Good to hear you're "starting to really enjoy the daily creative part of the challenge".
I'm always interested in hearing about your stone finding expeditions. Taking pebbles/stones from the beach here is illegal!
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Around here, whether it is legal or illegal to remove stones depends on the location. There are all sorts of state and municipal laws relating to whether it's public land or private land, and also whether you are picking the stones from below the average tide line. For example, a private beach is only private to the median tide line. Below that, it's state/federal land, and the determinant becomes whether it's a protected beach.
Yes, it's complicated!
The place on the Pacific coast that we like to go to is actually First Nations land. That has its own set of rules. In this case, we have permission from the tribal administration to pick up stones, primarily because I gifted one to the Tribal Elder who came along one time to ask what we were doing!
Gosh. That does sound complicated.
In the UK it'sillegal to remove any natural material such as sand and pebbles from public beaches under the Coastal Protection Act 1949. (And no, I didn't know the actual law off the top of my head I had to Google it). 😂
Having permission from the tribal administration to pick up stones sound perfect given what you are using them for.
Having permission from the Quileute Nation is definitely cool, and it adds to the whole "mystical" aspect of the stones. We don't exactly use it as a "selling point," but it quickly silences any "You're not allowed to do that!" busybodies.