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Girls Want Pearls: CHEERS!

The twelve days of Christmas officially start on Christmas day so today is the 6th day of Christmas. I hope you had and are having a very merry one.
 
Welcome to Girls Want Pearls, where every Monday we take a look at pearls, their role in history and fashion and how we can repurpose them in our wardrobe and home. With New Year’s Eve one day away I thought it would be fun to make a simple charm for a stemmed glass. Wine glass charms add prettiness and sparkle to our festivities but what I love most about them is their practicality. I hate not knowing whether I’m grabbing the right glass or more importantly whether someone else is grabbing mine! Keep your hands off my drink ~ pretty please :).
All you need to make these:
a package of silver or gold earring hoops, the simple wire kind
pearls game pieces, bottle caps, beads or any other embellishments of your choice
jump ring for the game piece (optional)
I drilled a hole in these game tiles, so every person can have their own initial. You could also cover a cap from a milk jug, water bottle or any small round or square item with chalkboard paint and write an initial or (tiny) message.
 
Now, fill that glass with champagne or sparkling grape juice and toast to the new year with courage and hopeful expectation of good things to come in 2014. Cheers!
 
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Girls Want Pearls: Some of My Personal Collection

It’s Christmas Eve Eve and I hope you are almost ready for all the festivities. My to-do list: Some last minute cleaning. Outfit coordinating. And most of all I still have some wrapping to do, quite a lot to be truthful. But no worries, I’ll put on a Christmas movie, grab a cup of candy cane coffee and wrap away. I probably have one and a half movies-worth of wrapping at least. Throughout the year I use gift bags for different occasions but for Christmas I don’t. Do you?

Today’s Girls Want Pearls isn’t a project, no one has time for that at this late hour! So I’m going to show you a few of my own personal vignettes and collections that feature pearls.


My dining room buffet
 
A favorite hat
 
An urn full of ornaments and pearls in the living room. There I am in my jammies in the refection of the bulbs.
A few purses from my vintage collection
I will be showing a mini tour of my Christmasy house after Christmas, along with a reveal of our (almost) finished wine cellar. I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas, celebrating the beauty and wonder of Christ our Savior.
 
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Girls Want Pearls: OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO WRAP

Only 2 more Girls Want Pearls before Christmas! So of course today I decided to post something Christmasy. All of us are undoubtedly doing the same thing now or in the next few days ~ wrapping gifts. Oh what fun! I have a very simple way to give your gift tags that extra little something with, you guessed it, pearls!
No instructions needed, just string on the pearls and watch your gifts get fancy.
Have a great day and remember to give and soak in all the good will of this amazing season.
 
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Girls Want Pearls: EYE CANDY

Welcome to Girls Want Pearls! Today I have some eye candy for you. And what could be better than eye candy that involves real candy! If you like quick projects, this one will make you sing.

Just dump some pearls into your favorite candy dishes and stick in some candy for instant holiday glam.
You can add even more pearls to your holiday buffet or table with a floating candle surrounded by floating pearls. Most pearls sink, especially the glass ones, but the really light plastic ones float.
I used some floaters and some sinkers in this arrangement.
We got snow this weekend, just about an inch or so, enough to make it pretty. Did you get any where you live?
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Girls Want Pearls: MY CYBER MONDAY GIFT

Happy Cyber Monday! I’m offering a special on my website all week just for my blog readers, so be sure to scroll to the bottom of the post to find your deals! I hope you had a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving. And hopefully you’re not still stuffed from all the bounty!
 
It’s Girls Want Pearls, week 17! I am amazed at how the past 16 weeks have flown since I started this series. I’m having a lot of fun with it and hope you are too. I put together a collage of all the topics we have covered so far.
 
In case you missed any of them, here’s a list of links so you can catch up on any of the posts. The links are in order of when they appeared on my blog.

You may remember from last week that the hint for this week was “Eye Candy.” Well, I had to do some rearranging to the schedule and will do that post at a later date (i.e. I didn’t quite get it done!). So this week, along with the recap, I’m featuring two gift tag designs that I created. You are welcome to right click and save to your computer to print and use as you wish. I will also be putting them several to a sheet for a printable that will be available to my newsletter subscribers.

Tis the season for gift giving! To get a 20% discount on all your purchases at my website, Tarnished Royalty just enter code GREATGIFTS. My Cyber Monday gift to you all week!
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Girls Want Pearls: PUT A RING ON IT

Happy Thanksgiving Week and
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I love to incorporate natural elements into my decor. There’s something romantic about bringing nature indoors. And the fact that it costs nothing is a bonus. With holiday tablescaping upon us, I thought it would be fun to do a pearly twiggy napkin ring.
Very little is needed to make these:
Just gather some twigs and be sure to find some that are super skinny for threading pearls onto. If you can’t find any skinny enough, you can cheat and use brown wire for the ones that have pearls. Make five bundles of twigs and wrap with wire. Tie your twine around each bundle, spacing them approx. 1/2 inch apart. I found it easier to prepare the knots in advance and then slide the bundles in. Form the finished twine around a napkin and tie the ends together. Thread your pearls on and add a dot of glue if needed.
You could mix in some sparkly beads in your color choice for a Christmas table. Add a natural-elements centerpiece, maybe vases full of twigs or a tray of hedge apples, pumpkins or artichokes for a cohesive look. Happy decorating!
 
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