this summer.

this summer you'll find me in a mixture of stripes, florals (who's surprised?), and a dreamy combo of earth's prettiest pastels.

3 reasons why it's the coolest:

JILL

aqua y gold.

i got nowhere on my cart last night.

my uncle is in town. he's a global traveler/dweller.

he's now living in norway.

just moved from australia.

before that here.

before that, grenada.

before that, south africa.

and he's originally from the uk.

and i'm missing stuff in there, too i'm sure.

anyway we were hanging with him last night.

lucky for me, there's a long weekend ahead... perfect for projects.

totally unrelated, but isn't this color combo kinda gorgeous?

i hope you all enjoy your weekend.

think i'm headed to the lake.

that hurricane is now hanging over us and it's not forcasted to lighten up until sunday or monday.

but rainy days at the lake can be fun, too.

LOVE.

JILL.

{images via the decorista and pinterest}

**update**

thanks to one of our sweetest readers...

{seriously, she always has the nicest things to say. such a doll.}

elizabeth (you can find her here) informed me that emily's earrings in question from earlier this morning, were from stella & dot!

the capri chandies, in turquoise.

knowing that, it was just a simple google away before i found these 2:

i know. so pretty, right?

thanks, elizabeth!!

go get yourself some... you can right here.

love.

JILL

minty-aqua for your ears.

the other night emily, from the bachelorette, had lots of beachy dates.

{GO JEF}

usually she's a little more flashy-blingy than i would normally go for...

but the other night, she wore a gorge maxi in shades of orange, coral and purple. i tried looking for a pic online but no luck.

the thing that caught my attention most-- she wore mint earrings with that dress. totally unexpected. totally didn't "go," but it went. oh it went.

the earrings looked sort of amrita singh-esque to me.

there aren't a ton of true mint options out there, which surprised me.

but there are lots of minty/aqua goodness to be purchased.

and here's how you could wear them

a la emily:

minty aqua earrings #1 by thebluehouse featuring a striped dress

French Connection striped dress, $365 / Alice + Olivia long maxi dress, $195 / Warehouse straw clutch, $34 / Gold necklace / Amrita Singh gold plated jewelry / Nickel free jewelry

minty aqua earrings #2 by thebluehouse featuring art deco earrings



Kaliko color block dress, $170 / Lanvin evening dress / Bamboo handbag / Kendra Scott earrings / Art deco earrings / Oversized envelope clutch

killer.

i especially love the that brown dress. with the bag. and the studs.

but.

while we're on the topic of the bachelorette,

i'd just like to say that i love this season.

she's getting alot of crap for being nice and well, anti-slutty.

i think it's a breath of fresh air.

this show was turning into one big skank-fest before her (but don't get me wrong, i still liked it).

but i'm glad her daughter is apart of it.

i'm glad she's polite.

i'm glad she's a lady.

i'm glad she says thank you and shows manners.

i'm glad she kicked off the d-bags and crazies for being exactly what they are.

i like her.

and from day one, my 2 favorites were jef and ari.

bam. final 2.

now i sort of almost don't care who wins!

who am i kidding. i'm obsessed with jef and i hope he swoops in for the win.

thoughts...

on minty earrings? or comments from fellow team-jef-ers?

love.

JILL

blue.berry

i'm digging shades of blue with all different shades of berry.

from deep raspberry all the way down to pink.

i think it's my new favorite combo.

especially dark raspberry velvet.

that shit's good.

last day of work for me this week.

(i love those words, btw)

happy tuesday.

JILL

{images via: anna spiro @ absolutely beautiful things, cup of te, dreambook design, house of turquoise, joe nye via house beautiful, make life easier, mfamb, nuevo-estilo, and ruthie sommers}

aqua and roy are friends.

roy g. biv and aqua are in fact besties.

it's like a neutral. it goes with whatever it wants, and it wants to go with everything.

so it does.

red:

orange: 

yellow: 

green: 

blue: 

violet: 

sorry for my absence friday and monday.

i took a vacation from here and it was awkward at first, all day long i felt like i was forgetting something. but then it was kinda awesome. a little internet detox if you will. i didn't even get on pinterest once, no i lie. i did maybe once a day but for no longer than a minute. honest :)

i hope you all had a most splendid long weekend.

i did!!

loves.

JILL

{images via: apartment therapy, coco + kelley, properhunt, vivaluxury, google, pinterest, cococozy, brooklynblonde, completelytotallymadly, duskjacketattic, desire to inspire, google}