Well for Christmas your friends and family appreciate it if you go to the trouble of making them a gift. So that is what I did. I made a brooch for my mum. You can make it so that it can be worn as a brooch or a head piece. Since Michelle Obama came on the scene I have noticed how often she wears a brooch just to give a simple stylish outfit a subtle lift. Depending on the occasion the brooch can have sparkly or wooden beads, polished pearls to feathers and tweeds. I have so many ideas there are just not enough hours to my days.

Our Christmas cracker, lovely Marita on her wedding day.