Celebrate Saint Rita with these unique leather and clay earrings featuring a white bee for a series of miracles tying white bees to St. Rita. Read on to learn more! Clay bees made by JoAnn with Of Color and Clay. Check out her work at ofcolorandclay.com Measurements: 2" long x 0.75" wide Earring materials: - Veg tan leather (a true leather) hand dyed and/or painted and laser cut - Stainless steel hardware - Earrings come on a cardboard earring card - Earring pieces and assembly made by hand in the USA (in Central Texas) Inspiration: White bees are intimately connected to St. Rita, the first inspiration for this design. White bees flew in and out of her mouth on her Baptism day without harming her. Many years after her death until present, white bees visit her former convent in Cascia every year from Holy Week until her feast day on May 22. The gold ray in this design was inspired by artwork portraying a ray of light streaming from the head of Christ to the single stigmata wound on St. Rita’s head. Plan ahead! The Feast of St. Patrick is March 17.