If someone asked me the one item that epitomizes class and understated elegance on a woman, it would have to be the simple strand of pearls. I wear mine almost every day. They make me feel like I'm just a little bit dressed up... even when I'm just going to the grocery store or running another errand. I see others wearing their strand and I notice, "They're in the I can't live without my pearls club too." I love the perfect roundness and smoothness of each one. I love the fact that they start out as an imperfection. An inconvenience. An irritation. And then, by sheer miracle, that piece of sand (or other fragment) goes through a metamorphosis to become a precious and priceless thing of beauty.
Throughout high school and college, I either wore fake or my mother's strand (but only on special occasions). I can remember Mama clasping her's around my neck before my debutante balls. Wearing those, as well as her kid leather elbow-length gloves, made me feel a princess.
Finally, I received my own. One gift my parents gave me when I graduated from college was a exquisite 18 inch strand of pure elegance. A few other girls got cars. A few got trips. But I got pearls. Finally. I had my own to play with or finger whenever I was talking... or flirting! I didn't have to borrow for special occasions... or plain old everyday. This June baby (whose birthstone is the pearl!) was in heaven.
Sometimes I think about those cars that were given as graduation gifts twenty years ago. Do those girls know where they are now? Probably not. But I know where my pearls are... circling my neck and will be for the next twenty years. Because... I can't live without my pearls.
What a sweet post, Bevy! I am TOTALLY a member of the "I can't live without my pearls" club! I got mine for graduation from high school, they mean the world to me! xoxo BTW love the blouse you have on!
ReplyDeletePearl Girl here as well!!
ReplyDeleteI'm in the club! I don't stop at the necklace, I love my pearl ring, bracelet, etc.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is my graduated strand from my mother. They were a gift from my dad many years ago to her and they became mine on my wedding day. They are both gone now so I treasure the things they gave me even more.
Blessings,
Robin
Ahh you're adorable. My dad gave me Chandrani pearls after he took a 2 week trip to India. I always wear them for special occasions (and my senior picture) but I could NEVER wear them everyday-I'd be way too afraid something would happen!!
ReplyDeleteI'm a pearl girl!
ReplyDeletetotally a pearl girl and a june baby too!!!!
ReplyDeletePearl girl here too. (and June baby too!) I also received mine from my parents at college graduation! LOVE!
ReplyDeleteoh what a great post!! i received my pearls for college graduation, too! and yes, i too wonder where those cars are 15 years later while the pearls are around my neck! (i would've enjoyed that month-long trip to europe tho, too!) -- funny story about pearls: i was 23, maybe, when some friends and i were getting ready to go out bowling...and one said, WHY are you wearing pearls with your jeans? I was shocked! WHY NOT? Pearls exude elegance and class, from a deb ball to a bowling ally, agree?
ReplyDeleteI'm a memeber of this club as well. My June baby gave me a lovely pearl Mother's Day gift this year ~ post coming soon. I wear them daily and love them!
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Count me in!! I hardly go anywhere without mine!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, and what a beautiful necklace. My husband got me my first pearl necklace for Mother's Day this year and now all I want to do learn about pearls. They are so fascinating! Mine came from a website, Uniquepearl.com. I cant beleive how affordable they are these days shopping online. I really recommend them.
ReplyDeleteI am such a pearl girl too. I have several strand that symbolize special times in my life and milestones. A few years ago before you started reading my blog, I had a cyber/blog stalker weirdo thing happen and went private for a while. All my bloggy friends put little buttons on their sidebar..Pearls for Kim in support of me. I will never forget that. they did it because I wear pearls all the time:)
ReplyDeleteI'm not a big jewelry person but love pearls, as do both of my girls. They really do go with everything.
ReplyDeleteCount me in, as well. My parents gave me a pair of pearl earrings when I turned 16. I still wear them everyday!
ReplyDeleteI am a card-carrying member of that club! Hubby gave me a strand and matching earrings for our 10th anniversary and I wear them constantly. And, given that they are my birthstone as well, it makes them even more special. :)
ReplyDeleteI knew I loved you! I, too, have a strand that I wear often. I also have the pearl bracelet my husband gave me when we were married. I wear it to church every Sunday!
ReplyDeleteI love pearls too! I should wear them more often! I got my strand from my parents for my college graduation. The original strand was stolen when I was a single city girl and my apartment was robbed. Thankfully I had insurance and was able to replace them with the closest match I could find.
ReplyDeleteOh yes ma'am. I'm in the club, too!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely in the club. Wearing them today as a matter of fact. Even when I don't have on my necklace I have on my bracelet- sandwiched between two of my other favorite bracelets. My mother-in-law loved the look so much she copied it so now it is like a family thing.
ReplyDeleteCount me in. My husband gave me my 18" strand for my wedding present.
ReplyDeleteYes! Me too and I LOVED this post... pearls are indeed classic and classy and always-appropriate even if worn on the beach ;) So glad that you got a chuckle outta' my post!
ReplyDeleteBest, Lachlan
Pearls (like diamonds) are a girls best friend!
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I'm in the club! Mine were a wedding present from Hubby. We now gift our nieces with an inch of pearls at each birthday so they'll have a full strand at age 18.
ReplyDeleteCount me in too! I also got my pearl necklace for high school graduation along with a pearl bracelet and pearl earrings--sooo special!
ReplyDeleteIf I am dressed, I have on my pearls. ALWAYS! Great post!
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