rock candy

Last week I wore Nanny's multi-colored stone necklace!  I felt like it looked very springy and yummy like rock candy.  I am wishing warm weather will come soon!  Staishy wore Nanny's rose ring which looks delicate and beautiful on her!  I love it with the colorful flower scarf and french blue sweater.  Nanny would have loved the ensemble. :)

heart

Happy late Valentine's Day!  What neat picks we had this round!  I love all the jade elephants Nanny had!  I adore jade and have always wanted to have some someday so I feel so lucky we each got some of the many pieces Nanny had.  Staishy wore a really cute jade elephant necklace a couple of weeks ago.  I love it with that bright green shirt!  I agree with Staishy- I always feel closer when I wear an elephant piece even though I know they weren't her only loves.  Last week for Valentine's Day Staishy wore Nanny's silver heart bracelet with a red rhinestone.  So sweet!  Staishy mentioned her concern with the simple clasp and I too had that fear the first time I wore a piece like that, but they are surprisingly sturdy and they are so fun!  This was one of the few bracelets that Nanny had, so I know Staishy felt special wearing this piece.  The week before last I wore Nanny's amethyst and diamond necklace-I don't usually wear a lot of long, nice necklaces like that but I have really been branching out since getting Nanny's jewelry.  I know how much she liked the longer necklaces.  Last week, I didn't have anything especially Valentine's looking, but I really enjoyed this celtic pendant on a long silver chain.  The chain itself was so pretty aside from the beautiful pendant, and was such a nice length.  I think this one may be a new favorite!  

pins

Nanny's gold, emerald, and rhinestone pin and earring set looked just perfect with that blue and black dress for a christmas party!  What a lovely combination!  Staishy looks gorgeous.

Christmas pin!  I know Staishy couldn't wait to wear these silver bells for Christmas.  Both of us have had our Christmas selections picked out from the start!

I love the color of Nanny's grey butterfly pin. Usually butterflies are colorful, so it is neat to think of this one being grey but still so pretty and sparkly.  Staishy actually reminded me I have one just like this in a brown/tigereye color which I can't wait to wear!  So many pins, so little time! 

I love Nanny's double strand white Hawaiian beads with green and gold accents.  I have a couple of these that will look beautiful for spring!  Can't wait!  I know how much Nanny loved the Hawaiian bead necklaces.

This silver flower necklace is so beautiful and added such a sweet touch to the outfit Staishy wore to her sister-in-law, Stephanie's, father's funeral.  Staishy said she felt especially close to Nanny that day.  What a pretty piece.  Staishy's new haircut is super cute and the 10 inches cut off went to Locks of Love. :)  

I love this sweet flower ring.  It is so delicate and pretty!  

I thought the silver flower necklace was going to be my favorite this round, but I adore this blue chunky necklace!  I love the pop of color!  I am a fan of the pop of color myself but I definitely do not have those beautiful blue eyes to go with it!  

I think this may have been a bonus picture that I snapped-I just couldn't let the holidays go by without displaying this crystal pin- it reminded me of a snowflake. :)

I wore both of these pieces to Grandma and Grandpa's Christmas celebration. It was too hard to pick between the two, so I wore them both!  The ring is so beautiful and I have been really wanting to wear it.  I think the stones are rubies, but not sure-I meant to ask Dad's expert opinion.  I love the stacked design of it, and I don't see a lot of rings like that now.  I wore this ring instead of my engagement ring, which created alarm with the extended family, haha.  Paul said it didn't matter to him what ring I wear since its the symbol that matters and I think he was especially ok with it since it was Nanny's.  I have 2 diamond stack bands of hers that I like to wear a lot too- which I posted the first week.  These  earrings are so fun and look like holly, so they were perfect for Christmas.

Paul and I went for our 2nd annual Chinatown feast on Christmas day.  Again, I could not decide which piece to wear and I threw fashion caution to the wind again for Christmas!  The little silver circle pin looks kind of like a wreath of leaves and just seemed so delicate and Christmasy-I realized after that I actually posted it before. :)  Of course, the snowflake pendant was a must too!

