The Wing Thing Blog

These are new long boho earrings that I've just posted on my website. I've wire wrapped light pink rose quartz beads using copper wire and accented with purple seed beads.  I think that long dangle earrings when paired with your hair in an updo or pony tail in the summer, can be a casual, yet sophisticated look. I've listed the earrings here.

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"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." Marcus Aurelius 

When I made these tree of life earrings I was happy with them, I thought that they were pretty, but something was missing.  So I left them for a bit and decided that they needed a little bit of colour.  I made some jump rings and added tiny bright green seed beads.  That little of bit of colour is the finishing touch that was needed.  These earrings are the perfect accessory to wear with light, breezy dresses in the summer.   You can see more photos where I have listed them here . Here's the remake. And, here's the before.

“People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.” Anton Chekhov

I snapped a photo of our Easter Island Heads that we've named Stan and Ollie, after Laurel and Hardy  an old Hollywood team that were known for wearing bowler hats and doing slapstick comedy. The tall one is Ollie and the shorter is Stan and the recent snowfall provided them with bowler style hats (well sort of.....)