We have been working very hard on the President’s Cuffs,

and they’re finally finished!

So, today we had a party with punch!

We are cuffmakers.

Fairy cuffmakers*

We make cuffs for people out of things we find;

and sometimes we find amazing stuff

just laying on the ground!

We make cuffs so that people will feel:

and also, to make old things seem like new again.

Originally, we came from here:

But we also came from here,

here

and here.

Ladies and gentlemen,

we are here now!

So, without further ado,

President Obama’s New (Old)

Super-Powered Cuffs!

Something old…

I found this tiger cowrie shell at an ancient site on the Napali Coast (Kawaii, HI).

About ten minutes later, I found a brand new one on the beach a few feet away!

It had just washed up in the surf.

We found this special map yesterday,

and as a rule:

anything we serendipitously find on the final day of making cuffs is very special.

Vintage hook closures on a cotton backing that was grown and then spun by a family in Ethiopa in the 70’s.

(That family’s son lived with my grandparents for a year, and the cotton fabric was a gift.)

Washington,

Lady Liberty,

Abe Lincoln, twice.

One of them is very green!

Green…

how are we going to make it stick?

(*polaroid from my brave, wandering family, wth lveo.)