Little girls are going for accessories in a big way

KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS
It has been a few years since "Sex and the City" set off a wave of faux flower lapel pins. The show is history, but thanks perhaps to the popularity of jeweled brooches and every other accessory on the planet, the flower pins are back.
But what's new is that the blooms are finding big fans among the kindergarten set. When Lisa Hoffman, a Kansas City, Mo., public relations executive, started making floral pins, hair clips and headbands for her own wardrobe and friends, requests and special orders transformed her hobby into a small business. The adult corsages were steady sellers, but to her surprise, the headbands and clips for little girls have turned out to be hands-down favorites.
"The bigger the bloom, the better," she says of the infant stretch styles and regular headbands. Mothers like them for mother-daughter photographs combined with the corsages. "I can't keep up with demand."
Hoffman is marketing them through a traditional home show she calls "petal pusher parties." Prices start about $10. For more information, send e-mail to petalpusher-kc.rr.com.