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! :)