queen kathleen is a five star queen, but i've only given her three....

.....can't have her getting a big head!  five stars is a weighty responsibility.  this tiara was custom made for kathleen and is actually glued instead of soldered.  i've used e 6000 which holds anything to anything.  the silicone is more flexible than solder. but, the big advantage is that i don't have to reheat my beautiful leaves.   they have such lovely patinas, that i hate to change by applying heat.  of course if this solution doesn't work as well as i think it will, all my pieces are lifetime guaanteed!

a princessleigh success.....

as i was saying, about the wonderful gift from my parents....they taught me that there was nothing i couldn't do, if i wanted it bad enough.  "where there's a will, there's a way", they always said, and that has been my motto, my entire life.  if i can imagine it i can make it.  so, i always forge ahead, never thinking i could fail, even when i've bitten off more than i ought, by rights, to be able to chew.  truth is, it almost always works.  so here we are.....coronation time.  every girl should have one! 

i crown me, the princess of leaves!!!