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I Heart Tribal Wood Earrings
March 18, 2009 at 12:00 PM by Cafe MicheleZ - Comments (10)
There is a store called Swallow near my house that my sister and I love. Cafe Sheri, I think it would also be your favorite store! Filled with the works of local and international artisans -- from glass to pottery to jewelry and more -- it's one of those shops worth the visit even just to look at the new and beautiful things they offer. And over the weekend, Jen and I stopped in and saw these gorgeous tribal wood earrings. Must. Have. Now.
We were shocked when we saw that the prices started under $20! We both bought two pairs. While they appear that the thick wood goes through our ear lobes, it's an illusion -- there is a regular sized post that goes through your piercing. These are both in a dark brown wood, but they also had a blonde and a rich maple wood, with many different styles. Swallow doesn't sell online, so if you're not in the Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, area and like these, I found some similar earrings online.
- Memekoko has quite a few different styles. I love the Galaxy and all are priced around $20.
- Garuda Organic Jewelry's selection starts at $16. This style features a post that is like a mini toothpick. They had these at Swallow we were afraid we would loose the post...but we both bought a pair.
- LumenVito on Etsy sells replacement posts for just $8 and they also sell pretty wood carved earrings. The Bull Skull and Big Buddha earrings are really neat. Prices start at $10 for earrings and if you spend $25 or more, you get a free pair of replacement posts!
Hmm...I might have to get another pair!
Comments:
I would love these, its so my style right now.
Wait, wait... so it's NASTY if someone actually stretches their ear to ear these, but you can mimic the style and it's totally cool? I'm confused.
Did someone say it was nasty? The earrings look cool. And not everyone has stretched piercing.
I love these. I used to have 8 gauge piercings and was able to wear the real deal (I actually did it myself in college -- with a nail -- crazy!), but they have since closed up.
These have the same look, but can be worn for people who have the standard piercing.
No, no one did here, Michele. I was referring to the general populus' view. :) I just find it amusing to mimic a style that when actually worn true to it's nature is then generally shunned.
I had my ears at a 0 for a couple years, and just took them out a month or so ago, and they're back to normal stud size.
Rana, mine are stretched to a 00, and I completely get why someone would buy these! The stretching process hurt like Hell! LOL.
Those are beautiful earrings!
flower_momma... with all due respect, if it hurts, you're doing it too quickly and should buy a taper to prevent blow-out.
Those look cool.
Why thank you RanaAurora.....
I would never know how to correctly do what I already did (9 years ago) without you.
But theres always a way to find something snarky to say about absolutely everything, now isn't there?
my ears are stretched to a 4 but i think i like the wooden ones better in the larger sizes. so i am going to move on up a size but im a bit scared because it hurt like hell when i went from a 6 to a 4
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A local free-trade coffee shop near me has these too. They are so cool!
NorahSethsMommy Mar. 18, 2009 at 12:19 PM