From the coast to your keepsake.About Santa Rosa Shells in Destin, FL

A new business inspired by the Emerald Coast, combining handcrafted details with precision engraving. Personal gifts, wedding keepsakes and branded pieces, made around your idea.

Hand holding a white oyster shell with a yellow seahorse design
Zak wearing a Santa Rosa Shells polo beside a palm tree

Zak Hansen, Santa Rosa Shells

A piece of the Emerald Coast, brought home.

I started Santa Rosa Shells so everyone can bring a piece of the Emerald Coast home. I moved here from Memphis 10 years ago and fell in love with the area and its community. I am proud this is where my daughter gets to call home.

This is a new business with a simple goal: coastal, handcrafted pieces that feel personal. I make gifts, wedding keepsakes and custom event pieces, as well as branded items for small businesses and realtor closing gifts. Everything is customizable, with engraving across many materials, including oyster shells.

The values behind every custom piece.

  • Personal

    A name, a place or a small detail can make a gift feel like it belongs to someone. Every piece is customizable.

  • Careful craft

    Handcrafted details and precision engraving come together on oyster shells, slate, wood, metal, acrylic and other suitable materials.

  • Coastal style

    The Emerald Coast inspires the colors, shells and personal touches in the work, from gifts for home to pieces for a celebration.

  • Clear conversation

    Start with an email and an idea. We talk through the material, design, quantity and pricing before your piece is made.

Engraving and coastal pieces, all made to order.

  • Custom laser engraving
  • Scoring, engraving and cutting
  • Metal color engraving
  • Oyster shells, slate, wood, metal and acrylic
  • Coordinate gifts
  • Wedding gifts, keepsakes and custom event pieces
  • Small-business branding and realtor closing gifts
  • Oyster bottle charms and napkin rings

How it works

From idea to something personal.

Every order begins with a conversation. No fixed catalog, no guesswork about your design.

  1. Share your idea

    Tell us who the piece is for, your preferred material and any names, dates or branding. For bulk shells, share the sizes, shapes and quantity you would like.

  2. Make it personal

    We discuss the design, material, quantity, pricing and timing by email. Everything is customizable, whether it is one gift or a collection for clients or wedding guests.

  3. Agree the details

    Once the details are agreed, your piece is made to the plan. Check names, dates and artwork before work begins so the finished piece carries the details that matter.

Santa Rosa Shells · Destin, Florida

Have a piece in mind?

A name. A meaningful place. A gift that feels like them. Share your idea and we will talk through the details by email.

Let's make it personal

Start with your project

What do you have in mind?

Choose a starting point. Your price and design are discussed by email, not calculated here.

Something else? Describe your idea

Prefer email? santarosashells@outlook.com