Day 231 - red beads

This is another pair my mother gave me because she doesn't wear them any more. I like the colours. And for some reason, the stripes on the bigger beads remind of rock candy,

Ah man. I haven't had rock candy in forever. I better stock up on candy canes for Christmas.

Day 230 - African ladies

I think of these as my African ladies because they remind me of the typical Ndebele bead craft dolls that you see at all the tourist traps.

Day 229 - Möbius hoops

Generally I wouldn't wear hoops by themselves, even slightly more interesting ones like these. Hoops are for framing and adding interest to smaller earrings as a rule. But I stayed with my sister a night longer than I had planned and these were the only unique earrings I had with me so needs must.

They are a lovely pair though, and gave me a bit of a giggle when I Googled Möbius strip to find something of interest to add to the blog. The sponsored result was for Möbius earrings! Google has certainly got me pegged. Unfortunately the earrings in question (for of course I followed the link, like a good Pavlovian Internet surfer) were not only extremely boring and small, but also exceedingly expensive. Swing and a miss there, Google.

Day 228 - long leaves

I think I should class these as part of my supplementary collection because I'm fairly sure I filched them from my sister and that she's going to want them back now. I really like them though so I think I should make it my mission to find out where she got them and get a pair for myself.

Day 227 - green and gold leaves

Green and gold! Thank goodness I had another green and gold pair so I could wear them to support the boys in the RWC semi-final. Which we lost unfortunately. But at least I don't have to stress about a suitably patriotic pair to wear for the final. Perhaps an odd way of looking at it, but I will take the silver lining where I can find it.

Day 226 - bronze butterflies

This is another pair I made myself from things I found at a craft shop. I had to make them because I was missing wearing butterflies but I'd already worn the pairs I had on Days 3, 22, 81 and 89.

Day 225 - Chinatown swirls

Very behind on the blog at the moment - terribly remiss of me. So I am now embarking on an epic catchup, starting with Day 225.

I love this pair, another Chinatown special. It's quite clear that Chinatown is indeed my favourite earring source, second only perhaps to random stuff I just like to turn into earrings.