I absolutely need to start making more jewelry...not just components..

this piece was donated to a benefit for an animal shelter...

The holiday season is not just approaching but HERE...I want to make some earrings for friends.. in researching  good quality earring backs , I prefer lever backs, but a lot of people wear posts which are more affordable in sterling silver than the lever backs..however they might prove to be an interesting attaching challenge..in any case I came upon this article which  had a lot of good info on posts...so just bookmarking it here.

http://www.professionaljeweler.com/archives/articles/2002/jan02/0102pb1.html