seasons

Happy Fall!  It's finally here!  I am loving all of the jewelry picks these last two weeks.  I especially love Staishy's pick of Nanny's braided silver, gold, and rose gold necklace!  I have a skinnier version of it that I am dying to show off!  It looks so "Autumn" here, but it can go so many directions.  It is beautiful and I love the length!  I have to apologize for my pictures- this is what 2 weeks over overtime and one bridal shower looks like-sleepy eyes and poor lighting.  :) The first of mine is one of Nanny's orange stone necklaces.  I just love the orange and it felt appropriate for the new season!  Staishy and i both rocked the clip-ons this past week.  Staishy chose Nanny's classy double pearl and rhinestone earrings which are just darling with the polka dots!  The bridal shower I co-hosted was a garden party, (yes we can still have those in fall in Texas), so i felt these yellow flower earrings to be especially appropriate!  Papa said Nanny wore them in the 60s!  Great job Nanny-they are still cute today.  ;)  They were so fun, but sadly may be the last of the summery jewelry I can wear for a while!  I picked up the bridesmaids dress I am wearing to Meredith's wedding today and am going to pick out my jewelry to wear with it right now!  I can't wait to debut it!

almost autumn

 

I am so jealous that Staishy is sporting her fall looks!  I am still stuck in summer, but these past few days  I have felt a change and I think our fall may be coming.  Whether the weather changes for the first day of fall or not...my scarves will come in to every day wear (instead of just in movie theaters), our show pumpkin goes out, and the wreath goes up!  I love Staishy's first pick of Nanny's brown, taupe, and grey double strand bead necklace.  So beautiful for any time, but especially for fall!  As far as her second pick, I am especially excited to see another of Nanny's purple bead necklaces.  I just love mine- I wear them all the time! I am always a fan of black and white with a pop of color too.  So stylish!  I am also excited that they could be paired with the earrings I recently got for Staishy.  I have the same earrings and I might just have to wear them with my purple beads. :)  

My first pick is a necklace I have worn with this top about a million times!  Every time I wear it I vow to get a picture but just never have been able to.  I was determined this time!  These twister beads are so fun and I believe this blouse was made specifically for them!  I feel bad for the other lonely blouses out there that will never live up to their potential without this beauty!  Paul spent what seemed like hours untangling this long strand of what may be 15 feet or more of blue and green beads when we first found it, that Staishy insisted we should have it, and I'm so glad she did!  I take special care to keep it from getting tangled like that again!  I have worn it twisted and loose but have not yet ventured away from wearing it with this blouse!  This past week I really just wanted to go for simplicity with Nanny's silver twist chain.  It also reminds me of a gold bracelet of Amy's that was just sadly lost-it was a gift from her grandfather to her grandmother.  I feel so lucky to have so many things that were Nanny's and feel so sad that Amy has lost something so special.  I know how she felt to wear it and I would be absolutely devastated.  So, here's hoping that wherever that special bracelet is it somehow makes it back to Amy or at least to someone who will take good care of it.  :(  I am off to pick out my jewelry for the week and am hoping that something autumn speaks to me!

vacation

Paul and I celebrated our birthdays and anniversary at the Gaylord Texan a couple of weekends ago!  I had the best weekend and the best birthday ever!  Go there.  Now!  I love that Paulie doesn't mind doing the lame couple stuff with me-he has such a kind, sweet, and romantic heart.  I sure do love him. ;)  In addition to a million special birthday wishes from everyone I know, (and don't know at the hotel), we got so many great gifts!  Mom and Dad got us a new camera so we can document all the exciting events coming up in our lives and also took us out for a family dinner!  My work family got me cards, decorated my desk, bought me tacos for lunch, made me cupcakes, and got me a gift card to Target!  They know me so well. :) Paul won me an iPad Mini from the arcade room at the hotel- which turned out to be an amazing, (and cheap) birthday gift and a great end to our dream weekend!  Thank you to Papa, Grandma and Grandpa, and to Paul's parents, Ray and Frances, for your gifts as well!  Our celebrations last for the whole two weeks that span between our birthdays and its wonderful!  Happy early birthday Paulie!  More pictures will be coming with the new camera!

It has been too long since I posted jewelry pictures!  My jewelry pick a couple of weeks ago is actually a piece I wear often but have never been able to get a good picture of.  I still didn't succeed with the yellow glow of the bathroom lighting...but I wanted to show this beautiful purple bead/stone necklace!  It goes with so many things and is the perfect length.  The dark shade of purple becomes almost a neutral and I have worn it with just about every color and it always looks good.  The necklace I wore  the previous week at the hotel is a new favorite!  I have been dying to wear it and have never found the right outfit to pair it with!  As soon as I saw this black and white top, I knew it would look lovely with the green.  I imagine the green will be a good fall/winter necklace and I can hardly wait! Saturday I wore this lovely bead necklace as a double strand. So fun!  Staishy picked some really fun pieces these past few weeks!  The first one looks like another long strand that she made a triple strand.  I love how versatile the long necklaces are.  What pretty colors too!  It seems like it would surprisingly go with a lot of things, and certainly looks beautiful with blue!  Her pick from a couple of weeks ago is a black and gold beaded necklace. Nanny seemed to love the black and navy blue beaded necklaces.  So classic!  The earrings she chose last week are just lovely! I am impressed with her ability to wear clip-ons!  I have a few I will be breaking out soon.  Many of them will be perfect for Christmas!  I can't decide what I will be debuting this week and of course can't wait to see what Staishy picks! :)

