Sunday, July 8, 2012

making vintage clip-ons wearable


I love, and have an amazing collection of, vintage earrings.
But the clip-ons KILL ME. I can't wear them for 30 minutes.


So I came up with a fabulous idea.


Enter the glue and the earring posts from ebay.


I took all the vintage earrings off their nasty clip-on backs.


Added a dab of glue and attached earrings posts, instead.


Ta-dah! Expect to see me wearing loads of vintage earrings. :)

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11 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 8, 2012 at 9:56 PM

    Yay! I often think about doing this... but I never have. Thanks for the inspiration! Sarah xxx

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  2. deeJuly 8, 2012 at 9:57 PM

    great idea! you can also make them into sweater clips!! :D

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  3. AnonymousJuly 8, 2012 at 11:15 PM

    this is such a fab idea! I have some lovely pairs of clip on that I never wear, hurrah! xxx

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  4. Betty2ToneJuly 8, 2012 at 11:45 PM

    Clip on earrings have never bothered me, but I'm totally going to use this idea for some of my old earrings where the clip on part has broken!

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  5. DakotaJuly 9, 2012 at 12:38 AM

    Thank you for this post!! I've considered doing the same thing to the myriad painful (but oh so pretty) vintage clip-ons in my jewelry box; now I see how simple it is, I really ought to get around to that!

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  6. thorne garnetJuly 9, 2012 at 1:15 AM

    I've thought of doing this to some of the cheaper/non-hallmarked earring I have. I'd have second thoughts about doing it to the Weiss rhinestone ones I have

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  7. UnknownJuly 9, 2012 at 2:24 AM

    I definitely need to do this to my clip ons, cannot imagine why people would carry one wearing clip ons with how uncomfortable they are! Fabulous idea poppet xx

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  8. Ms. FalconJuly 9, 2012 at 6:33 AM

    ha, great idea. i have the same problem with clips. i'm not even able to wear them for about 10 minutes.

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  9. The Grande DameJuly 9, 2012 at 2:42 PM

    Cute! Are they those old metal clip ons? They are super painful. Good idea.

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  10. Miss Simmonds SaysJuly 11, 2012 at 4:46 AM

    just bought some painful clips so i'll be doing this asap! xxx

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  11. HelgaJuly 15, 2012 at 5:25 PM

    AH! How unbelievable easy!
    I have heaps of clip ons,and usually just deal with it until my ears go numb!Not any more! I'll be onto this trick pronto!Bless!
    XXXXXX

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