Polka Spots and Freckle Dots: Christmas Brooches

Erstwilder An Australian Christmas Brooches and Earrings

Erstwilder Christmas Brooch of the Day 1st to 7th December 2025

Erstwilder Christmas Brooch of the Day 8th to 14th December 2025

Erstwilder Christmas Brooch of the Day 15th to 21st December 2025

Erstwilder Christmas Brooch of the Day December 15th to 21st 2025

I can't believe we're already in to week four of December, and that Christmas is only a few days away. Where has this month gone? I feel like I blinked and missed most of the month some how.

It's crazy as I haven't done anything exciting at all so far this Christmas. My one bit of fun has been accessorising my outfits (or PJs!) with a different Christmas brooch every day (I know; I'm sad), and I'm here to show you the ones I wore during the third week of the month.

December 15th- I kicked off week three of December with the most untraditionally-accessorised snowman I've ever seen- Stay Frosty, Snowman from the Modern Holiday collection 2022. I love how Erstwilder put a modern spin on an old Christmas classic with gorgeous jewel tones, and lots of glitter.

December 16th- Back to something a little more traditional today with a holly and robin brooch... except that it's an exotic Australian robin instead of the European kind we all know and love in Britain. This one is Miss Mistletoe from the All Wrapped Up collection 2019. Not one of my favourites, but still cute and festive.

December 17th- I apparently decided to remain with the winged things on the Australian continent a little longer, and wore a kookaburra snowglobe brooch called Seasonal Merriment from the An Australian Christmas collection 2021 today. It might not be the most classically festive design, but it's so beautiful, and one of my all time favourites.

December 18th- Twasn't the night before Christmas, but a mouse was definitely stirring all through the house today. An adorably festive little mouse called Milly the Mouse, from this year's Merry Menagerie collection. I was planning to save her until Christmas Eve, but I just couldn't wait any longer to wear her.

December 19th- I did some double-brooching today, wearing Erstwilder's Darcy the Deer (the free gift-with-purchase brooch from the Merry Menagerie range), with a mini Lipstick and Chrome bauble brooch (another freebie I got with my Merry Menagerie order). I thought the turquoise bauble went perfectly with the even tinier one Darcy is carrying around.

December 20th- Some days, you just need to sparkle, and at Christmas time, Snuggy Snowman from the 2020 Pete Cromer Collection, is my go-to. He's so glittery, and shimmers like a diamond mine under the fairy lights! I love him!

December 21st- And for the shortest day of the year, I went with Treacle Treat from the 2018 Festive Splendour collection. I'm not a huge fan of Christmas pudding, but there's just something about cold, dark winter Sundays that make me nostalgic for steamed puddings with custard- probably as my Mum often made them when we were little. It's hard to tell from the photo, but the brown resin has a tortoise-shell-like effect, and it's so much prettier in real life.

And those are the Christmas brooches that I wore last week.

I still have more left to wear before the month is through, so I'll try to squeeze in one final brooch post after Christmas.

Have you worn any Christmas accessories this week?

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Lipstick and Chrome Itty Bitty Christmas Jewellery

Lipstick and Chrome Itty Bitties Christmas Jewellery

When I posted my Erstwilder Merry Menagerie haul last week, I forgot to add a photo of the Lipstick and Chrome freebies the stockist, Oh My Marie, sent with my order.

Along with my Erstwilder brooches, I was given some cinnamon hot chocolate, a mitten Christmas decoration, and the cutest mini bauble brooch, and stocking stud earrings. I might have squealed a little when I found them in my parcel.

I've never purchased anything from Lipstick and Chrome before, even though I've been tempted by so many pieces over the years, so this was a lovely way to get introduced to their jewellery. I'm really impressed with the quality of them so far, and the designs, while simple, are gorgeous, and super festive.

The mini bauble brooch is definitely my favourite. I love the mid-century style of it, and the bold pop of dark turquoise. It's made from a couple of layers of laser-cut jelly resin, and it's perfect for double-brooching with larger Christmas brooches. I haven't been able to find it for sale on its own, but it's available in a set of four mini brooches from Kinks and Quirks here. Not gonna lie, I'm tempted...

I haven't worn the Itty Bitty stocking earrings yet as I need to repierce one of my ears, but they're pretty darn cute, too. They're little red stocking studs with a white trim, and yellow accents, which have also been made from laser-cut jelly resin, and include engraved and painted detailing. They're basically the perfect classic Christmas earrings, and the best part is, they're only £8 from Kinks and Quirks here! I can't wait to wear them.

