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Insects Covered in Morning Dew – Lovely series of macrophotographs.

Victorian Slang Terms – List of terms you can use at the next steampunk gathering, if you want to be looked at funny.

How to Make Purple Candy Apples – Easy method for making poisonous-looking apples in purple (or any other color).

Wearing History – Blog about historical fashion with lots of unusual little tidbits like how to manipulate long skirts.

Gifts for the Oddity Aficionado – A Pinterest board of greatness. (Hat tip to xJane)

Cabinet of Curiosities – Guillermo del Toro’s “Notebooks, Collections, and Other Obsessions.” FlavorWire has some excerpts.

When the Husband is in Charge of the Wedding Invitation – This made me giggle. (via Cat)

Tim Burton Pokemon – Burton-inspired drawings of creepy mythical Pokemon.

WoodCurve – Marvelous bookcases that look like they were designed by Beetlejuice.

Welcome to Dinovember – “A month-long imagination invasion” in which parents try to convince their kids that their plastic dinosaurs have come to life.