This has to be one of my new favorites.  I am so lucky to have gotten this little hidden treasure-Nanny's triple strand pink pearls with gold accents.  Papa actually found this after Staishy and I went through Nanny's jewelry and gave it to me on Christmas Eve.  I felt like it was a Christmas gift strait from Nanny.  It was in need of a quick repair and was placed in the guest bedroom to await its renewal.  I wonder how long it was waiting there!  I am so excited this beautiful piece got to shine again.  Staishy has a love for the multi-strands so I'm sure we might have put up a fight for this one had we had it initially when we went through everything.  I feel a little guilty that I got it, ;) but not TOO much because I love it, hehe.  Thank you again Papa!  If we come across another piece, Staishy must have it to be fair.  :) I wore this to Grandma's 80th birthday party and then ran a quick Target errand afterwards, and I think this necklace sets the record for the most compliments, which warmed my heart since this piece almost got missed. 

I look buzzed in this picture, but I promise it was just REALLY bright that day.  Paul and I visited the new Perot science museum in Dallas and went for Hibachi afterwards- what a lovely Saturday.  I felt very Katniss Everdeen in this silver circle pin with seagulls. ;)  So unique and beautiful- one of my favorites.  

I have been really wanting to wear these orange bubble earrings which perfectly match one of Mom's bangles she let me have years ago.  I love how I have a piece from Nanny and Mom-I felt surrounded by love for sure!  

A little dark and a little blue, but I wore Nanny's parrot pin last weekend.  I was having a particularly rough week and I just wanted something comforting I think.  There were elephants, yes...but Nanny also loved birds.  I remember as a little girl Nanny had a parrot keychain hooked to her purse and this reminded me of that.

Not quite sure what was happening with the hair, but I wore Nanny's delicate gold chain with pearls yesterday on a date with my love.  I have always loved this piece- it has so much potential to go with so many outfits and is a new favorite!  I love how dainty it is.  I have a similar one which I probably could have worn with this one, but I may debut that one later!

I hope to be a little better about posting regularly now that the business of the holidays has settled down...but of course I make no promises! ;) 

12/13/13

This past week Paul and I celebrated our pre-anniversary!  Less than a year now until the wedding. :)  We went out on a special date and I wore nanny's pearl beads.  Each strand has different shaped pearls which makes it so unique and and fun twist on the classic pearls.  I wore a dark blue dress with a black sweater and black tights, so the pearls popped and went nicely with my white clutch purse!  I felt very wintry and felt like I had little icicles around my neck!  We stopped by some lit trees on the way home to take this picture.

Staishy chose Nanny's silver elephant pin to wear on her pretty blue scarf this week.  I love the silver and blue for winter!  So beautiful!  I know pins can be worn all year round but somehow they just suite the cold months better in my opinion.  I actually wore a pin on Sunday but I will be wearing my selection on Saturday to Grandma and Grandpa's Christmas celebration.  :)

ice

I have been so excited to post these pics!  Here it goes!  The necklace I wore to Meredith's wedding was absolutely perfect- simple and sparkly.  I didn't want to compete too much with the halter strap, sweetheart neckline of the beautiful blue dress, and the sweet earrings Meredith got us.  I wore Nanny's clear glass/stone pendant on a gold chain.  It was perfect if I do say so!  The following weekend, I went to a baby shower and wore Nanny's pearl bracelet.  It dressed up the outfit just a touch. :) The next picture is my first pin!  It was one of the first really cold days and it just screamed winter- Nanny's silver wreath pin that looks like garland!  So pretty!  This may have been my first pin ever and definitely a first in our jewelry adventure.  For Thanksgiving I chose Nanny's tiger eye necklace which is absolutely one of my favorites and perfect for fall.  I bought new earrings to match too!  I have always had a soft spot for tiger eye jewelry.  It just seems so vintage and swanky.  I feel like its the equivalent to wearing animal print clothing...which I probably never would do..hehe.  This past weekend I managed to get out of the apartment and in to the ice to show off Nanny's clip-on elephant earring, turned scarf pin!  It actually worked perfectly because there was no fear of snagging or it falling off!  I think I might try it on the edge of one of my black clutch purses next!  This poor thing was missing its mate but luckily I was able to make it a really fun piece!  I really need to take more pictures in the natural light- it makes it so much easier to see the jewelry.

