Selling & Buying on Instagram

As many of y'all know, I have two instagram accounts, @SouthernLillyLady and @LillyLadyCloset.  On my Lilly Lady Closet account I post new and gently used Lilly Pulitzer items for sale.  For a while now I have been considering posting items for my followers that they are trying to sell.  Recently I have noticed that a lot of people are trying to sell/buy on instagram and I have even had many followers ask me if I would post their items for them since almost all of my followers are following my closet instagram for the sole purpose of purchasing Lilly Pulitzer items.  I have finally decided that I will start posting items for my followers on my account @LillyLadyCloset with a strict set of guidelines & rules and a small fee of $2.

One of my biggest dilemmas I was facing when deciding if I would do this or not, was when I would have the time to post everyones items since I am currently a college student.  A solution I have come up with, that I also see to be very beneficial for buyers and sellers, is that I will designated one night a week for posting items.  I decided that Sunday nights are when I have a little extra free time, and buyers/sellers would also probably be home relaxing and able to shop and answer emails.  I find this to be helpful for all of us.  Sellers will have all week to email me their pictures and descriptions and to send me their payments before Sunday.  This also gives me time to notify the seller if they left any information out, such as the price or size of an item, so that it can still be posted on the upcoming Sunday.  I find this to also be nice for buyers because they can ensure that they do not miss any postings they may be interested in since they will know exactly when to check the account for new listings!

Guidelines & Rules

Seller

• 1.  Send a good picture of the item you wish to sell to SouthernLillyLady@yahoo.com and include a description of the item (ex. size, style, print, anything to describe the item) and also include the price you wish to sell for and an email address where interested buyers can contact you.
• 2.  Send $2 per photo through paypal to the email address SouthernLillyLady@yahoo.com.
• Log into paypal.
• Click the "Send Money" tab.
• Then fill in how much money you are sending and to whom you are sending it (SouthernLillyLady@yahoo.com).
• Then click "Services" as the payment type and hit send!
• 3.  If a seller wants to reduce the price of an item that has already been posted but not sold yet, they can send me the photo again, let me know they are changing the price, and I will only charge $1 to repost the reduced item.
• 4.  Sellers, you may never raise the price of an item once a buyer has emailed and agreed to purchase the item.  However, if you are willing to take offers, you can put in the description that you are open to offers.  If you do not put that, then buyers should not be price haggling you.
• 4.  In order to sell an item, the interested buyer must email the seller directly and from there, the seller can send the buyer an invoice through paypal for them to purchase the item.
• 5.  Once a buyer has paid for an item, please ship promptly.  If you cannot ship right away, please be up front with the buyer and let them know when they can expect their item.
• 6.  Sellers must email me once the item has been sold and paid for so I can post SOLD on the photo.
• 7.  All sellers must be honest and provide truthful information regarding an item they wish to sell.  The more description a seller can provide about an items condition, the less likely of a chance that the buyer will be unhappy and feel mislead regarding an item.  If a seller provides false advertisement, they will be blocked from the account and unable to sell/buy again.

Buyer

• 1.  Email the seller directly through their email posted in the description on the picture if you wish to purchase the item or if you have any questions about the item.  Do not comment on the photo asking the seller questions, because they probably will not see it.  However, commenting saying you have emailed is a good idea because if the seller sees that, but did not get your email, they can let you know!
• 2.  Pay the seller promptly once you have received an invoice from them.  If for any reason you cannot pay for the item right away, make sure you let the seller know so they are not confused as to why they haven't received payment or so that they do not sell it to another interested buyer.
• 3.  Do not price haggle a seller.  The only time in which you can discuss a price with a seller is if the seller is open to reasonable offers for an item.  Price haggling is not acceptable any other time.  If you do not agree with the price a seller has listed, just move on to a different item or check back next week to see if they have lowered the price.  If a seller complains of a buyer trying to price haggle, the buyer will be blocked and no longer able to buy/sell again.

Commonly Used Terms

Below are some terms that are useful when describing an item you are selling or considering buying.

