My mom is one of the few ladies I know that still wears brooches. Every time she goes to the senior center, she pins one on. So I figured this could be a great little mother’s day gift that she could wear to dinner tonight.
but I did not like how dark they turned out. So I decided to invert the image in illustrator, and make the flower one about a half inch larger.
Yves actually liked the darker ones better, so instead of ditching those, I decided to make all four into brooches. I added some Swarovski crystals to each of them, because my mom likes sparkles about as much as I do .
There were a few good lessons learned in using the crystals. For one, don’t try to grab or place those suckers right after having a cup of coffee! At least I shouldn’t; my hands were shaking like crazy, and I ended up smearing the glue on the first one and launching a few into the air as well! They have amazing projectile capabilities, and are rather hard to find once they launch. And two, that crystal glue pen is pretty freaking awesome! Very precise application and relatively quick drying time.
Seems to be holding up pretty well. I’ve put together several pieces using super glue, and they all seem to be good…though I haven’t had any more than a year, so can’t really say much for long term use.
A pin is a great conversation starter when working with students…at least that’s how I justify wearing nerdy brooches and shirts to work. “You like Firefly? I like Firefly!” Next thing they know they’re leaving with a book in their hand and aren’t quite sure how it happened lol.
Growing up I watched many people wearing brooches, during mass and such things…these are perfect representatives of said time…ahhhh…memories.Thank you.