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The little daily art project that clothes can be is so much fun. Just not wearing a uniform is enough for a thrill sometimes!

Almost everything I wear is secondhand, handmade or too long owned to recall its origin, but here is a bit of what I've been enjoying.

Gossamer Leaves

Skeleton leaves are ones that have had all the softer parts worn away by frost and only the delicate framework is left. I love that- such a beautiful fragile seeming thing that is marked by survival. There is a collection of these at my house, dried in a flower press and kept in a book, and gracing my mantle. One also found a place in this pendant, a simple, secondhand glass locket that has turned out to be one of my favorite pieces of jewelry. I'd love to fill it with dragonfly or butterfly wings too... from deceased specimens, of course!

Made Lately

 Here are a couple of things I've thrown together recently! A bag of scrap leather bits has proved especially entertaining.

 It would be amazing to take a silver smithing class!

Buggy

 Noticed today the percentage of my jewelry that involves creepy crawlies of some sort. This doesn't even include the actual creepy crawlies in tiny jars. Or the large ones for that matter.

 God help my poor beleaguered mother.

But then how fascinating are these animals really? What we've come up with for aliens doesn't compare to what really exists. On a side note, I added those studs to that sweater myself, a Goodwill find. I figured I don't need to push the Ms. Frizzle aesthetic too far. And its usually a close one.