Frog Planter Pincushion
” In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” – Coco Chanel – This little froggy is the size of a large salad plate. He was born to be a planter but his destiny appears to be that of a pin cushion. He …
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Why I Love My Cutting Garden
journal entry: Fresh flowers change everything. They soften things. They bring smells and colors into the house. In the spring we moved my cutting garden to a new location where it has more sun. The growing trees had, little by little, made the perennial flowers in the cutting garden …
Hat Pins with Nostalgia to Spare
“A hair jewelry auction was held in 1980 when Clive Marchent, who had been a hatpinologist for twenty-one years parted with his 2,000 “hatpins of filigree, fancy work, pique, simulated pique, mosaic, precious and semi-precious metals in both classical and Art Nouveau styles.” From The History of Hat …