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Heart Rock Wall

How to Make the Most of Your Heart Rocks

heart rock wall

Pure Joy Catering, as you may know, is just off the beach in Santa Barbara. For many years I walked to work, mostly on the sand, from home to the building with my dog, it was an invigorating way to start the day that filled me with gratitude, I would pick up heart rocks and sea glass, doing my part to pick up plastic along the way too. At first, I lined the walkway into our building with the hearts, and they stacked up. Then I decided to make a rain chain of them, and that's how it began, now, more than 1000 hearts later I have a beautiful entry wall to my shade garden.


When you are a creative person you can have many mediums, yes, the culinary arts are my primary ones, but I also love to create with words, systems, teams, paint, glass, rocks, shells, and many other things that bring me joy. The first time I posted my heart rock wall online I got 182,000 likes and 19,600 comments, many asking how it was done. Since then I have relocated it to another home in Point Reyes and expanded it. I've also made a simple how-to video if you're interested in doing something similar; that appears below.


heart rock wall

The first thing I do when I find a rock is hold it up to the sunlight to see the silhouette, that's what made me want to display them hung up, to highlight their magical heart shape. To me, they are just a wonder of nature. The 20 gauge copper wire is easy enough to manipulate & seems to hold them well after many years of weather. Displayed in this way you can see and enjoy each of your treasures for years to come. The bonus is the shadow made by the hearts from the sunlight in the morning or the exterior lighting in the evening. They make me so happy.


heart rock wiring detail

heart rock wall

heart rock display detail

hanging wired heart rocks

hanging heart rocks

Here's the How-To video, below, happy creating!

Lynette La Mere

Founding Executive Chef



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