My partner and I once saw some tiny ladybird pin badges at a craft fair at Hatfield House, and we always wished we'd bought one afterwards. They were really lovely wooden ones that were painted, and when they were pinned to you they looked so real people wanted to brush them off. Well, I finally got around to making my own. Not out of wood, unfortunately, but I think he looks sweet!
He's actually made out of green stuff, which is a kind of modelling material. The back is just a standard pin badge back, with half a drawing pin soldered on to another piece of brass. How I love to solder! There's something quite therapeutic about using a blow torch...
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