I love... Mary-Jane's

I don't tend to buy lots of shoes or spend lots of money on them... well, maybe my boots :-) But when I was recently looking for shoes for my big girl at Target I stumbled upon not one but two cute pair of Mary-Jane's - for me - that I loved. I decided I couldn't leave them there. And with the 20% discount they were a great buy. So hopefully that's it for shoes for me for a while. Perfect trans-seasonal (is that the term?) shoes.

What are your favourite shoes?

I love... bird motifs

I'm not sure what it is about them, but I'm drawn to bird motifs in jewelry, and in particular brooches. These are some that I'm covetting lately.

Sadly I seem to have lost my beautiful yellow Elk birdy brooch. I keep thinking it will turn up in a jacket pocket or underneath the sofa, or somewhere equally boring, but he's been gone several months and still no word...

L-R Khaki bird ring Birdy stack brooch Tasmanian oak bird brooch
Silver brooch Elk fat birdy brooch Seagull wooden brooch