Well, I'm definitely sold on Lipstick and Chrome. I have a feeling that this might be another collection in the making...

Do you own anything by Lipstick and Chrome?

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Erstwilder Christmas Brooch of the Day December 1st to 7th 2025

If you're one of the three people who follow me on Instagram, you may have seen that I've dug out my Christmas brooches, and have been posting a 'Christmas Brooch of the Day' each day so far this December.

I have enough seasonal brooches to wear a different one every day this month, and since it would be sacrilege to have them and not use them, I'm aiming to wear them all at least once before the holidays are through.

I've accessorised with twelve Christmas brooches so far, but let's have a look at the ones I wore between December 1st to 7th:

December 1st: I kicked off the month with Santa's Surprise from this year's Merry Menagerie Collection, just because it's one of my newest brooches and I'd been dying to wear him. I love the red ripple and white glitter resins used for his suit.

December 2nd- I wore a dress covered in woodland animals to go buy a Christmas tree that day, so Breezy the Bunny, from the Merry Menagerie collection, seemed like the perfect piece to accessorise with. She's definitely one of the cutest brooches I own.

December 3rd: I was so excited to wear Seasonal Snowglobe from last year's Merry Kitschmas collection again. I don't know what it is about Erstwilder's snowglobe brooches, but I love them, and they're some of my all-time-favourites. The one makes me want to wear plaid, and go find myself a lumberjack to start an enemies-to-lovers Christmas romance with in a log cabin.

December 4th: Red Robbin from the 2020 Erstwilder x Pete Cromer Christmas collection is another of my favourites, so I never wait long to wear him again. I love how glittery he is- I mean, just look at that ruby red resin!

December 5th- Santa's Snack is apparently the hardest brooch to photograph ever, but damn is he cute. He was the gift-with-purchase brooch from last year's Merry Kitschmas collection, and probably the sweetest freebie I've ever gotten. I love how he looks like a proper gingerbread biscuit... but not how he's making me crave gingerbread, and I don't have any.

December 6th- Before you ask, no, I didn't want to build a snowman, but I did want to wear one. I went with Cozy Christmas Chap today- another one from the Merry Kitschmas range- and I think he looked pretty dapper with my black lightning-bolt print dress.

December 7th- Today felt like a day for Bright Spirits from the 2022 Modern Holiday collection. I love how they gave some traditional church candles a modern spin with bold, untraditional Christmas colours.

And those are the Christmas brooches I wore during the first week of December. I'll be back in a few days with week two's choices, but in the meantime, you can keep up to date with my Christmas Brooch of the Day posts on Instagram here.

Do you wear Christmas jewellery, or are Christmas jumpers your limit?

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Erstwilder Merry Kitschmas Christmas Brooches

It's the most wonderful time of the year.

No, not Christmas. I'm talking about the time of year when Erstwilder release their Christmas jewellery collection!

It's something I look forward to every year, and I think this year's offering might just be my favourite festive collection yet.

For Christmas 2024, Erstwilder has put their heads together with US illustrator Kenzie Kae Elston- aka Snippets of Whimsy, and created a wonderfully kitsch collection called Merry Kitschmas. It's made up of fun and colourful designs inspired by all the best things associated with the festive season, with everything from Christmas trees and snowmen to Nutcrackers and roast ham.

I wanted one of everything, but I eventually picked four brooches, and three pair of earrings, and snagged the gift with purchase brooch, too!

Today, I'm going to review the brooches for you. But first, I'm going to apologise for the awful phone photos I've used in today's post. Between flares, gloomy daylight, and Christmas prep, I've not been able to take proper photos of them yet, and I can't see a better day coming, so I'm having to settle for some quick snaps I took for my Insta-stories last month. They're terrible, but just pretend it's 2012 again!

Let's have a look at what I got:

First up, is an amazing snow globe brooch that's easily my favourite piece in the collection- Seasonal Snow Globe. I fell in love with it as soon as I first saw it, but, holy crap, it's even better than I was expecting. Their snowglobe brooches are always incredible, but this is one of the most beautiful Christmas accessories I've ever seen!

It's quite a big piece, and features a little red and green cabin flanked with pine trees in a snow-draped landscape, in front of a snowy and glittery spearmint-blue sky. The globe then leads down to a striking red and green base, with a diamond pattern running across it. Every last little detail is perfect, and I love the mix of ripple, glitter, and plain resins- especially the red ripple resin, which is one of my favourite resins Erstwilder use. I've already worn this brooch a couple of times this month, and I know I'm going to be wearing it to death for many Christmases to come.

You'll need to look to resale groups if you want to snag this one, as it sold out super quickly.

