The Last Hurrah {In NYC}

I spent this past weekend wandering around New York City with my best friend as a last getaway before I leave for college in a week. I did some shopping in SoHo and on the Upper East Side and picked up a few things from Tory Burch, Anthropologie, Lululemon, and Kiehl's. Overall, the weekend was wonderful, the weather was perfect and New York was beautiful as always. 

Colonial Williamsburg

I spent this warm July morning exploring Colonial Williamsburg with my family. I finally had the chance to wear my favorite Lilly Pulitzer dress from last summer's collection. It is very simple and has beautiful detailing. I paired the dress with my well-loved black Jack Rogers. Colonial Williamsburg has so many interesting buildings with great history behind them, and it was great to spend the morning out and about!

Chelsea and SoHo Adventures

Chelsea and SoHo have always been two of my favorite places in New York City. The atmosphere is much more relaxed than that of Times Square, and the shopping is much, much better. I spent some time walking on the Highline in Chelsea, which is an old train rail that has been turned into an overhead path. After a morning in Chelsea, I made my way down to SoHo for some shopping, and came across the SoHo location of Georgetown Cupcake! And of course, I wore my new Lilly romper for National Wear Your Lilly Day!

Sunny Day on Madison Avenue

Early Friday morning, I left my hometown of farmland for a weekend in New York. New York City is one of my absolute favorite places to be. I spent late Friday morning and all afternoon in Upper Manhattan at the American Museum of Natural History and strolling down Madison Avenue. Of course, I picked up some macarons from Ladurée (which were delicious), and did some shopping in Lilly Pulitzer and Tory Burch.

Congratulations to the Class of 2014

 I am proud to say that I am officially an alumni of my high school! Graduation flew by, and I am ready to begin this new chapter of my life! Congratulations to everyone who graduated!

Summer Driving Playlist

These are some of my favorites to listen to with the car windows down. What songs are at the top of your summer playlist?

Graduation Dresses

Graduation dates are quickly approaching, which means for some, it is time to find the perfect dress! My graduation gown is gold, so I am required to wear a white dress underneath, as are most girls. I found the perfect Lilly Pulitzer dress for my graduation back during the New Year Cheer sale, but these are my favorite newly released dresses that would be perfect for the occasion! 

Strapless Eyelet dress // Paulette Crochet Sweater Shift dress // Eyelet Shift dress // McCallum Fitted Tie Back dress

My Sewing Project

Over the long weekend, I decided to venture into some new territory: sewing clothing. I have known how to sew for most of my life, as I grew up sewing pillows and bags, but never any clothing items. I had seen a lot of Etsy shops making paper-bag skirts, and figured that it couldn't be too difficult, so I gave it a shot. 

I ended up buying my fabric from Joann's. I originally bought a yard of each fabric, and then three yards of white lining fabric. After I washed all of my fabric, I realized the seersucker cotton shrunk a lot, so I ended up having to buy an extra yard of each of the seersucker. 

Once I got to the sewing, I pretty much just made it up as I went along, and with each skirt the task got easier. Each one has an elastic waistband, and is made directly from my own measurements. I am really happy with the way that they turned out; they are so much cuter (and cheaper) than the paper-bag skirts sold for $80 at J. Crew. I absolutely cannot wait for spring to come along so that I can wear them!

Bring on the Warm Weather

{Mint Pencil Skirt // Ember Shift Dress // Polka Dot Pintuck Top // Margurite Caftan Scarf Dress // Twisted Stripe Shorts // Puzzle Whale Belt // Anchor Hair Knot // Nautical Loafers // Linen Blazer}

Now that the Holiday season is over, many of my favorite companies are starting to release (very) early Spring 2014 collections. Seeing all of the gorgeous bright colors makes me long for warmer weather and the carefree summer months. These are a few items from the collections that I am lusting over.

Lilly Pulitzer Unboxing: Endless Summer Sale {1}

I just got one of my orders from the Lilly Pulitzer ESS, and i'm super excited about it! For those of you who don't know, Lilly Pulitzer has a 3 day sale each year, and most summer and spring items are marked WAY down! Although for the past 2 years, the site hasn't been the most customer friendly, the staff at Lilly are always helpful and the shipping was very very fast!

This dress, the Ginny dress, caught my eye as soon as the sale opened up! Originally $188, it was marked down to $49!

Today I went shopping with my Mom and my Mom's best friend at a local town's annual sidewalk sale!  I got a lot of really good items, which I wasn't expecting since today was the last day of the sale, and i wanted to share them with y'all!

The local Lilly Pulitzer store was having 50-70% off of spring and summer styles! I think i tried on 5 dresses, 2 shirts, a sweater and 2 pairs of shorts in total and got 1 dress, a pair of shorts and the sweater. It literally took forever, but i am really happy about the items that i got!

Next we went to Francesca's! This is one of my favorite stores, they have really cute clothes and decent prices. They were having BOGO 50% off of clothing, so i used that to my advantage and got a top and a dress. I also got a statement necklace! Lastly we went to a store that sells brands like Vineyard Vines and Southern Proper. I got a new t-shirt from Southern Proper.

We went to a deli for lunch and an ice cream shop in the afternoon! It was a beautiful day, and a good way to start winding down the summer!