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

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

Brainstorming means I can make any suggestion, no matter how stupid, right?

Buy a necklace chain, hook your singleton earrings through it in a pleasing sequence, and use pliers to twist the loops closed so they don't fall out.

[moiramisu.livejournal.com]

OOh I like that idea. I also have the same issue with single earrings. I have lots where one is lost, broken, etc...

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Great minds think alike! I was about to suggest making pendants of them.

[catalana.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest that too! Apparently we're the necklace crew.

[jenni-the-odd.livejournal.com]

This! I've had to do this with several solo earrings.

[summers-place.livejournal.com]

I've used a single earring as a necklace charm before. Works quite well!