Taking It Easy

Sometimes all you need are some cut-offs and comfy desert booties. And some mexican food. 

Yeah, mexican food sounds delicious right now. 

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Have a fabulous weekend, everyone! Hopefully mine will be filled with some fun birthday shenanigans :)

P.S - don’t forget to enter the O My Heart! rope bracelet giveaway! You have until sunday night to enter.

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P.P.S - Have you been working on your clutch DIY? The deadline is a week from today!

blazer: Proenza Schouler for Target -similar

sweater: thrifted

shorts: cut-offs DIY

necklace: DIY

hair bow: shopHollyDolly (available now!)

boots: Old Navy - similar

Crane Beach

If you follow along with me on Instagram (lets be friends- my username is hollyjollydolly), you may have saw that Boo and I spent this past monday at the beach. April 16th - at the beach. Isn’t that amazing? It seemed so early. But since Boo had the day off, and the temperature reached near 90 degrees, we couldn’t resist. I can’t waaaaaait for more of these days this summer :)

shirt: vintage

dress: Diane von Furstenberg

swim bottoms: Target - here

hair bow: shopHollyDolly

shoes: Toms - here

Birthday Lust List

I’m a big fan of making wishlists. Just ask my mom (Hi Mom!). I make them for every possible holiday/event. I even make them when there is no holiday or event. So with my birthday coming up in a few days, I thought I’d share a few things off of my birthday wish list. 

Clockwise from top left:

1. Infinity Bracelet by Mesa Blue

2. TopShop Polka Dot Sundress

3. Hunger Games print by After Nine To Five (because I’m a dork)

4. TopShop Crop Top (haha, that rhymes) 

5. Seychelles Duet sandal

Twirl

This is just one of those dresses that you gotta twirl in. Twirl until you flash the camera…. and all the neighbors. Whoops. 

P.S - don’t forget to enter the O My Heart! rope bracelet giveaway!

dress: handmade

sweater and belt: Anthropologie

necklace: gift from Boo

purse: uuuuuuh, some little shop in Ellicottville, NY

wedges: Seychelles (won in a giveaway) -here

A Birthday Giveaway With O My Heart! *CLOSED*

Sooooo, my birthday is coming up this weekend. And how do I want to celebrate my birthday? By offering you a chance to win a pretty awesome gift, of course!

I was so excited when the lovely Kate of O My Heart! recently started up her new shop. I’m a big fan of supporting small, handmade businesses. And when it’s a fabulous fellow blogger and friend, I’m only that much more smitten! Anyway, Kate makes the most chic little rope bracelet and necklaces. And, in honor of my birthday, she is offering up one of her Neon Pink Rope Bracelets to one lucky winner! 

HOW TO ENTER:

Mandatory: 

1. Follow HollyDolly via Bloglovin’, Tumblr, or whatever other reader you choose. Leave a comment telling me how you follow along. Please leave your email as well!

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Bonus entries:

(please leave a separate comment for each entry)

2.Follow O My Heart via Bloglovin’ or GFC

3. Follow HollyDolly on Twitter

4. Follow O My Heart! on Twitter

5. Follow HollyDolly on Facebook

6. ‘Favorite’ the O My Heart! Etsy shop

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That’s a total of 6 possible entries!

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This giveaway is open worldwide. Please leave your comments in the DISQUS form, as tumblr comments will not be counted. Giveaway will close on Sunday, April 22nd (my birthday!) at 9pm EST. The winner will announced the following day. 

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Good luck! And may the odds be ever in your favor (sorry, I had to). 

*****THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*******

In My Life - Lately

Boo and I have been taking advantage of the nice weather lately, and have been venturing out for meals more and more. Delicious burgers for dinner, mexican for brunch, frozen yogurt for snack - oh, its so good. I’ve also been keeping myself busy with wedding planning and new sewing projects. It was a busy and fun weekend. But today, since Boo has the day off, we are going to try and head to the beach! I can’t wait!

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How was your weekend?

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Are you on Instagram? Follow along! My username is : hollyjollydolly

P.S- make sure to check back later today for a super fun giveaway!

The King

I’ve mentioned this once before, but it’s so good, it deserves another mention. 

Do you know what the best burger in the world has on it? Peanut Butter. And bacon. And carmalized bananas.

Seriously, you should try it. 

dress (worn as skirt): H&M

sweater: Urban Outfitters

necklace: gift from Boo

shoes: Madden Girl

New Trick

I learned something new this past weekend…. Boo is an amateur hair stylist. Who knew?

I’ve never been able to do my own hair. Never. Sure, I can do a pony, or a simple, loose side braid. But when it comes to all those super cute, intricate hairstyles we all pin so much - I’m at a loss. I understand how to do them, I just can’t execute it on my own head. My solution? Teach Boo how to. And you know what?  It turns out he’s pretty good at it. I wonder what other hairstyle I can trick him into doing for me next. 

top: Marc by Marc Jacobs

cardigan: H&M

skirt: vintage

bracelet: gift from Boo

heels: Blowfish shoes (won in a giveaway) - here

DIY Wood Bead Necklace

I’m kind of obsessed with these colors lately. I used neon pink and orange in my last DIY, too. I also love the way the pastel purple plays off the neon. Lets see, how many DIYs can I do in these colors before I get sick of them?

What you’ll need:

-an assortment of wood beads

-paint 

-assortment of paint brushes

-string

Thats it! Theres really no need for step by step instructions, for I feel its pretty self explanatory. Choose the color, deign, and layout you like, and get to painting!

EBEW : Pastel

Theres not much pastel in my closet. Just a few items here and there. So as much as I would’ve loved to wear a head to toe pastel outfit for this month’s EBEW, this will have to do instead.

Which isn’t a bad thing, because I happen to really really really (like, really) love this outfit. For as much as I love this skirt, I don’t wear it nearly enough as I’d like. I don’t know why. It is one of the items I got during my internship a few years ago. A designer sample sale is awesome, but an employee discount at a designer sample sale? Absolute heaven. 

Don’t forget to check out how everyone else is wearing there pastels today for EBEW!

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cardigan (worn backwards): JCrew

skirt: Diane von Furstenberg (sample sale)

necklace: InPink

purse: Michael Kors

boots: Target