Next, we have one of the stoic soldiers that helped defeat the evil Mouse King, Promised Prince, the Nutcracker. I didn't have a Nutcracker brooch in my collection, but Erstwilder made the decision easy, thanks to how gorgeous this little guy is.

He has a beautiful red ripple-resin crown and coat, both decorated with cornflower blue, white, red, mint, and green detailing, worn over sea-green ripple resin trousers, and glossy black boots. He's also been given the signature creepy Nutcracker face (Nutcrackers really are creepy, right?), partially hidden behind a big white moustache and beard, and matching long hair. It's a dainty brooch, not much bigger than my thumb, but it's nice and sturdy,and unlikely to easily break. It's survived a couple of wears with me already, so I think it's practically indestructable!

This one is also sold out from Erstwilder and UK stockists, but I have found it in stock in the US, here.

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without some snowmen (despite the fact I've only ever had one white Christmas), and this year's design, Cozy Christmas Chap, was too cute to resist.

He's a dapper little chap, with his black abstract top hat, navy patterned scarf, and glittery pink and red striped sweater- both wonderfully retro and modern at the same time. He's also perfectly formed, with a big round ripple resin body, and smaller round ripple resin head, that's been brought to life with a carrot nose, sparkly pink cheeks, and friendly black features. No notes on this brooch. He's perfect and I love him!

This was another popular piece, but it's currently still available from a stockist in The Netherlands here.

The final brooch that made my short list was the gingerbread house brooch, Structurally Sweet, which is coming in strong with the Hansel and Gretel vibes. I can see why those kids couldn't resist a nibble, because it looks good enough to eat with its glazed, tan, ripple resin gingerbread walls, colourful gum-drop roof tiles, white ripple-resin icing, and other fun colourful details. I would've let the old cannibalistic crone invite me in to a house like this, too. It's so pretty! I think it will pair well with the gift-with-purchase brooch (that I'm about to show you), as well as some of the brooches from the Pete Cromer Fairytales collection.

I can't find it in stock anywhere in the UK, but it can be found from a stockist in The Netherlands here.

As I mentioned earlier, I was lucky enough to get the free gift-with-purchase brooch with my order from UK stockist, Oh My Marie, and I think it's probably the best bonus brooch they've done yet. This is Santa's Snack, and it's the most adorable gingerbread man brooch, looking just like a real gingerbread biscuit.

It's crafted from the same light tan ripple resin as Structurally Sweet, so they match perfectly, but it's the little details that make this brooch so sweet, like his sparkly periwinkle-blue bowtie, pink, green, and red sweetie buttons, pink and red candy cheeks, and impressively-even white, decorative icing. I love how cute it is, and have already been wearing the shit out of it this Christmas.

I'd imagine this bonus gift sold out super fast everywhere, so if you want to find one, your best bet is probably to keep an eye on eBay, Vinted, or Erstwilder resale groups.

There is still a selection of brooches, earrings, enamel pins and Christmas decorations available from Erstwilder, and their stockists, and you can shop them here.

I'll be back in a few days to show you the festive earrings I bought!

Which brooch is your favourite? Do you enjoy wearing Christmas jewellery?

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My Erstwilder Christmas Brooch Collection

My resin brooch collection has grown steadily over the last five years, but it wasn't until last week, when I was putting away my new Christmas brooches, that I realised just how many Christmas Erstwilder brooches I have.

Seventeen. I have seventeen Christmas Erstwilder brooches!

And that's not counting the wintry ones from other collections that also look a bit festive when worn with the right outfit.

I only started collecting in 2017.

I might be a little obsessed.

Am I worried? No; I love my little collection, and look forward to accessorising my outfits with different Christmas brooches and earrings each December. It adds some fun and joy to the Christmas count down, and a little personality to what I'm wearing. Plus, I get too hot to wear Christmas jumpers, so this is my way of getting in to the festive spirit with my outfits.

Anyway, now that I've found my missing Red Robbin brooch- it turns out he's been rockin' under my bedside cabinet for the last two years- and have my whole collection together again, I thought it would be fun to give you a peek at my Christmas Erstwilder brooch collection in all it's festive glory.

And here we are.

I have seventeen beautiful holiday brooches, with at least one brooch purchased from every Erstwilder Christmas range dating back to 2017. There are some in classic Christmas colours like red and green, some in pretty pastels, and some in bold, glittery shades of magenta and royal blue. And they're all so different. I have snowmen and Santas, Christmas trees and presents, and even more unusual designs, like partridges in pears and a kookaburra in a snow globe.

