Anne Maldonado
The earrings themselves are very nice. I didn't deduct stars for Amazon's poor shipping! My earrings came in a small, flat plastic envelope ( blue and white with Amazon logo) with no padding. The earrings were on flat pieces of cardstock enclosed in cellophane bags. The santa hat earrings made the journey intact, they are very solid and sturdy. Very sparkly! The reindeer earrings were bent to heck and back, the posts were bent and twisted sideways. When I attempted to straighten out the posts (GENTLY!), they broke off. The post on the reindeer earring is attached to the antler. If you look at the picture closely you will see that the antlers are only attached to the gem by a very small piece of metal, very delicate!! Also, the gem is not as Christmassy red as pictured. The pair I received had a very dark red gem, almost looked burgundy. I purchased the set for the santa hat earrings and this set was the same price as the santa hats by themself, so I thought I would gift the reindeer earrings. No dice, but also no loss to me since the pair I really wanted survived shipping. Seller needs to package the reindeer earrings in a box since Amazon makes some mind boggling choices in how they ship delicate items.
