Nautical Photo of the Week: Nautical 1st Birthday Party

Today I am featuring baby Benny's nautical first birthday party! I have featured his mom, Brittany of Brittany Lauren Design, on the blog several times (we actually did a giveaway for one of her adorable monogrammed anchor mugs in the spring!). I was not surprised at all that Benny had a nautical party with his mom's love of all things nautical! The setting for the party was a local beach club.

Invitations were designed by Brittany

Look at the envelope liner!

Brittan made the wooden sign. She just hot glued wood chips of beachy things and stuck the sign in a bucket full of sand

Brittany designed the whale cake and had local bakery, The Market Basket in Franklin Lakes, NJ make it. Inside was strawberry shortcake!

Goldfish marshmallow pops were a hit! They are from BubbasSweets on etsy

Shark cupcakes! The shark fins are from TheLilDetails on etsy.

Brittany's older sister made these cookies!

Kate Aspen nautical wedding favors/decorations

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I have now seen the Kate Aspen nautical wedding collection on multiple websites including Style Me Pretty. You can shop the full collection here. I have included my favorites below.

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Shipwheel frame

Personalized mason jars

Personalized frosted glass votive

Anchors away muslin coasters

Message in a bottle favors

Personalized glass coasters

Personalized stemless wine glass

Back to School: Vineyard Vines

Whale cord skirt, $55 | Whale terry tunic, $45

Anchor fill whale graphic tee, $35 | Whale tumble shorts, $23

Stripe anchor graphic tee, $30

Sailboat print knit dress, $50 | Whale applique tee, $35

Burgee flag graphic tee, $30 | Whale line graphic tee, $35

Sailboat fill whale graphic tee, $35 | Allover anchor graphic tee, $30

Whale hooded pocket t shirt, $25 | Sportfisher embroidered club shorts, $60

Whale water graphic pocket tee, $28

Crab graphic t shirt, $24 | Regatta graphic tee, $28

Lighthouse poster graphic tee, $28

Back to School Series

This week I will be starting my back to school series! It might seem a little early but August 1 is this Friday (!) and LAUSD schools are back in session in just about 3 weeks. Most colleges are starting up the last week of August, just one month away!

If there is something specific you would like me to post about please leave a comment or send me an email. I have already planned posts about nautical dorm decor, back to school outfits for kids (boys and girls), and nautical school supplies/accessories

Seashop: nautical, vintage and re-purposed items

Ahoy! Seashop was founded in 2012 by two women who love nautical, vintage and re-purposed items. All of the treasures you will find at Seashop are unique, artistic, and inspired by the sea. New items are posted weekly so check back often!

Ship coin necklace with pearl

Anchor tray

Antique leather cardholder

Set of metal mini boats

Overseas club pin

Tiny anchor earrings

Shell locket with sea glass and pearl (free shipping through August on this!)

Trio of glass buoys

One of the two owners is also an artist! Shannon has so many beautiful nautical paintings. You can find her paintings in Seashop or on Shannon's website

Buoy trio

Sail away

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Nautical Outfit of the Week: Red, White, and Stripes (and anchors too!)

Today I am featuring Tia from Big City Tyro. This was her 4th of July outfit. Very festive!

 

Sweater: J.Crew
Shorts: J.Crew
Shoes: Sperry
Headband: Vineyard Vines
Bracelet: Kiel James Patrick


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White Light White Night Event

 

Saturday night I headed to El Segundo for Walk With Sally's 8th Annual White Light White Night. Walk With Sally is dedicated to providing free mentoring, support programs, and services to children of parents or siblings with cancer. Walk With Sally provides healing and comfort to children debilitated by the emotional experience of living with or losing a parent or sibling to cancer. You can learn more about Walk With Sally here

I got my hair and eye makeup done before the event. My hair doesn't hold styles or curls for very long at all so I wanted to get a photo right after

This is my hair an hour later. HA!

It was a cloudy, cool night in the south bay (it actually rained for about two minutes earlier in the day!) so I brought a navy sweater. This dress actually looks whiter in person but I also don't have white pants or a solid white dress. I like to think my anchors stood out in a sea of white ;)

I brought my friend C as my plus one

There was a silent auction and a live auction (I really wanted to bid on the trip to Martha's Vineyard-beautiful house and fly there via private plane! Too bad I didn't have $10,000+ to spend)

Drink menu

There were booths set up for local restaurants and bars to offer samplings of their best food and drinks. I think my favorite was the mac and cheese from The Rockefeller

Delicious mini grilled cheese

some nautical decorations

The BEST waffles from Doma Kitchen

Nautical bar, The Deck

I had the White Light Sunrise and waffles and a rice krispie treat for dessert

The night ended with a performance by Berlin

If you are local think about becoming a volunteer or mentor with Walk With Sally. You can find out more about the programs here.

Shoe a Day Update

I did not plan on waiting so long to do an update on my shoe a day challenge. But it has taken me awhile to upload the photos so here we go.

What I learned:
- I wear the same shoes more frequently than I thought, especially my Target ballet flats
- I forgot about/rediscovered several pairs that are now in weekly rotation
- I donated/sold pairs that I knew I wouldn't wear again or didn't fit. There are a couple I still want to donate/sell
- I will have to re-evaluate again in the fall/when the weather changes because I have a few shoes I wasn't able to wear when I did this shoe a day challenge (riding boots, my monogrammed driving mocs, loafers, etc).

Pink glitter TOMS | Target patterned flats | my very old running shoes
Target gold sandals | Nautical TOMS | Target Sam and Libby bow flats
Converse Chuck Taylor | Taylor Swift for Keds | Chanel flats

Franco Sarto booties | Della for BC Footwear (Nordstrom) | Cushe hellyer slip on
Sperry Top-Sider | Custom handpainted TOMS | Nike Zoom Elite 
Target flats | J.Crew Factory anchor flip flops | Target Sam and Libby bow flats

Target striped ballet flats | Vineyard Vines anchor espadrilles
Sperry Top-Sider mariner slip on | J.Crew Factory braided flip flops