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Lorraine earrings

     



 Many years ago when I did art shows in Del Ray Beach, Florida, one of my clients brought one of her favorite pair of earrings to show me. The earrings from her collection were a fascinating combination of different shapes and colors of vintage glass, wood and lucite bits, suspended from a circular piece that covered the earlobe. I was so inspired by seeing these very unique and artfully designed earrings that I started making a similar style. I was also impressed by my gracious and stately client, Lorraine. She was quite fashion minded and carried herself with elegance. She was a lovely silver haired women who would always seek me out to find just the right piece for her collection. 
     The last time I was in a Del Ray Beach show, her husband came by to pick something out, and told me that Lorraine was now in a nursing home, and no longer able to get to the show. I love that even at the end of her life, she was so concerned with finding the right pieces of jewelry that she sent her husband to find me. 

In honor of my beautiful client, I present my collection of favorite Lorraine earrings to you.











Some of these are available for purchase at my Etsy store.


For those in the Chicago area, I will be at the Mundelein art show, September 9th and 10th, and the Park Forest art show September 16th and 17th. 




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