If you were lucky enough to have beautiful weather this past weekend, you may have taken a stroll through the woods to soak it all in. Depending on where you live, you may have noticed fallen paper birch trees (Betula papyrifera) crisscrossing the forest floor.

If that’s the case, then here’s a jewelry project for you! Paper birch bark is notoriously resilient, resisting decay even after the wood beneath it has been eaten or rotten away. The bark is also easy to peel off in large sheets without breaking. These two characteristics inspired Hillary Nelson to design beautiful birch bark cuffs, and she gives you step-by-step instructions here.

Make sure to heed her warnings about not stripping living trees and conferring with landowners before taking the bark. Also, if you frequent local parks, make sure you know what can and cannot be removed from them.