Recent Purchases: Fashion, Beauty, and Home

With fall basically here, even if it's still in the 100s, I've been on a little bit of a shopping spree getting some new post bump duds. There's so many great things out right now, I want one of everything! Sometimes, the start of a season can be slow fashion-wise, but I love everything that's out right now and have a hard time not adding it all to my shopping cart.

Spring is my favorite season and sometimes, I look forward to fall just for a change of routine, but it is by far not my favorite season. This year? It can't come soon enough!! For one, I'll have a sweet new baby in my arms and two, the high temps are killing me! I can't wait for 70s weather.

So, like I said, I've been on a bit of a spree and wanted to share with you all the great things I've found, almost all under $50 (the booties are under $100!) that you NEED for fall too!

Friday Faves

Happy Friday everyone! This is just a quick post, sharing a few favorites and thoughts from this week. I have some posts scheduled for next week and some pregnancy updates- and the gender reveal! I tried to get them done this week, but it was just too busy with work, my crazy girls, and lack of sleep.

Tiny Tags Giveaway!

Goodness guys, I am so excited about today's giveaway featuring Tiny Tags! As you know, I'm obsessed with anything that is monogrammed or personalized and today's giveaway is perfection. Melissa from Tiny Tags created special jewelry for mommies to celebrate "the love in our lives". Their jewelry and mission is to celebrate children and to give back to children and mothers in need. Wearing a piece of their jewelry, personalized with the blessings in your life also gives back to several organizations! Tiny Tags donates every month to nonprofit organization like the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

Tiny Tags jewelry is perfect for any woman celebrating those dear to their hearts. It's the perfect staple necklace to wear daily- the pieces are sweet, feminine, chic, and goes with everything. They're gaining popularity and have been featured in several magazines, including this month's People StyleWatch!



Melissa has generously offered to giveaway 1 Tag Sterling Silver Necklace! See below on how to enter! The contest will run through July 31st and you can also enjoy 15% off your purchase through then using LLP14 at checkout through then!

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Can you (h)ear me now?

If you look at my jewelry collection, I have plenty of statement necklaces and stud earrings. Statement earrings though? Not so much. I wear earrings everyday, but always tend to stick with some basic studs. I love the look of statement earrings, but hate the feeling of dangling ones. Solution? Statement studs! After seeing these gorgeous beauties on Kate Mara, I went on a hunt to find some equally gorgeous studs.

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Aren't these beautiful? I think they would be easy to wear as well. Not ready yet for something so loud? #3 are the perfect way to to dip your toes into the trend. They are sitting in my shopping cart ready to checkout now!

Obsessed: Very Jane

Want to know my late night obsession? Jane.com. It started when I brought Ellie home from the hospital. They have tons of goodies for babies, home décor, and lots of cute accessories and clothes. I became obsessed. I religiously check their Facebook account to see what items are going live at midnight and even set an alarm so I don’t miss out on them! I started ordering this and that at all hours of the night when I would be up nursing Ellie and would forget what I ordered until I had a nice surprise in the mail. Matt has even been conditioned to my late night shopping sprees, every time we get a package in the mail he asks me, “Now what did you buy from Very Jane?”. He’s so cute.

I’m no longer a shopping zombie, I’m still just as hooked to the site. I've found so many great items that I use and wear all the time, it’s my little secret shop that I just have to share with everyone. I've posted about my great finds and the site several times in the past, but I think it deserves its own post. Jane is a daily deals site that lists new items every day at great prices from some of my favorite boutiques and Etsy shops. Each item showcased is linked back to the shop so you can check out other items from the shop or if you missed the sale on Jane, snag it directly from the source. Everything I've bought from there has been great quality and they’re always up on the latest trends. I've only had one issue with an item, a jewelry piece was delivered broken, and Very Jane and the shop replied back to me right away and I had a replacement necklace within days. I love great customer service and was happy to have the issue resolved so quickly.

These are my first clothing items from them, and I can't take them off! I've worn them each once a week since they arrived. I recently wore the Bow top with the Stella Frosting necklace out with some of my sorority sisters and got so many compliments. The bow on each sleeve is such a sweet detail. I'm thinking about wearing one of them for our family pictures we're taking in a few weeks, but haven't decided which yet. The tan top is called the Kendyl and I absolutely love the silhouette. It's great to wear with jeans and looks fantastic tucked into a pencil skirt for work.

 

 Below is some of my favorite items from the site. They are seriously my go-to for jewelry and have lots of new goodies each day. My sister and I have a jewelry problem and this just feeds our addiction. As you can see, I've bought a ton of jewelry, but also tons of headbands for Elle Bell. 

Have you checked out this Very Jane yet? You can follow the daily deals and sale sneak peeks on their Instagram and Facebook page and set your alarm to get your shop on!

FTC: The Bow Top, Kendyl Top, and Stella Frosting necklace were all gifted to me by Very Jane. All other items posted were bought by me with my own money. All opinions given were based on my own experience and I am not being compensated for this post.

