Raspberry ’Eers*

I love raspberries – raspberries and cream, raspberries in my morning muesli, raspberry lollies  (the jelly kind), raspberry liqueur (that would be framboise). I have also been on a quest for the elusive raspberry-flavoured beer (*hence my lovely punning headline).

Now, I know it is more traditional to dangle cherries from one’s eers. However, I was inspired by the memory of a Marie Claire cover photo of Sarah-Jessica Parker many years ago. She was wearing a pair of eerrings that distinctly reminded me of raspberries, as do these very tactile pink Indian ‘beaded beads’. I decided to make me some raspberry confections.

For the stem, I used tiny jade rectangular beads bought years ago on eBay, attached to findings I made myself from sterling silver wire; the raspberry sits on top of a little round bead of pink candy jade. The contrast between the pink bauble and the translucent green jade is so pretty.

I love how lively these are to wear, as though they jiggle about with sheer exuberance just for being worn. But perhaps that’s only me: a non-alcoholic instant mood enhancer, they put a spring in my step.

But I still want the raspberry beer.