Fort Myers Beach SandSculpting Championship…
We went to the largest SandSculpting competition in Florida last week! It was a blast.
The weather was an image right out of Norman Rockwell.
Crystal blue perfect skies and not one cloud….it was what my husband calls, “A Laurie Day.”
I don’t like clouds, no not one!
I know call me crazy but in my mind it messes up the perfect landscape of the sky in my humble opinion.
We attempted to shoot our Christmas Card Photo, but little man was not cooperating!
There was just too much to look at, he had never seen anything like this before.
I still think it is precious, so I decided to share it here with our blog family.
This was my favorite sculpture of the day! Just too cute.
This year they celebrated the 26th annual American Sand Sculpting Championships on Fort Myers Beach.
The American Championships is one of the longest running sand sculpting competitions in the world and this year it will be the largest in the state of Florida.
Over 1000 tons of sand was piled and sculpted in to unbelievable works of art.
More than any competition in Florida.
For the first time in its history the American Championships will host both singles and doubles divisions. It was way cool to see the duo-teams working together on these detailed creations.
In all there was 30 sand sculptures to view. The detail in these sculptures was just AMAZING!!!
Well looky here, we met another furry friend at this event. Is she not precious? Can you see she has had some fun in the sand too?
This years sponsors of the festival…Bless Their Little Hearts!
Isn’t it wonderful that in this world, we still have corporations and organizations willing to give of their time and money with the way everyone else is cutting back?
I think everybody should have an opportunity to see one of these world events in person.
If you are taking a vacation next year, why not let this be your destination?
Have any of you ever seen a world class SandSculpting event? If so, where was it located?
Laurie
xxoo
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Oh woh, those sculptures are amazing! Thanks for sharing your pretty pictures!
these are so cool! ^^
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Those sculptures are incredible , such white sand too.
The sculptures are stunning! and the dog is adorable. 🙂
Awesome pictures and the sand sculptures are spectacular.
Thank you for sharing,
Gisela.
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thanks for sharing this wonderful pics with us 🙂
Fantastic photos!Thank you for sharing! You have white sand – and we have white snow since last night :-(!
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lovely white sand and great sculptures
I can’t imagine the time invested in these sand sculptures. such detail on most of them!
Great images and the Yorkie is icing on the cake!
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lovely, tho fragile
A nice serie of photos!
That is so neat! I bet that was a blast!
Marvelous creations!
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Those are truly unbelievablly beautiful!!! I think I would have used it for my Christmas Card anyway, it’s too cute.
Those sculptures are amazing! I think my favourite is the elf climbing the Christmas tree. Thanks for linking up! x
Those are fantastic sand sculptures!
WOW! Those are pretty awesome!
Phenomenal sand sculptures and I love the family shot.
How deliciously warm. And what amazing sculptures.
WOW…these sculptures are just amaaaaazing! I’ve never seen any this detailed. But as great as these all are…that pup with the sand on his nose totally tugged at my heart strings 🙂
Great sculptures!
Our Lady of the Loo in Red
These are too cool!
YACB
These are amazing. Great shots! Happy RT2.
Ruby Leaves
Red Velvet cupcakes
Those are spectacular!
Really impressive sculptures! Pretty amazing talents.
I love it !! My parents used to live in ft Myers and as soon as I saw the pictures I knew it was the sand castle championship !!
It is so beautiful , you captured the day beautifully.
Absolutely amazing captures! I’m not a fan of clouds either.
Wishing I was in Florida – I’m stuck in Indiana.
Love the Puppy! Those sand sculptures are amazing. The artists who make them are unbelievable.
Gosh that looks like fun! Thanks for sharing because I doubt I’ll ever be seeing it for myself.
Great photos and it looks like so much fun.
amazing
what a wonderful world! but it will be destroyed soon if the first storm or rain comes, isn´t it like this? thanks for sharing 🙂
Wow! What a great time ~ Beautiful sand sculptures and photos ~ Gotta love that Yorkie photo ~ thanx ^_^ (A Creative Harbor) ^_^
These are amazing!
My Blue Monday.
Okay! They really are amazing. Hard to believe they are real 🙂 I’m happy you captured them.
WOW!! These are amazing!!! Thank you for sharing!!
Love Ft. Myers..and what an amazing event. Had to be so much fun, Laurie! Fantastic captures, as usual!
I really can’t believe anyone can do that in real life!
-Jamie
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The artistry in these sand sculptures is amazing. Oh to see them in person would be awesome!!
Oh how I wish I’d have gone! What a great display. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Blue Monday, Laurie.
Great Photos. I love the blue skies too.
hi Lauire! looks like you had a picture perfect day! I have been to this competion many times and love to photograph it! I did not come down this November. I think November is the most perfect month in florida…sunny blue skies and low humidity!
wow that sand is SO WHITE!
You certainly captured one of the many spectacular events vacationing on Fort Myers Beach has to offer in your photos! The details that could be seen almost made me feel like I was right there!