I love my entire collection of brooches, but I'd say my favourites would have to be the two snow globes and the robin. The snow globe brooches are just amazing designs, and I love how sparkly the robin is; it's like a pair of ruby red slippers. I also really love the cuckoo clock, and I'm loving my new True Love's Gift partridge in a pear brooch a lot right now, too.

I've worn quite a few of these brooches already this month- often just pinned to my PJs, as I've barely gotten dressed all month- and I'm trying to work my way through wearing all of them before Christmas is over.

Today, I'm wearing the pastel pink cuckoo clock, but tomorrow? Who knows?

Perhaps I'll remember to share it on Instagram, so you might find out.

Do you have a Christmas jewellery collection to rival mine? Which of these brooches is your favourite?

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Erstwilder An Australian Christmas Brooches and Earrings

Erstwilder An Australian Christmas Brooches and Earrings

I know this will come as a shock, but I look forward to Erstwilder's Christmas collection every year, and I'm always excited to see what theme and style they choose to go with. This year has been no exception, as I realised as I eagerly stalked their socials for spoilers the moment Halloween was over.

I didn't have to wait long to find out, and I was excited when they began dropping spoilers for An Australian Christmas last month. I love Australian culture, and have always wondered how the Aussies do Christmas in the summer, without some of the things we associate with Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere, like frost, snow, and mistletoe. (Even if that's often just in movies and on Christmas cards in the UK). It's hard to picture Christmas in a hot climate.

Sure, a jewellery collection can't truly show us how a whole country celebrates Christmas, but Erstwilder definitely give us a feel for An Australian Christmas with their new collection.

Forget shrimp on the barbie and surfer dudes in Santa hats and Speedos, An Australian Christmas is not your stereotypical affair. (Well, apart from the Australian animals wearing Santa hats). It's a beautiful nature-inspired range featuring lots of animals and greens, reds, and blues. There are Tasmanian devils and kangaroos, wreaths made from Australian foliage and berry-laden pavlovas, plus a few universal designs like Christmas trees and puddings added in for good measure. It's a beautiful collection, and you don't have to be Australian to appreciate it.

There are a lot of great designs in the new collection, but if I had to pick a favourite- which naturally, I did- it would have to be the stunning kookaburra snowglobe brooch, Seasonal Merriment. It's one of the most beautiful pieces of jewellery I've ever seen. Everything about it is perfect, from the resins used, to the charming little kookaburra sitting on the branch of an old gum tree in it's centre. (Merry merry king of the bush is he). I love the marbled pearlescent and wood effect resins used to make the snowglobe, and the glittery mint-green background freckled with white snow finishes it off beautifully. We all need a little glitter in our lives at Christmas time. I've only had it a few weeks, but I can already say it's one of my favourite brooches ever, and I'm going to be wearing it to death this Christmas. And every Christmas. And also not at Christmas. Ah, I love it!

You couldn't have an Australian-themed collection without some koala designs, and Erstwilder spoiled us for choice with several koala pieces, including brooches, cardi clips, earrings, a necklace, and even a Christmas decoration. I already have a couple of Erstwilder koala brooches, so this time I didn't go for a brooch; I bought my first non-Essentials pair of Erstwilder earrings! (The better quality, detailed, and more expensive ones they make). I thought the Koala Claus earrings were the cutest of all the options, and I wasn't wrong. I mean, just look at them! They're little grey koala faces with pink ears, and marbled red and pearlescent white Santa hats on their little heads. They're so cute, and are a fun alternative to novelty Christmas tree or bauble earrings. You can be sure I'll be rocking them with most of my outfits this Christmas.

I also bought a couple of pairs of the Christmas Essentials earrings to wear with my Christmas brooches, as I didn't have any decent festive earrings in my collection. They released a great selection of stud and drop earrings in a variety of festive colours and designs this year, and I chose the green ripple resin drop trees, and gold glittery tree studs.

The studs are simple three-tiered trees made from one layer of glittery yellow-gold resin, and are subtle enough for every day wear in December.

The drop earrings are also three-tiered trees, but with tree cutouts in the centre, and are made from a gorgeous moss-green ripple resin. They're great statement earrings to wear with a Christmas dress, top, or jumper for night or day, and I think they look tasteful instead of tacky, like most Christmas earrings tend to be. The best thing is, they're nice and light-weight, so they don't hurt your ears when you've been wearing them a while. Not bad for around £5.50 a pair!

Most of these designs, and many others from An Australian Christmas are still available from Erstwilder and their stockists around the world, so there's still time to pick up the perfect finishing touch for your Christmas outfits. I'd still particularly love to get my hands on the King of Christmas brooch, A Splendid Christmas, and The Good Pud Neck Scarf.

