tiny earrings

Designed by Ajay Patil in India, these earrings are wonderfully romantic. The sterling silver earrings depict a couple in a passionate embrace, framed by a heart embellished with tiny heart cutouts.

These romantic heart earrings highlight the Balinese jewelry technique called jawan, which uses tiny granules or dots of silver to create patterns. Nyoman Ariawan designs the earrings, which are crafted from sterling silver.

Working with 950 silver from the Karen hill tribes, Thailand's Chanatip Na Lampoon creates these beautiful dangle earrings. The romantic earrings feature two hearts of different sizes, both stamped with tiny floral patterns and spiral motifs. The earrings swing from sterling silver hooks.

As happens with real hearts, sometimes the key that opens them doesn't require a search because it's been close by all along. That's the case with these sterling silver heart-shaped lock earrings from Thailand's Aoy. Expertly crafted with curving swirls, the locks are finished in a combination of both light and dark tones and have tiny keys hanging just above them. The dangle earrings feature sterling silver hooks.

Sweetly feminine, this jewellery set from Patricia Guzman in Mexico is absolutely one-of-a-kind. She crafts a pendant from a natural pale pink bougainvillea flower, carefully preserved in clear resin. A cultured freshwater pearl dangles below the blossom. The pendant centres a strand of pink beryl beads, punctuated by tiny 14k gold plated beads and sparkling crystal accents. The gold-plated post earrings feature dangling pink beryl beads.