Or, we used to call them paper lantern plants. Its a hard one to preview with the yellow tones. Physalis are part of the nightshade family, and related to things like tomatoes and potatoes; they date back a long, long way. They have 52 million year old fossil specimens from the physalis genus, with preserved paper husks.
More personally, its one of my favourite plants. The shape, the colours... The first thing I ever remember making is a modrock physalis 'lantern'.
The mini pin on this tier is a section of the larger pin, but as a stand alone mini;
The red section will be made with a stained glass effect, and the 'crackle' pattern will be screen printed on top. It will be in the mini pin selection :).
Also, it looks like the violet carpenter bee will inch out the poll for 48hr free-bee. If it wins I'll be working on a design using anodised (rainbow finish) metal plating; soft enamel, but with an epoxy coating (so you can barely tell the difference between that and hard enamel). Hopefully we'll have solid metal wings with the pattern carved into the metal (no enamel in fill), and then a simple black and rainbow metal design. That's if it wins!
Next up we have Cat Sith and the Hawthorn bush, so check back for that one soon.
