I wore the Hunza G bubblegum color swimsuit to Arienzo Beach Club with these yellow and pink striped boxer shorts and this really cute hat. I have two swimsuits from Hunza G and the texture and fabric of them is my favorite. I have this pink one and a purple and the neon green color is on my wish list. They are a very unique textured fabric. I love how its looks and feels. The Hunza G one pieces are also super cute.
Location of my photos here is next to the road at the top of the steps next before you walk down to the beach club. I think the little Spiaggia di Arienzo sign is so cute. All the street signs and everything is cute in Italy.
I wish I could link my hat because its so a really good hat but its over 10 years old and I can’t even find any available secondhand on posh or depop to link. Currently Polo Ralph Lauren has a lot of good hats. I’ll add a link to one I would buy right now below.
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I have the thong bottoms, I think the bottoms and top were sold separately back when I purchased you could choose which bottoms you wanted. I think that is still an option to purchase the top and bottom separate.
Matching scrunchies, these are so cute. The 3 pack happens to be all 3 colors I wanted lol. Scrunchies are the same cool texture as the swimsuits.
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Hats I would buy right now:
Also the pastel yellow polo hat if I had brown hair I would buy. Not sure how it would look on a blonde maybe still cute. I am loving pastel yellow dresses and anything pastel yellow for summertime.
Luisa had so many cute dresses and matching sets that match the Positano / Amalfi vibe so perfectly. It is located right on the main street near yummy gelato & easy to find. I highly recommend this for an outfit that matches the Positano vibe.
Some of my other favorite stores in Positano were CB Positano (the most adorable bags I have ever seen). Sapori E Profumi Di Positano had my favorite lemon perfume and beautiful hand painted bottles of limoncello. Delicatessen is where the rooftop ceramic iconic photo spot is. The store is wonderful. Beautiful ceramics are fun to look at and they have great fresh fruit. We bought some olive oil here.
I enjoyed every little shop that I went in and I would recommend taking your time walking around and looking at anything that catches your eye. The town and shops are so cute.
I got this blue and white pattern outfit at Luisa and it is actually a skirt and top matching set.
Location of my photo is the hotel rooftop pool at hotel Punta Regina
I thought this print looked super similar to the Dior “something blue” which is the theme I used for my bridal shower so this matching set was a perfect honeymoon outfit for me. I loved wearing this it was comfortable and felt so cute and perfect for Positano. I especially love the little dotted detail on the edge of the skirt. They also had a matching headband for this set. Lusia had so much cute stuff! I got this and 2 white linen dresses with embroidered lemons.
This comes in a few other colors also. I love the 3D flower details.
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The back of this dress is open with straps that tie at the top. I am extremely short (5 foot 0 inches) and the length was surprisingly ok without me getting it altered like I normally need to do with maxi dresses. It was long but it was not dragging on the ground. I wore very tall heels with this and it worked perfectly.
Jadens matching set is from Abercrombie! It is the linen collection and I love linen for summertime in Italy. Linen is always perfect for summertime, especially perfect for summertime in Italy.
A perfect bridal swimsuit. I used this for my honeymoon but you could also use it for bachelorette or any of your wedding events. I think the light blue floral with the white still gives bridal vibes. I was wearing another plain white swimsuit on this trip so I loved that this one was something a little bit different but still white and bridal.
I always love Triangl swim.
They dont make this color anymore but I found lots of them on Postmark & linked those to my LTK. Click here to shop.
The location of my picture here is our hotel room balcony at hotel Punta Regina, Positano.
This is the spot everyone waits in line for a photo depending what time of day you go.
This specific viewpoint is situated on the sidewalk of Via Cristoforo Colombo. The exact location of the viral postcard photo spot is: 40.628111, 14.489250.
There were only 2 or 3 people in line and we only waited a few minutes when we went. You could take a similar photo anywhere on this street but the little numbered tiles built into the cement wall at this exact spot I thought were really cute so I wanted to take pictures in this exact spot. It is really a perfect spot!
I think this dress was a perfect fit for Positano vibe or you could also wear this to anywhere on Amalfi coast or Capri and Sicily. I feel like the dress is just perfect Italy beach vibes.
