I draw a line between my "blog life" and my personal life, but I needed to share this post. I've been sitting with this for the last few days, going through, editing, and re-editing and I've realized that there's no way to fully express exactly how I feel right now, or tell you just how amazing a person my godfather was, through my words alone. However, this post is something that I know I need to write and I'll just have to do the best I can. Loss. The word itself has such a hollow sound, but …
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A Good Head & A Good Heart
“A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.” -Nelson Mandela Parents always talk about moments in which they feel especially proud to be someone's parent, but children talk about having these feelings with their parents much less. I think that a child's pride for their parent is underrated and seldom stated, so today I'm going to brag a little bit and tell you about a huge, recent …
Just Add Mint
This past weekend I visited my aunt, uncle, and cousins to celebrate Annabel's graduation! You may recognize her from my grad party post last summer. It was wonderful to see my family for a bit and it's always a treat to visit them since we only see them once or twice a year.~ What I Wore ~dress: Lilly Pulitzer, watch: Skagen, bracelet: Personalized From Me to You ℅ (similar), shoes: Jack Rogers, ring: heirloom, necklace: A-List Greek ℅~What She …
Isla Vista Fundraiser
The Lettered Company recently reached out to me and informed me of a fundraiser they are currently holding for the families of the UCSB Tri Delta shooting victims and their families. As many of you may know, during the shooting in Isla Vista on May 23rd, two members of University of California - Santa Barbara's Tri Delta chapter were killed and another was injured and hospitalized due to her injuries. The Lettered Company is raising money to help the victims' families with the financial …
Big/Little Week
My sorority had Big/Little reveal this past Friday! The way that Chi Omega at my school goes about the whole process of Big/Little week is by doing daily secret gifts for the Littles and then the Bigs get revealed at the end. My Big spoiled me! Every night I went to the designated room to pick up my gift and was so surprised by what was left for me (and my TWIN!) Yep, I'm a twin! My twin, Fiona, and I got lots of sweets, cute crafts, and adorable owls from our Big, Lucy.Day 1 via InstagramDay 2 …
A Family Affair
bow cakes via Instagramhigh heel cupcakes via Instagram~What We Wore~dress - Lilly Pulitzer; shoes - Jack Rogers; necklaces - Personalized From Me to You & Charlotte Russe; bow - Bows Arts; earrings - Charlotte Russe (similar); ring - Forever 21; bracelets - American Pearl & c/o Personalized From Me to YouAnnabeltop - purchased in Jamaica; pants - American Eagle; shoes - Reef; rings - vintage; watch - Skagen; …
Congratulations Cousin!
Congratulations to my wonderful cousin, Christopher, as he's graduating from high school this week! Yesterday my family and I attended his graduation party as well as getting to visit with a bunch of my cousins. It was a real treat to see all of them! We don't see them very often so it makes any time we spend together very special.I loved the lanterns hanging from the ceilingmy Uncle & Aunt's wonderful backyard gardendress - Forever 21. shoes - Birkenstock. pearl necklace - …