2 great companies y'all should check out!

I wanted to share with y'all a couple of companies that sell accessories that I love. The first one is Alex and Ani. They sell rings, necklaces, earrings, etc. I personally really like the bracelets. They are great bangle bracelets that look fantastic when you combine a few of them. Some of the pre-assembled bangle collections are a little too Bohemian for my taste, but I like the ones you can buy individually and combine yourself for your own unique style.

A fleur-de-lis (perfect for NOLA or Saints girls!)

Y'all know how I feel about anchors. LOVE.

They have tons of other designs too. My friend Amanda has a skeleton key one that is adorable as well as the Crazy Love design. Hers look great combined with a few plain bangles. So cute! Mixing and matching is really fun with these.

The other great company is my shout out to Rhode Island, Kiel James Patrick. I am pretty much in love with everything on his website. Bracelets, headbands, earrings, a new line of belts...it's all so preppy and fun! And of course I love the nautical/New England influence. I also love that KJP uses all local vendors. I'll take one of each please!!

I've had my eye on this for a while, the Sterling Brock Hollis headband. I love it!

Going back to my anchors...these are so cute. There are also seahorses, whales, lobsters. So cute.

This is one of the Cape and Brighton Beach style bracelets. Again, tons of colors, designs, patterns, everyone can find something great they love.

Wouldn't this be perfect for a South Carolina girl?!

Check out these websites! I'm sure you will love them as much as I do!

Later y'all!

I received no compensation for these reviews. These are my own opinions.

Dave Matthews Band 2010

Last weekend, when I was up North, I went to see my all-time favorite Dave Matthews Band at the Comcast Center in Massachusetts. I see them every summer and they never disappoint me-they have the best concerts! I went with Chelsea and we had a great time!

First, I need to explain my love for Dave Matthews Band...

This is the symbol of DMB...the firedancer...

...and this is my tattoo of the DMB firedancer...it's on my left lower back and is usually covered by clothing.

DMB just means a lot to me...their songs/lyrics and Dave's voice always make my day better. If you really listen to the songs they are amazing and have such great meaning.

Chelsea and I before the concert. We usually take pictures of ourselves to pass the time haha!
It was the perfect night for a concert...warm breeze, not humid, sunny with a few clouds to cut the heat...perfect.
Chelsea's epic tub of popcorn...I don't like popcorn so she was all on her own with that!
Waiting for Dave haha!

"Troubles, they come and go, but the good times, they're the gold."

"Celebrate we will, cause life is short but sweet for certain."

"Then comes the day, staring at myself I turn to question me. Do I want the simple, simple life, that I once lived in well? Oh things they were so quiet then. In a way they were the better days. But now I am the proudest monkey you've ever seen. Monkey see, monkey do."

"Standing on a bridge, watch the water passing underneath it must have been much harder when there was no bridge, just water. Now the world is small, remember how it used to be? With mountains and oceans and rivers and winters and stars."

"I can't believe that we would lie in our graves, wondering if we had, spent our own living days well. I can't believe that we would lie in our graves thinking of things that we might have been."

"One sweet world. Around this star is spinning. One sweet world. And in her breath I'm swimming. And here we will rest in peace."

"Turns out, not where, but who you're with that really matters."

Such a great night! Thanks Chelsea for such a great and funny time!

I have some videos of Dave singing but I keep getting errors when I try to upload them to Blogger...any suggestions?

Tomorrow-my MAC To the Beach Collection finds!

Later y'all!

Trip Up North!

I know I've been MIA for a few days...but last Thursday I headed out to...

...Rhode Island! I have some wonderful friends who live there and I was so happy to see them. I was able to go shopping, relax, and have some local food like clamcakes and chowder and Del's lemonade. Here are some pictures from the evening trip to Narragansett Beach we took.
The Coast Guard House is in the background...I love the lifeguard chairs.
Surfers were out hitting the big waves...in wetsuits of course!

From left Danielle, me, Amanda, and Brianna.
Rocky beach covered in pebbles that were smooth from the waves. I was on the lookout for an enormous clam shell like the one I found on this beach a few summers back that was still attached to its other half...but no such luck. The water was freezing too!
Here I am with my Del's lemonade...the best frozen lemonade you will ever have!

I always love visiting Rhode Island...especially in the summer with the ocean breeze! I was sorry I couldn't make it to Newport to visit but maybe next time!

While I was in RI I was able to pick up a few items from the MAC To the Beach collection and I also got to see Dave Matthews Band in concert...they put on an amazing show, as usual. I LOVE seeing them in concert they never disappoint me! Posts to follow later this week about the makeup and the concert (with lots of pictures!! I took a ton!!)

Later y'all!