Forgotten Kanzashi - Part 3

That's a cute kanzashi! Maybe you could attach the flower bunch to a headband or hat for short hair so you could wear it? It's sad that someone would handle it roughly after you'd been kind enough to lend it to them,  I'm glad you were able to fix it.

 I just made a replacement for a small ruined piece recently, it was missing a flower, the remaining ones were dirty and crushed and the wire was rusted.  I had made it for an older lady my mother helps take care of sometimes, she has Alzheimers, so she doesn't remember me most of the time, but she does like the flowers I make for her. According to Mom, she had refused to take this one out of her hair, and slept and showered with it for several weeks, and of course it was never meant to take that kind of abuse. I shouldn't be bothered by it under the circumstances, since it was literally loved to death, and she got so much enjoyment from it. Still, it was kind of sad to me to see my work in that condition.