March is jewellery month

Of all the things left to me by Annie, the one thing I treasure most is her set of mahogany drawers. She salvaged them from a skip in the 70's, and filled them with things that didn't have another home. The drawers are still full of the things she put in them - dental floss, buttons, allen keys, nag champa, paintbrushes being a few of the bits and bobs. I've claimed a couple of the drawers, but they're mostly still a bit of a shrine to my lovely mum.






















After having a good old rummage through the drawers the other day, I decided to make some earrings using some of the bits and bobs that I found. First up is a pair made from vintage buttons, and the second are made from whatever I could find...