What is this? - - nuntium duocentesimum undetricesimum

I know some tatters work on things and have other tatters guess what it is but here's a different one.  I was recently looking for something in my tatting stuff and found many things including this.

Does anyone recognize it?  I wonder what it is?  It's certainly not complete or it would be somewhere else, I think.  Is it a butterfly wing?  Is it something I started and did wrong?  I've thrown it away twice now and fished it out of the bin thinking there must be something to it.

And thank you for all the help with round 15.  I've started it and it's going well, if s-l-o-w-l-y!  I'd forgotten how the outer rounds take so much longer!  I am loving working with the size 80 (or tatting crochet size).  I'm actually considering entering this one into the State Fair.

I think next it will be a square doily like Sally's or a concentric rectangle one that Diane and Fox did.  I'm loving those!  Or maybe Robin's coasters...  so many options!

The coasters! - nuntium centesimum septuagesimum secundum

You may remember the coasters that I decided to make for my dear friend when, after 10+ years, she told me that she loves my tatting.  I blithely made little motifs for coasters thinking that I would just zip over to JoAnns or Michaels or even Hobby Lobby to pick up some clear coasters to put them in.

But no.  It seems that the last time I did this, it was with cross stitch and many years ago.  These coaster kits aren't just everywhere. In fact they weren't anywhere.  I did finally come across a few but they were puny and well, thick.  I wanted the highlight to be the tatting.

So to the internet, but what to call them?  Argh, I found a lot about roller coasters...  In the end, Etsy was once again my friend.  I found Bonnie's shop, Coastangles.  The coasters are for displaying zentangles of which I knew a little thanks to Fox.  I wasn't sure if they would hold something thicker than a piece of paper so I fired off an email to Bonnie.  Now here's a clever businesswoman.  She answered right away- said she would send me one as a trial.  If it worked then I would order a set of four and she would send me three (+ my sample) and if not, then we both would know something.

I'm delighted to report that Lizbeth, size 20 works beautifully and I have already ordered the rest of my set plus an extra!

Unfortunately I'm not the best photographer but these are crystal clear, the tatting is truly the highlight.  While the coasters are plastic, they are absolutely perfect.  I can't recommend them highly enough.  

I wish I knew how to take this picture well!