Odd Earrings

sal · 5 February 2007 at 7:59PM

Yet again I've lost one of my current favourite earrings.

Whenever this happens I always hang on to the other one for ages, just in case the lost earring turns up again, but it rarely does.

However, I can't for the life of me bring myself to throw the odd earring away and I now have a jewellery box with lots of strug earrings and I haven't got a clue what to do with them.

Does anyone else do this, or has anyone got a clever idea to use them all up?

Sal

KarensKraftyBits · 5 February 2007 at 8:04PM

Yes i got a great way. If they are real gold put the lot of them on ebay. I recently sold 3 broken gold chains and a broken gold bracelet for £80 not bad ey?

lacoste1985_2 · 5 February 2007 at 8:10PM

Yeah i agree..you never know someone on ebay may be looking for a missing one just like you. If theyre gold as well u might be able to make a bit of extra £££ back!

I'm exactly the same btw.....

celyn90 · 5 February 2007 at 8:41PM

If you can take the earring bit off, maybe you can thread it on a chain and use it as a pendant instead. I've done this a couple of times as I'm always losing them!

V.Lucky · 5 February 2007 at 10:19PM

I have taken mine to the jewellery quarter in Birmingham and they give you scrap gold value for them - better than nothing.

skipton · 5 February 2007 at 10:29PM

My friend often wears odd earrings.....very few people notice!

cha97michelle · 5 February 2007 at 10:34PM

my uncle has them melted down by a jeweller to make into a new piece of jewellery.

Or, you could use them for making into a necklace sometimes.

Or, the art department in my school asked for things like that for them to press into clay to make imprints with. You could donate them to a school, or do this with kids you know.

Michelle

groatie_queen · 5 February 2007 at 11:00PM

If the odd earrings aren't too valuable and have no scrap value, consider making a felt cutout of a Christmas tree and using the earrings as the decorations, or hang them on a mini tree (twigs sprayed white?) for a different table decoration.

Glad · 10 February 2007 at 11:01PM

some second hand jewellry shops will buy gold from you in exchange against purchases

amandada · 10 February 2007 at 11:34PM

I have one ear double pierced-perfect for odd earrings!

millionaire_in_training · 10 February 2007 at 11:57PM

Sympathy from me here. I am always doing this too and it drives me mad. I bought a fab necklace and earrings set fromvirgin vie as a big treat for my self and it was v expensive, got to the night out I was attending and had lost one earring. Was gutted as now have never worn them and they were £18:mad: