communitie marfa straw hat, j crew t-shirt, topshop cropped trousers, zara lace-up sandals   
photo via sarah sherman samuel

Depending on whether you ask me or my husband, the gathering of clothes, shoes, and accessories for our new beachy lifestyle is pretty fun. I've been spending most of my downtime these days online window (sometimes actual) shopping for things that I'll need once we're firmly planted in perpetual summertime. I've been imagining all of the new places we'll go and what I'll need to fit right in. Basically, I've been stockpiling sandals, jumpsuits and easy swimwear.

Coupled with my compulsive image hoarding, I thought it'd make for perfect blog fodder as we transition into Summer here in the States as well. Enter: wear // where, a series I've tried in years past and a favorite that I see floating around the blogosphere always. Some of my favorite Summer pieces paired with the perfect locale!

house of sunny striped top, cos d-ring swimsuit, h&m wide-cut twill pants, abaca backpack, loeffler randall sandals
photo via apartment therapy

side party linen shirt, farrow / rowan shorts, bembien rose bag, free people flatform sandal
photo via @meghan.osullivan

stelen crosley jumpsuit, hat attack sunshine clutch, soludos espadrilles
photo via apartment 34

need supply co. striped top, zara linen trousers, robert clergerie slip-ons
photo via zulu & zephyr

* I've also rounded up some of my favorite new arrivals from Free People and Shopbop. Let my new obsession for combing through Summer staples fuel you're seasonal wishlist:

free people

shopbop

Since our move has been pretty up in the air for the past couple of months we had to pull Lorelai out of school a little early this year. Don't worry, the school district signed off on her "early Kindergarten graduation" but that means she's been out of school a whole month earlier than all of the other kids in her class. Since we've had the extra time together, I've tried to become a bit more diligent with getting out together and experiencing what The South has to offer (before we're ex-pats!) so that she's not wasting the days away glued to her iPad or playing in our (fun but lacking) backyard.

A couple of weeks ago this meant we set out and went strawberry picking in the hot Alabama sun. It was so much fun! The farm we chose was open for one last day of berry picking and we were the only ones there. Lo and I spent about an hour hunched over tiny bunches of sweet strawberries and made out with a whole bushel that lasted us quite a while.

I've been trying to get better at memory making / keeping lately. This means seeking out experiences that Lo and I will remember and also documenting the time with snapshots and little video clips. I suddenly feel called to keep records for our little family and love having videos like this one to look back on:

p.s. Since a lot of you have asked, I film these clips with the 8mm app on my iPhone. It's so easy and accessible when I don't feel like lugging around my big camera. The app gives everything a sun drenched vintage look that I'm really into at the moment.

Woo... it's a long weekend! While we won't exactly be poolside (more like toting around boxes filled with all of our stuff), it's going to be so nice to have Ainsworth home for the extra day on Monday. I'll be daydreaming of trips to the beach but there's plenty of time for that later!

This Memorial Day weekend my sister and dad are visiting to help us load up everything we'll be storing away during our time on the island. We're leaving behind most of our furniture, photos and breakables and only taking 2100 lbs worth of household goods and clothes. Good thing swimsuits and shorts are light!

I hope you have the most relaxing weekend with a lot of sleeping in and a little pool / beach time if you can swing it! Want to hit up the holiday sales? Shop a couple of my favorites below!

need supply co.
new markdowns up to 30%

urban outfitters
memorial day sale up to 50% off