Vintage Gardening Tools Brooch Plastics A tiny vintage tin parrot

A tiny vintage tin parrot from Japan has been reinvented into a stylish and colourful brooch

and cream hand-made buttons

It dates possibly from the early 1900s and we think it makes a charming pendant to this necklace of silver-coloured metal and oily lustre beads

Light up the room when you wear this one

but materials made using the same formula were eventually sold under other trade names in the US and around the world

Vintage Gardening Tools Brooch Plastics A tiny vintage tin parrotA small collection of tiny vintage gardening implements have been grouped together to form the basis of this creative brooch. There is a spade, rake, hoe, fork, shears and a little watering can. They are surrounded by hand embroidered flowers and a pretty handbeaded edging. The brooch is the perfect accessory for all the horticultural lovers out there.