The Case for Wearing Statement Jewelry on an Ordinary Day
Nobody is coming over on Mondays. I work from home — coffee, emails, admin work. No reason to bother. And still, every single Monday morning, I put on a pair of earrings. Not for anyone else. Just because something feels off when I don't. This is the case for wearing the beautiful thing on the day that doesn't seem to warrant it.
Earrings First. Always.
It didn't happen all at once. It was a gradual shift — a slow realization that on the days I got my earrings right, I felt comfortable in my own skin. Not dressed up for anyone else. Just like myself. This is the philosophy behind Earrings First. Always. — and why starting there changes everything about how you get dressed.
The Things We Reach For
A fellow jewelry maker shared a concept with me recently called transitional object theory — the idea that humans instinctively reach for physical objects to feel held and grounded. I heard it and immediately thought about earrings. About the specific pairs we reach for on hard days. About why those pairs matter. And about a muted green scraps pair I made one evening that turned out to be more meaningful than I knew.