6 Pairs of Handmade Earrings for My Mom

I went to visit my mother on Mother’s Day. I brought her flowers and a couple of magazines. My mom and stepfather have been downsizing. I didn’t want to bring her anything that she would have to get rid of later.

While I was at her house, she told me she had lost one of the earrings I had made her a while ago. She asked me if I would make her more dangling earrings with earring wires. Although she didn’t say anything about her arthritis, I suddenly realized that the post earrings were becoming harder to put on.

I don’t think many handmade jewelry sellers realize that a whole non-online market exists for an ageing population. It’s tough to get backs on earrings and lobster clamps open with arthritic hands. It’s so easy to make some simple jewelry that works for an older group of women.  These women do not want something complicated.  They just want jewelry to match their outfits.

I made 6 pairs of earrings by simply adding beads to a headpin and adding a wire-wrap loop. I made my mom pairs in blue, green, red, pink and gold. I made 4 with silver wire and 2 with gold. 

My mom is the second older woman to ask me to make her some earrings.  She doesn’t shop online.  She wants something that has a little dangle, but isn’t overloaded with beads or dangles to her shoulder.   If you make and sell jewelry at craft fairs and brick and mortar shops, you might consider making a few pieces that are easy on the hands.  Remember  women of all ages where jewelry.

If you’d like to make your own earrings, I have a tutorial on wire-wrapping headpins, How to Do a Beaded Head Pin Wire Wrap.