• NWT - New With Tags
• NWOT - New Without Tags
• GUC - Gently Used Condition
• ISO - In Search Of

What Will I Post?

Currently, I will only be posting Lilly Pulitzer items and Lilly Pulitzer inspired items.  I will  post pictures for stores that want to advertise/sell something or for people who create Lilly Pulitzer inspired things such as crafts, paintings, pocket tees, etc.  I will also post for people who are in search of (ISO) a particular item and want to see if anyone knows where they can get it or has one that they would be interested in selling.  If you are unsure about something and wondering if I will post it, just send me an email with the item and a description of what you would like posted and I will let you know!  These posts will be the same as the sellers selling clothes, and will be $2 as well and I can repost it for an additional $1.  Depending on how this goes, I may end up creating a list of other brands that I will accept to post, but I will let y'all know if I decide to do that.

When Will I Post?

As for now, all items will be posted on Sunday evenings.  Sellers can send me things to post all week, and I will post everything I get on upcoming Sunday.  Depending on how many emails I receive, I may end up posting twice a week, but for now it will just be on Sunday evenings!  All listings will be posted on @LillyLadyCloset instagram account.

**I am not held responsible for any issues regarding the items purchased or sold**

If there are any issues between the buyer and seller regarding money or an item, please deal with these disputes through paypal.  However, if there are buyers or sellers that are not following the rules, please email me and make me aware of the situation so that I can make them aware of the rules.  If they continue to be a problem, then I will block them from buying/selling on my instagram account.

If y'all have any questions about how things work or are confused about anything please email me at SouthernLillyLady@yahoo.com!  I hope y'all enjoy this opportunity to shop and sell through me and I would love to hear feedback or any thoughts y'all have about it!

xoxo,

Southern Lilly Lady

Welcome to my room!

Hey y'all!  I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend and are excited about watching the Super Bowl!  I'm always really excited for the Super Bowl, but not for the football part, just for the commercials and yummy finger foods!  Don't get me wrong, I do love football, but I am more of a college football fan than a NFL football fan.  I actually just put put some food in my crockpot for the Super Bowl so while i'm waiting for that to cook I decided I would give y'all a tour of my room!  I have had many questions about parts of my room when y'all have seen it in my pictures on Instagram so I decided to go ahead and give a tour of parts of my room!

Just a heads up!  Before y'all start looking through my room and thinking i'm a freak, I wanted to let y'all know in advance that I took out all of my pictures that I had in my picture frames so that is why they are empty!  Hope y'all enjoy!  

I will also post about some of my favorite things and include a link so that y'all can check the websites out!  (Just click on the name of the company to go to their website!)

I will start with something every girl loves, JEWELRY!

This is where I keep my pieces of jewelry that I wear most often!  The board that is holding all of my necklaces is something I made myself in the Lilly Pulitzer print Hotty Pink Ten Speed.  I added additional hooks to the board so that I could add a few more of my favorite necklaces to it.  As y'all can see a lot of my Jewelry is nautical and most of it is Lilly but I do have a few other pieces such as statement necklaces, bubble necklaces, my gold monogram necklace which came from Max and Chloe, my pink monogram necklace and nautical cuff which both came from The Gifterie Palm Beach,  and my cuffs that I have been obsessed with lately from 5th and Ashland!

The next things girls love after jewelry is more accessories!

This is another wooden board that I made in the Lilly Pulitzer Florida Print.  I made this and hung it right by my door to catch all of my things I use on a daily basis instead of me just laying them down all around my room.  Right now I have my monogrammed hat, my Lilly Pulitzer gold clutch, my brown Luggage colored Michael Kors purse, and my monogrammed clutch that has a removable strap and so many compartments inside from The Prickly Pear Boutique!  Other things I typically hang here are my backpack, my rain jacket, and my sweaters!

HELP!

