Wishing and hoping...

This lazy Friday has resulted in some daydreaming about beautiful things...

Dwell Studio Peacock duvet cover in citrine.

Hermes Clic H bracelet

Australia:

Spain:

Greece:

Anything and everything Rebecca Taylor...

Outfit of the Day 5.9.10

High and Low: I am a huge fan of mixing "cheap" clothing items with "splurges". I quote these two titles because the words cheap and splurge are completely relative.

Regardless, I can always justify an occasional splurge by compensating with a large number of cheapies.

Today for example.
Top: Forever 21.
Jeans: JBrand 12 inch Ink.
Shoes: Cynthia Vincent for Target.
Accessories: Michael Kors watch.

And for the visual effect:

Status Quo

I haven't been up to much that is interesting lately. Literally work, work and more work. Trying to sprinkle in some consistent working out and cooking as much as possible.

My sis however, has been a busy little bee! I don't have much to share so I will share/brag on her a little bit! She got a sewing machine and has been going at it making sweet little things for my niece, Lilley.

These are just her first projects with clearance fabric that she practiced on...

 Her first dress!

Look how proud she is! She loves picking out her own fabrics. 

At the fabric store she was like, "I like this one mommy!" 

I think I want sewing to be my new hobby this next year. 

Anyway, at least someone is doing something creative around here. :)

Outfit of the Day. Easter edition.

Ever since I was a little girl I have always looked forward to Easter Sunday and carefully planned out my Easter dress in advance. It was always really important to my Mom and Dad that we wear our best on Easter Sunday.

{Please excuse the remodel mess shown in this pic}

Theory Dress. Banana Republic belt.

A very merry Un-Birthday...

 We celebrated my baby sister's 13th birthday party this weekend. It was so fun to do something special for her. She is such a sweet precious girl and a blessing to our family. :)

Photo re-cap:

The birthday girl

Party favors

Cake!!

Head of the table.

Candid. 

Sweet Lilley didn't leave "Aunt En-a-Wee's' side all night.

Make a wish

photo booth time

Lilley's turn

How could we leave Grampie and Jameson out?

Happy 13th birthday Emmie! The whole family loves you so much! <3

And we're home.

As sad as it is to come back from vacation, sometimes there is nothing sweeter than being in your own home.

Such a typical Sunday it has been. True to form with the bro-in-laws are in town we had a family brunch.

Husby worked in the yard trimming back our atrocious palm trees and worked hard trying to finish up tiling our master bath.

I worked on finalizing details for Miss Emmie (my baby sis)'s 13th birthday party, the dreaded [however unavoidable] unpacking that follows vacation and lastly preparing a Caribbean style dinner failure [as it seems].

As promised here are some of my fave photos from our trip:

And here is what today looked like:

me: working on Emily's party decor [Alice in Wonderland chic]

husby: Tiling away.

Not quite as appealing as the beach but, rewarding nonetheless.

Outfit of the day. Cayman Style.

Layover on the way home. Perfect time to update my outfits from the trip. I actually did well on this trip and only packed what I needed to get by. Unheard of for me.

I can't wait to post some trip photos. We had a really great trip. Lots of great snorkeling, dining, family time and shopping. (have to fit the shopping in there somewhere) I'll get to all of that in a different post. For now, outfits!

Arrival:

Rebecca Taylor top, Madewell Jeans, Miu Miu wedges.

Juicy Couture Maxi dress, J.Crew bib necklace, Tory Burch Ali sandals (not pictured)

Milly dress, J.Crew bib necklace, Michael Kors wedges

Juicy Couture dress, J.Crew bib necklace

Nanette Lepore Dress.

J.Crew top and skirt. Miu Miu wedges.

It was a great trip. Will update with trip photos soon! Happy Spring. It is a cold day in Austin, Texas. Hopefully you are getting warmer weather than we are.

Instant love interior design

When browsing different interior design blogs, do you ever come across a photo that you immediately fall in love with? 

I do sometimes and I immediately save the image into a file on my desktop. It's crazy to look through them and try and put together a cohesive styling. I really do this in hopes of helping myself identify my personal style. The funny thing is, when you look through my file, there are SO many different looks that I fear I would never be able to fit into one home.

I am certain we will have to have a very large house with plenty of rooms so I can style each one differently. Husby is going to cringe when he reads this but, truth is truth. It's the only thing that makes sense. Right?

Anyway, getting to the point of this post. I had one of my before spoken epiphanies this morning when browsing my blog reader. 

This room.

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The plaid coverlet. The bare windows. The antique trunks. The black lampshades. I love it all.

Cayman

 I am making this post while sitting on the back patio of our condo in the Caymans. (I'm waiting for the crew to be ready to spend the day out at the beach)


The first time I ever came to Grand Cayman was Summer 2006. We were celebrating the marriage of my sister and her husband.

Then last year I begged my husband for us to go for spring break.


You can see he didn't have too hard of a time with this request...

A few more shots from last year...

And here we are this year, 2010, almost half way through our trip. So sad. People always ask me, "Why don't you try somewhere different?" or "Doesn't it get old always going back to the same place?" It's so tough because I am already planning that we HAVE to come back and we haven't even left yet? Will we ever really make it anywhere else tropical?


Here we are this year. My third trip and I FINALLY touched a sting ray!!


And Grant gave one a kiss...

Anyway, I know I am behind on blogging. Leading up to trips I get so pre-occupied with getting things together.


As soon as we get back I will have LOTS of Cayman outfits to post and party details for a very special birthday party I am planning for my baby sister who is turning 13!


Happy Spring! Hope you are enjoying some sun where ever you are!

Outfit of the day 3.6

Wedding today. Total comfort all the while rocking my most recent obsession: Colored leopard.

Diane Von Furstenberg Vintage leopard dress. AA Leggings. Madewell riding boots. F21 Necklace.

Who knew a pocket would come in so handy? At one point today I had 2 sets of keys, cash, 2 business cards and 1 iPhone loaded up in these pockets.