The reader included in their email a screenshot of a "Shotgun Shell Ornament" on the Hobby Lobby website. This was true. As of Dec. 14, 2023, the Hobby Lobby website (archived) listed the "Shotgun ...

In 2023, the American arts-and-crafts retail chain Hobby Lobby sold Christmas ornaments themed on 12-gauge shotgun shells. In mid-December 2023, we received reader mail asking if the American arts ...

the textile artist Jane Haselden culls leaves from local gardens to weave cocoons around shells that she finds along the shore. The resulting palm-size ornaments feel like tiny tidal jewels.

The couple said the detonation of the shell was "like the passing of an old friend." The 64-pound naval projectile had been used as a garden ornament for decades. A garden ornament turned out to ...