Crafts, Cooking & Cutesies: Like Mother, Like Daughter

This week is the first week in so long that I haven't had to wake up early and and go to work -- and it has been glorious!! This is because I am starting a new position at a marketing firm next week (so excited!!!) so I had a few days off while transitioning jobs. So, my mom came to visit me for a few days this week.. which is always nice because there is nothing quite like relaxing with my mom and forgetting about real-life adult responsibilities for a bit. I don't see her as often as I would like anymore so it's always a special treat for her to be around. Also, because all our family still lives in Brazil, she's all I have here in the US which makes our bond extremely strong :) Anyway, she brought over a ton of her jewelry and shoes for me to go through and pick out what ever I like! What a great early birthday present! I'm positive that I will never be too old to love going through all my mom's stuff because she owns such interesting pieces that she's collected from her back-in-the-day travels all over the globe! It's also really interesting to see how my tastes have changed over the years.

Having fun browsing all the pretty pieces!

Large rings, cuffs, long necklaces -- some of my favorite things!! And I love love love turquoise in the summer.

I am obsessed with this gold/leather watch! After doing a little online research we discovered that this Seiko is part of the Age of Discovery series. It has a calendar, an alarm, stopwatch, and it can display the time of 22 time zones throughout the world. See the cities on the gold band? And is it not super cute!? Taking it to get new batteries asap and will be def taking it with me on future travels!

Check out these vintage blue suede heels. (Ignore the pants.)