Moon Over Miami: My Wedding

Today I got to relive my own wedding with Over the Moon, the wedding website I just can't seem to stop yapping about.

And before directing you that way, I feel like I must acknowledge the risk in doing this. Not because I'm showcasing my wannabe-party-planner-slash-stylist amateur skills for the internet to judge - because I do that every damn day. But because I'm stepping dangerously close to the border of "this-girl-needs-to-get-over-her-wedding" town. We all know this town and we all like to think we can banish brides of yesteryear to this town, but allow me to put on my public-defender-no-one-asked-for-or-really-wants hat for a second (or don't allow me, I'ma do it anyway).

Sharing your wedding is sharing a very special part of you - it's all the people and places and things you love wrapped up in a weekend that flies by too quickly. So getting to relive it any which way is the only means of being able to feel like you are back in your favorite place with all your favorite people and things on your favorite day. Think of it like a gals own Pensieve a la Harry Potter - it's just. like. that.

So here is my personal Pensieve, courtesy of the duo-Dumbledores at Over the Moon, Alexandra Macon & Andee Olson (just as wise and just as loveable). Most of the stuff my bridesmaids and I wore is no longer in stock, but I linked similar styles below because I lurve ya.

Waking Up In Vegas with Over The Moon

Mondays and Vegas are combo that is best described with my one of my favorite Cuban sayings: "arroz con mango." Literal translation: rice with mango - aka no bueno. In other words, the pairing of these things is not regarded as something easy, enjoyable, or natural; it's a disorderly, if not altogether repulsive, twosome.

But today we turn such associations inside out, because on this Monday morning my mind is in Sin City thanks to the fabulous powers that be at Over the Moon. The wedding website to top all wedding websites asked little old me to put together a post on a Las Vegas bachelorette wardrobe. And now all I want to do is hop on a flight to LAS and never, ever shake the glitter off my clothes. Check out the post here and start planning your own trip to the strip with OTM's Las Vegas Travel Guide.

Playing Card Earrings - Jennifer Loiselle// Playsuit - C/MEO Collective// Playing Cards Clutch - Olympia LeTan (via The Real Real)// Black Top - C/MEO Collective

Wishin' & Workin' & Wantin' a Wardrobe

When you give a gal a new job, she'll want some new work clothes (no heels allowed). And some time to catch up with the rest of her life - but that may be too much to ask.

This is my way of apologizing for being a teensy-weensy M-I-A lately (it ain't ever too late to say sorr-ay) and for bringing you the good tidings & joy that I am back to being glued behind a computer screen (aka back in your lives). So feel free to reach out with any upcoming fall shindigs you need some wardrobe inspo of your own for - think of it as my way of not clogging your airwaves with the everyday hustle & bustle of my glamorous life (e.g. on today's agenda - exploring a new, unexplored corridor of the Houston tunnels and possibly making it to cookie happy hour at Michael's Cookie Jar (2 for 1 from 2-3pm = SCAN-DA-LOUS! ). Don't give up hope just yet - Friday is only a day away. 

Leather Satchel - Cuyana// Planner - Graphic Image// Scarf - Sabina Savage// Suede Bag - Neely and Chloe// Gold Studs - ASHA by ADM// Skull Loafers - Stubbs & Wootton

Queen for a Day: Verbena Madrid

What is one of my new favorite trends? Crowns. And what will I be demanding when I get home from my first day at the new job this afternoon? Also a crown. 

Cue Verbena Madrid, a brand offering different types of beautiful headband-crowns, each handmade in Spain. Now before you start mumbling to yourself "gurl you think you're royalty? where in the world do you plan on wearing a crown!?" - let me give you some expert examples of how these head pieces are becoming the queen of all accessories (pun intended). Check them out in Vogue Mexico, on Margherita Missoni, and the ladies behind Latin American e-boutique CREO Consulting. The term "verbena" translates to a traditional Spanish party - so what better way to stand out as the birthday-girl/bachelorette/girl-who-survived-a-day-of-work-after-Labor-Day-weekend than with a fiesta on your head? Trick question: there is no better way. 

Q: US Open Outfit? A: Consider it Served

As the saying goes, if you believe it, you can achieve it. So I will believe that getting out of Houston this weekend will be easy breezy and that there will be nothing but smooth sailing at the airport. It may take lots of believin' to achieve getting to the US Open, but not so much believin' to find the perfect outfit to wear to the courts this weekend - I did that for ya already. 

Hoop Earrings - Rebecca DeRavenel// Blue Dress - Driscoll NY// Bucket Bag - Staud Clothing// Wristband - Tory Burch Sport// Tennis Bomber Jacket - Tory Burch Sport// Tennis Skirt - Tory Burch Sport// Headband - Tory Burch Sport