I usually find it hard to choose a favorite of Staishy's choices, but I had a definite fav this time!  All the pieces are wonderful though!  Staishy's first pick was Nanny's green and purple stone necklace with a periwinkle sweater- Nanny's favorite color. :)  Love the necklace!  Staishy chose to go with a blue stone and diamond ring the following week!  So pretty!  Staishy and I think they may be sapphires but she said they may possibly be aquamarines since the stones look different in some lights.  Although... I stare at my aquamarine (Cinderella as I have affectionately named her) quite often and these look more like sapphires to me..but there are so many variations to both stones its hard to tell.  Lovely ring!  Staishy would agree I'm sure, that there is something so special about wearing Nanny's rings.  Somehow it just feels that we are that much closer to Nanny and feeling her past experiences and presence.  I look at Staishy in these pieces and she reminds me so much of Nanny!  The next one compliments Staishy's polkadot scarf- Nanny's' clip-on pearl and silver earrings.  I have the exact pair in gold that I almost wore this week!  Thankfully Nanny bought in pairs as Staishy and I do, so no fighting needed!  I agree that these are very comfy clip-ons!  I will be debuting mine eventually as well!  So elegant.  For my favorite- Nanny's long gold chain with pearl beads!  I think it is just beautiful and simple and looks beautiful on Staishy.  So classic and very much classic Nanny.  :) Last week Staishy chose a really fun multi-strand white and gold necklace!  So fun!  I can't wait to see what Staishy picks out this week!  I have something in mind to wear for my weekly coffee with Stefan tomorrow!

five

I can't believe I have missed 5 weeks worth of jewelry pictures to upload! Between getting engaged :), my friend Meredith's upcoming nuptials, new babies coming, getting a new position at work, birthdays, trips, and a million other things in between I have not made time!  The time sure does fly!  Its hard to believe Nanny has been gone for 6 months.  There has not been one week missed in our jewelry adventure.  In fact, most days we both wear one of her pieces and I imagine it will always be like that.  It just seems like we have always gotten dressed wondering which piece will look best...or more likely- desperately trying to find an outfit to go with a certain piece we are dying to wear.  A co-worker of mine commented that he noticed the picture of my grandmother I have on my cell phone and that he thought I looked just like her.  I have to say, the more pictures I get of Staishy the more she reminds me of her.  What classic beauties!

I wish I could pick a favorite of Staishy's picks but they are all absolutely lovely!  I think I may be partial to the silver chain because it was classic Nanny- especially with that top!  The multi colored stone necklace is so pretty too and Staishy said her skirt matched!  I love the autumn colors.  In the third picture Staishy is wearing a white bead necklace that I think may have come from Hawaii.  I think they are sort of a formal Hawaiian bead necklace but I could be making that up.  Either way, they are absolutely beautiful!  Nanny's pin and necklace combo are so fun!  The simple gold chain was classic Nanny and then for that statement piece!  :) Staishy said she had so many compliments on it.  Last week Staishy wore Nanny's blueish-grey pearl and silver earrings with her caged pearl necklace.  I have a white pearl version of this that I can't wait to wear.  Such a neat take on the classic pearls.  Staishy said she wore these for a presentation which I have no doubt when perfectly! :)

One of my favorites that I wore has to be this bling ring of Nanny's- I believe it is a smokey quartz.  Beautiful!  I couldn't help but stare at it!  Another fun piece is this black bead necklace.  I know its just a costume piece but I have worn it so many times.  Sometimes I just need a little something extra and this necklace works perfectly for it!  I absolutely loved Nanny's burgundy bead necklace.  I loved the way the beads were strung-they were sort of snake-like and heavy.  The quality of these pieces are amazing considering their age.  I felt so pretty in them.  :)  I have been so excited to show off some of Nanny's pearls!  Staishy was so sweet to let me have so many sets of them.  I have worn them a couple of times but haven't been able to get a good picture.  I put these on for a job interview and immediately felt a hundred times classier and I felt better knowing I had a little piece of something familiar.  They must have been lucky because I got the job!  For Halloween week I wore Nanny's ship earrings.  I wasn't quite sure when I would pull these off but it came to me that these would be so fun for this occasion.  I really must get some new locations to take pictures.  This makes it seem like I only hang out in my living room, bathroom, or the car.  Well...this is pretty much the case hehe.  Next weekend is Meredith's wedding and I will be wearing a cobalt blue bridesmaid's dress.  We are wearing gold jewelry and I have had months to plan which piece to wear but have yet to make a decision!  I will be posting my selection next Sunday! 

  

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!