January 13 - 19

 As you can see, I'm in the first baby steps of blogging and I'm having some difficulty with the spacing and alignment - hopefully before the end of the year it will look, if not peachy keen, than a bit less wonky. 

An old-fashioned wreath of posies; I like the everlasting chain.

There are lots of Mallards on the river. Even though they are as common as lint on a black sweater, I enjoy watching them paddling around. This brooch is a little worse for wear as I've had it a long time but the feather impressions on the leather still are clear. 

It must have been a warm week in January as this is the 2nd of 3 flower brooches worn this week. For some reason, the smooth surface is pleasing to the touch as are the lilac-hued daisies pleasing to the eye. 

A cautionary tale - I bought this brooch for a friend's daughter who was interested in ballet. We didn't see each other often and I kept procrastinating about calling up and taking it over or forgetting about it when we were meeting up. Needless to say, ballet was a passing fancy for the young daughter. 

I honestly don't have a valid excuse for buying this brooch other than I couldn't afford a real Mickey watch at the time but I could buy this - it's ceramic, bought it at a craft show somewhere before the Disney Corporation got nasty. And how can you not love that mouse.

If the Ark weighed as much as this brooch it would have sunk, so it's worn on a heavy sweater and looks swell.

My third flower brooch of the week. It's as tall as the "ark" is long, but made of various bits of wool and fibre.
It has puzzled people as to what the heck it is.