#(or beads in this case)

[beanthebugboi]

@monarchofthequeerpotatoes @the-real-will-wood @outlying-hyppocrate I did a thing

[raycatz]

Twi would stick his tongue out when focused, wouldn't he?

[cheesecrackery]

Limited Life Scar in that one shirt i saw on tiktok

and also my process for it jus in case i forget how to draw again LMAO

[snoelledarts]

My coworker came in w a new hairstyle and when I tell you I RAN to my tablet to recreate it for little Annabeth bc it is PERFECT for her— ik percy sees old photos of her at camp like this and almost cries bc of how cute she is.

[dragon-spaghetti]

"Maybe if we hope enough, the universe will take pity" is sure a thing I just said in reference to clinging to catholic rituals as a familiar comfort despite not holding the beliefs

[manchasama]

I am having fun :>

[leighsartworks216]

@soppsop The man has been pinned like a butterfly to my corkboard

[sharks-in-boots]

i luv making a bracelet based on an album i have & I can physically set the beads on the cover to match the colors WHEEEE

[marbledwings]

Been learning how to embroider. Decided to attempt an OFMD inspired flag as my first canvas project. I kinda love it 🏴‍☠️❤️

[bijoumikhawal]

The Middle Eastern Jewel beetle, Steraspis squamosa

This beetle is a member of Buprestidae, the wood boring jewel beetles. It's range includes Egypt, Sudan, Senegal, the Levant, the Maghreb, and Turkey.

This species of beetle bores holes into the tamarisk tree for it's larvae, who emerge as adult beetles. Since some versions of Osiris's death mention that Set imprisoned his body in a tamarisk tree, the beetles were like identified with Osiris. I think the green color probably added to that association as well. They show up as jewelry, and notably as decorations on the bed canopy of Queen Hetepheres, who was the owner of those lovely silver bangles with butterflies that you may have seen. They appear on a few objects from Tutankhamun's tomb as well.

Versions of the beetle sometimes were made of gold and used in jewelry, such as the bottom row of beads on this broadcollar. I'd actually seen this one before, and assumed these beads were lotus buds.

Amulets carved of stone such as calcite, or molded from faience, have also been found, as have mummified jewel beetles. Their elytra (wing casings) have also been found crushed up and used as a pigment.

Also here's here's necklace made by the Karo tribe of the Omo Valley in Ethiopia using the wing casings of Steraspis speciosa. A similar necklace of Steraspis squamosa casings was found in a pre-dynastic tomb in Armant.

Source list:

The Symbolism and Significance of the Butterfly in Ancient Egypt by Dawn Haynes

Beetle God's of Egypt by Gene Kritsky

Insect Mythology by Gene Kritsky

[gayabeilles]

listening to hozier while I prepare dinner ☺️☺️☺️

[unicornosaur]

I wore my Save the Bees shirt in public today and one of the employees at the craft store walked past me and just said “SAVE THE BEES!!” and kept walking

Yeah. That guy gets it.

[prettypinksamantha]

my cute pink phone case ෆ

[novelist-becca]

My reaction when Fruits Basket confirmed what Kyo’s bracelet is made of:

[pen-inks]

Frankenstein and J+H bracelets

[roisnoir]

I am test knitting a pattern I've charted out and am thinking of releasing, and i cannot overstate just how much i Do Not Want to write out the instructions for basic shit like K2tog and SSK and binding off.

Uggggh. How do other people DO this?!?!