My Welcome Summer Outfit

Cascade Skirt Cascading High and Low skirt Preloved Patchwork Quilt fabric Clothing size small by StarsWear

Floral Bird Bag Vintage Embroidery, Butterfly, Flowers, Bird, Linen, Kiss-lock by StarBags

Vintage Tin Necklace, Statement Necklace Leaves and Flowers Shabby Chic by StaroftheEast

Vintage Handmade Embroidered Shirt, Handwoven Cotton Fabric Sleeveless Summer Shirt Vintage Floral 1970s Turkish Clothing by StarsWear

Newly Listed: Vintage Tin Earrings

Vintage Tin Earrings, Sterling Silver Statement Earrings Soldered Hammered Delft Blue by StaroftheEast
Poppy Pods Photography, Dried Seed Heads, Nature, Home Decor, Poppy Still Life by VictoriaEnglishCharm
Boreal Nest Print, giclee bird art print, illustration birds nest, speckled birds eggs by GollyBard
Blue by Geninne

Monarch Butterflies

I've cut up another vintage tin box to make these earrings today. I kept them pretty simple and they got an oxidized finishing for an aged look, the ear wires are sterling silver.
While making these I remembered some amazing images I saw of Monarch butterflies so I looked them up.

(picture source: kimcampion)

Monarch Butterflies go to the South to survive the Winter. Most butterflies from the US go to Mexico and gather together, millions of butterflies all adorning tree trunks.

(picture source: howtoconserve.org)

There was a huge decline in these beauties but the past 2 years they have increased from 33 million to 200 millions, still pesticides, destruction of their habitat and extreme Winters can cause for large declines in short times.

 If you would like these beauties to visit your garden and want to help out:
-Plant native milkweed
-Avoid planting tropical milkweed
-Avoid using herbicides or pesticides in your yard to control weeds, as they harm butterflies, and other valuable insects.
More information available at howtoconserve.org,

(picture source: howtoconserve.org)

How fascinating is this?!

(picture source: kimcampion)