Day 250 - leopard print thread

Wow, a quarter of a thousand pairs of earrings. I've impressed myself.

There's quite a tragic story behind today's pair, as is hinted at by the picture. They were part of my birthday present from my sister and I was very pleased with them. I love leopard print and this is muted enough that I can wear it without seeming like some sort of 80s throwback.

However, unnoticed by me, the one earring had lost the black bead you can see on the remaining one. This meant that the loop at the top had quite a gap, which the delicate French hook's loop could slip through so that the hook remained but the earring flew free. It happened at work and I noticed the gap as I was reattaching the hook. So I made a note to be aware of the earring and resolved to fix it when I got home. I promptly forgot to be even slightly aware and only much later realised that the earring had come loose again, but I didn't know where. Unfortunately, a thorough search of my car and house turned up nada which means my poor earring is probably languishing on the road between my house and the train station or sitting forlornly on a train somewhere. Sad.

Day 249 - multicoloured thread

These are wonderfully fun and different and attracted a lot of comment. My mother complained that there wasn't any purple on them (sacrilege!) but in fact the very short piece on the lefthand one is a dark purple.

I like the simplicity of these. And the seemingly random colours spreading across a somewhat random shape remind me of the patterns I create when I doodle (usually on my training notes).

Day 248 - black triangles

I don't know why but there's something I particularly like about triangular earrings, especially when the point is at the bottom. I suppose it's more usual to have earrings increasing in size as they get longer so seeing the opposite is different enough to attract the eye. Or maybe I should stop analysing it and just say "I like these".

Day 247 - copper patterns

These are a pretty pair, etched in copper, that I found at one of the many boho shops along Main Road in Kalk Bay. The particular shop I got these from proved particularly dangerous because it had a "buy 2, get 1 free" thing going. Oops, I accidentally bought more earrings again.

Day 246 - long silver fish

A simple pair this, so I enhanced them with a rather more ostentatious earring I made from something my earring enabler bought for me in China:

Day 245 - sun, moon and stars

These are a fun pair from my supplementary collection (for the translation of which, see Day 184). My description of them got me thinking about Game of Thrones, for obvious reasons for anyone who knows anything about the book and/or TV show, and led me to a rather lovely video.

Day 244 - black and silver thread

Since I own quite a few earrings of this type, I was accused when I wore this pair of having worn them already. Perish the thought. Clearly my accuser was mixing them up with Day 46 ... or Day 78. Or even Day 128 or Day 218. Like I said, I own quite a few.