Sunday Fun-Day

It's always bittersweet when Sunday rolls around because it means the weekend is drawing to a close, but I am about to start a new week of possibility! Sunday also means softball! I got into a coed league with Kyle this spring to get some activity and it has been fantastic!
Today I am full of inspiration! I have been asked to be one of the first ten bloggers to participate in the inaugural Blog Hop with Olioboard called OlioHop. If you are a follower on twitter, you will get a lot of buzz about this all week but I am very excited about the topic! I have used Olioboard a lot recently for our home makeover, and shared my work on the blog a couple of times. What I find so fantastic about this tool goes far beyond the amazing brands it is partnering with and into the community it is creating! I cannot imagine a better space for designers to show project ideas, share inspiration with other designers, and engage directly with the brands we use to decorate our homes and lives in a way that is mutually beneficial to both the designers and the brands! Just a single click and you can shop any item, you can set project budgets, play with Benjamin Moore paint colors, and import any of your own items!
In other exciting news, West Elm is coming to Durham, NC! I am SO excited, yet slightly nervous to what this could potentially do to my attempt of budgeting!
Some of my current favorite West Elm Items:

Tall Grid Tufted Headboard

Organic Blown Glass Pendant I love this industrial look!

Elephant Ceramic Vases provide a perfect pop of my favorite colors!

This Baltic Double Lounger might not fit on my back deck now, but would be fabulous when I get my dream of expanding it to include a stone patio!

I will be working on a post to show you some of my favorite houses from Bald Head Island, and some fabulous room designs I think you could find inside these houses! If you ever have the chance to visit this amazing place, TAKE IT! 

Until Next Time (with some bumps and bruises from softball!)

Dabble

Summer Destinations from Pinklet and C

Hi Everyone! I'm Lindsey, owner of Lindsey Anne Interior Styling and interior design blogger at Pinklet and C, an interior design blog where I share my inspirations, projects that I'm working on and products I love.

I’m so excited to be here on Dabble in Chic today! Kate has been such a great help to my in the last few months and I was thrilled when she asked me to post for you!

Traveling to new places is one of my favorite summer activities. I love to discover new towns and soak up some culture (along with the sun, local food and some drinks!). Whether it’s an exotic island or quaint beach town, finding new spots to explore is my idea of a perfect vacation!

These places are on the top of my list to visit soon – all very different and will give you a unique experience, but all of them feel like summer to me. Whether sailing around Nantucket, heading to the beach in Mykonos, or swimming in the lake in Lake Tahoe, I’m ready for a summer adventure!

Nantucket

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Mykonos, Greece

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Lake Tahoe

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Are you planning any summer vacations? What are your favorite spots?

Beach Break

If you have been on Twitter or Facebook recently, you may have noticed the large number of giveaways celebrating the Summer season! With Summer comes an amazing uplifting range of color to fashion, decorating, flower, and spa indulgences. Speaking of which, I just had a pedicure featuring this fabulous pinky coral "Trout Pout"

A while back I blogged about the upcoming edition of "Have Baby Will Travel" as I prepared to take on Bald Head Island and the trip is finally here! We are leaving on Saturday with 12 of us and our three big dogs, with another 7+ people joining a day or so later. Normally vacations are a source of relaxation, and I am 100% confident that this one will be as well....once we get there! I'm not usually an over packer, but Dablet had never been to the beach, half of the family that will be there has never met her, and we're dealing with a baby who is teething, has her first ever diaper rash/bacterial infection (fun right?), and Kyle will have to leave me for a couple of days to come back for school. It is a blessing that Dablet's clothes fold up nice and small, because I packed just about her entire closet!

In the second edition of "Getting Ready for BHI" I showed you a look that I was considering for the ferry ride over. While it will not be exactly that, here are some fun finds I have found recently that might pull it together in my own way!

Ferry-2 by kdsessoms featuring strappy sandals

These Tory Burch sandals were a gift from Kyle for our 2nd wedding anniversary yesterday! Other than that, I've owned the sunglasses for over two years, got the shorts with a gift card from two Christmas' ago, the pearls were a Christmas gift from my dad three years ago, and the tank can be any bone, nude, or blush colored tank I might have in my drawer. The only thing on this board that's a "wish list" item is the bracelet from Michael Kors. I LOVE rose gold lately, remember those Sperry shoes?!?!
The next couple of days will be quite crazy, but BHI will provide fabulous photos to share with you, interior decorating ideas (from the amazing homes on the island), and maybe some fun architecture pictures! Also, we will be doing a family shoot with Matt McGraw, who shot our wedding, on the beach and I am SO excited to capture Abby in the sand!
If you haven't visited the "Scents of Style" giveaway be sure to do so and leave a comment for your chance to win $50 Visa Gift Card. I will draw a winner after we return from BHI. An added bonus for all of you peeps while I'm gone is a guest blogger! We're in the process of deciding the exact topic, but I promise it will be summer related and drool worthy! She's a great gal, and guess where I "met" her? Twitter!!
Until Next Time!

Dabble