November 3 - November 9, 2013

It's been raining leaves this week. Shortly after the sun comes up, the leaves start their dance, spinning down to the ground, round and round - a swirl of yellow and gold, joining the ruby leaves already around my feet. Shock of shocks, it even makes walking to work a pleasure.
Here's 7 more brooches.

Who doesn't love Church Bazaars. I picked up this brooch, plus the next one at The Candy Cane Bazaar at the United Church in Paris on Saturday. It was a feeding frenzy at the jewellery table - better luck next time Jenn. My Mom loved these china bowls with flowers made in England, and this lovely brooch is from one of those British companies.

This brooch weighs next to nothing, in comparison to the brooch I wore yesterday. Mother of pearl is so beautiful - I like the contrast between its soft colours and the strong graphic border.

A funky rug hooked brooch from the wilds of Dwight.

This had started out as a fridge magnet, but it was crying out to be a brooch. And hey, I love to exercise those vocal cords so .....

Most every year I go to a Kindred Spirits Retreat in February where we bring in teachers and we make stuff - stuff like floor cloths, cards, twig furniture, painted scarves, tea cozies, jewellery, baskets etc. I would have had to wear chain mail in order to support these name "tags", so I wore 3 one day and 4 the next. My full name tag was painted by a lovely woman from Kindred Spirits (a Arts and Crafts group) who painted bowls and plates with lovely flowers; a lost art.

And here's 4 more. I did have more name tags but they were of the more one-weekend's-worth of wearing type.

Another brooch from a friend's recent Scottish vac. This wee birdie is made on the Isle of Skye from Scottish tweed. Cute as a button.