I'm continuing my quest to use up some of my old stock of colors this week with more old favorite kanzashi flowers - plum blossoms. Plum blossoms hold a special place in my heart.
While I've been working on smaller pieces the last few weeks, I've also been working on and off on a two piece set of January kanzashi. One of the motifs for January is the crane,
Plum blossoms were one of the first flowers that bloomed near me when I was living in Japan. They actually bloomed before the cherry blossoms, which Japan is so famous for. Having never seen a