Have you bought anything from Erstwilder's Christmas collection?

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Erstwilder x Pete Cromer Brooches

Erstwilder x Pete Cromer 2020 Christmas Brooches

Last December, Erstwilder collaborated with the Australian artist Pete Cromer, and released one of their most popular jewellery collections to date. (I was lucky enough to collect six pieces, which I reviewed here). Everything sold out in record time, and the beautiful designs left Erstwildians begging for an encore- myself included.

I never imagined that Erstwilder would actually team up with Cromer again so soon, or that their second collaboration would include this year's Christmas collection, as well as a redesigned range of Australian animal designs. I was so excited when I heard the news and saw the spoilers that it felt like all my Christmases had come at once.

The new collection included eighteen brooches, two necklaces, five pairs of earrings, and three sets of collar clips, plus a range of Essentials earrings in complimenting resins.

Luckily, for my bank balance, the collection included several designs that were only slightly different from the originals I purchased last year, or I could've gone crazy with this collection. While I wanted all the new variations, I managed to restrain myself and only bought four brooches- the snowman, robin, Santa, and koala- although, I put Santa on lay-buy for a month, so I won't be able to show him to you until closer to Christmas.

I am, however, here to show you the other three brooches I recently acquired. I know some of you will love them as much as I do.

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without some snowmen, so let's start with the sparkliest snowman brooch in town, Snuggy Snowman. Snuggy Snowman was the first piece that caught my eye in the previews on Instagram, and one of the pieces I was most determined to add to my collection- partly because there was a snowman-shaped hole in my brooch collection, but mostly because it was one of the cutest snowmen brooches I'd ever seen.

Snuggy is a perfectly-formed three-tier snowman, made from glittery white resin snowballs that shimmer like a frozen diamond mine when the light hits them. The resin is so sparkly that I can't help playing with it, and showing everyone how much it sparkles! Naturally, a good snowman is all about the finishing touches, and Snuggy has been brought to life with a carrot nose and four coal buttons, and finished with a red and blue scarf, and a dapper black and red top hot using a mix of marbled and bubble resins. He's the perfect Christmas brooch, and has been getting so much wear already this month.

Next up is probably my favourite piece from the Christmas collection this year- a glittery red robin brooch creatively named 'Red Robbin.' Red Robbin is a festive little guy all dressed up for Christmas with a glittery ruby red breast to rival Dorothy's slippers. He's so sparkly! (I'm such a magpie!) The rest of his plump little body is made from a beautiful marbled white, and caramel-coloured wood-effect resins, with a tear-drop shaped duck-egg blue, black, and ruby red wing. He's so beautiful, and easily one of my favourite brooches ever. I've always loved robins, and this is the perfect robin brooch I never knew I needed. I wore him over the weekend, and he'll definitely be on circulation until at least the New Year for many Christmases to come.

Moving away from Christmas and on to Australian animals, I was so excited to see some koala designs in this collection, as I missed out on last year's koala brooch, and have been sad about it ever since. Erstwilder and Pete Cromer spoiled us for choice this year with koala earrings, a koala necklace, and two Kuddly Koala brooches- including a new mini brooch, as well as the standard size we're more familiar with. The mini brooch was cuter than a bush full of koalas munching on eucalyptus, but I made a snap decision and went with the standard Kuddly Koala brooch because sometimes you just have to super size.

Unlike last year's sleeping Kindhearted Koala, this year's koala is bright eyed and bushy-tailed, watching intently as it sits clinging to an invisible tree. He's made from a beautiful grey marbled resin, and decorated with shapes in shades of white, teal, emerald green, lime, pink, black and grey in Cromer's distinct style. I particularly love the teardrop detailing on his left ear, and his cute little claws. It's a truly beautiful brooch, and I love it even more than last year's koala, so I'm pleased I waited, and so happy to finally have a koala in my brooch zoo. I know I'll be wearing this little guy to death from now on.

The majority of the Erstwilder x Pete Cromer collection sold out in minutes, so unfortunately, I haven't been able to find most of these brooches for sale anywhere. I'd recommend trying Erstwilder fan resale sites and eBay if you want to try to track one down. There are a few pieces from the collection still available from Erstwilder, Pete Cromer, and some of their stockists, though, so be sure to check them out. The collection is amazing!

Keep an eye out for a review of the Erstwilder x Pete Cromer Santa brooch in a couple of weeks.

Did you buy anything from the Erstwilder x Pete Cromer collection?

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