Even if you live in the middle of a big city, a gorgeous feather or two, just lying there on the sidewalk, is not an uncommon find if you’re the type to keep a look-out.
If you have a small collection of found feathers built up, then check out this feather earrings and necklace tutorial from The Coveted. A fan of black, myself, I love her suggestion to use black crow’s feathers for an edgier and less hippy look.
[Image by The Coveted, used with attribution]
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That little shark tooth necklace is so sweet and fierce! Love the picture 😀 I’m always picking up little things on my walks, too. Right now there are acorns everywhere!
I think that acorns would make an AMAZING necklace. Or you could sprout one in a teeny little test tube with some dirt, and then wear that around your neck for a while. For some reason there are feathers everywhere around here right now, but the acorns are coming soon!
In reference to the acorn necklace comment–I had the same thought last year as I saw literally thousands of acorn caps lying around my yard. I simply couldn’t let them all go to waste, so I took a handful, drilled wee holes into each one, and strung them onto a necklace, interposed with little wooden beads. I have never had another necklace get so many compliments. Like so many other things in nature that are so often ignored, they really are beautiful when you take a moment to look at them.
There was one just like that hanging around a bird painting in my childhood home. My mother must have made it in her teens. (She was 90 when she died last Feb.) Thanks for reminding me of it.