Made in America Mondays

Today I am launching a mini series titled Made in America Mondays. Each week I will feature a business that is dedicated to making their products in America. My objective is to promote and showcase high quality American made products and to encourage my viewers to make a conscious effort to purchase products made in our country.

My first feature is clothing line Sonnet James; this company produces durable, comfortable and beautiful mom attire. Sonnet James was founded by a mom who appreciates staying stylish while on mom duty. Her company’s founding mission statement is “equipping moms to look great without letting her clothes get in the way of the next big adventure”!  All of the garments are made in San Francisco, and the fabric hails from NYC! 

Here I am wearing the Remi Dress, which would look perfect paired with this made in America leather baseball cap.

Parenting.com Feature

Have you ever checked out Parenting.com's online content? There is a mother lode (literally) of information from family friendly resorts to tips on how to get your abs back in shape. When I was pregnant I saved their baby name list to my computer favorites and stocked that page like it was a bad habit. Now, I could spend hours surfing their parenting advice pages and DIY articles if it was not for my constantly moving towhead. So naturally, when I found out Year of the Bib would be featured in their Fashionable Favorite Blogs I was over the moon excited! Check out the article here.

Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Picks

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I was born and raised in Seattle and consider Nordstrom my Alma mater. As a youngster, my mom would take my sister and me to their Anniversary Sale at the flagship store for our back to school shopping. After our exhausting shopping extravaganza we would spend the night at the Four Seasons, where my sis and I would do a "fashion show" with our purchases.  

Tomorrow the Anniversary Sale launches and you won't want to miss it! These are some of my favorite picks from their accessories, beauty and kids clothing. Stay tuned to see Layla's first "fashion show" from our Anniversary finds. 

Black and Nude

Layla: Dress-Carters

Erika-Cashmere top-J. Crew(on sale now) /Leather Shorts-Rag and Bone/Necklace-J.Crew/Sunnies-Garrett Leight/Sandals-Madewell 

Happy Friday everyone! This weekend Derek and I are taking off to Palm Springs sans the baby! We will miss our little peanut but are thrilled for some alone time and sleeping in! 

Packed in my bags for Palm Springs are these Rag and Bone black leather shorts that I recently picked up at Intermix! I am in love with their versatility and look forward to styling them with a million different options. I enjoy wearing harmonious colors with Layla and thought her LBD went great with my neutral attire. 

On another note, have you noticed the "mommy and me" outfit trend on IG and Pinterest?  I for one am not smitten over matching outfits..... except for maybe with overalls, I have an overall fever going on; short, long, distressed, I don't discriminate and Layla loves her too)   

A Family Affair

Shoes-J.Crew/Bracelet-J.Crew/Dress-Anthropologie (in stores only, similar here)/Headband-Urban Outfitters

This past weekend our family headed up north to Seattle, where my husband and I are both from. We spent most of our waking hours boating in the bay or hanging out on the beach; Layla even logged a few hours at sea and she thoroughly enjoyed the relaxing cruise. 

As I mentioned in my previous posts we celebrated Layla's first birthday on the 4th of July, and although the party was rained out, we managed to quickly move the festivities and 79 people in attendance in doors. My husband was happy he was able to still launch his epic firework show, which included over 165 different fireworks!  

Ideas for a 4th of July Party

Layla's big first birthday celebration is just 5 days away and pulling this shindig off will be a buzzer beater, this party has turned into a full blown extravaganza with close to 100 RSVP's. I am slightly panicked with all the prep it takes to host a party and the past few days feels like my college finals week, minus the unproductive late night study sessions.

I am thankful I stumbled upon TomKat Studio, an online party planning think tank. The author, Kim Stoegbauer, has a plethora of amazing ideas for a variety of themed parties. Her Stars and Stripes themed Birthday party was exactly what I had envisioned for Layla's party! Also, I was able to purchase most of the swag on her online shop  which took the leg work out of finding the goodies on my own!

Kissy Kissy Giveaway

Have you ever been over the moon excited about a baby outfit? I get a giddy feeling every time I dress Layla in Kissy Kissy clothing. Not only is the collection full of playful and exuberant pieces but all the clothing is made with Peruvian Pima cotton, so the texture and hand of their garments feels like butter.

I have been a big fan of this brand since the beginning of motherhood. Layla's first outfit coming home from the hospital was a Kissy Kissy onesie similar to this one here; and for the first three months of her life, these onesies were on heavy rotation.

Now that she is almost a year old, I am enjoying their top and bottom sets. Layla is wearing the Navigator top and matching capri set, which is on sale now at Bloomingdale's.com, and I can’t think of a better outfit to add to her Fourth of July weekend repertoire.

Today I am teaming up with Kissy Kissy in hosting a giveway! One lucky baby will receive a $50.00 Kissy Kissy outfit!

*Please note, while they do have some items in size 2T and 4T, the bulk of the collection is size preemie to 18-24 months.

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