They aren't too big, nor are they too small. They'll make a great gift if some one you know is into Celtic symbols/mythology. I bought them for myself and, as I have three piercings in each ear, I were them in my second piercings all the time. The only thing about them, and I do mean only, is that if you have long or unruly hair they tend to get caught on them and wrapped around every once and awhile. But, it's nothing to stop me from wearing them!