Wishing my mom uninterrupted time to read, flawless manicures/pedicures, piping hot coffee, fresh chocolate covered cherries (dark, please), always-solvable crossword puzzles, easy-going bridge buddies, lots of love from her kids & grandkids…and all of her favorite things on her birthday.

Speaking of my mom, these little guys used to belong to her mom. Strange history with these. My grandmother was really into costume jewelry, but all of her earrings were clip. I loved these so much that I had them converted to pierced (well before I started making jewelry myself) a long, long time ago. I haven’t gotten much use out of them, however, because I lost of of them when we moved to St. Louis several years ago. Long story short, I found the match in a coat pocket yesterday and the pair was reunited. I could not be happier and I cannot wait to incorporate this into a new pair of earrings of my own design.