Congrats Cil!

My dearest friend from college who "The Priscilla" is named after has recently gone through a career change.  She is leaving teaching behind to stay at home with her darling daughter and is now blogging full time for a wonderful wedding website.  You must check it out!  You can follow along on her blog and see the latest and greatest for wedding tips! Cil has an amazing sense of style and I am very excited to follow her new journey. 

In addition she also has a personal blog, which is on my list of favorites-Make It Beautiful.

Make It Beautiful is a place for her to share beautiful moments while traveling through life as a wife, mother, wannabe fashionista and writer.  I've just loved following her blog and learning about her beautiful moments teaching, helping others, and writing (her dream to to teach therapy through journaling) while at the same time learning fashion tips and about great shopping!

Cil has been my number one advocate and and greatest supporter while trying to get my clothing line up and running.  She's truly and inspiration and I wish her the Best of Luck in her new career!

The Amanda Has Arrived

The count down is on, and in less than a week we will celebrate my dear friend's wedding in Greenwich, CT.  Of course I had to design a dress.  I think it's just perfect for an out door wedding on the water and I can not wait to debut it!  Here's the Amanda!

 The Back

 What do you think?

The Kubacki's

My mother's family, The Kubacki's are a large, fun loving, Catholic family from Cleveland, and we are all very close.  There are 62 Kubacki's total and we make sure to get together at least annually for a reunion or event.   We live every where from Seattle, to Chicago, to Boston, to NYC, to D.C so it is really incredible that we all make the effort. The Kubacki symbol is The Pink Elephant in honor of the restaurant my grandfather used to own and you are bound to find several people wearing  pink elephants on their attire at each event (The Smathers and Branson pink elephant belt has been a huge hit with our family and also Thomas Pink's Pink Elephant Tie).  This summer we gathered at Whiskey Island (love the name) where my uncle Tim runs a restaurant and marina for my cousin's wedding.  It was wonderful to see everyone and we had a Blast!!!!!

My cousin Brad and I have always been Best Friends and seem to end up matching at family events!  Loved the Red and Seersucker Combos!  Last year we matched in pink combos.  Now I just wish this would accidentally happen with Mac, but no such Luck.

The Erin

We could not have asked for a more perfect evening!

The Priscilla in Aqua made her debut And my cousin Liz sported her purchase, The Fair in Navy!  It looked fabulous on her!

The men enjoyed cigars

And my mom and Aunts enjoyed dancing the night away!

After the evening had ended we enjoyed some cocktails on my uncle's boat and laughed all night.

It was soooo wonderful to see everyone and I have always been so proud to be a part of such an incredible family.

In Memory Of

This week my Number One Seamstress who helped me start it all passed away.  She was soooo amazing and made all of my initial sample dresses.  We were looking forward to trunk shows this spring and she will be greatly missed.  I would not be where I am today without her.  It really makes one realize how short life is and how important it is to appreciate every single day! 

I've been rereading Purpose Driven Life for the 4th time and if you haven't read it, it's Amazing! I would highly recommend it and it definitely helps put life in perspective!  May her family find Peace during this difficult time.

Precious Goodies

My mom recently gave us some adorable seersucker hand towels that are just too cute!

When I googled their brand, Mud Pie I came across these gems!  I'm totally obsessed!  You can get anything from baby presents, to monograms, to hostess gifts, to holiday items.  These were my favorite finds from the site!

Coral Tunic

Adorable Tunics

Precious Pajama Pants

Darling Clutch

Initial cutting boards

There are so many other precious finds and everything is soooo reasonably priced!  Thanks Mom!!!

Back to School

Today is my last official day of summer break :( I have to say I am sooooooo not ready to go back even though I LOVE my job!  Working as a school social worker with children who have disabilities is soooo rewarding, but I have to say I wish I had taken more time to relax during July.  Time just slipped away from me.  I actually think the lady who will miss break the most is Lucile.  She has become such a pool girl and really enjoys lounging daily on her monogrammed lounge chair.

Notice the L for Lucile

 When she's not in her lounge chair she's bound to be found sunbathing on a raft!

I'm not sure how she's going to take the news that her weekly pool days are coming to an end!  So we're off to the pool to enjoy one more day of relaxing before work begins!

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