Thank you, Andrea! I love leverbacks, don't you? I gave a pair of normal french wire earrings to a friend for her birthday and she promptly lost one because it wiggled out! She felt awful because she lost her gift, and I felt awful because I didn't use leverbacks or at least include plastic earring stoppers.
Pattye, if you're referring to yourself, I'm not at all surprised because you're incredibly stylish! Love it!
Karin, did you post photos of the lime Tahitians? I need to see those again! I *think* I got those findings from the Etsy seller migem, but I could be wrong because hers look a tiny bit different to me. Several sellers carry them and I bought a bunch of them in silver and vermeil ages ago. That was before I marked my supplies more carefully.
I'm thinking of doing the blocky drops as threader earrings. I'm on the fence about threaders because I've never worn them, but I like the look. I guess the plan is to keep the blocky drops and sell the others. I shouldn't, but come on, I have no white South Sea pieces of my own. This whole thing I do - buy something for myself, make something for the shop, make something for myself - is really a sh*tty business model. Those of you who also have shops, with so many more sales, clearly have it figured out much better than I do. Kudos!