my latest tiny treasure…
It’s a single inlaid shell earring, about thumbnail size. I’ve been collecting tiny pendants for a while with the idea of making a charm pendant. Searched forever for a charm holder I liked. Settled on this, which I actually think is also an earring! inkpen for scale.
What a brilliant idea. I love it. What a great way to repurpose single earrings. Your latest addition to the group is charming.
Yes, it is an earring.
Love how you assembled this collection.
Wow! that’s the tiniest little inlaid shell I’ve ever seen! Awesome to have a piece by Louise Platero too!
hee hee - the top one was last night on my lap in my living room, before i removed the earring post and gave it a once over with a sunshine cloth. the 2nd one was about an hour ago at my desk with much better lighting! 2nd pic is a much more accurate color. 
I know! i love that it’s so bitty!! the mosaic pieces can’t be bigger than a millimeter or two.
i need to take a group pic of all my Platero pieces! 2 rings, spinner turq/coral earrings, a bracelet, and the pendant you see.
the little pendant with the 3 raindrops is also marked R Platero, but it’s engraved and not stamped so I’m not 100% certain on that one.
They fit well together!!
What a great idea @Jemez2! I’ll post a picture of a charm bracelet with several signed “charms”, now I’m wondering if they could single earrings😊. We should try to bring charm bracelet back into fashion!
Also, please do post your Platero pieces; I also have several pieces by Ramona and Louise Platero, great old style with wonderful turquoise and coral!
Oooh, I love turquoise shell overlay pieces (is it inlay or overlay; I’ve always called it overlay, but have seen it commonly called inlay too🤔). I’ve seen a lot of great earrings by Mary Coriz, but they are quite large. Yours looks perfect!
I’d love to see your other Platero piece too! I have a necklace and earring set by Louise!
Great, I’d love to see them I have a few I can share too. Show an tell😄
i added another tiny cutie to my charm necklace! It’s about the size of the face on a US quarter! Have you ever seen a zuni kachina head so tiny?? $12!!!
Gotta say, it’s pretty cute! I’ve never seen one so itty-bitty! However, my favorite is and will always be the wonderful overlay shell😄.
Found this one a while ago, a little Kokopelli pendant that i believe was made by artist Ervin Hoskie. The seller said that it had been found in a lake over here in my country.
My first thought was it’s a spider, but it has a tail like thing, and not enough legs. Who knows, it’s a mystery creature. Really like the use of the cowrie shell.
