Helloooooo, how cute are these tea towels by Avril Loreti?
Not only do I want these towels, I want them as prints to hang up. I mean.. awesome. Plus everything on this site is awesome, too.
Again, dream house, these towels will be sitting on your perfectly clean and beautiful kitchen countertop.
-Lucy
I’m fully enamored with anything striped or anchor-adorned this spring. There’s something clean and crisp about a nautical inspired outfit that works perfectly for warm weather jaunts and trips to the beach. No one does this better than the original prepsters: J.Crew, Gap and Sperry.
Here are my favorites:
Anchor Buckle Belt, Lands’ End Canvas $50
Drawstring Hobo Bag, Gap $39.95
Maritime Anchor Dress, J.Crew $98
Angelfish Slip-On Boat Shoe, Sperry Top-Sider $80
Marine Boatneck Tee, Joe Fresh $24
Triton Top Knot Sailing Bracelet, Kiel James Patrick $38
Ahoy and happy shopping!
-J
Lucy graduates college this weekend–hooraaaaaay!
I’m so proud of her and I know our parents are too. We’re all headed down south (our last visit was in October) today to celebrate the occasion and spend some quality time together before she starts working a, gulp, full time job.
We’re renting a house with our mom on Folly Beach next week and will be biking, paddle boarding and eating up a storm. I couldn’t be more excited. We’ll keep you posted of our adventures on Instagram and will be back in a week … hopefully with a little color so that I can finally wear dresses in public :)
Congrats, Luce. I luf you!
-J
Sandals + a great pedicure + a warm summer day … what could be better? Especially if those sandals are from Matt Bernson’s collection–talk about a swoon fest. I don’t know how I’d ever be able to choose just one pair from his online store.
This year I’m loving the height, pops of color and funky details in every pair of sandals that catches my eye. I’m going to need to stay very far away from each and every store these shoes are sold, two of which are down the street from my apartment. I may actually need blinders for this … maybe some of them exist with funky details?
-J
Instagram madness has taken over. We’ve finally joined in on the fun (follow us at iloveineed!) and I’m so happy we did … now I have an excuse to buy awesomely fun magnets via StickyGram. $15 for a pack of nine with free shipping is definitely do-able in my book for a fun gift or to spice up your fridge. I SO wish we were the first people to think of this.
We also joined Pinterest–see our pins here and while you’re at it, check out Lucy’s boards here. Such good fodder for Monday procrastinating.
P.S. An inappropriate amount of images of Darwin may or may not end up on our Instagram feed. You’ve been warned.
P.P.S. Check out this amazing tutorial for how to turn your Instagram pics into photo strips! Another awesome idea.
-J
Do you ever feel like you’re in a hair rut?
My hair seems to not be able to grow any longer and it pretty much is just haaaanging there. Zero excitement.
Enter this fun little hair blog called She Lets Her Hair Down. I love reading blogs about pretty much any topic, but hair is a fun new one that I had never really looked at before. Lots of inspiration and I’ve actually learned a couple handy tricks reading this blog.
Plus, she features our girl Zoe so you know we like that.
-Lucy
Just about everything from Red Velvet’s shop has the perfect balance of sweet, flirty and girly–not to mention the massive crush I have on shop owner Elsie of A Beautiful Mess.
The shop and her blog remind me of The New Girl in all the best ways … if only I could look so cute all the time like my girl Zoe.
The Bike Ride Dress, $80
Floral Scarf in Plum, $32
Mini Polka Dot Clutch Purse, $32
Gold Dipped Amethyst Crystal, $30
I need some of her dresses to come back in stock (how sweet is the Library Date Dress?) so I can scoop them up for work.
Happy weekend!
-J
Hi friends.
Happy almost weekend. It’s so close… yet so far.
Today’s I love, I need comes from somewhere down south (yay!) from a past student of Savannah College of Art Design. Savannah happens to be the sister city of Charleston, which is where I’m in college (I can only say that for a little longer as I graduate in t-minus one week).
Anyways, this chick is fantastic featuring custom couple prints, custom fabrics, super cute illustrations and loads more. You can check her out here, as she has shops in multiple places. Here’s some of my favorites… and I cannot help thinking how cute a custom print with my dog would be…
-Lucy
