5 brooches part 11- Advent Day 8: Vegetables included

 Day 8:  Christmas Brooch!
You knew it was coming!  Today's Advent photo is of a Christmas brooch!
We all, I am quite sure, have a pair of tacky Christmas earrings we wear during December, or a hat, or a jumper of course. Or socks! In every household, there are seasonal ways to show it's Christmas in your outfit! Well, why not a Christmas brooch?!

I saw these cute little felt and wood decorations in Lidl (again!) and with the addition of a cute little silver pin, it became a dangling brooch! Set against black, it stood out nicely for the Christmas fair.
 Here's a close up of Yesterday's outfit.  I wore this silver filigree brooch on my dress seam- this one came from a charity-shop around about 4 years ago but it originally came from a posh Southend Jeweller's according to its box!
I decided to experiment with where  I wear the brooches and took one of Curtise's tricks and wore this brooch on my beret.  This one, as you might guess, came from a charity-shop (earlier in the year when I found all those massive bright tin flowers!). It is missing a gem but it's fine- on a hat it works- maybe on an immaculate evening out outfit, it wouldn't be ok, but it's good enough for me at school!
I wore my self-made celery brooch again.  I last wore this for a TARDIS Tuesday for the 5th Doctor.  It worked really well for Style imitating Art with Jess at Animated Cardigan to represent the plate of leeks on the Thanksgiving table- let's be honest, this could very well be pak-choi, chard, leeks or any miscellaneous green leafy vegetable- I wasn't on my finest form when making this after ruining the first version of it!

Lots of blog friends have been sporting brooches this week. Go and say Hi and drool!

Denise: 
http://www.denisesplanet.com/2015/11/facebook-envy/#more-6222
Melanie Folly Bird:
http://follybird.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/monday-is-bunday.html#comment-form  - nice brooches! 
Petite Silver Vixen
http://petitesilvervixen.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/building-colour-pattern-into-winter.html
Curtise:
http://sopastcaring.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/scarlet-for-me-scarlet-for-you.html
Hazel:
http://www.hazelsworldofjoy.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/brooching-subject_4.html
Char:
http://www.trexesandtiaras.com/2015/12/like-golden-petals-scattering.html

This is my Advent Calendar picture (plus a bit more!) with Julie!