Hi y'all!
Back to the brooches! It's hard to believe I am up to my 16th brooch post! Admittedly,some brooches have featured twice but even I am surprised just how many I have!!! Many have been amassed over the years- some are from my childhood, some have been acquired over the last 15 years , gifts (surprisingly a large amount!) and at least a fair few over the last year or so. Charity shops have much to answer for too as do craft fairs as does the large pack of shrink plastic I bought purely initially to make a celery and cat brooch for TARDIS Tuesday!!
Onto this week's catwalk...
By happy chance, I remembered last minute that last week's Style imitating art was this picture of a sunset by Georgia Okeefe which used shades of pink and that sunset hue, so I figured my three brooches made a fair nod to that, combined with this Gharani Strok scarf! I didn't bother to photograph the whole outfit as frankly, the brooches were really the only part of the outfit that were imitating the art!
All three brooches were presents- bottom from blog friend Hazel, top from my friend M and the middle one from Jille who was my cracker blog partner 3 years ago!
If you want to see how everyone else styled the painting, see Jen's post!
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| "Sunrise” by Georgia O’Keeffe |
The 4th brooch was this Ladybird Likes one which came in my goodie bag. I decided to keep it in the end as I wasn't sure who to give it to! It was a nice subtle touch on this tartan dress!
The fifth brooch was Dorothy from Goodnight Boutique on Etsy. I love the Oz illustrations! It came in a £5 goodie bag I bought early last year which was great value as I received 5 items including the Harry Potter brooch brooch I showed in a previous post and the perfect aeroplane bracelet for my 6 year old niece's birthday- she's made on planes and it was her favourite present! Wish I could find the Sirus Black animagus brooch I also got which I lost! I guess I'll find it down the back of a drawer when we move!!!
Any great brooches this week??? Do share!
Some great brooches were seen elsewhere!
Lisa received a beautiful duo of birds on a branch from her fabulous sister!
Char wore her beautiful bison necklace with an amazing handmade castle dress! She also has an axolot and another one!
Donna wore the beautiful D brooch her granny bought her to perfection on a Mustard cardie!
Salazar is DEFINITELY my brooch inspiration- it's her beautful placing of delicate brooches that led me to explore those I owned again! Here she made a tiny robot out of a broken necklace
Amazing combination of 2 brooches
https://14shadesofgrey.wordpress.com/2016/01/18/the-girl-in-the-green-scarf/
Rabbit brooch on a scarf!
https://14shadesofgrey.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/very-very-very-very-very-very-very-dark-blue-tights/
Gorgeous dark dress, mustard scarf and aptly placed dragon fly brooch!
xxx
I love how you wear different brooches...at first I thought it was a single (gigantic) brooch but now I see that you have arranged a few of them...and it looks so neat!!!!
ReplyDeleteI was quite pleased with the effect! Thank you!
Deleteyou are welcome! Sometimes all is takes to look fabulous is to try something new.
DeleteI was thinking the exact same thing, 16 weeks, brilliant! I love the Dorothy one and that's a great idea to cheer up a plain outfit with multiple brooches. I really wish I was back to wearing clothes on a daily or near daily basis, so I could join in. You've barely had any doublers either!
ReplyDeleteCould you attach one to your coat when you have to go to an appointment! Then you could join in!
DeleteCute! I like the tartan dress very much!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Tartan is cosy!x
DeleteLove those multi knitted ones. You definitely have a feel of the painting.
ReplyDeleteAnd the sweet Alice one is also a favourite.
Xo Jazzy Jack
Thank you, I hoped it worked! I love the Dorothy one too! She looks like Alice!
DeleteOh gosh I LOVE that Dorothy brooch, I love the Wizard of Oz so much!
ReplyDeleteThank you! me too!
DeleteThose three beautiful brooches would look great on a tam. My favouite is the top flower.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
JB
Is a tam a hat? If so, YES!
DeleteIs a tam a hat? If so, YES!
DeleteBowties are cool. You always have the best brooches.
ReplyDeleteCorinne x
www.skinnedcartree.com
Ha ! Fezzes are cool too!
DeleteLove the three brooches in one - very creative! And the Dorothy one is so cute.
ReplyDeleteJust doing a catch up on your news - is your move unexpected/unplanned? Is that too nosy and rude of me to ask?
Lots of love
Anna x
Anna's Island Style
Three very gorgeous shots and the brooches are pretty too! That sunrise one sure catches the eye especially. Vivid, bold art. I like it! Silly pictures of me as a boy on my blog if you get the chance, dear.
ReplyDeleteAll Things Bright and Lovely
What a good idea to brighten up your outfit with a combination and they go so well with the scarf too, inspired.
ReplyDeleteLisa x
Funnily enough I just blogged about a Luckenbooth brooch yesterday. Your brooches are so bright and cheery!
ReplyDeleteLiz
Oh, what lovely brooches and thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI keep meaning to change the brooch on my jacket but only remember as we're heading on out! So it's the same one all the time and I have a few to choose from xxx
ReplyDeletePiling on a bunch of big bold brooches is a fab idea for adding interest to a plain top - clever you! Look at little Dorothy and a rather grumpy Toto, they're adorable. xxx
ReplyDeleteOooh, clever you combining those brooches like that! It looks like it's supposed to be that way.
ReplyDeleteLove your floral trio, and I'm off to check out Goodnight Boutique right now :) xxx
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