Seeking Ideas

[ladysprite]

Okay - I've got a lot of clever and creative people reading this, and a lot of crafters, and I've got a conundrum that's been stumping me, so I'm going to throw it out to the masses and see if y'all have any ideas.

I love wearing earrings, but I am occasionally absent-minded and clumsy, the end result of which is the fact that I own a lot of unpaired single earrings. I don't want to throw them away, for a lot of reasons. They're beautiful. They were gifts, and I have wonderful memories of the people who gave them to me, or times when I've worn them. I'm an incredible packrat, and it's just hard to throw anything away, even when I lost the other earring three houses ago and there's really no chance of me ever finding it again.

On the other hand, I can't wear them. While I do have two holes in my right ear, most of what I wear in the second hole are studs, if anything, and most of the singleton earrings are dangles.

So... any creative suggestions of what to do with single, unmatched earrings?

Comments

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

I may be completely off base here, but... accessorize asymmetrically? You can wear a single in the left ear (which I presume only has one hole...?) and studs in one or both holes in the right. Not all the time... just for an evening here and there.

Alternatively, you could decorate a tabletop Christmas tree, or make a jingly cat toy, or stylish wind chimes, or....

[mindways]

I was thinking this, too, though I was thinking more just "heck with it; wear mismatched earrings". It'd go better with some outfits than others; I think the key would be making it look deliberate - formal/strait-laced clothing would make it look accidental, while (depending on the specific earrings) I think it could work well with more artsy/eclectic wear. (Esp. since: how often does anyone look at both of your earrings at the same time?)

Other notions: Necklace charm(s), memory-book, take digital photos of 'em as keepsakes to replace the actual items, hair-charms? (would need to be mounted on something appropriate)

Less serious notions: Wine-glass charms, fly-fishing lures, weld them together to make little sculptures