It is the Neveah Pink Quilted Floral tiered Mini Dress from Alter’d State and im wearing a size XS. Unfortunately they don’t make this dress anymore but I did link a few that I found for sale secondhand on Depop. You can always search this name of the dress to keep checking if any pop up on the secondhand market.
click image to shop! I found a few of this color available by searching the dress name “Neveah Pink Quilted Floral tiered Mini Dress from Alter’d State”
Alter’d State also made the dress in this pink & orange color that is also so pretty & perfect for Positano.
click to shop the one of these I found available on postmark!
After these pictures we got a lemon sorbet right across the street and I took this photo of it along this same road.
I love these lemon sorbets they are the best thing ever.
This dress is perfect for the beach, perfect summer in italy vibes. I also own the red and white gingham color of this same dress and that one is perfect for 4th of July.
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The details of this dress are so pretty!
Italy not only has giant lemons they also have giant limes.
The stunning venue is the Johnston house in Mars, PA – A suburban town just north of Pittsburgh. They were wonderful helping me get everything planned and provided wonderful service on the day of. I highly recommend them! Click here to Visit The Johnston House website.
I didn’t share all my bridal shower pictures & videos on Instagram yet so this blog post is the first time a lot of these images are being shared! I will be posting all the shower content to Instagram in the near future!
Sign and florals designed and installed by me. I did the something blue theme but there is only touches of pink because it was peony season and peonies – tie with lily of the valley for my favorite flower.
I really wanted video clips and photos of everything & it was so nice to not need to be trying to capture them myself because the event goes by so fast! I loved working with Presently Social! I highly recommend!
Absolutely stunning balloons & I didn’t have to stress & try to do them myself thank god because we would have ended up with no balloons because everything with set up just took longer than anticipated.
Jaden and I with the help of his grandparents, we did create the arches ourselves by cutting, painting and wallpapering sheets of wood.
I absolutely loved FLEURBAR! This was such a beautiful set up and all the guests enjoyed making their own flower bouquet to take home. Bouquet wraps are customized to your event & you select what you want written on the cart. I loved this!
Another fun fact about my outfit – this bracelet you can see in the photo above – Jaden’s grandma brought it back for me from her travels in Italy when Jaden and I were dating in high school <3
Also the ivory satin ribbon that May put on this bouquet perfectly matches the ribbon bows we put on the backs of the chairs.
Make Up: Jessica Ferek – I absolutely loved my make up as always with Jess
Me driving to the shower ^^ after make up but before curling my hair at the venue in a massive rush. This photo was taken pre rushing. The drive was nice and peaceful but the rushing to curl my hair came after and yes I got up earlier cause I know someone will say she needed to get up earlier then. Truth is I didn’t get to sleep at all the night before. Not even for 10 minutes. Not because I was nervous or excited but because there was just a massive amount of stuff that wasn’t done that I spent the entire night doing. Yes the stuff should have already been done but it just wasn’t.
Hair: Curls by me – Color by Cella @ Sarah Pelco Salon as always.
Stationary: Minted.com designed by me. Stationary needs its own blog post about all the little details because there is A LOT of detail that went into this stationary but I loved it. More about this on the way!
Cake: Willow Tree Farms Bakery – Greensboro, PA – this was delicious!
Donuts: Triple B Farms Strawberry Donuts – historically one of my favorite sweet treats.
I had to really search for this chair online, it was sold out nearly everywhere when I found it. You can purchase it anywhere that you can find it in stock just search the name if my links are sold out.
Ribbon we used to make the bows that we hung on the backs of the chairs is a 4inches wide by 25 yards per roll double-faced satin ribbon in the color Ivory sold by Fondersy on Amazon. I got 6 rolls to be extra careful but I only invited under 40 guests and knew there would be a max of 50 chairs in the room. Adjust accordingly to match your guest count.
Tips if you’re going to do this: We measured the heights of the chairs at the venue to determine the length to cut the ribbons and re cut them ahead of time so all that needed to be done during set up was tying them onto the chairs. Plan to dedicate one or more people to just this task. It takes over an hour for one person to complete under 50 chairs so just be aware and account for that if you want to do ribbons. I loved the result. I loved this ribbon that we went with.
