Go Nittany Lions! Go Steelers! Go Golden Eagles!

Of course, my blood runs Penn State blue, so I made myself some Penn State earrings to wear while watching the games. We are . . . Penn State! Go Nittany Lions! Beat USC! For those of you who may not have heard, the Nittany Lions will play USC on New Year's Day in the Rose Bowl. We had an 11-1 season. Our only loss was a real heartbreaker.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are having a great season. If they beat the Ravens tomorrow (Dec. 14), they could take the AFC championship and start working toward the Super Bowl. Several weeks ago, I also made myself some Steelers earrings to wear while watching the games. Don't you love seeing Troy Polamalu run down the field? He always looks joyful, like he's having a good time. Maybe it's the bouncing hair... Anyway, it occured to me that other football fans might like something pretty to wear while watching Troy and the guys.

And . . . now that my daughter is the library director in Tyrone, I made earrings to honor the Tyrone Golden Eagles, who also had a fabulous season this year. You can buy these earrings at the Tyrone-Snyder Public Library or at my Etsy shop (http://www.pfordcustomjewelry.etsy.com/). If you buy them at the library, the library gets to keep all the money. If you buy them at Etsy, I make a little money to buy my next batch of beads.

I will be uploading several versions of my sports theme earrings and bracelets to Etsy in the next day or so. Check them out, and if you would like custom earrings in your team's colors, let me know.