tumbling Lessons

unpolished stones from our beach

I finally finished my first batch of tumbled rocks! Yes, I know it's a bit nerdy but I feel so proud of myself. And I love my polished rocks!
before and after
can you see them shine?


A friend gave me a lovely ceramic bowl and I could just picture it filled with polished white rocks of assorted sizes. So I loaded up my tumbler with those that I'd collected, tightened the knerled screw (I love that word, knerled!) and plugged in the tumbler.

After about an hour I not...