This here is my pointless and junk collecting bookshelf!  I originally got this book shelf because my kitten at the time (who is now a cat) was trying to jump on top of a mirror that I use for my hair and make up.  You will see part of the mirror in a different picture below, but this mirror is huge and very heavy and I was worried it would end up falling on her and that would be very bad!  So I got this really tall bookshelf thinking that both of us could use it!  She could careless about the bookshelf and I am still undecided about how I want to style it!  For now, i'm using it as storage for my Lilly bins that hold my school stuff and craft supplies.  I need y'alls help!  Please leave me a comment if yall can think of a cute way to style this bookshelf (without books!).  For a while I was thinking about trying to make every shelf a different theme or different color scheme, but now I just do not know!  So please leave me your ideas in a comment below!

Here is where it all happens...

This is probably the part of my room that I spend the most time at!  Yes, this is my desk, but more importantly than that this is where I get ready everyday!  In my top drawer I have school supplies, but then rest is all for fashion!  I have all of my make up, hair supplies, perfume, and everything else girls can't live without!  This is the big mirror I was telling y'all about that my kitten would jump on to!  I have a bunch of perfume, but I have some of my favorites on my desk in my Lilly tray along with my nautical desk lamp!  I think one of my all time favorite things about this part of my room is my seat cushion!  I had this custom made for my chair by My Pink and Green Garden which is an Etsy shop.  She also made my bulletin board that y'all will see in a few pictures.  I love it and she does an amazing job!  Right beside my desk in front of my window is a little Ottoman stool thing quatrefoils on it that opens up and I store my blankets inside it!  It is also Kitty's stool that she enjoys sunbathing on while looking out the window!  I really like this piece of furniture because it is so handy for storage and I found it at TJ Maxx for $29!

Here is a close up of my Lilly Pulitzer tray on my desk that holds a few of my favorite perfumes and my nautical light!  Taylor Swift Wonderstruck, Betsey Johnson, Lilly Pulitzer Wink, and Forever Red by Bath and Body Works.  I definitely use my Lilly Pulitzer Wink perfume the most (I think that is my 6th or 7th bottle of it) but they discontinued it so whenever I see it I always snatch it up fast!

How exciting!.....

This is what's on the left side of my bed!  I call this corner of my room the nautical corner.  By now y'all know I am a nautical girl!  I love the beach and just think every aspect of it is so beautiful!  Some of you guys may be wondering why my night side table has hole in it!  Well as I said earlier, I took out all the pictures in my picture frames for this post.  This table is actually a table with picture frames in it! I think this table is so nifty and cute and it can hold 5 photos!  So thats why the table has holes!  Out of all of my furniture in my room, this lamp is by far my favorite.  This lamp is supposed to look like a coral colored beach pale full of sand and seashells!  Not only is the beach pale in my favorite color, but I don't think it could get anymore beachy than that!  The funny thing about this lamp is that I found it on the side of the road when I was headed to my beach house with my family.  We were driving along and saw an old guy selling knick-knacks and this lamp caught my eye!  I screamed (almost scaring my dad half to death) for him to turn around.  He looked at me like I was crazy but my mom told him to turn around.  Sure enough, it was exactly what I thought it was and I was in heaven!  We paid a whopping $20 for this lamp!  I also love my nigh light that is plugged into the wall that my sweet boyfriend gave me.  It reminds me of the Lilly Pulitzer You Gotta Regatta print since it has a sailboat on it.  I also love it because it is a picture frame!

These are also in the nautical corner of my room!  You can see the corner of them in my previous picture with my nautical lamp.  (again, just so yall dont think I'm weird, I took all the pictures out of the frames for this post!)  I found the 3 of these picture frames at a thrift store for .99 cents!  What a find for something that is right up my alley! 

Get excited again....

This is the right side of my bed!  On my night side table I have some Lilly Pulitzer magazines and my iPad Air that I got for Christmas (you can see the details in my last post about my Christmas goodies)!  I also have my bulletin board that I mentioned about which came from the same lady who made my You Gotta Regatta seat cushion for my desk!  Once I was out of my dorm room I didn't have much of a purpose for my bulletin board, but it has slowly become a sticker collector!  Ironically most of these stickers are from some of my boyfriends favorite places, but i'm okay with that if they make him happy!  A lot of these have also come from giveaways!  I have stickers on here from Over Under Co, Southern Proper, Brewer's Lantern, Beau Outfitters, Southern Tide, Southern Shirt Co, and Southern Point Co!

