Scenes From Our Weekend

Happy Tuesday y'all!  I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July!  As I mentioned Friday we have been in Figure Eight for the weekend.  We are having such a great time here.

Friday morning Sterling finished his last day of nature camp.  This camp was so awesome we will be doing it again next year.  He was so excited everyday to tell me about all the cool stuff he saw and learned about.  We signed up through the Charleston Museum for any locals interested.

After camp we packed up and hit the road.

What I wore for the drive/first day.

Blouse (on sale) | Necklace | Shorts (40% off with code COOLSTYLE) | Purse

The kids were super excited to arrive and check out our house and amazing view for the week!

Several of you asked about Frances Moon's blouse- you can find it here and also in a dress version.

Our deck and view is pretty amazing.

We have been spending lots of time at the beach swimming and building lots of sand castles.

Hat (50% off) | Sunglasses | One Piece

Love that my sweet Sterling is such a Mama's boy.

Sunglasses | Cover-up

Loving this off shoulder dress with straps.  It is cotton, has pockets and is so comfy!  I wore it for dinner one night over the weekend.

Dress | Necklaces

We have all spent lots of time cuddling with cousin Rutledge.  

and cousin Maxton.

We celebrated my Dad's birthday over the weekend.  So special we were all able to be together.

I wore my Mara Hoffman dress that is now on sale.

Dress also here | Necklaces

We always love the 4th of July in Figure Eight.  They do a fun parade and then have a party with jump castles, face painting, food and a band.  We were able to watch some of the parade from our front deck.

We left Rutledge at home with my parents and just took the older kids to the party.

Tee Shirt | Jean Shorts

The highlight for Sterling and Frances was the face painting station.

That night we grilled out and watched fireworks.  Wearing blue and white- just missing the red!

I am wearing a size one in this dress for reference.

Dress | Necklace

We couldn't end the night without sparklers.

 We love DD and Big Poppie.  

Thoughts For Friday + Best July 4th Sales

TGIF and Hurray for the long weekend!  We are off to Figure Eight with my entire family for the next week.  It is one of my favorite spots.   Sterling and Frances are at such a fun age this year and they are so excited about building sandcastles, swimming and playing on the beach!

Frances Moon's obsession with lipstick continues.  Take a close look she opened up every single lipstick I own trying to find the perfect shade of hot pink.  Girl knows what she likes.

Frances Moon and I twinning in our Mara Hoffman.  I bought these probably 2 years ago on clearance and her dress finally fits her!  

Right before we left for St Maarten we made one of my favorite salads- Chopped BLT.  It had honestly been almost a year since I last made it last and I forgot how amazing it is.  Such a great Summer Salad.

My friend Ann originally painted these paintings for our bedroom but we got a new rug and they no longer matched so I gave them to my sister.  She hung them in my nephew Rutledge's nursery and they look so good!!  You can check out some of Ann's other work HERE, she is super talented.

Speaking of Rutledge, how precious is he??   Gives me major baby fever, but at least I can get my snuggles with him.

I tried on this dress recently at Anthropologie and now I am wishing I bought it.  Loved the print.

Solstice Dress

I mentioned before that I read both The Weekenders and The Nest in St Maarten.  I highly recommend both.  I am now halfway through The Nightingale and loving it.  I was hesitant to read a book based around the war because I usually like a light hearted Summer read but it is so good so far.

A fun new appetizer to try is skewers with Mozzarella, Peaches and Basil.  Like a Caprese salad but with ripe peaches.  Really light and tasty.  This would be great drizzled with a balsamic glaze too.

Love this.

JULY 4TH SALES

LOTS of sales are going on right now!  

REBECCA TAYLOR

Extra 40% off sale, use code FIREWORKS

Cami Dress

This dress is one I own and really like the style.

also on sale is this white off shoulder.  It comes to almost 75% with this discount.  Order down a size as it runs on the large side. I am wearing a size 2.

GIGI NEW YORK 

30% off Summer colors

I love the Chelsea Crossbody because you van carry it as a crossbody or clutch.  The blush color is the perfect neutral too.

I also really like the Uber Clutch.  It is oversized so it can hold everything you need.

MARA HOFFMAN

Major Summer Sale- save up to 70% off.

You can check out my post HERE with my favorites!

CANDYSHOP VINTAGE

20% off all white and blue jewelry.  I have both the white and navy rice beads and love them for layering.

Moonstone necklace

Single Moonstone Necklace

KATE SPADE

extra 30% off sale items with code SUNSHINE

Stripe Crossbody

LOFT

50% off everything, use code JULY4TH

Off Shoulder Blouse

Tie Off Shoulder Dress

Embroidered Tassel Dress

ANN TAYLOR

40% off full price items, use code jULY40

This blouse is now 40% off and the shorts are extra 60% off

Blouse | Shorts

love this blouse, reminds me of Tibi but way cheaper.

