style: cool tones for late summer [pantone tender shoots & cockatoo]

My solution to an August heat wave?  Wearing the coolest colors I can find... until the air conditioner repairman comes.

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1. Old Navy boyfriend khakis  2. World Market rhinestone stud earrings
3. Vera Bradley phone wristlet  4. Merona striped blouse from Target
5. Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics nail polish in "Wasabi" from Sephora
6. Essie "In the Cab-ana" nail polish from Beauty.com  7. ModCloth teal ballet flats
8. Bath and Body Works "Beautiful Day" 9. Wild Butterfly Boutique bubble necklace
10. GAP lime ballet flats (similar from Piperlime, Target)

clicks of note: i don't want easy, i want crazy...

LISTEN.

• Hunter Hayes is all the rage right now, drawing comparisons to Bryan White and Rascal Flatts, and I'm digging "I Want Crazy."

SWOON.

Wedding Chicks

• Wedding Chicks features a multicultural wedding full of pretty details.
• This sweet, colorful carnation escort card display from The Bride's Cafe is so much fun!
• Here's a cute, simple chalkboard wedding portrait idea from Elizabeth Messina.
• Limn and Lovely shares a fun, springy mood board in citrus shades.
• This DIY gold dipped vase from Two Twenty-One is so modern and elegant.

SMILE.

• I love the "buy a cup for a cop" idea from Somewhere Splendid.
• Dancing with the Stars isn't my favorite, but this Tuesday's episode should be worth watching.
• How many of you are planning on seeing Iron-Man 3 this Friday?
• Super Mom Moments shares an adorable first mother's day DIY gift idea.
• These macaron treat boxes from The TomKat Studio would be great for moms or bridesmaids' gifts!

REFLECT.

• "Kneeling in the Dirt," from Sarah Markley's blog: 

"So let us love others regardless of what they do with that love.  Let us move inside and through grace as if we are made from it. Let us let this grace-love shine from the corners of even our broken hearts as we help heal others of their brokenness."

FLASHBACK.

• Last year I shared backyard wedding inspiration and ideas for a Cinco de Mayo celebration.