Being the annoying American I am with an obsession great appreciation for The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, we celebrated their anniversary properly this past weekend. High tea + scones + proper dress. Linking up with a {little} dash of ash!
Plus a full post on the darling little Windsor Tea Shop coming later this week…
My little blog has turned one!
Hard to believe I’ve been at this for a year, but I guess time flies when you’re havin’ fun! I can’t thank each and every one of you enough for supporting this tiny little corner of the web of mine… you have no idea how much each sweet comment, tweet, whatever it may be, means to me! Blogging has really become sort of therapeutic to me, and I’m so grateful for all of the inspiration I find in this world, and for all of the people I have met through it.
Shauna Tunic Dress, Lilly Pulitzer
Locket, CatBird
Triple Link Bangle, BaubleBar
Rose ring, streets of Venice
Sandals, Gap [similar]
Here’s to many more!
Lace dress, H&M
Murfee scarf, Lilly Pulitzer
Green bracelet, vintage
Gold studs, H&M
Boots, Lauren Ralph Lauren
The wind was howling so hard at my parents house the other night that I could hardly sleep. Thought it was a good excuse to pull out my new Bling My Chimes murfee from the one and only Lilly. Other than the loud wind though, a beautiful day as you can see! Countdown till spring anyone??
Linking up with The Pleated Poppy‘s What I Wore Wednesday with my Thanksgiving outfit!
I think my family would have T-Day dinner in sweats if they could, but every year I push for something a litter dressier. Hey, be thankful for what we have right??
Skirt, Lilly Pulitzer
Pashmina, Jones New York
Pearls, J Crew
Watch, Guess
Boots, Lauren Ralph Lauren
I know, I know, you must be getting tired of me gushing over Lilly Pulitzer so much this week. But I have to dedicate just one more post to the darling brand because today is Mrs. Lilly Pulitzer Rousseau’s 80th birthday!
I’m linking up with Pink Preppy Lilly Lover for a very special Pink and Green Thursday in her honor. Happiest of birthdays Miss Lilly!
Also, be sure to enter the Lilly Pulitzer Jungle Glam Giveaway on {long distance loving} to for a chance to win some of your own Lilly loot!
Happy Monday!! Oof and a sleepy Monday it is, as I didn’t get back until pretty late last night from my weekend in New York with one of my oldest friends, kTk!
I have some “real” photo sorting to do before I can give you a full recap, but here’s a little taste of my trip through Instagram photos… enjoy! xx
Breakfast at Tiffany’s Alice’s Tea Cup
Visiting the Lilly Pulitzer on Madison Ave, and trying on the dress from my Friday’s Fancies!
Dylan’s Candy Bar, the most colorful place ever.
Laduree!! I’ve been waiting for a chance to visit the NYC location ever since I first heard it was opening and wrote about it way back when.
While having lunch at Fred’s at Barney’s, we saw this adorable Gossip Girl-esque Sweet 16 taking place next to us.
Dream shopping… 🙂
Raspberry champagne and macarons=a perfect end to a perfect day.
More to come!! And for anyone who follows me on Instagram (emilyshell), I’m so sorry for overflowing your feeds this weekend!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if I could pinpoint my style with two stores, it would be Anthropologie and Lilly Pulitzer. That’s why I am just jittery with excitement over the fact that today’s Friday’s Fancies on {long distance loving} is all about Lilly! And her jungle glam resort collection, that is 🙂
It takes a lot in me to not focus this whole outfit around Lilly items, because that could easily have been done. Instead I chose to include just two Lilly pieces and branch out a little with the rest– what do you think?
Ritchie Dress, Lilly Pulitzer, $278
Leather Bow Clip, American Apparel, $16
Gigi Pumps, RSVP, $79
Wallet, Miu Miu, $420
Coral Siesta Necklace, Lilly Pulitzer, $58
Seaport Pearl Studs, Kate Spade, $58
Now if only I had a spring break to look forward to! I do have a weekend in New York to look forward to though, and hopefully one that includes a trip to the Madison Ave LP store…!
Today’s Friday’s Fancies pink theme is in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a cause close to my heart, and I’m sure many of yours as well. While looking for some pink inspiration, it only made sense to go to Lilly Pulitzer! I love that many of Lilly’s products’ profits go toward supporting The Breast Cancer Charities of America, every little bit counts!
Jeanette Dress, Lilly Pulitzer, $298
Le Vernis Nail Colour, Chanel, $25
Double-Bow Clutch, J Crew, $88
Karolina Heels, Kate Spade, $325
Full of Hope Charm Bracelet, Lilly Pulitzer, $48
First Impression Shift, Lilly Pulitzer
Sandals, Charlotte Russe
Awkward:
-Thinking flip flops would be a much more sensible choice than heels for traveling footwear when actually they gave me such bad blisters before I even got to put my heels on! No thank you OldNavyOneDollarFlipFlops.
-The poor LF employee I walked by yesterday who had to stand outside the store telling every single person who walked by the very busy street “Heyyyy come on in check out our deals only sale of the seeeasonnnn.”
-Walking into Forever 21 as a postgrad felt like being spotted in my old college dining hall. I felt so old and out of place. I didn’t even see anyone I had gone to school with but it was that same terrible feeling of oh-my-god-I’m-going-to-get-caught-on-campus-after-graduation. Hmm, awkward that I do already know what that feels like too? Whatever, I’ll deal as F21 is a necessity.
-Changing your Facebook relationship status. Ugh.
-Being packed on the subway like a sardine, hearing a man behind me breathing so heavily and loudly, turning around to see if he’s ok as it sounds like he is running a marathon, and him just chowing down on an Egg McMuffin. Must have been really energy consuming…?
-Tripping up the stairs in a very public place. Flashing everyone because I was in a dress. Ruining my shoes. Classic story. Had to include it.
-Buying a 4 oz container of goat cheese instead of 8 oz and not realizing it until I sat down to eat the pasta at my last-minute pseudo dinner party and couldn’t figure out why the cheese cream sauce barely covered it.
Awesome:
-Getting free sample packs of olive oil to use for said dinner party.
-My friend Kayla Harrity starring in a new mini-series, The Rookie Bartender. It is the funniest thing and so worth your while to watch. And it’s only 5 minutes long so you kind of sort of have no excuse.
-Finally buying a pair of colored denim! Pink, if you will 🙂
–Little sissy coming to visit this weekend.
-Friends. Oh my god friends. Mine have been everything to me this week. Can’t thank them enough.
Like I said yesterday, I’ve been all about the prep lately! You can just tell from last week’s wardrobe…
Green cardigan, J Crew
White skirt, Target
White tank, Gap
Turtle belt, Urban Outfitters
Turtle earrings, Lilly Pulitzer
Necklace and bracelet, Tiffany & Co.
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Ugh sorry, that was a lot of me. Just trying to squeeze as much bright pink and green as I can before summer finishes up!
Um, and how about that earthquake yesterday? I felt it in Boston… and I’m not talking a mini “what was that?” shake– it took us all of fifteen seconds to realize what was going on before we RAN down five flights of stairs and out the door! Hope all of you are ok!!
