....I was busy finishing up a project. Here's a pretty photo to make up for it. It reminds me of mermaid scales. I'd love to make a short cocktail dress out of something similar - it'd be the perfect dress to shimmy in.

By the way, the Anvil show was pretty fantastic. Even if you're not a heavy metal fan (and I'm not), I'd recommend the documentary. Their performance afterward was really amazing, too. Even though they're 50 year old men who haven't played large shows since the early '80s it was obvious that they'd been practicing the whole time - they didn't skip a beat!

photo via this flickr set