I received this lovely specimen from cmarion3! A rare giant firefly!


My favorite angle of the box - it amuses me to no end!



He did try to escape by dislodging a couple of the pins (but still perfectly intact from the engineering feat that was his shipping container); I couldn't resist the opportunity to take him out for his own photoshoot.



I can't decide if the eyes or the wings are my favorite part! They're reminiscent of cicadas we have in our region. I actually just lost a pinned one to a cleaning accident a couple of weeks ago, so I'm thrilled to have an even more beautiful replacement!



He's just perfect! Thank you, cmarion3!

I was stuck on 2 completely different directions and had to work on something else for a while to clear my head, but now I'm much more confident in my choice and happy to be moving forward!

No teaser photos yet that wouldn't give the whole thing away, but here's my craft palate cleanser: