Aspiring Kennedy

Souvenir Stylings: Canary Islands

Hello again!

Beth Dotolo, from Hello, Splendor, here...

Aspiring Kennedy's faithful interior designer.

Do you remember how faithful??

Yes, that's right, so faithful...
I work for free!

Well, Mr. & Mrs. Aspiring Kennedy

are back from a brief jet set

to the Canary Islands.

For this souvenir styling edition,

I wanted to give them a small reminder

of their blissful getaway!

Not everything has to be so literal...

So, we're introducing a hint of canary yellow!

Let's give them just a pop...

A hint to remind them of their quick trip to the Canary Islands...

Because don't we all need

a small reminder

of our escapes?

How do you keep your vacation alive

when you come back to the real world?

Aspiring Kennedy's

Faithful Interior Designer,

Beth Dotolo

Hello, Splendor

P.S. Are we friends on facebook? Because we probably should be!

*All images via the Bright.Bazaar Pick Your Colour Tool

Ignlenook Design + AK = A Blissful Combination

Visit

Inglenook Decor Blog

today to get some

really great, professional, & swanky

wedding advice from an industry pro....

Ok.
So not really "industry pro..."

In fact,

it's just me,

sharing my own
tips for wedding bliss !

I got married, and it's turned out so well-

I feel like I must really know a thing or two...

Go drop the bride-to-be, Maureen, some tips of your own!

Monday Mood: I feel... blue.

Though I couldn't be any happier!

Beach Bag Essentials

I'm in a tizzy with my to-do's as I write this.

{it's 2 am... I leave at 8 am... haven't started packing...}

But hey- this time tomorrow,

I'll have been at the beach for 9 hours.

Serenity now.

via

I'll be bringing a swimsuit, sunglasses, iPhone, sandals, a dress or two,

and makeup... well, maybe, we'll see about that last one.

One thing that for sure is coming with me...

is my beach tunes playlist.

I made this lineup when my family used to go sailing in the BVI

when I was a teenager....

so are ~~most~~ some of the songs dated & cheesy?

Yes.

But will the music always remind me of the beach?

Oh yeah.

Aspiring Kennedy's

Songs of Sunshine

Sleepwalk- Santo & Johnny

Is This Love- Bob Marley

Kokomo- Beach Boys

Fools Rush In- UB40

Son of a Sailor- Jimmy Buffet

Sloop John B- Beach Boys

Crazy Game of Poker- O.A.R.

Could This Be Love- Bob Marley

Under the Boardwalk- The Drifters

If you're aren't as into kitschy, steel drum, beach music as I am...
you'll might enjoy
Corinne Bailey Rae's
new cover of Bob Marley's classic,
Is This Love.

Island Time > England London

Last night,

Mr. & Mrs. Aspiring Kennedy

were feeling a bit bogged down...

and really cold.

So we did what any of us would do:

We booked a vacation

leaving tomorrow

for the

Canary Islands.

....

{the what?}

It's this pretty little island chain

off the coast of Africa.

Hello, Sunshine!

via

We leave tomorrow morning,

and are looking forward to a long weekend together.

{I'm so excited for some one on one time with Tyler. He's been so ~~absent~~ busy with school.}

I know it sounds ridiculous & exotic...

but it's SO cheap to travel from London.

I wish you were coming, too!

Londoners Do it Better...

London Blog Parties

are the Best Parties in the World!

I didn't get to go to POST the other week,

so I can't speak definitively...

{though from what I hear, it was pretty rockin'}

but I can tell you:

we had an amazing soiree here in London!

I finally got to met

Helena

A Diary of Lovely

Will

Bright.Bazaar

{These two are even better in real life... if you can imagine!}

The three of us met up first

for a little

rendez-vous...

then it was onward to the party at

Drink, Shop, & Do

{or as Will coined it, London's Anthropologie.... with drinks!}

This Texan-a la-London

loved meeting

new faces in the blog world!

Here are some of my new bloggers I got to meet:

Heather * Arianna * Ellie * Lynne * Carole * Katie

The Lucky One

Yesterday was amazing, wasn't it?

We are SO close to finalizing that water well.

{if you haven't donated- it's not too late!}

It seemed a bit serendipitous

that my friend Jon

emailed me this beautiful video.

Jon wrote & directed this movie-

and its really good.

Like, so good...

it's up for Sundance Film Festival.

{That little ole thang?}

Watch it, and if you like it-
you can vote to send him to Sundance!

Who knows...

maybe someday

Jon will make a movie

as a tribute to the bloggers who helped along the way.

{The More Social Network?}

I'm nominating Will & Grant to play our Winklevoss boys :)

P.S. What did you think about the movie?
I loved it.