Friday Favorites

TGIF!

We made it through another week friends!

Here is what I'm loving this Friday:

FOOD

I am hoping to make this peach cobbler recipe this weekend! We have a couple jars of peaches from Bill's parents' farm that I've been wanting to use and this just sounds delicious! Add a scoop on vanilla ice cream and I will be in heaven!

FASHION

I just love this look for fall. what's better than boots, skinny jeans, plaid and that ever so popular herringbone vest?!

PS - the herringbone vest from J.Crew is now on sale on J.Crew Factory (although, it's back ordered until Oct 27th ...)

Also loving these Steve Madden leopard flats. They need to get in my closet very soon!

HAIR/BEAUTY

I'm loving this easy to do up-do with a headband. I think even I can master this.

FOR BABY

How frickin' adorable are these little Sperry's for baby boy?! 

We just got Bill a few pairs for fall and it would be so cute if they got matching shoes!

I've also came across a ton of new instagram feeds for pregnancy & baby/kids clothing and decor. Here are a few of my recent finds:

Bundle Organics - juices made specifically for expecting moms.

Lily Jade - designer style diaper bags

Little Bunches - cute diaper clutches and baby blankets

House of Mia - cute baby clothes, 100% organic

Wren & Rumor - modern style blankets, bedding and swaddle blankets. I'm planning on getting this blanket from the shop for our little #rumplebaby2014

Child Hoods - cute and trendy clothes for little ones

And I just came across her instagram feed and I am obsessed with her bump style!

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That's all for this Friday's Favorites.

In case you missed it this week:

Weekend Recap

Styling | Dining Room Table Console

Our Honeymoon Part 2

I'm linking up with Amanda for Friday Favorites. 

Happy Friday!

Our Honeymoon Part 2

I'm back with the 2nd installment of our honeymoon recap in Hawaii! (You can find the recap of the first part of our honeymoon in Maui here)

The last 3.5 days were spent in Honolulu. It was great because we got the best of both worlds on our Hawaiian vacation. Maui was more the laid back, relaxing, tropical island setting; while Honolulu had more of a city vibe that just happened to be on a beautiful beach!

We stayed at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort which was right on the Kahanamoku Beach. 

{view from our balcony}

We were right on the beach, but surrounded by the city. 

On our second day there, we rented a car and drove up to the North Shore (recommendation from locals). The scenery on the way up was breathtaking and felt like we were in Jurassic Park!

We stopped at the island of Mokoli'i or the "Chinaman's Hat."

Our second stop on the way up to the North Shores was the Shrimp Shack. This place had great reviews online.

It was literally just a little food truck next to a shack, but boy did they have some great shrimp!

I got the coconut shrimp and Bill got the garlic shrimp and we shared the crab legs. SO delish and so fresh! PS - Do you like Bill's Hawaiian shirt? He insisted on wearing it lol.

When we got up to the North Shore, the scenery was breathtaking. Crystal blue water, soft sand and blue skies. The North Shore is a popular backdrop for a lot of movies too such as Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Surfers come here to ride the big waves and there are a lot of surf competitions that take place.

We hung out at the beach for a few hours just relaxing and watching the surfers go in and out.

After that, we continued our drive back down the island and stopped at a few scenic areas to take photos.

Of course, we got hungry again and stopped at another food shack/truck area.

That night we attended the Hilton Hawaiian Village Luau. The performance was so great and so was the food!

The next morning, we knew we wanted to watch the OSU football game somewhere and we did some research to find the only bar near by that would be playing it (die hard fans over here). The game started at noon Ohio time which was 6am Hawaiian time. Luckily the bar opened early for the Buckeye fans. We were surprised how many there were on the island!

Horrible iPhone photo, but had to document the other Buckeye fans we met! The one on the left was a former band member and the one in the middle was a former cheerleader! Bill was the mascot Brutus in college! Small world!

The next few days were spent lounging by the beach, shopping, more eating... You know... All my favorite things!

I had the best mahi mahi fish tacos!!

We also got to try out paddle boarding which was fun!

{again, sorry for the horrible phone photo quality!}

There's our honeymoon in a nutshell!
The one regret we have is not going to see Pearl Harbor while we were there. We saved that for the last day and we found out there was a 2 hour wait just to get tickets that day. My suggestion is to call ahead days in advance to get tickets if you go.

I hope we can return someday! Maybe for our 10 year anniversary?! :)

I'm linking up with Home of Malones and East Coast Chic for Thoughts for Thursday!

Styling | Dining Room Console Table

Our new console table arrived a few weeks ago and I was a little stumped on how to style it for a while. I decided to head to World Market and Home Goods for some inspiration and was able to pick up a few pieces that helped tie it all together.

I put one of our Save the Dates in a pretty frame, added a short candle and candles stick (need to add a candle to it) to one side. I also included our wood carving souvenir from our honeymoon in Hawaii. 

On the other side I added some pretties from World Market. Of course, the star of the show is little Charlie in the sunburst frame found at Home Goods.

In the middle of the console, I added a portable bar. The wicker tray was found at World Market along with the "Keep Calm and Have a Cocktail" coasters. The "R" napkins were a wedding gift along with our "Mr" & "Mrs" kate spade tumbler glasses that we used at our wedding. 

The art piece we hung over the console was also a wedding gift and one of our favorites! 

It showcases our venue and date of our wedding. 

I'm hoping to add a few baskets to the bottom shelf for storage for napkins, place mats, etc. 

I'm hoping to do another post on the rest of our dining room soon. I have just been waiting on our table runner to arrive and have yet to hang the gallery wall photos. This process has taken a little bit longer than planned! I wanted to get our dining room completed before starting on the nursery, so we better chop chop!