Tamera Beardsley

La Valencia San Diego and Wearing A Garden

Top - Zara, Pants -Zara, Wooden Slides -Zara, Flower Headband - Tamera Beardsley Designs

As always my friends

I wish you love and joy

as you style your life

Gingham Checks

I'm getting in on the gingham trend this summer

with an off the shoulder dress

over the cutest pom pom ruffle ankle pant.

Mixing in a large straw hat and round bag

with a big satin bowed slide

are the perfect complementing accessories.

Dress - Who What Wear Target , pompom ruffle pants - Zara, hat - Lola Hats, purse - Clare V

bow slides - Zara

As always my friends

I wish you love and joy

as you style your life

linking with

Visible Monday

Not Dressed As Lamb

Style Nudge

Hello Monday ... Hello Gratitude

It seems I so often have to learn the same lesson again and again.

This time it's

Gratitude.

Again.

It's not that I forgot about the idea of

Gratitude.

It's more I have forgotten the importance of

Practicing Gratitude.

I know for a fact my life is ever

SO Much Better

when I remember

To Practice Gratitude.

But some how I always seem to let it fall off

my to do list

in my attempt to 'Get things Done'.

Then I wonder why I just don't feel happy

feel like I do enough.

But when I take the time to even pull pictures of my week

to focus on

the Good

and

the Beautiful

I am awe struck at my simple life.

I believe so much of our happiness is about

'Where We Put Our Focus'

So as a virtual reminder to myself

I am once again do my weekly

Hello Monday ...Hello Gratitude Posts.

This week I am ever so grateful for our annual

Father's Day barbeque in our backyard.

Even though my party planning was off

after having a crazy summer cold last week

in the end

it all came together and was a most lovely memorable event.

I was so grateful Ellis was able to come up

and work for me on Wednesday.

We have the train schedule down pat by now.

As we do for our first stop for breakfast.

Sometimes it's so fun to hang out with my girl

going back to the studio is a hard one.

Especially when there is Father's Day cocktails and menus to be decided!

Ellis has a forte for both cocktails and menu planning.

Where my first love is always clothes

her's has always been food driven.

Since before Ellis was even 2 years old

she has been fascinated with all things cooking.

She loved cooking shows from the days they only existed on PBS.

If you'd like to see her aesthetic expertise these days

Ellis has a gorgeous blog HERE.

Covering travel and cocktails

and all the cool happenings in San Diego

Ellis and her husband just recently got back from some beautiful European travels.

For Father's Day we decided on a Mediterranean menu.

I love assembling appetizers

and

nothing makes that easier than my vintage ceramic sections on a Lazy Susan

my favorite Palm Springs find to date.

I will definitely be on the hunt on my return next month.

I usually have all of my entertaining prepped and planned

hours before guests arrived.

This time I was quite behind

so my table remained with just the basic settings ...

But no matter an unfinished tablescape

the food was good and the company great!

It was years ago I let go of worrying about the trivial aspects in entertaining.

The older I get

I just absolutely savor the time spent together.

I am ever so grateful to still have both of my parents

to celebrate the seasons of life with!

I was so impressed by the creative effort of my youngest son and his girlfriend

on their Father's Day gift for Jeff!

Down to the ice packs wrapped in black fabric to make sure things stayed cold!

It seems not long ago

I was having such a hard time really fully letting go of my children

These days I am more often reveling in the marvelous young adults

all three of them have become.

It just goes to show

once again

the power of

Gratitude.

As always my friend

I wish you love and joy

as you style your life

Sporty Glam and a Visit to Le Labo Fragrance

Last weekend we were once again poking around one of my favorite

South Orange County spots

Lido Marina Village.

My outfit of choice for our date night

was one that is so easy and comfy to wear!

The top is basically a poncho T shirt.
(Unfortunately I bought it last year and have not been able to track down any links.)

I paired it with some wide legged pants
made out of a sweatshirt material

I bought recently from Anthropologie HERE.

I finished off the outfit with a turban, chandelier earrings,(both of my own design), sunglasses and a clutch.

I was most impressed and happy at the coming together of supreme comfort

with a big dose of glamour.

I have had all of these pieces for a while

but it took not feeling my best that evening

but still wanting to go out for a bit
to pull this outfit together.

I was on a quest to find a cozy outfit

that still had stylish and chic components.

This outfit was a perfect example of my very favorite in personal style

Sporty Glam!

At Lido Marina Village
which is located in Newport Beach
I have several 'favorite stores'
each one for a different reason.

The beautiful Le Labo

is a 'high-end fragrance and sensory lifestyle brand with a distinct and authentic French heritage with an emphasis on fine craftsmanship and product personalization services.'

The Le Labo brand is sold at Nordstrom and Barney's New York

but if you visit one of their own stores

your fragrance experience will be so much more!

That's because in these stores

once you pick your fragrance

they actually formulate it right there in front of you.

Located in a small back room

you can actually view your fragrance being made.

Another level of their personalization is getting to choose

what to put on your label.

Since everything is custom done

you have a choice of up to 26 characters

to describe what you want in the For :

I wasn't very creative

and

just chose to have my name as I was caught off guard with even the question.

Next time I will put a bit more thought into it.

I just think this custom detail makes it a wonderful gift

either for yourself or someone else!

A great perfume can be another way to

'Crown Yourself'!

This high end fragrance has a price to match

but I was pleased to find out they do have basically an introduction price

for a small travel bottle size.

For $75 you can get the experience of the luxurious

Le Labo fragrance.

Even that size come with all of the custom details

and

is packed in the coolest box and bag.

This was my second time in

since I used all of my first bottle.

Le Labo has put my big love of Jo Malone on the back burner

at least for a bit.

As always my friends

I wish you love and joy

as you style your life

Linking With

Not Dressed As Lamb

Saturday Quote

Happy Weekend my friends! Just a friendly reminder to

Crown Yourself

this weekend!

"Be kinder to yourself and let your kindness flood the world"

... still one of my favorite quotes by Pema Chodram.

Here's to a weekend of kindness ... to ourselves ... and the world!

Sunset Cocktails ... The Fishermans Bar

I am back today with another installment in my

Sunset Cocktail Series

(You can find the list to the others in the series at the end of this post)

Living nearish the beaches of Southern California

one of my favorite things always

is going for cocktails

to take in the sunset over the ocean.

You would think with so much coastline here in South Orange County

there would be a plethora of ocean front choices

but the reality oceanfront views take some searching out.

The Fishermans Bar

in San Clemente

provides a wonderful ocean view experience.

The bar is actually built on the front end of the

San Clemente Pier

so your ocean view experience is a full one.

Seating at the
Fishermans Bar

is first come, first serve

even for the outside patio which has the most stellar views.

The Fishermans Bar
features a daily cocktail hour

at moderate prices.

Which sounds all good

but it actually means in the summer months

getting a table outside can be more like the luck of the draw

and

that's after you find parking.

But there is also the Fishermans Restaurant on the opposite side of the pier
that has more of a Fine Dining experience
where you can confirm reservations.