These souvenir broches are so lovely! The typical souvenir pins are plastic brooches with a small dangling object attached to the brooch. Most of the time the dangle is a bottle of wine or a glass. But check out these bizarre deer pins:
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Thrifting Tuesday: Vintage Market
Last weekend me and my sister went to visit a small market. In my neighborhood, only a five minute walk! The great thing about it was that it was a vintage market! I was a bit afraid everything would be super expensive (since it is already marked as ‘great vintage items’ instead of the usual clutter you normally have to dig through yourself) but it was not. We had a super day! My sister found two dresses as well. I took the risk by not-trying-them-on but my sweet sis hopped into a (heated!) van and tried […]
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Madeleine Albright and her pins
Who doesn’t love Madeleine Albright? Besides being a politician and diplomat she became one of the most famous brooch-ladies of our time. Madeleine but didn’t realize how attentive the American public was ‘reading her pins’ until after she was out of office. Then there followed an exhibition displaying all of her pins. That is one exhibition I would really. like. to. see. A Dutch designer also made a brooch for Madeleine. Gijs Bakker created a Lady Liberty pin with two small clocks for the eyes in opposing directions, enabling Madeleine to glance down at one clock and her […]
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Monday Brooch: The Fuller brooch
Sometimes you come across some fabulous brooches that just look a-ma-zing. That you wish you could own. This brooch is called the Fuller brooch, after captain Fuller who bought the brooch for the value of its silver. It’s a part of the British Museum collection. The centre part is decorated with five figures who represent the five human senses. In the centre is Sight, with large staring oval eyes. Sight was thought of as the most important of the senses in medieval times. The other four senses surround Sight, and can be identified by their actions. […]
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Lovelies: Letterbak a.k.a. Type Case Drawer
When we had the Etsy Winter Picknick at Maaike‘s place I spotted this lovely Type Case Drawer. I had seen them before, but still found them a bit dull. But not Maaike’s! She had placed brooches in them, little treasures and goodies. I was in love. Do check out the insect in the right bottom corner. She makes those as brooches. They are hand made! So my hunt was for a type case drawer. I didn’t want a huge one, because I also wanted to take the drawer to markets. When I sell brooches, they would […]
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Brooch obsession: Dangle pins
Elke verzamelaar heeft een wensenlijstje. Bij mij op de broche-lijst staan de zogeheten ‘dangling brooches’ bovenaan die lijst. ‘Dangle pins’ zijn broches waar nog een paar bedeltjes los aanhangen. De broche heeft één bepaald thema. Het bijzondere hierbij is dat het niet de standaard thema’s zijn maar dat het ook kan gaan om sterke drank, sigaretten, cowboy benodigdheden et cetera. Naast de moderne dangle pins, zoals deze hierboven ter ere van het 90 jarig jubileum van de Hong Kong Medical Association bestaan er veel vintage dangle broches. Bovenstaande broche is een sigaretten broche (!!!) Boontjes doppen… […]
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Color Coordinated Brooches
Via mijn Etsy shop komen er wel eens vragen, of ik bepaalde broches heb: Bijvoorbeeld gele broches, vlinders, valentijnsbroches et cetera! Ik zoek in mijn collectie en raap een aantal bij elkaar om ze te fotograferen. Ik word zo blij van deze vrolijke composities! // In my Etsy shop I give the option to sent me a message to ask for specific brooches. I have had some questions and then the lovely sets come out. Here are some examples.
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Brooches I wore this week #1
From now on I will show you the brooches I have been wearing that week. So this is the first post, about the brooches I wore in week 5! Enjoy :) Lots of nature related…. And an evil owl and a red ice skate. What will it be next week? Have a nice weekend! :)
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Home sweet home
Home sweet home. What a way to start the new year! 3 countries in 2 weeks. A new record. It was wonderful! Here is a collage with some snapshots I took with Instagram the past view days. There will be some more pictures the coming days. My dad even asked if it the picture was real or that it was a postcard. All real dad!
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Perfect Place: Stockholm / Designy-ish
Designy-ish favorites in Stockholm: 1. Go to Designtorget (a shop) to look around (fake Tomado rack in the upper picture) 2. The NK department store. Check out the colored Moleskines for example! 3. Fotografiska (photography museum) is worth the walk! Go there. 4. Dress up like crazy and have dinner at Riche. Check out the little guys holding your bill. (very expensive but crazy experience.) 5. Be happy when you see these deers with red ribbons.
