The summer I turned pretty has become my new personality trait this summer. Conrad's yearning for Belly has made my own heart ache with him. (I really hope he gets his girl in this finale episode) The show has a comfort to it that feels like nostalgia wrapped in summertime bittersweetness. Every Tuesday has felt like Christmas Eve before a new episode drops on Wednesday. It's coming to a Bittersweet end today and I feel this sadness of an era ending. In honor of such a beautiful & messy journey, I matched some jewelry pieces to your favorite tsitp character.
Starting with Belly, she's more of a minimalist in style, but her pieces are intentional. Is that an infinity symbol I see in our 'tied to you always necklace'?! She and Conrad have an invisible string tying them together and this piece reminded me of just that. I also (ofc) paired our 'cracked hearts pomegranate earrings' for her because girlie is cracking hearts and making pomegranate margaritas while doing so. Lastly, if you remember episode 1 of season 3, Belly was wearing an (maybe) identical necklace to our birth flower necklace (really was that our necklace???) so I had to include that necklace on this list.
Next up, our Connie baby...I feel like these pieces were literally designed with him in mind. (was it in my subconscious as I designed?) First up we have our 'letters to you postage stamp necklace' because we know our boy likes to collect stamps and use them to send international letters to his girl. And since he also keeps an old polaroid of Belly and him in his drawer, our 'memory lane polaroid necklace' is perfect for him. Lastly, he misses Belly & what they once had so the 'i miss you postcard necklace' is SO him and might I mention he also kept the postcard Belly sent him in his wallet too.
Okay, time for Jeremiah...so we know he loves his mirror glaze cake with raspberry coulis and he seems like he has a knack for cooking (maybe a future chef career?) so our 'made with memories strawberry jam jar necklace' is perfect for him. I also paired the 'diary key earrings' with him reminiscent of the scene that he gifts Belly keys to the summer house. Lastly, I paired our 'sweet dreams ring' with him because it's the tiniest ring I have, um I mean because Belly was in a dream like state when she was with him (aka she lost herself). Was it just me or did you notice that a lot of their scenes together opened with them in bed waking up all sleepily and a tad disoriented?
Next up we have our guy Steven! Our unproblematic protective older brother...although I was hoping for a confrontation scene between him and Jer. Starting off with our 'take a chance on me necklace' speaks volumes to his and Taylor's relationship (and the cards remind me of s1 where he worked with the gamblers). I also paired our 'goldryn sword earrings' and 'til darkness claims us necklace' because Steven loves fantasy books (seen reading Brandon Sanderson in the series) and gaming so those two pieces feel fitting.
Last but not least, we have our strong willed girl, Taylor. I chose our 'Til Death Necklace' for Taylor because she's also connected to Steven in an invisible string theory kind of way. She understands Conrad's yearning for Belly because I think she yearns for Steven in a similar way so I matched our 'yearning for you earrings' with her. She's also a trendy stylish girlie, so I matched her with our 'close to you earrings' because we know she wants to be close to Steven even if she denied her feelings for quite some time.
I hope you enjoyed this fun jewelry styling based on your favorite character from The Summer I Turned Pretty! I'm so excited to watch the finale tonight and wear all the pieces for Connie baby! One last night in Cousin's Beach/Paris!
