Love is in the air...

The weather here has been absolutely amazing the past few days and there is no place better in the sunshine than Dublin. The entire mood of the city lifts and the parks are awash with people in sunglasses, chatting, laughing and of course there are young amorous couples everywhere. While I am single - love is definitely in the air...

The gold brooch shown here is a vintage Coro brooch that belonged to my previously mentioned Grandma Betty. It has definitely seen better days when looking at it closely, but from a distance there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I was advised by my father that it was a brooch that my aunts were allowed to borrow as teens – I could see why they would have wanted to. It’s gold with two love birds and heart-shaped – what’s not to like?

Recently I began pairing it with my reclaimed Love brooch, Originally this brooch was purchased specifically to feminise an American Apparel unisex hoodie. To this day it has not been worn on said hoodie. However, it did prominently feature in my friend Jan’s wedding bouquet as her something borrowed. Some things are just meant to be…