periwinkle

Periwinkle has an onomatopoeic quality to me. I just think when you say the name you can instantly picture the cute little bright lavender flower that is it's namesake.  Unfortunately for you readers, I'm also an oncology nurse and a huge science wonk. And I love learning about origins of certain medicines. Like vincristine, a major chemotherapy (the O in RCHOP and, yes, I get that that is majorly confusing, don't get me started on medical acronyms that make you go huh?) used to treat lymphoma, it is derived from Madagascar Periwinkle. Vincristine (aka Oncovin, that's where they get the O from) can never be used intrathecally and has a maximum dose of 2 mgs (you can thank me later if that helps you answer a question correctly on Jeopardy). Two cute little teardrops of perwinkle quartz wrapped in gold wire with four rosy lavender glass crystals dangling above. All wire 14 kt gold-filled. $23

lakshmi

Lakshmi is your one stop shopping goddess according to wikipedia. She bestows wealth, both spiritual and material, and she's the embodiment of beauty, really what more could you need? Perhaps these earrings. I wanted to name them after a hindu goddess because I think these would look amazing on someone Indian. The garnet red, with a pop of coral, the smoky topaz glass and gold vermeil spacers between the beads, should I photoshop them on Padma Lakshmi's ears so you can see what I'm talking about? Well I think they would look great on anyone but when I made them I just kept seeing someone with darker coloring wearing them. Prove me wrong, or right. All wire is 14 kt gold-filled. $19

anjou

For the past two weeks I've been experiencing a panic attack. That's right, a two week long panic attack. Needless to say, it sucks. Will my insides ever stop feeling like a vulture is clawing at me? But, on the bright side, I lost any winter weight I gained. Perhaps I have a pheochromocytoma. I am in love the the singsong rhapsody of certain medical terms 'pheo' being a tumor of your adrenals, a fight or flight hotspot for the release of catecholamines, a little epinephrine and norepinephrine to help make your heart feel like it's about to jump out of your chest? I get hung up on words, like the fact that the sympathetic nervous system, paradoxically it would seem, primes the body with a stress response that makes you feel very bad. Maybe the sympathetic nervous system goes by the misery loves company, we're in this together, school of thought. 

This is neither here nor there with respect to these earrings. Four red anjou pear drops weight a tiny trellis of fine gold-filled chain. Bronze, gold and deepest red glass beads climb towards your lobes. All metal is 14 kt gold-filled. $23

skyfall

I don't know about you but Skyfall didn't do it for me. My favorite part of the movie was Adele singing 'Skyfall' and after that I just found it boring and too violent. Who am I becoming? So why the name for these earrings? The teardrop resembles London blue topaz and London made me think British then Bond. It sounded more apt than 'Quantum of Solace' don't you think? And the teardrop is like a lovely little piece of early evening sky that has fallen to your lobes with kisses of the deepest blood red and bronze crystal beads accenting the London blue. All wire is14 kt gold-filled. $23

sugar plums

Now visions of sugar plums can dance on your lobes instead of in your head. A spectrum of plum colored pearls and glass wrapped in gold wire hangs on a thin sliver of chain. Delicate and delectable, it's a sweet treat that won't go to your thighs. 1-1/2" in length. All metal is 14kt gold-filled. $19

kiss kiss

Like two chocolate kisses to adorn your lovely lobes. These earrings would accompany the chocolove necklace perfectly. Two chocolatey tear drop shaped freshwater pearls with amber colored cut glass crystals atop each one. 14-kt gold-filled findings. 1-1/8" in length. $19

london calling

SOLD please email me if you like what you see and would like a similar piece. 

These earrings shimmy and shake with the best of them. Why not add these to your lovely lobes whilst you're hanging out at Glastonbury in your very best wellies and bring some Kate Moss chic to the occasion. Murky green-grey glass beads with 14 kt gold-filled findings. 1-3/8" in length. $23

by the sea

Stretching out the last lazy days of summer, finding treasures in tide pools. These earrings dance above olive glass drops with shimmering cut glass crystals reflecting the colors of the sea. 14 kt gold-filled findings, just a hair under 1-1/2" top to toe. $23