If I could travel back in time..

If I ever had the chance to travel back in time it would quite possible be to this earring shop in the 1950's!!! Hand?!! Champagne bucket?!! Swiss Clock?!! YES PLEASE!!!

Earring trivia: To my knowledge none of my Novelty Earrings are vintage but I've never though to look for any. Until now anyway!

Message from the past!

I was going through a few things the other day & stumbled upon something that played a massive part in my earring collection! Pretty much the thing that started it all from the person that started it all!  What I found was a little brown bag that contained my first pair of earrings (I've already written about my first pair you can read about them here) with a lovely note on it from my Uni friend Emma :)

It's almost as important as the little skeleton earrings they came with! I can't recall what I'd done or what was in the Myspace (?!) messages! What I do know is that I'll forever be grateful to Emma for getting the ball rolling. Sometimes I just need a little nudge in the right direction & amazing things can happen. So thank you Emma! 

Earring trivia: Majority of earrings I receive as gifts are from people who tell me "I saw these & they made me think of you". Big thanks to all those who contribute to my collection! :)

Tin Tin Earrings

It was only just last year that I decided I needed a pair of book earrings to add to my collection. I began a search on the internets to see what I could find & stumbled on not only book earrings, but TIN TIN BOOK EARRINGS! 

I only read a few comics when I was growing up (pretty much what they had in the library at school) & Tin Tin was one of them. I loved the cartoon as well so when I found these I knew they had to be part of my collection. I've already worn them quite a bit too!

 
The hardest decision with these was choosing which pair of Tin Tin earrings to get! All 24 comic covers were available in different pairings combinations (as pictured). It was not an easy decision as I kinda wanted them all!

The creator for these glorious book earrings was 'Book Beads'! There was such a wide variety to choose from too! Ranging from Tin Tin to Harry Potter, Dr Who to Beatrix Potter & heaps more. I think you can even request custom covers if you're not seeing what you're looking for, so perhaps look out for some Dean Koontz book earrings down the track.. :)

(I should point out that 'Book Beads' also does bracelets, bookmarks, cufflinks and heaps more! Well worth checking out.) 




Earring Trivia: The Tin Tin covers featured on the back of my earrings are 'Land of Black Gold' & 'The Secret of the Unicorn'. Also I haven't seen the new Tin Tin movie because I'm not too keen on CGI.

Merry Christmas Earrings!

Twas that time of year again where I  dusted off the old Christmas earrings to wear sporadically throughout the Christmas season! Before they hit the earring stand again to gather another years worth of dust I thought it would be an ideal time to photog them :)

First up my happy little Christmas trees! 

I'm not sure where I got these little guys from but I've had them for a few years. They have a switch on the back that makes them flash. Sadly only one flashes now but they're still heaps of fun even when it's not night time!)

Next on the Christmas earring list are my Santa Troll Doll earrings! I found these at a market somewhere. They look a little second hand but I knew I had to give them a new home as soon as I saw them :) 

Last but not least are my Christmas penguins! They were a Christmas gift from my Mum a couple Christmases ago. I try not to wear them on hot days because our Christmas climate is unfair on poor little penguins! Which I think  is a wise decision because the one on the right looks like it wants to hit you in the face with it's candy cane!

Earring Trivia: I actually  don't own a lot of Christmas earrings in the scheme of things! Should really do something about that...

Bruce Lee Earrings

More on the obscure side of my collection are my Bruce Lee earrings! I've had them for a little while & proud to say I made them myself! And by 'made them myself' I mean I bought a pair of those dangly charms you get for phones  & converted them into earrings :) I quite enjoy Bruce Lee films so they were a welcome edition to my collection.
I photographed them against a picture from an old Bruce Lee calendar I had.

The phone charms are a bit cheaply made & look a bit goofy haha! But I like them just fine!

 Oh & if anyone ever happens across Jackie Chan earrings send me a link! Love a bit of the Chan Man also :)   

Earring Trivia: Appropriately, I purchased the Bruce Lee charms from China Town in Melbourne.

Mice & Cheese Earrings

Time for an earrings double combo! Mouse & Cheese :) This duo come from two separate places but they are perfect together.

First up the Mice. They come from Amsterdam! I was over there for New Years with a good friends of mine, and one of the days we were there we went for a bit of a wonder & stumbled on an interesting shop (pictured).  I found the mice earrings & they had to come with me :)

The cheese earrings were another recent etsy purchase. They are my second purchase from Monica  (owner of etsy shop Mother May I &  My Little Lunch Box). I seem to have a thing for food earrings & these cheese earrings are nothing short of awesome! (You may remember my first purchase from Monica.. the Severed Finger Earrings!)


When it came to photogging these earrings for my collection I had to combine the two! I had one perfect idea in mind but had a bit of trouble sourcing a new wooden mousetrap (all the others I found were those plastic ones.) 

I knew my parents had a few, so when I visited last I found one & took a few photos. (Sorry Mum! I know you said it was gross & not to use it because it was used for real mice - but I couldn't find any others & I sterilized the earrings afterwards!)

Earring Trivia: I like the word 'Cheese' more than I like Cheese & can say it in a few different languages.

P.S here is the alternate ending from that photo shoot..

Shoe Story

The strangest thing happened on the weekend. Soon after it happened I recreated the incident & photographed it to better illustrate the the story for your amusement as well as my own :) Soooooo here it is: 

I was visiting my parentals on the weekend & was about to go somewhere with my dad in the car, so I decided to put my shoes on. As soon as I did, I noticed that something was in one of them. I didn't want to keep my Dad waiting so I thought 'I'll deal with that later'. 

When I got out of the car & started walking the thing in my shoe started to hurt my foot! I stopped to take my shoe off to see what it was (hoping it wasn't some kind of spider!) Low & behold my Bat Earring was hanging from my sock!! 

Hahah I wasn't expecting that at all! I had to laugh! :) The hook bit was in my sock & it was hanging there like it was flying!

Earring Trivia: If you look closely you'll see my awesome Beavis & Butthead shoelaces! They were one of the first things I bought online (quite a few years ago!) A little bit worse for wear now but here is a picture of them in their prime.