A few weeks ago, my mother asked me to make a few hat pins, to be sold at the street fair being hosted by her church, Grace United Methodist Church.

The first day I worked on them I made 7 in  about 10 minutes. Then this past Sunday, she called and asked how it was going and I did 16 more.

It was so much fun creating the pieces. I have a few, including the one shown to the left, that reminds me of people.

Monday, I had a friend text me and ask me what was a hat pin. Wasn’t the people going to be poked in the head by the pins.

I laughed out loud, because to me the entire thing was funny. A hat pin is a decorative pin that is placed on the hat to help bring out or create the beauty of the hat.

I then told her she could use it as a lapel pin, but she said she didn’t have anything with a lapel. I thought wow, am I really that much of a girlie girl.

It doesn’t even matter. I just know what hat pins are.

A few moments later, another friend texted me to say she loved the hat pins. So, I figured maybe because the both of us are from the islands (me, Jamaica and she, Trinidad) and they love to wear hats. Or maybe my other friend lives in a sheltered environment.

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