Off Shoulder Blouse

BANANA REPUBLIC

Extra 50% off sale, no code needed

Scallop Bikini

Tassel Drop Earrings

I have these and love them! 

SAKS

Final sale up to 75% off.

NEIMAN MARCUS

Extra 35% off sale prices.

Style Files Vol 12 | My Dad's Modeling Debut :)

Today I talked my Dad into modeling with me for my post.   I usually use Matt for my men's posts but I thought my Dad needed a feature since June is his birthday month and Father's Day.  I can't say enough great things about my Dad.  He is hard working, loving, funny, compassionate and most of all an amazing Dad- and model:)  and did I mention he knows how to build and fix anything??  I always put him to work at my house when he visits.  The older I get the more I appreciate and realize all that he does for us and I truly love spending time with he and my mom.  

Dad's Outfit |  Linen Blend blouse | Jeans | Loafers | Watch

My Outfit | Dress | Sandals

If you are looking for gift or just a new style button up for the guys I really love this one my Dad is wearing.  My mom gave him this as a gift last year for his Birthday and it is still a favorite.  It is a linen blend so it is lightweight,  great for the Summer months and into Fall.

Dad is wearing the white color but it also comes in 3 different pale blue options.

I also really like this indigo version.

The shirt runs pretty true to size my Dad is in the XX-large, he is pretty tall guy at 6'6 so that is his standard size. 

Jeans  | Loafers

Love this big guy so much!  He makes a pretty handsome model I must say. 

and my favorite picture,  the thinker pose- haha! 

The Nordstrom Men's Designer Collection has some really great options for pre-fall.  I like that these are pieces you can wear now and into Fall.   

Button up | Driving Shoes | Tee | Jacket
Shorts | Bowtie | Card Holder | Wallet 
Stripe Tie | Check Tie | Polo | Shorts

I also wanted to mention my dress, it is the same dress I packed and wore while in St Maarten.  For fit it runs TTS, I am wearing a size small.  It is fully lined and what I really love about it is the tiered bottom and pattern.  It makes for a fun and easy dress.  It has been on repeat lately as it is perfect to toss on with flip flops and run errands and also dress up at night.
DVF Dress

You can shop our looks and my other men's favorites below!  As always Nordstrom offers free shipping, free returns and will price match!  Don't forget the Anniversary Sale aka my favorite sale of the year starts early for card holders on the July 14th.  If you are not a card holder you can sign up here and gain early access to the sale a week before everyone else.

Big thanks to my Dad for modeling and Nordstrom for partnering on this post!

July 4th Food and Drink Ideas + OOTD + Gigi New York Summer Sale

We are headed to the beach Friday for our annual beach trip with my entire family.  I can't wait for snuggles with my 3 nephews and to watch the cousins have so much fun together.  Since we will be there over July 4th I am already planning ideas of what I want to cook and serve.  I always love entertaining on a holiday weekend.  The kids are excited about sparklers and I am excited about the food:)  I rounded up a few fun food and drink ideas for the 4th.

OREOS

I definitely want to make these for the kids.  They look fairly easy to make and so cute!

KABOBS

This is super cute for the kids too.  My kids have been loving watermelon lately so I know they would gobble these up!

RICE KRISPY TREATS

MASON JAR DRINKS

Something the adults would love:) I love the idea of the mason jars.  I was thinking it would be cute to do vodka sodas or margaritas with some blueberries and strawberries floating since I don't like blue or flavored  drinks.

WATERMELON JALAPENO SALAD

One of my favorite watermelon salads, it would be perfect as a side for a BBQ.

TEQUILA SOAKED WATERMELON

I made this a few years ago and it was very good.

ANTIPASTO SKEWERS

These have quickly become my go to app.  They look gorgeous and taste just as good.

SPICY CUCUMBER MARGARITA

These look so tasty to me.  We may just have to recreate them at the beach!

OOTD

I ordered this dress before I left for St Maarten and it was here when I got home.  It would be perfect for July 4th!!  I like that it is not too short or fitted.  I am wearing a size small.

The sandals I am wearing are also something I am loving lately.  They are under $60 and I love the fact that go with everything and are comfy.  I do recommend sizing up 1/2 a size they run on the smaller side.

Heart dress | Sandals | Candyshop Vintage necklace wrapped as bracelet

The Gigi New York Summer Sale Starts today with certain styles marked 30% off.  You can shop all the sale colors HERE.

This Claire Clutch has been my favorite.  I love the pop of blue and the size is perfect.

I carried it all weekend when I was in Dallas. 

Oh and my stripe dress is now 40% off:) also here!  

I am wearing a size XS, it ran slightly on the large side.  I was kind of right between a small and XS.

Have a great Wednesday!  My car AC is broke so hopefully that will get fixed today it has been a hot few days with no AC!