This isn't anything new for y'all!

Here is my bed!  All of the bedding is Lilly Pulitzer!  The quilt was monogrammed by It's a Girl Thing Monograms and you can also check them out on instagram @itsagirlthingmonograms!  They did an absolutely amazing job and I would trust them with any of my items!  The Pillow cases and the quilt folded at the foot of my bed are also Lilly Pulitzer and it is actually the twin bedding that I used in my dorm room!  Hanging above my bed is my Waltz sign (for those of you who don't know, a Waltz is a girls 21st birthday party that is themed and they wear a sign with a list of 21 things they must get done before the night is over)!  Of course I had a Lilly waltz!

Last but not least... MY CLOSET!

These are my closet doors!  I'm very fortunate to have such a big closet!  On the left are all of my dresses and on the right are my tops!  I figured I've shown y'all the inside of my closet enough and almost everyday I show y'all my outfit that came out of my closet so by now y'all know my closet pretty well so here is a look from the outside!  I have a couple of totes that I use pretty often hanging on the outside of my doors so that I can just grab them and go when I need them!  I was going to take my canvas off my wall for the picture, but it looked so naked without it so I just blurred out our faces, but that is a picture of my boyfriend and I at my beach house last 4th of July.  On the left I have a Lilly Pulitzer Chin Chin Printed tote and my Lilly Pulitzer Florida Printed tote and on the right I have two burlap totes that have my monogram on them!

I hope y'all enjoyed touring parts of my room!  If y'all have any questions about where I got anything from don't hesitate to ask!  Also if any of you guys can think of anything at all that I could do with my bookshelf please let me know or email me at SouthernLillyLady@yahoo.com!  I really want to switch it up and make it look cute rather than a junk collector but I just can't think of what to do!  Thanks for checking out my room and I hope y'all enjoyed it!  And again, thanks to each and every one of you for being the wonderful followers that y'all are!

xoxo,

Southern Lilly Lady

Santa Made it Down My Chimney!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas and I hope that Santa came to visit each and every one of you!  I guess I was on the 'Nice List' this year because Santa definitely visited me and he knew just what I wanted!  For all of y'all who follow me on Instagram (@SouthernLillyLady), here is a close up of all my goodies!

Left: Fiest Pink     Middle: Flutter Blue     Right: Island Coral

I was so excited when I opened these!  As most of y'all know, these are my absolute favorite sandals!  I'm always wearing my gold ones and pink ones and I wear them so often that I have to get a new pair every 6 months!  These are the Lilly Pulitzer McKims, and I got them in 3 new colors!

 

Here are my Lilly Pulitzer Lets Cha Cha goodies!  I'm pretty sure that only in Florida will you receive a bikini and a scarf for Christmas!  This is my favorite bathing suit.  It is super comfy and has removable straps to make it strapless!

Bikini

Keene Bandeau in Turquoise Lets Cha Cha

Surfs Up Bottom in Turquoise Lets Cha Cha

Speaker

Wireless bluetooth speaker featured in Lets Cha Cha

Scarf

Murfee Scarf in Turquoise Lets Cha Cha

I got an iPad Air!  I'm so excited to use this for my #OOTD (Outfit Of The Day) and blogging!

(Oh yeah.. I guess I will use it for school too...)

The cover I have for it is called a Tech Clutch and it is in the print called Multi Lulu

Left:  Lilly Pulitzer Darla Top in New Green Daisy Lane Lace

Right:  Lilly Pulitzer Colleen Romper in Schooner Blue Dock Hopper

Left:  Grace Dress in Starfruit Yellow (love the details beading!)

Right:  Dawson Dress in True Navy Dot Dot Dot Lace (those are gold sequins on the bottom!)

