Two years ago, I made wood hoop earrings for our Under One Hour special issue. Beadissimo, a fabulous bead store in San Francisco, carried the hoops in different sizes, colors, and finishes. Unfortunately, the store closed and I'm having trouble finding a source. Even though there are lots of beautiful wood hoop earrings on Etsy, I'm looking for the supplies — not the finished earrings.

The closest I could find are these rings from Artbeads.com (a little too small) and from Fire Mountain (not drilled). Beads and Pieces has the drilled pieces, but they're smaller than the 50 mm hoops I used. I did find bright-colored Lucite hoops and gogos at The Beadin' Path, but my heart is set on hoops like the ones I used in the original project.

And how do you search? "Hoops"? "Rings"? "Donuts"? One vendor's hoop is another vendor's O-ring. I'll continue my quest, but let me know if you have a good source. Thanks!