{thirty.} officially.

All my love to my nearest and dearest who make my life so special.
I accomplished so many incredible things in my 20s: traveled, loved, served, played, helped, learned, enjoyed! 
I'm really looking forward to the new things coming my way!
No doubt it's going to be a fabulous year!  xx


{ps: I'm currently cruisin, this is a scheduled post...obvs}

{pps:  many thanks to the incredibly talented Ms. Lilien for allowing me to use the birthday pic above!}

{jetsetting} {thirty.} cruisin to cyprus

I'm off to celebrate my birthday weekend with a cruise to Cyprus! It's just for 2 days but I'll be with 4 of my closest girlfriends and I'm so excited!  Laying by the pool, exploring the city of Larnaca, drinking Starbucks!  Couldn't think of a better way to start my 30s!  Have a great weekend, everyone! xx

{Cyprus!}



{thirty} wishlist

It's officially birthday week!  

Who am I kidding, I've been celebrating birthday month...but still.  

Just a few pretty things on my wishlist.

1. Have you guys heard of HRH Collection? Her jewelry is stunning & she is just about the cutest thing I've ever seen!
2. Well this is a classic case of cart before the horse.
3. So lovely!
4. I'm obsessed with lucite trays!
5. OMG
6. Of all the colors I have in pencil skirts, I don't have one of my favorite
7. Hope I can get my hands on one of these ...they're all sold out!
8. A giant duffel made of sequins. Yes, please.
9. Love these clutches!
10. I can't believe, I still don't have one of these



SURPRISE!

It's 1 week til my 30th birthday and I thought what better way to begin the celebrations than by introducing....

I'm so excited to announce the new name for my blog: Lili & Mae!  This has been a long process...really, really long!  But, it's been so much fun and I'm so happy with the new name.  One day I'll share the whole story, but for now I'm just so excited! 

The content & my vision has not changed...you'll still see all the shiny pieces of my life here!

So, here's downside.  Please, please please update your blogrolls, favorites, links, etc.  The new domain: http://www.liliandmae.com/ is live, so go ahead and favorite it!  For now my blogger address will remain, but that will change soon too.  So many bloggers/friends have helped along the way and I'm so appreciative.  All my love to you guys!  And a huge thanks to ya'll out there for reading and coming back to visit me.  This wouldn't be nearly as much fun if it weren't for you. 

Oh, and Twitter is up too! So come follow me there.  Although, I gotta be honest...I haven't fully jumped on the Twitter bandwagon yet. I'm getting there, slowly but surely. 

One more thing!  This is equally as exciting.  I've added another feature...shop my closet!  Soon you'll be able to purchase gently worn & new clothes, shoes and accessories from my closet.  Details coming soon!

And finally, a little note about the design:  I've contemplated hiring an artist to design a header and do fancy work for a while now.  I'm a girl of many ideas and I usually go big or go home.  But as I reflected, I realized the purpose of this whole project was for me to develop my creativity.  So I decided I would do it all myself.  That could change, but for now, it's important that I do everything for this little blog of mine.  Besides, it's way more fun this way.  With that will most likely come some mistakes & stumbles along the way, your patience is appreciated!  I'm sure there will be plenty of nights filled with Googling, YouTube videos, and blank stares of confusion as I read about HTML.  But that's all part of the adventure.

Enjoy your weekend lovelies!

And again many thanks for all the love!

{ps:} I'd absolutely love to know what you think about all the changes!  
tell me, tell me!

{thirty.} photo challenge

As I mentioned last week, in honor of my 30th I'm featuring posts this month (and maybe this year) related to the number thirty.  Today, I'm starting a 30 day photo challenge!  In a quest to bring more creativity into my life (this blog was part of it too), I purchased a DSLR camera a few months ago and have been trying to take more photographs.  It's lots of fun!  It's amazing what a difference a fancy camera makes!  

So when I saw this idea on Pinterest (of course, where else would you expect?!), I knew it would be perfect.  I'm starting the challenge today, although I won't post my daily pictures.  At the end of the project, I'll share some of my favorites.  I would love for you to join me!  Let me know if you're in and send me some of your photos too!





Here's an alternative photo challenge, I might just mix & match between the two!

{thirty.} and so it begins.

Happy August!

It's officially my birthday month & I'm turning 30 this year!  It feels strange to say.   Although, I'm actually kinda, sorta, a little bit looking forward to it.  My 20s were incredible (!), but I welcome the peace, grace and contentment that I envision my 30s will bring.  It's exciting to imagine new beginnings and all the wonderful surprises that are yet to unfold. 

So in honor of all the lovely things to come, introducing {thirty.} the newest feature on my blog where I'll highlight various things related to the number 30.  To kick it off, check out this TED talk from Matt Cutts in which he encourages us to try something new for 30 days.  Love it.  What a great way to start my 30s!

{ps:}
I plan to celebrate all month long.



{30 balloons via}