I’m frustrated because I want to recommend some cute earrings, but something is weird with WordPress: my toolbar is gone in Text mode, and visible but non-functional in Visual mode. The “Add Media” button isn’t working, and dragging the picture over to the post isn’t working; in short, I can’t include a picture. So I’m just going to have to give you a link (I know just enough HTML to do it, which is good because the link button isn’t working either), which is unsatisfying. Perhaps later, when things are working again, I can come back and edit the post to be right. Anyway, here are the cute earrings: Beaded Drop Earrings. I think the smaller/thumbnail picture of them gives a better idea of how they look on the ears.
[It is now the future, and I have fixed the problem, and here is the picture:
(image from ChildrensPlace.com)
These are children’s earrings, so when I ordered them I thought they might be wee, but they’re way too big for Elizabeth to wear, and perfect for me. The beaded loop part is about the size of a quarter. I like them even better in person than in the picture. The colors are more intense than they look in the photo on my monitor: classic red rather than candy-apple red, medium purple rather than lilac, teal rather than turquoise. They look great with practically everything, even colors not included in the beads: my favorite combination so far was with a bright green shirt.
I like them so much, I ordered TWO MORE PAIRS, which is a little crazy. But I was getting upset at the thought of losing one or breaking one, because I don’t think I’ve ever seen any like these before. I figure that if I get sick of them and regret buying additional pairs, I’m only out $6; I can live with that.
Downsides, so you are forewarned:
1. On one earring of my pair, the inner loop doesn’t move freely within the outer loop as it’s supposed to. It can probably be bent until it does, but I messed with it a little with no success. It’s as if one of the little silver pieces holding everything together is just a fraction too big, making it nest snugly instead of loosely. This is another reason I ordered more pairs: if just one earring is glitchy, I can substitute another.
2. Where the end of the French hook touches my skin, it is just slightly itchy. Not enough to make me not want to wear the earrings, just enough to be something I would mention. Probably this too can be fixed. I seem to remember reading something about clear nail polish.
3. If I don’t wear one of those little rubber grippy backings that goes on a French hook, they periodically fall out of my ears. I’m willing to use the little rubber backings, but I didn’t used to be, so I will understand if this is a deal-breaker for you.
P.S. I just noticed when I clicked through to check my link that there is free shipping on every order today (AT LEAST today, that is). So we could be earring twins for $3.16, with no shipping!
P.P.S. Oh! And coupon code 15PLACE2 gives you another 15% off! $2.69 to be earring twins!
Ooooh, CUTE! I’d never thought of looking for earrings in the kids’ section before, but I think you might be on to something.
Oooh, cute! I dislike that style of hook so much. For years, I’ve bent them so that the backside points straight down so they they don’t hit your neck and are less likely to fall out. If I had the plastic stoppers I would use them, but earrings don’t always come with them and I am generally too lazy to swap them out all the time between other sets. Even with bending them, I still lost a couple of my favourite earrings, usually when wearing a scarf that periodically pushed on them until they fell out.
So now I buy leverbacks (http://www.michaels.com/stainless-steel-elegance-leverback-earwire/10325788.html) at Michaels and using a pair of tiny needlenose pliers I remove and reattach my fish-hook earrings to the lever backs. Voilà! Safe from loss. :)
Oooo, great idea! I MUCH prefer leverbacks!
I remember using pencil erasers in high school. Usually it was for studs when we lost the back, tear the eraser off your pencil and you’ve got a new earring back! I’d guess it could work for dangles as well.
I’ve been having issues with WordPress – in Chrome – but if I use a different browser, no issues. I don’t like that as a permanent fix, but it’s a workaround for the moment.
Now $1.98 with free shipping in case that sways anyone. :-)
My ears are crazy close to my head, so much so that I sometimes have to turn my head a little to orient toward the sound or I have trouble hearing it. That being said, I almost can’t even wear french hook earrings. I actually take a pair of pliers and bend the little flippy part the other way. If I don’t the earrings pop out of my ears and scratch me constantly. Works like a charm.
I got these earrings for $1.58, not including tax. We can be earring twins! First I need to restock my titanium earring hooks on Etsy, though. Crazy sensitive ears, but pure titanium works.
And since the earrings were so cheap, I browsed around and got the kids cotton pajamas for next summer. $5 -6 per set, with coupon code. So much better than the driving around to 4 stores and paying $10 per set that we did for this summer.
Yay!