Autumn Cometh on Tiny Cold Feet

Autumn's Herald

There's been a chill in the air here the last few days, under brilliantly blue skies--the trumpets of autumn, heralding the impending arrival of the equinox! I love this time of year. I often find those glimpses of the season ahead strangely exhilarating. Except for winter. That feeling is more like dread than exhilaration. Except for that first time every year you are surprised by an icy toilet seat. That is actually a little closer to exhilaration.

I desperately wanted to use these sweet little stoneware charms by Karen Totten, so I started with those and designed the earrings around them. They're paired up with faceted iolite ovals, and copper earwires wrapped with tiny faceted Czech glass in "carnelian." I love how the charms remind me of frosted ginger snaps. Tiny little cookies.

One of the things I like about autumn is you can start to wear sweaters and corduroy again without looking like a sissy. I love corduroy. And tweed. Here's some tweed to wear with your new earrings!

I think it may be time to go sweater shopping again, my sweaters are all six years old and they're getting Funky. Half of them are embedded with steel wool cockleburs, and the other half smell permanently like Chest of Drawers.

You can see my other earring creations at my Etsy shop, HERE.