Wordless Wednesday (#StyleMeMay Fancy Day Edition)

As May draws to a close, I am thrilled to focus on "fancy" day from #StyleMeMay. For "fancy day," I am sharing a beautiful dress, necklace, and earrings from the collection at Quarter Moon Imports here in Tallahassee.

Besides looking great, this dress is SO comfortable!

The necklace and earrings are perfect accompaniments.

A closer look.

(A detailed close-up of the earrings.)

Photo Credit: Quarter Moon Imports

This dress just makes me want to read about fancy things.......

And then convince other members of the household to enjoy fancy day

 along with me!

If you live here in Tallahassee, I encourage you to stop by and explore all of the interesting, stylish items of clothing, jewelry, and home decor that they have there. Also, the staff are so enthusiastic and welcoming. If you don't live here in Tallahassee, you can order items!

The items featured here are:

Dress by Pura Vida

Amano Rose Necklace

Amano Heart/Bow Dangle

To visit the site of Quarter Moon Imports, click here.

.Thank you to Wendy, owner of Quarter Moon, and Tanya, who helped me put this outfit together!

Thank you to Tenley Kiger for indulging her mother by taking pictures of a cat-filled "fancy" photo session!

Wordless Wednesday (Pearl Edition)

Today is "pearls" day in the #StyleMeMay Challenge.  

I did wear Pearls today:

I like these pearl earrings because they're a) unique, b) dressed down enough for day, and c) dressy enough for evening.

But the better pearl story involves these pearls:

My son got them for me on two separate trips to Sea World. At Sea World, they make a big production out of "harvesting" the pearls from an oyster the customer chooses. Clearly I feel prey to the thrill twice, at a cost of $15 or so each time, then the pearls just sat in my drawer. Whenever we have been near a Michael's or other craft store, Wayne Kevin would beg me to buy jewelry supplies so we could turn the pearls into something wearable. I was a little too cheap and a little too clueless to actually do that.


But then "pearl day" came up and I had to take a picture of something.

Since I don't (yet) own this incredible pearl necklace made at a Guatemala fair trade shop, and sold locally at  Quarter Moon Imports:

Photo Credit: Altiplano

I decided instead to tweet the picture of the Sea World pearls with text that said, "What should I do with these?"

And my friend Barbara, who is super-crafty, tweeted and DM'd me options, including a local craftsman who is probably a lot more proficient at jewelry making than I am.

This story is not over, but if there's a category of "jewelry made from something awesome your kid gave you" in a future #StyleMe month, I am on my way to being prepared!