Playing Dress-up...

...Actually just playing with boxes and textures while sorting out some old jewelry...

Mystery Earring ...

I have a mystery story for theme thursday regarding an earring made of the mineral gold...

I was very fortunate to have a father-in-law who worked in the jewelry business...The last years of his employment he worked for a company specialising in gold - jewelry and findings. I was spoiled because of this and never had to buy my gold hoops that I adore and feel comfortable in.

Several years ago ,after my father-in-law retired, I lost one of my favorite hoops when on a vacation...I always thought I lost it in an airport...For the first time I would have had to actually spend money on them...but my children gave me an almost identical pair for Christmas that year...

The mystery in this story occurred when I returned home from my recent Florida vacation. After emptying the suitcase I turned it upside down to shake out sand that had accompanied my sandals...there on the rug was the long lost earring...and yes I had saved its mate...Where was it for all these years? I had thoroughly searched the suitcase, including taking the lining out,and I have used the suitcase on other trips...Now if only my old lost wedding ring would show up...