Sunflower Earrings - Wire Drop rosemary Since ancient times olive leaves

Since ancient times olive leaves have been a symbol of beneficence

While the meat inside is basically inedible

It brings out the full flavour of food and is the most widely employed of all European culinary and garnishing herbs

Materials: The Irish Thorn leaves are cast in bronze and accented with white freshwater pearls

Leaf drop centre: approx

Sunflower Earrings - Wire Drop rosemary Since ancient times olive leavesThe sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant native to the Americas. It possesses a large flowering head, and its name is derived from the flower's shape and image, which is often used to capture the sun. The plant has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves, and circular flower heads. The heads consist of many individual flowers which mature into seeds, often in the hundreds, on a receptacle base. From the Americas,