My baskets full of Peonies – I made this myself and it was so much fun. I actually let the flowers dry in the baskets & placed one on the top shelf of my closet & the bigger basket full of babies breathe in the living room. They make beautiful decorative pieces.
Baskets are the iconic Beachcomber baskets from Pottery barn – I used one of each size XL 20″diameter and the Large 13″diameter. I filled the 20″ with babes breath and the 13″ with peonies and I was so obsessed with how these turned out.
Screenshot of product from Pottery Barn website. Click image to shop
More on my shower stationary on the way soon! Comment if you have any questions about any of this or any other questions about my bridal shower in general!
Sorry I didn’t share this earlier on (not before the shower of course but after). My shower was June 20, 2025. In general I wish I would have vlogged, blogged & documented all of my bridal era & wedding planning it but it was complicated for me to navigate back then for a variety of reasons and I unfortunately just ended up not sharing much. But I can still share a lot now so that’s what i’m planning on doing! Lots more on the way.
Starting with my bridal shower dress from Bronx and Banco. This is the Sabrina Midi dress in color cream and i’m wearing a size XS for size reference I did have to take it in slightly. I did not hem the length but I am 5 feet 0 inches tall for reference if your taller the dress will be not as long on you as it is on me. I loved wearing this it made me want to spin and twirl around, the skip is really fun! Over a year later i’m still so happy with my choice on this dress!
Im linking Revolve and a few other places to purchase, it looks like it is sold out but you can sign up for restock notifications or I see tons available for sale on poshmark/depop/secondhand market.
Photos of me at my shower. The venue we used for my shower was wonderful, it is called The Jonhston House in Mars PA a northern suburb of Pittsburgh. I loved working with them and highly recommend them.
I will make another blog post noting all the other vendors I used for my shower because everyone was excellent.
This dress was just so stunning I loved wearing it!
Last but not least my Dior slingback heels that Jaden got me in Paris on the trip that we got engaged <3
I had my eye on an LED face light for a few months, I wasn’t sure which one to get then once I decided I waited for a sale. The first sale to pop up was the Sephora annual which worked great for me because I like the Sephora points to stay in the VIB programs for the following year. I buy my big liters of shampoo and conditioner (they last me nearly a whole year) from Sephora now, I love that they started carrying Orbie products so I can stack points. Just a good idea to buy any large purchase from Sephora if possible to get the most points!
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I love to stock up on my regulars at annual sale time. My foundation was close to empty so I was happy to get a new one now on sale instead of paying full price a few weeks from now.
I have been using this powder foundation for a few years now and I’m happy with it! I honestly don’t hate it, I find it to work just as well as my preferred liquid foundation (I tried them all and had a fav – its still my fav liquid – Giorgio Armani Beauty – Luminous Silk). I always thought I would hate powder. I switched to it anyway (expecting to hate it) because a well respected esthetician I went to for a facial in Pittsburgh recommended it for people who struggle with acne. I have always struggled with acne. My acne has improved since making this change, I have also made other changes so it’s tough to pin point exactly what helped the most or if it was a combination of all my efforts. I will make a full blog post about everything Ive tried that has helped my acne someday – message me if you’re interested in seeing that!
I typically use color Fairly Medium 05 – for fair cool skin with pink undertones, which is a guess, I truly don’t understand my undertones or colors.
In the winter time when I have no color I go to Fair 01 – for very fair cool skin with pink undertones – in between seasons based off my level of tan, I mix the two.
Color 05 can look too dark on me if I don’t mix, colors 2, 3 and 4 don’t work for me because the undertones are different so mixing 01 and 05 works the best for me.
Can anyone tell me how to figure out my undertones? Looking at photos trying to pick one does not work for me.
Years ago Sephora offered a service where if you spent 50$ you could have a make up artist in the store do full face make up for you, no idea if this is still a thing or not but I did that a few times for special occasions (in Vegas the Sephora in Caesars Palace on my 21st birthday) but I guess it never crossed my mind to ask this question or if anyone told me, I don’t remember. I haven’t gotten my make up done in Sephora in years but it’s a great option to be aware of if it’s still offered. Instead of spending 100$+ on an MUA, you could buy your foundation you have to buy anyway and get a similar MUA service (similar because level of experience varies with any MUA you go to).