Instagram OOTD & Jewels

I try and be good about taking pics of my outfits for the blog, but sometimes our day is too hectic when we get home to worry about taking pics, it's dark outside, or I just plum do not have anyone to take a pic of me- I mean Ellie doesn't have the coordination just yet you know? So instead, I will take a quick pic and post it to my IG account. So, if you have Instagram, you've already seen these and you can just skip right over this post altogether.

1. "E" Necklace from Very Jane via Tom Design and Heart Necklace from Etsy shop Junghwa

2. Monogram Necklace from Etsy shop MonoArtian , clover necklace from Groopdealz, Beautiful Bay Necklace from Kiki La'Rue (sold out, but they have a similar one here, Clover earrings from Very Jane via Paisley Perch Boutique 

3. Bubble necklace from Groopdealz and E" Necklace from Very Jane via Tom Design

4. E" Necklace from Very Jane via Tom Design and Monogram Necklace from Etsy shop MonoArtian

I've really been into layering my necklaces. I feel like I wear my "E" necklace almost daily. It's just so easy to mix in with my necklaces and layer together.

1. Number bracelets from Groopdealz via Erica B Studios

2. Crystal Vine necklace from Very Jane via Apple of My Eye Jewelry

3. Simple jewel necklace from Simple Addiction

4. Clementine necklace from Groopdealz

5. and 6. JCrew inspired necklaces from Very Jane via Glitter and lace Boutique

While I was on my maternity leave, I really stocked up on jewelry. I've always liked jewelry, but increased the amount of necklaces I own by a ton! I think I may even have gone over board.

1. Forever 21 Pencil Skirt (old) and Old Navy Plaid shirt (similar here)
2. Floral Leggings from Very Jane via White Plum Boutique, Target Mossimo Sandals and Tank (both old)
3. Steve Madden flats, Forever 21 Jeans, Target Boyfriend VNeck, Kiki La'Rue Lenore Scarf
4. Old Navy Tote, Forever 21 blouse (old), Kiki La'Rue Easy Come Easy Go Cardigan, Kiki La'Rue Country Girl Shorts , Aldo Barbara Sandals
5.  Judith March Football Season Tank and Distressed Denim Cut Offs from Forever 21
6. Old Navy Sandals (old),  Forever 21 Jeans, Ashley Button Back Top, Sequin Clutch from Very Jane via Mindy Mae’s Market

I'll definitely be posting some more full outfits coming up, I love doing outfits posts and love to see what others are wearing. Especially as we start the transition into cooler temps.

Hope you all have a fantastic day! Thank you for reading!

Eleanor's Baby Blessing

This past Sunday our family celebrated Eleanor's Baby Blessing at church. All of our families were there to witness such a joyful moment with us. My father and grandfather flew in from Utah last Thursday for the event- we've been planning this day for months! It's so exciting to have them here and my grandfather performed the blessing for her. It was such a special and beautiful blessing, several members of the congregation came up to our family afterwards to comment about how wonderful it was, that it was unlike any other blessing they had heard, and how touching it was. It meant the world to me to have my own grandfather bless Ellie. He has been such a monumental influence in my life, Sunday will always mean so much to me.  Here are some of the pictures from our day.

Our little family

Here we are with Matt's parents 

With my parents 

Four generations of women: Ellie, myself, her grandmothers, and my grandmother (her great grandma!) 

Four generations: Ellie, Matthew, her grandfathers, and my grandfather (her great grandpa!) 

Here's some pictures my sister and I took of her:

My top and skirt (from this recent purchase post) is from Forever 21- both are no longer available, my necklace is from Very Jane.

Ellie's dress is Sweet Pea's (from our church store), her headband is from Babies R Us and I added the three pearls in the center myself.

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My breakfast this weekend: mango, strawberries, and kiwi. I love fruit so much and can't wait for all the summer fruits to come into season! 

This is my favorite salad right now; mixed greens, cut strawberries, and Ken's Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette dressing. It's delicious! 

My Mother came by and dropped off these gorgeous flowers, they've all bloomed and I've really enjoyed them all week long. 

When she came over, she brought along my Grandmother and my Mother-in-Law joined us as well and we made bows for my shower this weekend. What she has planned for them, I don't know, but I can't wait to see! 

I'm in the homestretch! I reached my 3rd trimester and can't wait to meet our little bunny. 

The view of my feet are getting smaller and smaller each day. 

I saw this shirt on Pinterest and couldn't stop laughing. Oh how I'm easily amused! 

On my drive to work, I saw a car that had "I speak reindeer" plastered all over, then when I passed him I saw this large man, with a full white beard, dressed in a red jacket. I couldn't believe it! What a fun surprise! I should have passed him my wish list! 

My two favorite lip products: NYX Sugar Pie (the perfect gloss! It was also a part of my Beauty Wishlist) and Maybelline Baby Lips Peach Kiss. Both are great alone or layered together. 

Some pretties I picked up this weekend, some statement earrings for my baby showers and I finally found Essie's Go Ginza! I featured this color in my Beauty Wishlist post and have searched for this for a few weeks and I love the color! It's the perfect balance between pink and lilac. 

I'm heading back to blonde and started with some highlights. The color is lighter in person than in the shot, I'll try and get some better pics. I'm really happy with the outcome and can't wait to get to full blown blonde!

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