My son came home with a little plastic ruby that he found on the playground. He wanted me to make something with it. I was picturing the Mummy movie and the beetles in it. Cane up with this. Proofgrade walnut plywood. I left the masking on the beetle. I thought it looked neat. I’m sure it will fall off eventually.
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Looks great!
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Very cool! 
Could have really used a bunch of those at the Egyptian Archaeological Dig party I threw one year.
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Yeah, that’s not quite the image I had for you. 
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Awesome design…love that movie! Maybe that’s why I became a librarian…
Or maybe you meant the new Mummy movie that I pretend doesn’t exist. No Brendan Fraser? Not interested. 
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Most excellent use of random found jewel… just hope it doesn’t awaken a mummy with a curse LOL
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Hmm…I was expecting Cleopatra and the dance of 7 veils 
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Something along the lines of this perhaps? (Us gals took our partying seriously back then.)
(That’s not me, that was one of the guests at the party. I had a pith helmet and tools.)
Sorry, Phil…will quit threadjacking now…you accidentally triggered a trip down memory lane. 
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Don’t we all.
@DesignsByPhil The masking peeling off can make it more weathered.
Looks great.
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Wow … pretty cool accent for a found item!
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This is so fabulous! What a great thing to be able to find a trinket and turn it into a treasure.
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Ummm… Thanos is looking for you… 
(Looks great ! btw)
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I love these postings where people turn a found object into something fabulous. Great recycle!
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I’d be very careful of uttering any words in an ancient Egyptian language. This looks powerful enough to cause some serious magic if not used carefully.
Side note: and discourse is seriously lacking in hieroglyphs and Egyptian emojis.
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