Being Bridget

Summer Statement Earrings

Rainbow fish earrings // Clear crab earrings // Lemon drop earrings

I love a big giant statement earring – especially in the summer when I often feel more adventurous and playful with colors and styles. Recently I’ve become obsessed with any and everything rainbow, so I knew I had to have these super fun fish earrings as soon as I saw them. They’re so bright and colorful and are perfect for summer. When getting dressed, I knew I wanted to wear something clean and simple to let them take center stage. With such a statement earring, sometimes it’s best not to have anything compete!

I also shared a few other statement earrings I recently got from Bauble Bar. The little crab earrings are so fun and remind me of my Louisiana roots! I think it would be so fun to wear these to a black tie event – imagine the reaction! Peoeple would expect something sophisticated and although these appear from afar to be fancy statement earrings, you get up close to realize they’re in the shape of a crab! It’s so fun. I can’t wait to wear them. The lemon drops were also too fun to pass up too. Arguably the most easily wearable of the bunch, this statement earring would look so pretty dressed up or down. I may wear them today with jeans and a t-shirt! Feels kind of perfect for Memorial Day, right?

Bauble Bar has the best selection of affordable, yet beautiful and well made jewelry. I have been buying their gems for years! They also make the best gifts, and now would be a great time to stock up with their holiday weekend sale going on! I’ve rounded up a few of my favorite items below – let me know what you pick!

Photos: The Retro Penguin

thank you to Bauble Bar for sponsoring this post!

Memorial Day Sales

Memorial day is such a special day to honor those who have fought and died for our freedom here in the United States. We are so blessed to live in such an incredible country and this holiday is such a nice reminder that that freedom comes at a cost for so many {my brother was in the Army so I feel especially grateful!} It is not a right many around the world have, and it’s nice to take a day to appreciate those who have made it happen.

And with every holiday weekend, comes some pretty major sales happening from our favorite retailers. See my favs below! And enjoy your extra day off work! I hope you all enjoy it with your friends and loved ones 🙂

Dermstore – 20% off with code: SUMMER

Nordstrom Half Yearly Sale

Shopbop – Up to 40% off // No code needed

Loeffler Randall – 40% off sale styles

Waiting on Martha – 20% off with code: FREEDOM

 

  • Abercrombie
    • 50% sitewide
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  • American Eagle
    • 40% – 60% off select items
    • 5/21 through 5/27
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  • Alo Yoga
    • 20-40% off bottoms, 20-40% off tops, 20-40% off bras, 20-40% off jackets and cover-ups
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  • Anthropologie
    • Save an extra 25% on sale items, up to 30% off furniture, bedding, and decorNow through 5/27
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  • ASOS
    • 25% off everything
    • Code: SPRING4IT
    • Now through 5/22
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  • Bloomingdales
    • Up to 70% off when you get an extra 20% off all sale and clearance items
    • 5/21 – Memorial Day
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  • Crate & Barrel
    • 30% off outdoor furniture and 20% off outdoor rugs and entertaining
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  • Everlane
    • Choose What You Pay pick
    • Now – until it’s sold out
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  • FarFetch
    • 50% off
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  • GAP
    • Get up to 50% off everything, including limited-time deals on shorts and swimwear
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  • J.Crew Factory
    • 40-60% Off right now
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  • J.Crew
    • Save 40% sitewide with the
    • Code: SHOP40
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  • Loft
    • 40% off the entire site
    • Code: FINALLY
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  • Lulu & Georgia
    • An additional 15% off orders of $300 and more with code: GOOD; 20% off orders of $600 and more with code: BETTER; 25% off orders of $900 and more with code: BEST
    • Now through 5/28
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  • Madewell
    • Save 20% on dresses and shoes
      • Code: PERFECTMATCH
    • 20% off tees, tanks, and denim shorts
      • Code: SUNNY20
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  • Matches Fashion
    • Up to 50% off women’s sale
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  • Moda Operandi
    • Up to 50% off
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  • Neiman Marcus
    • Up to 40% off new sale items and designer brands for men and women
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  • Net-a-Porter
    • Up to 50% off apparel, accessories, beauty, and more
    • 5/21 – Memorial Day
  • Nordstrom Rack
    • Up to 70% off
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  • One Kings Lane
    • 20% off sitewide
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  • Old Navy
    • Take 50% off all tees, tanks, shorts, and swimwear
    • Now through 5/31
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  • Overstock
    • Memorial Day Blowout – up to 70% off + free shipping
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  • Pottery Barn
    • 60% off best-selling furniture and 50% off outdoor furniture
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  • Rent the Runway
    • Save 20% on your first order or get $80 off your first two months of Unlimited ($119/month instead of $199)
    • Code: SOSMART
  • Revolve
    • Spring Sale up to 65% off
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  • Saks Fifth Avenue
    • Save up to 50% on women’s ready-to-wear, and save up to 40% on men’s and accessories
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  • Saks Off Fifth
    • Save an extra 20% off new men’s and women’s apparel
    • Code: 48HOURS
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  • Serena & Lily
    • An additional 20% off all site-wide and in store purchases
    • 5/22 through 5/28
    • Code: SUMMERPREP
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  • SSENSE
    • Up to 50% off sitewide
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  • Target
    • Up to 30% off home and patio, extra 15% off furniture and rugs
    • Now through 5/27
    • Code: HOME
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  • Urban Outfitters
    • 40% off summer essentials
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  • Violet Grey
    • $15 off orders over $100, $50 off orders over $250, $100 off orders over $500, $250 off orders over $1,000
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  • Walmart
    • Up to 50% off
    • Now through 5/27
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  • Wayfair
    • Save up to 70% on bedding, curtains, wall art, mattresses, and kitchen essentials
    • Now through 5/28
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  • West Elm
    • Buy More, Save More
    • 40% off outdoor furniture, 25% off rugs and bedding, 30% off sofas
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  • Williams Sonoma
    • 50% off cookware
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  • World Market
    • Up to 30% off select outdoor
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  • Zappos
    • Must-have carryalls and travels totes
    • Now – until it’s sold out

