Earring-A-Day 31: Pencils

So of course my last earrings of the month would be posted late, of course. Wednesday is/was office supply day, and it also became an upcycle day. Remember my oh-so-awesome Flying Spaghetti Monster Earrings? Those eraser meatballs came from pencils. Which I saved. As I tend to do with things.

I took those pencils, cut them up, and came up with this:

They're kind of shabby-looking, right? I used a box cutter. It was pretty tedious. I definitely need to buy a coping saw. But they're not bad. I was kind of inspired by this craftzine post, though when I drilled all my lead broke. Ah well. Here's another shot:

I wish I'd had more sections of pencil with writing, as I think it gives a nice touch.