Mouse Wreath

There is room in a family home for a child’s delight in the smallest, most unlikely things. Mouse Wreath gives that welcome an affectionate form: a tiny creature, dressed with care and given a portrait of its own.

Large round ears rise above a pale taupe face, with ochre centres echoed in the cheeks. Little brown stitches decorate the pale clothing beneath a dark scalloped collar. Stars fill the background inside an uneven twig ring, a whole picture around this small character.

There is something touching about giving a little mouse a whole portrait of its own. Perhaps it will become a favourite; perhaps you will be the one who loves its enormous ears. A small affection can have a place here, whoever notices it first.