    

natural

Staishy and I both picked earthy/natural pieces this week-it was just the mood we were in I guess!  The necklace I chose just seemed so unique and interesting and I love its simplicity.  It has some oxidization on the metal which I actually think adds to its uniqueness.  I love Staishy's choice of Nanny's carved wooden elephants.  I always like the dark wood pieces on her- they just always seem to pop against her skin and eyes.  As soon as I think I have found my favorite on her, she tops it!  I'm sure everyone we know has to have realized Nanny's love of elephants by now!  Yes, there are still more elephants to come. :)  

This past week a friend of mine found out she is having a baby girl and wants to name her Imani- I just think that is beautiful!  I knew all along she was having a girl.  I have become quite the gender predictor with all these babies coming in to my life!  Of course, when it comes time to have my own I will probably have no idea!  This week I will be working on a special project at work, which will be a nice change of pace.  Next weekend I will be going for a slumber party at Cameron's house for her daughter's birthday.  She is about the age of Cameron and I when we met which seems just crazy!  Did I mention it's almost MY birthday??  More importantly, did I mention I will be on vacation from work for it?!  Most important news of the week: Paul and I have been together now for 6 years which seems to have flown by!  Time needs to slow down!  Before I know it, it will be 60.  :) I sure do love him.  

simple

I loved the jewelry Staishy and I picked these last couple of weeks.  They are so simple but wore beautifully!  I always think it will be harder to top our picks from the previous weeks, but it keeps getting more exciting and I really start trying to imagine what Staishy will come up with!  Staishy chose Nanny's stack rings-they look so pretty on her and I'm sure she gets tons of complements and questions about them.  What a neat statement piece and conversation starter!  Last week Staishy chose a darker set of blue twister beads and I absolutely love how well it made her outfit!  I love the versatility of the beads because they can be for everyday wear or dressy.  Doesn't Staishy look beautiful?  That is such a Nanny expression she has on her face-it made me smile right back to her when I saw it!  My two pieces were not previously some of my absolute favorite pieces, (and I say this loosely because there is not one piece that I don't love!), but they have made it to the top!  The pearl/black/gold bead necklace goes with so many more things than I thought they would.  They are formal and casual all at the same time!  The blonde wood beads I chose for this past week were so much fun to wear.  They just feel so rich considering they are wood.  I might as well have been wearing pearls!  I paired it with a simple gold chain of mine because I thought they just looked so pretty together- one delicate and metal and the other heavy and earthy, but both simple on their own until put together.  I highly recommend the mixing.  Staishy, I'm sure, also finds herself planning her entire outfit around her jewelry!  Who knew we could be so stylish?

dressy

Sorry again for doing another double post!  Last weekend I had a fabulous girls staycation in Downtown Fort Worth with Cameron, Rachel, and Lyndzee for our birthdays!  We stayed in a fancy hotel and left our men and babies at home.  :) It was a much needed getaway for all of us in which we ate, drank, complained, gossiped, and reminisced as much as we wanted!  Wonderful!  I hope it becomes a yearly tradition.  This weekend Paul and I went to see The Lost Boys at the new Alamo Drafthouse in Richardson- another fun weekend!  Today I have been as lazy as possible and excited to finally make time to upload these pictures.

I love this wooden double strand on Staishy.  The brown really pops against her skin, hair, and eyes!  Love it!  I have several of Nanny's wooden necklaces as well- so many combinations to wear together or on their own.  I love the simple, natural look of them.  I know Staishy had a hard time picking out which one to wear!  Nanny's stack ring with black stones is beautiful too.  I have one exactly like it with red stones- I can't wait to debut it.  It has been so exciting wearing such different pieces.  Many of the pieces I may not have ever picked out or noticed had I been shopping in a store, but they have become some of my favorites.  I know Staishy would agree!  Nanny certainly was on the cutting edge of jewelry.

Yes, I am wearing the same dress in two different colors...like Nanny I find something I like and buy it in every color. :) I loved this long orange necklace against the teal dress!  I actually have earrings that match it perfectly.  Someone asked if they were a set and when they found out that the necklace was my grandmother's they were impressed on how well the style carried over to today.  Such a cool statement piece and I LOVE that orange.  My new favorite has to be this jade elephant!  This little guy (I say little but he is actually pretty heavy) was so much fun to wear.  I kept looking down at him or holding him and it made me smile every time!      

 

fourth

Well it goes like this:
The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, and the major lift...

What an exciting/relaxing week this has been!  Yes those two have occurred simultaneously and beautifully this week.  Paul and I saw fireworks and friends, went to the pool, grilled hotdogs, took naps, ate seafood, went to the zoo and saw: baby monkeys, wallabies, snakes, and a rolling stones tribute band, and worked/cleaned/lived a normal boring life in between.  :) I sure love him and this wonderful week we have had.  Our dear friends Meredith and Dan celebrated their birthdays last week along with America and Alton celebrates his tomorrow!  Next to October 1st-Jan 1st, this has to be my favorite time of year.  So many birthdays, sunny days, pedicures, and Paul and I celebrate our 6th anniversary this August!  Did I say favorite time of year in THIS heat???

Something old, something new...something RED, WHITE, and BLUE!

This 4th of july was especially exciting because Staishy and I HAD to coordinate our patriotic apparel around one of the many fabulous pieces of Nanny's jewelry!  I played it cool with a simple white beaded necklace which kind of reminds me of something nautical.  I thought it paired nicely with a couple of mom's red and white bangles.  :) Staishy went bold with vintage flower clip-ons and a blue and gold beaded necklace!  So cute!  I wish we could have been together to take this pic, although it kind of looks like we were sitting at the same table over tea, huh?