Daily Dallys

I've written quite a bit on my travels, and been on even more than I've written about, but I rarely talk about the things that go on every day.

While the daily things that keep me busy may not be as exciting, they're just as much a part of my life as my trips, if not more so.

More importantly, they're easier to write about on a consistent basis. When I think of cramming all of my wonderful experiences into one post -- impossible, even for me -- I get anxious and tend to procrastinate. It's my goal to try to update at least once a week.

Better late than never!

Experiences in Jewelry Making

When I went to Kyoto with my mother in the Spring of last year, I bought some cute, hanging earrings, cloth-crafted white flowers with a dab of color at the center...which I promptly LOST. But only one. Frankly, I don't know what's worse, the loss of a new purchase or the taunting reminder that it's not fully gone.

In any case, I searched  everywhere I went for earrings similar to that which I had lost, but not even specialty stores that sold that kind of fabric and objects made of that fabric sold earrings.

So, I decided to make my own!







I bought the flowers at one of the specialty stores -- while I am amazing, and I'm sure there's some youtube tutorial about  making them, I didn't make this particular part myself. Then I bought the earring parts (posts, beads) at a craft store. I've never made jewelry before, so I kind of did this at my own whim, cramming things together how I thought they'd hold together and using pliers that I'm sure were meant for other purposes. Currently they're being held down with a Scotch Tape backing (desperate times, you know?) until I can find a proper back to glue them to the post.