Green Turtle in Silver Flowers on Indigo Book This darling little dress is

This darling little dress is made from Japanese chiyogami paper patterned in green bamboo and pink and white flowers on a blue background

held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1980

Mine features a buckle in metallic paper

and glass bead buttons complete the dress

Materials: Japanese paper

Green Turtle in Silver Flowers on Indigo Book This darling little dress isThe green turtle may seem morose, but thats just the way nature designed them. They can be found happily hanging out (though you wouldnt know it to look at them) in shallow lagoons, nibbling on sea grasses. The only thing that makes them sad is that they are endangered. For that reason (and also, you probably dont have a lagoon), you cant take them home as pets. How about consoling yourself with one of my stitched paper green turtles, instead? Based