Earlier this yr, I added second and third lobe piercings and my first cartilage piercing to my ears, and since then… I’ve been obsessive about ear stacks and ear curations. This has additionally led me down a path to a brand new love for jewellery usually, however this submit is nearly charms!

I’ve at all times liked the way in which charms and chains have regarded on the ears, however I used to be fearful of the ache–I truthfully don’t know why I used to be THAT scared. I lastly determined to do it and walked-in to an area (respected!) piercing studio and had my second and third lobes accomplished on each ears and an higher helix piercing on my proper ear. After getting these piercings and having little or no ache–and a really uneventful therapeutic course of (which isn’t full)–I subsequently had a number of extra piercings added since then. I’m at the moment on a self-imposed piercing ban till 2024!

For my birthday/wedding ceremony anniversary, I commissioned two, customized charms with Earth’s Treasury, which is the corporate that redesigned my wedding ceremony ring set in addition to created my pendant to commemorate Magellan after he handed (utilizing the diamond solitaire from my authentic engagement ring). I needed one attraction that performed off of Magellan’s pendant, whereas the opposite was based mostly on a surprising magenta-purple sapphire I fell in love with.

The primary attraction encompasses a 0.53 ct. Colombian emerald in an emerald lower complemented by a 0.79 ct. tanzanite (Magellan’s birthstone) in a “Helena” lower and a 0.12 ct. blue sapphire in a trillion lower all set with basic prongs. There are two smaller diamonds in bezel settings to tie the three bigger stones collectively, and all the pieces was accomplished in 14K yellow gold.

I really like the cascading impact and the way the completely different shapes and cuts mirror mild. I additionally are likely to gravitate to this shade palette. This one is especially beautiful as each an earring attraction but in addition as a necklace attraction! Whereas one of many bigger charms, it doesn’t really feel notably heft on my ear. I often put it on a plain gold huggie or a diamond-pave huggie in my first lobe.

The second attraction options an unheated, purple sapphire in a Serendipity lower with a crescent of diamond melee stones. The whole lot is ready with basic prong settings in 14K yellow gold. She is petite however impactful with that vivid magenta-purple!

One of many causes I really like working with Earth’s Treasury is the standard of their stones and that extends to even smaller, melee diamonds. It may be troublesome to seek out the readability and shade of smaller diamonds at retailers, so I admire the transparency of Earth’s Treasury. They’re additionally among the finest sources for sapphires usually, that are nice, sturdy stones for on a regular basis functions and are available quite a lot of colours. Lauryn, who’s their jewellery designer, at all times will get my imaginative and prescient and by no means makes me really feel rushed or that I’m driving her up the wall with tweaks. It’s such a consolation understanding that she has a watch on each stone going into a bit and that I’ll by no means be disillusioned by those used.

After these two charms arrived, I used to be so impressed that once I noticed some beautiful daith jewellery, I used to be impressed to get the “look” however in charms. I don’t have a daith piercing, am not fully certain I’ve the anatomy for it, however I’ve a conch piercing in every ear and a few fairly stellar items in them… so daith feels a methods away, if in any respect. These are my Christmas presents, which did arrive a bit early however who am I to say no?

The third attraction in my suite of charms options vivid tsavorites complemented by lighter blue and vivid purple stones and heavier gold work. I needed one thing extra geometric with the usage of bezels and prongs. There are two, sq. tsavorites (0.43 ct. complete weight) set in a extra bezel-like setting with pyramid-like spikes coming off of the perimeters. Between the pyramids, there are blue and purple color-treated diamonds that encompass the tsavorites.

I wasn’t overly conversant in tsavorite as a stone till I began perusing threadless ends (for my ears) and noticed it utilized by completely different manufacturers. Stunning nobody, I really like a very good inexperienced, whether or not that be emerald, tsavorite, or chrysoprase (additionally a new-to-me stone I fell in love with whereas beginning to curate my ears!). Tsavorite is such a vivid and impactful stone; it has a lot brightness, sparkle, and depth.

My fourth attraction is completely different tackle one thing extra outlined, geometric, and using bezel settings. I’ve quite a lot of cooler-toned charms, so I needed one thing hotter and extra sunset-inspired in shade scheme.

That is additionally a narrower, however longer, attraction. It options two, princess lower Montana sapphires and two, straight baguette Madagascar sapphires complemented by 5 small, spherical diamonds in-between. I really like this one as each an earring attraction in addition to a necklace attraction!

As at all times, Lauryn and Earth’s Treasury did a unbelievable job taking a mish-mash of inspiration and pointers and creating items that I really like dearly and put on usually. I really like that they’re versatile sufficient to work as earring charms in addition to pendants, so I can get much more use out of them.