Hindsight has all too often exposed the folly of your youth.

In retrospect, your eighth grade history teacher was not a stone-cold fox. And though you once vocalized it with conviction, hell is most definitely not for children.

But some things are just as good now as they ever were. Like Shrinky Dinks. In fact, they may have improved with age, thanks to We Dream in Colour jewelry. Inspired by the drawings of famed zoologist Ernst Haeckel, the assortment of earrings, pins, and necklaces features depictions of brightly colored birds and tropical flora on heat-shrunken plastic strung on cord or sterling silver wire.

Cheerful and not too serious, the pieces recall the best parts of your younger days — while reminding you why it’s good to grow up.

Just in case recollections of your flirtations with the bespangled uniglove look aren’t doing the trick.

Available online at wedreamincolour.com.