With Summer rapidly approaching, (who am I kidding, it's already here in South Florida), this starfish necklace is the perfect gold accessory for the season.

Whether you'll be sunning at the beach, the lake, or the pool this summer, you're going to need some fun golden accessories to compliment your new bathing suits! Amiright?

Love of Pretty has just what you need to kick up your summer sparkle game. From this Boho Beach Necklace to this fun Tan Metallic Wrap Bracelet, there are so many perfect summer staple pieces.

My fav: The mini starfish necklace. It's a great addition to any outfit and pops perfectly over my green blouse below.

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Oh why hello! It has been one heck of a week celebrating Fall, Halloween and the newest month, November!

I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked from my costume, but I think you will get what I was trying to accomplish from the ones below.

It all started with this little inspiration. I've always wanted to dress up as a flapper and one time in college, I quickly put together a black dress and a feather headband for a house party but I never actually went all out with hair and everything. So this year, I thought I'd go a  la Great Gatsby and dress up as Daisy! The end result - I loved it.


So after some much needed "Pinteresting" and "Googling," I settled on finding a lace dress and lots of fun gold and silver accessories. Good thing was, most of this was already in my wardrobe.

I found the dress below at Forever21 for a mere $24.80 and scooped up the headband for $3.80. Oh, how I love Forever21. I then stopped at the craft store and picked up a few feathers that I later hot glued to the headband.

I watched a YouTube video on a simple updo style - this one and I am actually pleased at how it came out! It was definitely easy to do. I'm sure if I had given myself a little more time, I would have been able to perfect it better but regardless, it came out great! What do you think?

Happy New Year loves! It's officially 2014 which is absolutely crazy. I can't believe how fast 2013 went by. I definitely think this past year has taught me so much from what I want out of life, love and most certainly my career. It's been a year of ups and downs and lessons learned for sure. However one of my biggest new year's resolutions for 2013 was to end the year with a blast and boy did I certainly did that! I am so excited to linkup with Walking in Memphis in High Heels for the NYE Trend Spin Linkup this week! Here's a little taste of my New Year's Eve and what I wore.


I really love how the outfit came together so well. I truly had a wonderful New Year's Eve - I hope you all did too! Here's to an amazing 2014!

Yay! It's Friday, the first official day of Summer and I've got a country concert to attend! I'm going to see Brad Paisley, Lee Brice and Chris Young! I don't know about you but there's just something about some good ol' country music that can really put me in a good mood!

So in anticipation of this concert, I've come up with another inspiration board for my outfit! Like I've said before, I bought the boots below and it's really hard to match tops to it! I've found a few lately at TJ Maxx, Old Navy and Target that are similar to the ones below! What do you think? I'm totally getting my moneys worth out of these boots that I got for a STEAL y'all! Find them here. And let's not forget about a koozie! I'm totally taking my Lilly Pulitzer "Spike the Punch" koozie with me! 



Stay tuned for next week's Trend Spin Link Up! It's all about Chambray! 

Well happy Friday night to you all. I'm currently sitting here, wine glass beside me enjoying some pasta salad and me time. We all deserve a little bit of that here and there, am I right?

Please tell me I am not the only one who remembers the show, The Look for Less, with Elizabeth Hasselbeck? Oh my word, I loved that show. If you're new to hearing about it basically,  a person must shop with a fashion stylist to recreate a runway outfit with a set budget (ex: $150) in under an hour. I decided to do that myself (with no outfit in mind) just Target online and a budget. And below is what I came up with and ALL for under $116! I seriously love Target..I mean what can't you get there?!

Well happy Tuesday to you all! I hope you had just as much fun as I did this weekend if not more. I spent a lot of my time using my creativity and completing a few DIY projects at home. I think that when you focus your attention on something creative, it allows the mind and body to regenerate and regroup. It was really nice to just take my time working on these projects. I am pretty pleased with how they came out.

Ok, so do you remember these pretty little pink desk accessories? Well I wanted to update my new office but take out some of the pink. I really love this pieces and wanted to keep them because the design is pretty so I thought of sanding them down and painting them a pretty cream color. 

Well hi there! I've been a pretty busy little gal these past few days. The weekend was a whirlwind and I am full swing kicking out the work week. On Tuesday, I worked remotely from Key Largo, FL. A few members of my company flew to work out some details with one of our clients. 

So I consider myself pretty low on the corporate ladder. I mean, I am only 23 years old and freshly out of college but there are some pretty neat perks being on the lower level - like for example... flying in a private plane! I mean I needed photos of the client and what better way than to just go there and take them myself, right? Well it just so happened that my company had to visit and they let me..little ol me go with them and ride shotgun in the private plane. OMG - I wanted to faint.





As for last weekend - it was pretty awesome! I went to my cousins wedding and it was simply beautiful. It was right on the river and we danced the whole night away. 

Here's a picture of me and my momma! Sorry for the sweaty face - sadly I didn't get any nice pictures. The wedding was outside and oh my was the humidity kicking! By the way, I swear I curled my hair for the wedding. It was straight as a board by nightfall! 





Anywho, I am pretty excited that tomorrow is Friday and I am ready for the weekend! It's my roomies birthday and we've got some fun things planned! 

So I am still in hopes of finding a home closer to work and with those hopes come visions and excitement. Here's a little bathroom inspiration I've had lately. I find that I usually get the best deals and score the cutest things when I am not really on the lookout for anything specific.  I usually just come upon it and buy little things here and there. I think I will begin looking for bathroom decor like the below. What do you think? And would you expect anything more than gold and cream from me? ;) 

Have a great day! 

xoxo Jessica 

No, no, definitely not my wedding. I am preparing for the wedding of one of my sweet cousins. Although I am going to have to go alone with my parents (B is working that night), it still calls for an amazing outfit and amazing shoes! I am still in the debating process of if I should wear a necklace or not. But here's what I got so far! 

Happy Monday! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Just in case you were wondering, mine was pretty great! A little recap, shall we?

1. I babysat for a friend Friday night. This little fella thought he could get away from me. Ha!
2. Fishtail Saturday! I spent the day at the beach and I am really starting to master the fishtail. I am pretty proud of myself.
3. Beach day essentials. I am loving my new fringe top. $19.99 at Charlotte Russe. #fabfind
4. I am in LOVE. New Ivanka Trump purse from TJ Maxx and for only $54.00. Another #fabfind. This purse makes me smile every time I look at it.
5. New phone case! It is simply adorable. "If you like it, then you should monogram it."
6. Manicure of the week. I seriously paint my nails every four to five days. This week's color is OPI Pink-ing of you.

You know the saying.. "You don't need it." Well I think you do. Go for it. Get it all. Okay, kidding because if I truly just went for it all I'd be living back at my moms in a teeny tiny room consumed of all my belongings..hoarder. But there are times that I just HAVE to have it. Don't you? Well if I had my way, I'd have all of the following things below that I am just lusting to have right now. But I must have self control because rent is due and if the new apartment comes through..then that means moving and moving costs money. Ah. Anyways you know my love of golds and beiges and here is just more proof that I am drawn to none other than all of these colors. I have a wedding to attend next weekend and I think I am going to order the gold pumps below to go with a dress I found at Franchesca's. I'll post the wedding look soon!