It’s hard to admit — I’m not much into fashion nowadays. It’s hard to keep up with the latest styles and aside from a choice few pieces I like to update every season, I’m not really into keeping up with trends… unless that trend is food jewelry. And my fascination started at the age of 9.
Upon leaving San Diego to North Chicago for my dad’s temporary deployment at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, my cousin gifted me with a handkerchief full of pins. And they weren’t just any old pins — they were mini candy bar replicas. Mars bar, Mr. Goodbar, Snickers, Milky Way — all my favorite candy bars plus a few I’ve never heard of before. I loved the pins so much that I wore all of them at the same time as a “fashion statement” to the envy of my classmates. They were my personal bling for several years right until my tweens.
Sadly, I eventually lost track of them over the years. I was even bullied into handing one over to a notorious gangster girl in junior high so I wouldn’t get my ass kicked (true story). The only one that remains (and my favorite), is the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup pin.
The pin is housed safely in a box with a collection of other pins. But my love for food-inspired jewelry was recently reignited when I spotted Hillary Orr’s creations earlier this year.
Hillary Orr is the creator of Sugar Addict Creations and she was selling her wares at San Diego Comic-Con alongside her brother, Justin, a very talented graphic artist.
Hilary hand-crafts a variety of items but the non-edible food replicas are my favorites. Pizza, donuts, sushi, cake… whatever she fancies at the moment. It’s difficult to chose just one.
To my knowledge, her creations aren’t available online but here’s your chance to win one for yourself. Leave a comment what food you would wear as jewelry and you could win strawberry jam on toast necklace. One winner will be chosen randomly. Deadline is Tuesday, September 18.
Good luck!
Congratulations to Lola in Las Vegas who was randomly chosen using Random.org to select the winner. Please send me your address and I’ll get the necklace over to you ASAP. Congrats again!!
My Burning Kitchen 
Cute necklace! If I had a chance, I would love to wear a donut around my wrist like a bracelet.
If chosen, this would be for my girlfriend. But in order to comply, I would probably want to wear something beer-related.
I would definitely wear little cupcake earrings hehe. Cute post!
Sushi, donuts, berries, cookies, pop tarts, fortune cookies…I could go on and on. Pie, cake, cupcakes, any of those on a pendant. I don’t change what earrings I wear very often but I love to get a new necklace!
Milkshakes! All my milkshakes bring all the boys to the yard.
I think it would be absolutely adorable to wear little wine bottles as earrings, especially to a wine tasting party or vineyard. Grapes are also cute and would make nice earrings or a necklace.
I would love BBQ ribs. Thanks for the awesome giveaway 🙂
Renee
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A pendant that looked like a Coke glass bottle….can’t live without it!
Toast is actually one of my (admittedly many) comfort foods, so I’d love strawberry jam on toast!
Cool story about the candy bar pins, except when you were coerced into giving one to the girl bully. 😦 bullies suck!
I would totally wear something dessert related (cupcake, cake, ice cream) as a pendant or as charms on a bracelet. I would also wear something fruit related! Fruit is always cute!
Gosh, I’m obsessed with food – this is too cute! I’d totally be into wearing some dainty French dessert, like a macaron, as a ring 🙂
I actually saw some macaron rings at Royal T Cafe (a cosplay cafe/art gallery in Culver City), a bit pricy at $18 for those ‘adjustable’ rings. Fyi.
i love eggs, so a fried egg pendant would be pretty cool
Maybe dumplings or sushi?
Hard choice but I would wear anything related to wine.
Ah, I am a complete foodie, and would be honored to win such prizes!
Btw, in high school (back in the glorious 80’s), I would adorn my fave jacket with pins, too!
totally cute necklace. i’d wear spam musubi or xiao long bao. wearing it is better than eating it less calories and so cute.
I would love to wear a crossiant as a necklace because I loveee to eat them!