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Beach Style: One-Pieces
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” – Marilyn Monroe My post today is a look at my beach/pool style this year but I also want to talk about body image. This year I was all about the one-piece. It’s been a growing trend the past few summers, but this summer it really reached new levels of popularity. I used to hate one-pieces back in the day because they were seriously un-stylish. The only time I ever wore one-pieces was back when I was really little and didn’t care what I was wearing and the only times I wore them when I get…
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Blue & White Circle Beach Blanket
I think it was last year that I first saw photos of circle beach blankets and loved how different and pretty they were. Since then, I’ve been keeping my eye out for one I liked and wasn’t too expensive. I got this pretty blue and white one from one of the online boutiques I’ve bought from before and trust, Just Lex Boutique . I recently shared a dress I wore from them – the striped knot twist dress (here). I brought the circle beach blanket with me to Cape Cod and got to use it at Craigsville Beach during my last day of vacation there. I actually originally ordered a different…
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Last Day on Cape Cod
We’ve reached the last recap post of my vacation to Cape Cod! But fret not, it’s not my last post altogether about my trip because I have a food post coming up later today and I’ll be making a few short videos with highlights of my trip. But for today, I’m talking about my last full day on Cape Cod. My last day there was really laid back and relaxing. After eating our hotel breakfast, my family and I drove about 15 minutes to the Cape Cod Potato Chip Factory! The factory has self-guided tours. “Tour” is a bit generous, you pretty much just walk through and can look through…
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Photo Challenge: Delta
I’m headed home today from my vacation. I can’t believe it’s been a week already! I’ll resume my travel posts tomorrow (if you missed them you can read what I’ve posted so far here, here, and here), but for today I’ve got my response to last week’s photo challenge from The Daily Post, “Delta“. In the challenge, participants were prompted to share a photo that signifies transition or change. It could be the beginning or end of something. When I think of deltas, naturally I think of water, so I decided to use this photo I took last spring. I may have spent the past week in Cape Cod, Massachusetts,…
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Beach Days
Happy Labor Day! This long weekend marks the unofficial end of summer. There are quite a few (okay, 3) “ends of summer” for me. I went back to work last week so that was pretty much the end of summer for me. The students start tomorrow with the official start of school so that’s another way to view the “end of summer”. And, of course, the season doesn’t officially end calendar wise until later on in the month. But I digress, Labor Day Weekend usually marks the end of summer so I thought I would round up my beach looks and some beach snaps (and 1 pool shot) to celebrate/mourn…
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Beach Style
Last week I posted about beach hair and mentioned that I sadly had not yet been to the beach this summer even though I don’t live too far from the shore. Well I finally made it there and even included a shot from the beach in last week’s photo challenge! I wanted to share with you all my typical beach style. When I think about it, what I wear and bring with me to the beach is pretty consistent save for a few variables. I always wear to the beach: a swimsuit and a coverup Things I always bring: beach towel, sunscreen, sunglasses, water, hair tie, and a change of clothes.…
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Photo Challenge: Beneath Your Feet
Sometimes we can get so caught up in what’s right in front of our faces that we forget to look down and look at the world beneath our feet. I have to say, my response to The Daily Post’s Photo Challenge this week, “Beneath Your feet”, isn’t too intricate or creative, but was the best thing underneath (and above for that matter) my feet all week! I recently spoke about how I hadn’t made it to the beach at all this summer because I’ve been so busy. Seeing as I’m from New Jersey and any number of beaches are within easy driving distance it was beginning to get sad. I’m…
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Beach Hair
Hot Weather Hair by lifeaccordingtojamie featuring Bumble and bumble Confession: I haven’t been to the beach yet this summer. I know, it’s horrible considering the beach isn’t that far from me. I normally go multiple times throughout the summer, but this year with all my travels and workshops, it’s been hard to find the time. And when I do have the time, like today, it’s pouring out. But I plan to go tomorrow so fingers crossed the forecast for good weather is true! Aside from swimsuits, hair is something else to consider at the beach. Beachy waves are so pretty, which I think is fine for when you’re leaving the beach and maybe…
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Photo Challenge: Adventure
The latest photo challenge from The Daily Post is Adventure . Adventure can mean so many different things to different people. It can be going on a road trip, sky diving, trapeze, or even something like trying out a cooking class. I actually have gone to a trapeze class before, but that was a few years ago and I wanted to capture a sense of adventure from something more recent. I decided to go with this picture I took of some surfers in Hawaii when I was there last month. This was taken the day after the hurricane. This was in Kailua-Kona and there were a lot of surfers out that day.…
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Hawaii: Beach & Pool Looks
I’m nearing the end of my vacation in Hawaii and my beach and pool looks are starting to repeat, but I thought I’d show you some looks from the last few days. Top: Mossimo via Target Shorts: Tribal Print Wrap-Front Short from Forever 21 Love these shorts – they’re so cute! And the wrap detail makes them so different than regular shorts. It’s important to note that this is not a stretchy material at all. It is a bit stiff and is not forgiving so it would be a good idea to size up. I wore this outfit over this bathing suit… Swimsuit: Candie’s Vintage Bouquet Floral via Kohls The…