Feeling Springy

Dress: LOFT {Available in both maternity and non-maternity} // Shoes: Similar here & here // Bag: Old

Absolutely loving dresses at the moment. I’m normally such a t-shirt and jeans kind of girl, but with this ever expanding belly, dresses are just all I want to wear these days. The flowier, the better. This bright and cheery dress from LOFT is so fun. I love that it’s appropriate for church, but can also be dressed down for running errands or getting tacos. If I was doing the latter, I’d pair it with a jean jacket and these fun striped sandals. If I wasn’t pregnant, I would be all over buying this striped t-shirt dress {I honestly might buy it anyway for post baby!}, this scalloped romper, or this floral flounce dress. LOFT has the best selection of dresses – all are so pretty, great for summer, and 40% off! Don’t sleep on this deal – it won’t last long!

Photos: The Retro Penguin

thank you to LOFT for sponsoring this post!

 

Master Bathroom Organization: Before and After

My bathroom drawers had been driving me crazy for months {maybe even years} and I knew it was now or never before baby to get them organized! Drawing on my own experience with what The Container Store offered, I went over with a few ideas of what organizers would work best in my spaces. I love and good before and after, and I’m pretty proud of how it all turned out, so I wanted to share it with you all! I know that once baby is here, this simple organization will make such a huge difference in giving me some form of peace. When things in my life are organized – I am a more more stable human 😛 Nesting has never felt or looked better 😉

See below for my bathroom transformation and let me know in the comments if you have done anything similar!

Acrylic Storage Containers {click to see all sizes avail}

This drawer was an unorganized tangle of bobby pins, hair ties, hair clips and styling tools. It feels so much better having a home for everything. I actually only used three containers here, but used the negative space in between as storage areas as well! I have found this so easy to keep organized and looking good.

Acrylic Storage Containers {click to see all sizes avail} // Acrylic Toothbrush Holder

This drawer was a catch all drawer – brushes, random headbands, medicine, wipes and q-tips….I never had a spot for my toothpaste and toothbrush so those always just laid messily on my countertop. I use all of these items every single day so I knew I wanted everything to have a home. This new organization gives me all the good feels – I love it.

Clear Deep Stackable Plastic Bin {available here & here} // Divided Lazy Susan {mine is the 9″}

The under counter struggle. I had this giant pipe sticking out underneath so I knew finding an organized solution would be somewhat challenging – hence why I let it get as unorganized and messy as I did! I would just throw stuff down there, close the cabinet doors and pray that things wouldn’t fall onto the floor once I opened them again. A friend of mine suggested I use the stackable plastic bins with a lazy susan in the middle and she could not have been more spot on! The lazy susan allows me to have tons of product rotate in a space that would be otherwise limited. The stackable bins are great too – I even have room to fit more on top if I need to down the line!

a closer look…

Clear Stackable Large Shoe Drawer // Clear Stackable Sweater & Accessory Drawer

This large cabinet was a storage spot for old towels, robes and a mishmash of random beauty products. The previous owners of our home had used this cabinet as their medicine storage and I remember really liking their set up {kicking myself for not sneakily taking a photo!} Anyway, I organized my beauty items into categories and put them into the shoe drawers, and then finally organized our medicine and put that into the accessory drawers. I love how clean and easy {and accessible!} it all turned out. As for the shelf above – I kept these items out so I could see them. They are all new-ish items I want to make sure I use before they expire. It’s easier for me to remember to do so if I can see them.

Lipstick Holder // Large Shoe Box // Acrylic Storage Containers

Another drawer that was such a mess. I just threw whatever in here and it would pile up into one giant drawer of crap. I now have vitamins and supplements, long forgotten lipsticks and eyeshadow pallets, extras of my favorite products {revitalash, mascara, bronzer} all organized neatly into their new homes. I think I could even go one step further here and put the bronzer and blushes into a container but for right now it works! I can see everything I have and if I ever run out of a product, I know just where to find it.