I used to wear some pretty outrageous earrings. Back when I had long hair. Wow, are those days ever gone. But sometimes I get to thinking that I should wear something in my ears once in a while, so the holes don’t close up. I had that thought again Saturday, as I was thinking about going down to see what the Texas Reds Festival was all about. I didn’t want to go to the trouble of scrounging up some earwires and head pins and putting some real earrings together (the thought of wearing something I already had didn’t enter my mind — I knew I didn’t have anything that would match the bracelet I was planning to wear); I thought, “I’ll just loop some bead stringing thread through the holes and hang some beads on the thread, tie some knots, and presto — earrings.” Ha!
I spent an hour wrestling with the thread, the beads, a mirror, and my poor ears. I was sweaty and aggravated by the time I was finished, and knew that with the heat outside already close to 90 degrees, I was not going to enjoy an afternoon in downtown Bryan as much as I had anticipated. Oh, well. Maybe next year. The bonus was that I have some ear “decorations” that I can wear for several weeks if I want. (And I’ll probably want to because working in a mirror is a pain in the ass. I’d hate to try to do this every day, even though they say practice makes perfect — I say piss on they.) There’s nothing pointy to poke me anywhere — just thread and some small beads that don’t even get in the way when I sleep. I may have discovered a whole new way to do jewelry. Using a needle threader to pull the thread through the holes was a stroke of genius, if I do say so myself. Check out the results. At first both ears had the same design — the one in my left ear. Now I have the artsy-fartsy one-ear-this-and-one-ear-that thing. ( I had to re-do the right side yesterday because after all the poking with needles and whatnot on Saturday, that earlobe was starting to get inflamed. Ouchy.)
One strand of thread, looped through and tied in back.
Two strands of thread over, under, and through
