Frank Sinatra agreed with me on this...

"Orange is the happiest colour"

Frank Sinatra

1915-1998

Okay, so I have a bit of a thing for felt flowers... I own one or two. And these are just the orange ones.



I love felt. I've never made it but I am always drawn to it. I love the texture. I love the rich colour. I love how beautifully it lends itself to embellishment with beadwork (which I also love).

And a girl can surely never have too many beautiful flowers to attach to an outfit? I have them in several other colours and fabrics too. Silk, cotton, leather, paper... I usually restrict myself to wearing them one by one but perhaps one day I'll attach my full rainbow collection and go out looking like a flower garden.

So, this past weekend I gave in to temptation again and ordered a new one from the talented Gifling over at Folksy. How could I resist this beauty?

I couldn't. And it's not a colour or style duplicate of the ones I already have (she rationalises). More ochre than pure orange really... Smaller than the one at the top, bigger than the one below that. Just right.

It was waiting in my postbox when I arrived home last night and I'm going to wear it to work today. It is exquisite. With violet under-petals and pink and purple beading. And it is quite orange. This will make me happy because as I said here...

And that's a good way to end a working week, isn't it?

Happy Friday!