Island Fare

I spent the last couple days on the Island visiting my Grandma and other various Sidney/Victoria relatives. It was lovely and relaxing as always, and I had fun catching up with my gma, my aunt Lea, and my cousins Erin and Jeff.  The first night we were there Lea came over for dinner and we babysat Jeff's daughter Catalina- she is SO much fun, and so so bright.  Thursday morning I experienced the most epic grocery shop of my life (3 different locations and nearly 2 and a half hours!), and then my mom and I went into Vic to catch up with Erin and hear all the latest on her upcoming wedding (eeeeeeeee!).

My Thursday outfit was pretty simple, and so my jewelry was too.  I added a little splash of colour to two of my most classic pieces by borrowing from my ever-so-fashionable mother.  Look on and see.

I don't think I can eloquently explain how much I love this pearl earrings from Violette.  Pearls have got to be one of the most versatile stones out there, and I'm so lucky to have this beautiful pair from designer Leah Alexandra.  I can wear these babies with almost anything and always feel super classy and sophisticated when they're gracing my ears.

The lighting on this one is a little off, but I think you can see that I'm wearing my sterling silver heart necklace, on a long silver chain.  Come to think of it- I stole this from my mum too, but its been down in my room for so long that I've started to think of it as my own.  She got it at "The Calgary Gift Show"- how fancy- over 30 years ago.  Some things never go out of style.

And finally, my splash of colour:

This is a recent mom-theft, and its a recent addition to her own collection.  Don't know exactly where this bracelet came from, since it was a gift that my bestie Lisa gave my mum at Christmas. So its from somewhere in Kingston.  That's all I can give you.  In this pic I'm also sporting some new nail polish I got down in the states at the beginning of this week.  "Aquamarine" and "Frenzy" from Sinful Colour.

Enjoy your weekends, lovelies!

out of the deep

I got a pinterest account a couple of nights ago, and when my mother discovered this fact, her response was: "You should spend time on your blogs! Not on this thing, looking at other people's stuff.  Do your own stuff!"

So this is an attempt to get back in the blog world, and please my mother, so she has things to look at when she's bored.

I didn't plan my jewelry today with posting it for all to see in mind, so its not super inspired, but its still "pretty".

This necklace is a simple piece from Forever21.  My mum and I have a self-enforced rule that you have to buy jewels or an accessory of some sort everytime you go in there.  The exception being, of course, if you've already spent over $100 on clothes.  Then you don't HAVE to.  But you probably will anyways.

Forever is great for cheap pieces that have the potential to look not so cheap.  My mum has oodles of success there, and I've had some luck as well.  I often find that the jewelry section at forever is a great go-to place for bday presents for fashionista friends.

I like that the bronze charm somewhat resembles the claddagh heart, but with a very funky spin on the typical crown.

I wanted to keep things simple today, so attempting a bit of a match to the little black balls of the necklace chain, I adorned my ears today with my latest gift from Violette. (thanks for the xmas pressie, Lea and Erin!!)  These little navy pearls from Viv and Ingrid are so versatile, in that they can be a cute addition to a fairly casual outfit like the one I'm sporting today, but can also be super sophisticated and formal with fancier clothing, and are also understated enough that I can wear them in performances without pissing off my conductors/choir moms, etc.  

Be warned that in an attempt to facilitate more frequent posting, I've started taking my photos with my iPhone and not my real camera.  The picture quality suffers a little because of it.  So if ever you let out a little "ooo" at something you see on here, know that in really life, you'd exclaim it a bit louder.