Here’s one more from last month - a peony brooch.
I’ve been trying to spend more time this year on finishing projects that have been pending for a while. The central flower is reclaimed from an older hair accessory that I didn’t think was particularly successful, which I took apart a few years ago but never followed up on. The leafs are new, and I think it is more successful now - even though the brooch is kind of ginormous, haha.
I also made this peony kusudama (medicine ball) hair pin. I have a tendency to hoard craft supplies; not just ‘special’ bits and bobs, but pretty much everything - I have an unfortunate habit of buying in bulk or overbuying supplies. So, part of my ‘finishing older projects’ mantra this year also includes ‘using up older supplies,’ like these foam balls.
I received a production grant a few years ago, which got pushed back when I was sick and going through cancer treatment last year. My production list is over 700 individual items (only 274 pieces left to make!), and I’ve been pushing really hard this year to try and get through the list - which plays right into finishing all these old projects and using up older materials, haha.