A new way to display vintage pins

For the past three and some odd years, I have displayed my teapot and teacup pins on my mannequin Matilda (you can see photos of her here). She was doing fine with this display and never complained about having to wear the same dress for so long, but frankly I was getting bored with her and decided to move some of the pins to a red velvet pillow, and here's the result!

Here's a detail of some of the tea-themed pins, which I really do consider as "art" and not just jewelry.

I got this idea not in a magazine *I* found but in one *my husband* picked up for me at Tractor Supply in Newnan the other day! Can you believe he would buy me a magazine, knowing I already subscribe to more than two dozen and usually purchase more? But his instincts were spot on, as I did not have this issue of Flea Market Style and absolutely love it!

There are so many neat ideas in this issue, but I especially loved seeing the pillow with costume jewelry arranged in the letter S. I thought about doing my last initial, M, but decided the A would be easier. And check out the drawer pulls on the pillow above it. You'd probably never know this from the way I love to shop, but some of my favorite decorating ideas are ones that simply require rearranging items you already own. It's thrifty, it doesn't require leaving the house (meaning I don't have to put on a bra), and it's fun!