Earrings for brides with stretched lobes
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on February 28, 2008
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I have stretched earlobes, 2G to be precise. Not as big as they could be, but they're definitely not bridal-jewelry accessible. Even though my ears are larger-than-the-average-bride, I want to play with the wedding bling too! i've seen some beautiful large-gauged fancy filigree, and diamond studded plugs online, but I've yet to find anything that really looks "wedding day" to me. have you run into any other large-gauged brides who've faced this issue and succeeded fabulously? i'm desperate for some inspiration! -Laura Sina
I love it when I get questions that other people have already answered for me. There's a whole discussion happening right now on the OBT about earrings for stretched lobes — and I figured I'd borrow some of my favorite answers from there to share, plus some of my own findings.
Even if you're not wearing white, bone might be a good bet for wedding wear.
Check out the gorgeousness that Kirsten wore to her wedding:
These bone swans would be lovely and simple:
These are ridiculously expensive, but aren't they gorgeous?
If you don't want to go bone, I have to admit that I do like the blingy plugs:
Then there are these awwwww-inducing sweetheart plugs:
Pretty opalite tigerlilies:
About Ariel Meadow Stallings
Author of Offbeat Bride: Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides, Ariel acts as the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire websites. She lives, loves, and dorks out hard in Seattle, WA.
scunshine said
it's jewelry like this that makes me want to stretch my ears further. so so pretty
Sarah said
*thumbs up* If I ever get married I'm totally wearing some giant bling plugs.
sfortunata said
This place has some beautiful stuff….they can get really pricey though
http://www.kolopiercing.com/index.php
Kristin Friesen said
This is great! My ears have closed down from a 0g but they didn't close all the way. I am constantly struggling with the earrings I want to wear. I always weigh my ears down and accentuate the droopy holes. Apparently I'm just wearing the wrong kind. Thanks for pointing out the elegant side of gauged ears.
Siouxzi said
I had the same issue. I ended up buying 2 sets of the same earrings. One in white and one in black . They are sort of a cross between the first and last pairs. They are incredibly light weight and the white ones are particularly nice in the way they age.
Tulip said
One of my bridesmaids is wearing blingy plugs for my wedding and I LOVE them, i'm trying to find something big and blingy for the other girls too!
Kathleen said
I really want the heart plugs. They'll go so well with my pink & red & black scheme. xo
zan said
Of course I would drool at the most expensive one. Those are amazingly beautiful.
Another JG said
Do you have the website for the opalite? Those are gorgeous. This company has absolutely beautiful, fairtrade plugs. http://www.onetribe.nu/catalog/
CacophanyCat said
I really wish I could wear a nice set of plugs, I've only got one ear stretched though and because of it I've removed the jewellery so it would shrink down, now Im kicking myself doh!
Brandelle said
If you scroll down a bit this site has some beautiful silver filigree eyelets in 2g and other beautiful stuff.
http://www.organicjewelry.com/tribalplugs.html
Erica said
I've noticed several folks clicked over from the comment (thanks!), but that's actually just a preview page of goodies about to be posted… Please take a look at one of the more 'live' pages of our site, such as this one:
http://www.organicjewelry.com/new.html
There are also some fantastic ethnic jewelry options linked to from this page:
http://www.organicjewelry.com/ethnicjewelry.html
…not to mention amber, horn, bone, stone, wood, bamboo, silver, bronze, gold, and other lovely options found throughout the site.
We work with both brides and grooms to find the perfect plugs, shapes, and other fancies for their weddings and other occasions!
Felicity said
I've used the regular eyelets and then wore fancy hoop earrings through them. That way I have the best of both worlds.
Natalie said
I'm making my own jewlery for my ears…
They're an inch and five eighths so it's pretty hard finding nice looking jewlery. I'm just going to the craft store and picking up some pearls and gluing them on some plugs i already have!
Holly said
I do this now with all my plugs. I find funky stuff I like in the stores and super glue cheap stainless steel plugs to the back…
Jack said
Thank you so much for this post!
god, I love offbeat bride.
Kaitlin said
natalie, anatometal makes teardrop blings and regular bling eyelets up to 2". thats what i am wearing in my 1.5" lobes and large conches. same with my H2B in his 2" lobes.
www.bmeshop.com has bling cheaper then www.bodyartforms.com also. in 1" i think the price difference is like $300!!!
Angie said
Thank you for the suggestions in finding earrings. Having 7/16" makes it difficult to find something at Kay's.
Lia said
there's some gorgeous stuff on ebay…
http://cgi.ebay.com/Bone-2-4-G…dZViewItem
Alan said
My partner and I own an online store, and make custom wood jewelry (we also read this blog because we're getting married in September!)
We've made a lot of plugs for brides/grooms getting married who either just want something fancy for the wedding, or who want traditional-style earrings inlaid into a pair of wood plugs either because it matches the dress or a pendant or because it has nostalgic value (family heirlooms, etc.). We can inlay 'regular' earrings into wood in most cases, do lots of hanging designs, etc.
We also make 'earring plugs' that are drilled through the back and have a tiny hole in the front. The actual idea was for an old client of ours who was a bridesmaid and wanted to wear the same matching earrings everyone else was wearing, but had 00g lobes… these plugs have hollowed out backs and a tiny hole in the front, so 'regular' earrings can be worn through them and they hide the ugly butterfly back inside them. They're nice everyday, but especially great for weddings, and if you're wanting to coordinate earrings among multiple people and some have stretched lobes and others don't, they can make that easy.
hazel said
dude, PLEASE send me a link to your shop cause i've been after those plugs you can put earrings in for ages! When my lobes were smaller I could wear hoops just by threading them through my tunnels, but now my lobes are at 30mm and if I put rings in they fall to the bottom (obv, gravity!) and look stupid. xxxx
vancityrockgirl said
I bought blingy plugs for my wedding on ebay.
they cost $12 for the pair, far far cheaper than buying them in a store here in vancouver. they wanted $40 PER plug at most stores i looked at.
they look great, and my mom is super happy because she doesn't have to look at my huge holes, lol.
Katie said
How bout these for something dramatic:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listi…d=10838574
Debra_Decay said
Mine are stretched to 10mm (not sure what that is in g's) and I'm planning to take out my plugs for the day and wear clip on earrings. That way I get loads of choice of what to buy and I won't look back with regret in years to come if I decide I don't like my stretched ears anymore.
Mandi said
Pssst!
You can get silicon plugs in flesh color, put a pin hole through the middle and wear whatever style earring you'd like, from traditional to extreme!
No need to toss out all your standard pin earrings.
bexter said
If your willing to lay down some cash…I got some great cast silver bling from kolo piercing…or bodyartforms.com.
elizabathory said
My best friend got married last year and she has stretched lobes (10mm). She got some flared eyelets and took them to a jewellers. They got the pretty shiny dangly girlies things she wanted to wear, put in a piece of dowel in the middle of the plug and drilled a hole in it, gluing the post of the dangly in. The dowel was then glued to the plug. So there's an idea for y'all…
Looked gorgeous.
Michelle said
I'm getting married in a couple of months and have decided to wear a pair of antique rhinestone clip-on earrings instead of my usual plugs. My ears are a 0gague but I found clip-ons large enough to cover my holes. I had thought about wearing ornate plugs but realized that what I really wanted was a pair of earrings that would cover the 'something old and something blue' categories.