Isn't it gorgeous?? This lovely tulipwood Jeterfork arrived today, and it came all the way from Australia! It's part of a swap, so my VotePalantine fork is currently on the way to Australia. I hope it arrives soon! Sending stuff always makes me nervous, I'm so afraid it'll show up broken, or just go missing.
I had to do a sectioned nautilus to prevent is from completely disappearing in my hair. I wore it in a regular nautilus to school today and I felt pretty fabulous with my new, pretty fork in my hair. Then I got home and realized that the bun had eaten the fork. Couldn't see it at all, it was just a huge mass of hair.
My very first Jeterfork has finally arrived! I'm very happy with it, the wood is so pretty and I think it looks really nice with my hair. Unfortunately I keep underestimating the size of my buns, so the fork ends up hidden most of the time. I think I need a 5-prong next time!
I got the prettiest fork from MountainMusings today! Actually, it's a french twist comb, but I can't do french twists, so to me it's just a little fork with lots of tines. Very bendy and sort of soft tines. As with my other Kanzashi fork (which I managed to break, by the way! Long story short, it fell out of my hair and got run over by a few cars. I can fix it with glue though, thank goodness!!), this is mainly a decorative piece, and I have to be careful when putting it in. This one did hold one side of my cinnamon bun, while a few long bobby pins held the other side. It could never hold my entire bun, but it's at least a bit functional.
I also got some freebies this time, two cute bobby pins that match the fork. I forgot to take a picture, so maybe some other time. ^-^
But let's get back to the prettiness. I had of course anticipated that it would be quite pretty, because it's purple and why on earth would I buy something ugly, but I had not anticipated this level of gorgeousness. Oh. My. Goodness! It's the most perfect, deep purple, starry night sky captured in the most magnificently crafted Kanzashi flowers ever (you get a cookie if you get through that sentence)! And I love starry night skies! I've looked through most of the Kanzashi flowers on Etsy, and in my opinion, MountainMusings has the most beautiful ones. So many different colours and varieties to choose from.
My camera thinks that this fork is a blueish purple, but don't let it fool you. In reality, the fork leans more towards reddish purple.
My "Waters Of Life" fork from MountainMusings arrived today, and it's fabulous! It's short and definitely not strong enough to hold my entire bun, but I mainly bought it to adorn my pinned buns. Here it is in an Orchid bun. It's perfect!
