Grace: As you probably already know, I am obsessed with earrings. I own so many pairs that I literally have nowhere to put them. My love for earrings may be a bit over the top, but I know that I am not the only girl who owns so many pairs she doesn’t know what to do with them all. For me, earrings are always a default gift; if I can’t think of anything creative or unique for my friends, I’ll end up buying them a nice pair of earrings.

Earrings have been around for hundreds of years; the earliest sign of earrings was found in art work in ancient Persia. Historically, piercing and other forms of body modification were used as a sign of wealth and status. For example, in southeast Alaska it used to be very difficult to raise one’s social status, so in order to ensure their child’s social ranking, parents would hold a community feast. At this feast, the parent or host would pay members of their group to pierce the rims of their child’s ears. The more feasts, the more rings. Since these feasts were fairly expensive, the number of holes indicated levels of wealth.

Today, the piercing of one’s ears is quite popular and is no longer used as a sign of social ranking. However, as I mentioned before, it is quite easy to accumulate earrings, especially if you’ve had your ears pierced for a very long time. I have no way of organizing my earrings other than to store them in boxes, and it has become a hassle to go through that box every morning and untangle my earrings and try to locate pairs. In a world where stress levels are already high, the last thing anyone needs is stress caused by unorganized earrings.

I found this great earring organizer that is both decorative and functional (I’m a big fan of things that look nice but are also practical). Shaped like a tree, you can hook your earrings onto the branches, or you can even hang your bracelets and necklaces! Instead of just buying your friend jewelry, why not buy her something she can use to organize it all? It’ll probably get more use than just a pair of earrings (to be honest, I only wear a given pair for maybe 6 months until I’m ready to move on to the next pair), and it’s a great decorative piece too!

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