Mismatched earrings

In the latest issue of 'Lucky Magazine' there was a small write-up about mismatched earring sets. It reminded me of a pair I had back in high school that I thought were the greatest things ever, with one earring being a star and another of the moon. I had forgotten about them until I saw the blurb in Lucky. Still a pretty cool concept after all these years I think, so I tried to put together a few complimentary pairs of my own. After some trial and error I've got a few tips on how to pull this off - 1) choose a theme, such as 2 interpretations of the same subject; 2) more 'natural' designs, rather than highly stylized ones, tend to make better complements; and 3) earrings made of unfinished gems or fragments of minerals also seem to make the most 'neutral' pairing partners. Who knows, maybe you have a few new pairs of earrings sitting in your jewelry box by mixing and matching what you've got already!