Exquisite equestrian jewelry at Etsy.com

Through my experience at Entrecard and the bloggers there -- namely fiveoclocksomewhere--I learned about Etsy.com, a wonderful Web site featuring handmade crafts and artwork. The site is set up somewhat like Ebay -- it's highly organized and easily searchable -- but the uniqueness and quality of the items will knock your socks off, and you don't have to bid. Of course I searched using the keywords "horse" and "earrings." Take a gander at these beauties:

From artist Fearlessfreak, my personal favorite earrings $40

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Prancing Ponies

Description

Two dancing horses jump over pretty purple posies. Hot pink, purple, and blue-these earrings are the kind that people will notice, and love, and then be envious of. Free Gift Wrap, international shipping and lots of love from fearlessfreak.

From fiveoclocksomewhere (also a blogger!), a rejuvenated vintage horse head bracelet, $85

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Peaceful Ride Equestrian Bracelet

Description

Faceted Smokey Quartz rondelles and sterling silver Balinese beads finished off
with a large heavy Vintage Reverse Horse Head Intaglio Box Clasp Set in Sterling
Silver. Measures just shy of 8". Will fit 6-1/2 to 7-1/2 inch wrist nicely. Can
be resized.

About the Clasp:
The vintage clasp is hand painted from
behind. Set in a sterling silver. Essex crystals, sometimes referred to as
reverse crystals or Intaglio, came into being in the mid to later 19th century.
Rock crystal is cut en cabochon (a back flat, the front rounded and smooth).
Skilled artists then carved out the rock crystal from the back in a desired form
– often animal motifs. Once carved out, the depressions were then carefully
painted in detail. Mother of pearl was often used as a base and backing and once
turned to the front, an extraordinary image is evident in-the-round.

Artist Fantasybeader's unicorn earrings (love the blue eyes), $20
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Stunning Unicorn Seed Bead Earrings

Beautiful Unicorn Earrings, hand made from Czech glass beads size 11's . Can be worn with formal or casual clothes. These earrings are very stunning and will get attention. The Unicorn's are aprox, 3inches, including hook. I take pride in my work and spend a great amount of time to make them as perfect as I can. The Ear hooks are Surgical steel. I have sold at craft shows and art shows. I will ship within a few days of payment. Usually the next mailing day) Thank you kindly for taking the time to look at my hand beaded earrings. Any questions just ask, I will answer the best I can. The earrings look much better in person :-) I hope you find something in my shop that you really want :-) Come back often :-)

From Miss Chick Boutique, earrings for the western-minded, $31

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Horse Feather Earrings - brick stitch, beadwoven

Description

For the horse lover – a lovely pony created in seed beads in a feather style. These earrings are hand stitched by me one bead at a time in place. They are done in a brick or Cheyenne stitch style. They are made with uniform seed beads and blue fire polished beads. Colors: black, brown, white, yellow, red, blue, brown and cream. They measure ½ inch (1.2 cm wide) and 2 ½ inches long (6.3 cm long) (not including the surgical steel ear hook). These earrings were made by me, design by Mary Hipple, aka KODIAK Wolf Den Dezigns (here on etsy as: wolfdendezigns38). Please be sure to check out my Boutique for different colors, styles or lengths. Thanks for looking! :-) CLIP ON OPTION: Also for the ladies that would like to exchange out to clip on earrings please check out this post on my blog for current options. ---> http://misschicboutique.blogspot.com/2008/05/golden.html I will be adding to these as I acquire more options.