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.  :)

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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!