I grabbed a couple things Ive never tried before but have been dying to try. I was so excited to try these liquid blushes!
I ordered two colors to try, Lucky and Happy
Not really sure why I never yet tried the bronzing drops from Isle of Paradise – but I never have so now is the time. Im pale and it’s springtime, time to wear shorts and hate how white my legs look. Sounds like a great time to try these.
I got both the face drops and the body drops (they are two separate products). If your unfamiliar, you mix a drop into lotion and apply the lotion as normal but rub it in perfectly, make sure you don’t miss any spots, then it acts as a self tanning lotion but instead of using a self tanning lotion, you get to pick your preferred favorite lotion of your choice.
Face drops:
Body drops:
Last but definitely not least because I am obsessed with this product. The Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Advanced Repair Barrier Cream is the best for when your skin feels dry! I swear this fixes dry skin better & faster than anything else Ive ever tried. I randomly grabbed it in a Paris pharmacy and boy i’m glad I did. That bottle is almost empty so I grabbed a refill during this sale.
You can shop the sale until 4/15! Use code YAYSAVE
My Easter outfit! I envisioned this and it turned out just as perfect as I imagined! I’m happy I went for it! Figured the dress was never going to match and thought I was going to waste my time and end having to process a return for the dress but no! The dress color matches the ribbons on the sweater nearly perfect! They are super close. It would have bothered me if they weren’t an exact very close match. They are as close as could be without being a perfect match. Nearly perfect. It looks like the same color. I was so excited when I unboxed and put these two items next to each other – they were meant to be together! lol.
I wanted the For love & lemons Laurel sweater forever but I couldn’t decide between the cardigan or pull over! I went with the cardigan because the crop length looks better on me – which I could have achieved with the pull over versions (its longer) but I could of done the sports bra trick (sports bra over top the dress then tuck the sweater up and under the sports bra to make any sweater the perfect cropped length over a dress!) but ultimately I felt like ill always be wearing this sweater cropped and I felt like it looked cuter cropped with jeans and jean shorts!
I am wearing a size XS in the sweater. Revolve and several other sites sell this if your size is sold out on for Love & Lemons site.
Link to buy from Revolve: (I also love how both websites styled this cardigan – but I still like the outfit I styled more 🙂
The pullover sweater I was debating – let me know in the comments which do you like more?
I am wearing size 0 in the dress. It was a little big on me, it would have been to big in the size 2. If your size is sold out, check other sites before ordering up a size.
Google search the dress name: Harmon Satin Mini Slip dress by Alice + Olivia
I am super proud of this outfit how perfect these two colors match!! Let me know if you order or wear this! If you own this sweater, you need this dress to go with it! Or if you’re on the fence with the sweater, you need it and this dress to go with it!
I feel like this is the perfect outfit for spring! I plan to wear this again next year for either a galentines or valentines date, my boyfriend and I always go to Mediterra a few weeks before valentines because they have all the cute valentines treats – this outfit would be perfect for that! I could also wear this to Laudree’s in Paris<3 I feel like i’ll get a lot of use out of this outfit plus I’m definitely wearing the sweater all spring and summer nights!
I LOVE my Veja sneakers. I have the Campos in the color natural. They are the most comfortable and match everything! I walked miles for days all over Europe in these and my feet never hurt! The size 36 fits me fine (it’s a little big but doesn’t bother me) even though I am a size 34. As far as I know, 36 is the smallest size they make. I search for a 34 or 35 and never could find one, so I tried the 36 and it worked for me. Not always the case, usually I cant wear 36s.
I just found these adorable pink Vegas! I want these.
Jadens button down is perfect for spring for guys. Links for a few similar shirts that are great for spring events and Easter!
This is the exact shirt Jaden wore. It’s almost sold out on the link below. The name is “Classic Fit Oxford Shirt byPolo Ralph Lauren” in color yellow multi stripe. If you want to google search for more, I’m sure some will be available on other sites, potentially for a good sale price!
