for the mundane challenge... i rummaged thru the junk in our house and this is the closest thing i could find for a "nut"...
it is sooc... and it kills me, 'cos i desperately want to straighten it, clone out the bits that look like dust on the surface but are mostly the reflective bits in the quartz (or whatever the material that my base is made of)... i also want to fade out some of the light at the bottom so it doesn't pull the eye off the frame... but sooc it is... 28 days done and 2 to go!