Bags, Jewelry, and Perfume

Lilly Pulitzer Shoreline Tote in Sand Bar Blue in the Florida print 

(It matches my Florida print Murfee Scarf!)

Lilly bow bracelet, a Lilly anchor bracelet, a Lilly frog ring, and a Lilly charm necklace!

Plus, I got some of my favorite Lilly perfume called Wink that is no longer made and oh so hard to find!  I have to snatch a bottle whenever I find one!

  

I love and cannot wait to monogram my new North Face backpack that my boyfriend gave me!  I'm 

also head over heals for my new Ray-Bans!

My best friend knows me way too well!  She gave me this beautiful gold blanket with my monogram in coral (gold and coral are my favorite colors)!  She also got me a huge thing of coffee and a Lilly Pulitzer coffee travel mug in Hotty Pink First Impressions (my favorite Lilly print)!  EVERYONE knows my obsession for coffee!

And last, but not least, I got a new pair of riding boots!  Y'all all know how obsessed I am with my Michael Kors brown Hamilton riding boots in the color Luggage and now I have the EXACT same ones but in black!  My santa is definitely a special Santa for finding these after they were discontinued 2 years ago!

I hope everyone had a very special and merry Christmas.  I'd love to hear about all of the goodies that Santa brought y'all (I know none of my followers were on the naughty list)!  Sorry it has been so long since I have blogged.  It's hard to balance everything with school work, but I sure do enjoy doing it when I have the time!

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy New Year!

Southern Lilly Lady

Tricks or Treats? Happy Halloween!

Hey y'all!  First off I want to apologize for not posting in what seems like forever.  Ever since school has started back I seem to have no free time!  Today however, I had a lot of free time to relax and do what I love, decorating and baking!  My roommate and I decorated our place for Halloween today which got me in the spirit to whip up some wicked treats!  I figured yall may want the recipe seeing as there is still so much time left in October for Halloween parties and fun goodie-bags! 

Candy Corn Rice Krispies

Yellow Layer

2 1/4 cup rice krispies

1 3/4 cup mini marshmallows

1 1/2 tsps butter

Yellow food coloring

8 inch circle container

First, in a microwavable bowl, put the marshmallows, butter, and food coloring together and microwave for 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between each microwave.  Once everything completely mixes and is liquified, you can stop microwaving (usually only takes one 30 second microwave for me).

Second, you add the Rice Krispies and mix everything together.

Moving quickly, you must take the mixture, and put it in the container making the outer ring.  It is best to just use your hands, but be sure to rub butter on your hands first, or you are in for a sticky mess.  (THE BUTTERED HANDS ARE KEY TO THIS WORKING!!!)

You must repeat the same steps for the next two colors, but use the correct measurements, as the rings do get smaller!

Orange Layer

1 1/4 cups rice krispies

2 1/4 cups mini marshmallows

1 tbsp butter

Orange food coloring (red and yellow mixed make orange)

White Layer

1 cup rice krispies

1 1/2 cup mini marshmallows

Once you have completed all the layers, let it sit for an hour or two, or even over night, before cutting.  I have also put mine in the fridge before for about 15 minutes and then cut it!  This 8 inch ring with make 8 Candy Corn Rice Krispy Treats!

Pumpkin Rice Krispy Treats

Here is the recipe for these flat Pumpkin Rice Krispy Treats!  I have also made round ball shaped Pumpkin Rice Krispy treats before, but I needed a lot, so I chose to make them this way this time so that I could have more!

In a microwave safe bowl combine:

5  table spoons of butter

1 and a half 10 oz. bags of mini marshmallows

Orange food coloring

Microwave for a minute at a time stirring in between each time you microwave.  Once the mixture is liquified, you can stop microwaving and mix in the Rice Krispies!

 8 cups of Rice Krispies mixed into the orange, butter, marshmallow mixture.

Once completely mixed, take two spoons and spoon out a clump onto parchment paper ( I didn't have any so I just used a pan and sprayed it with Pam).

I then put the Orange blobs in the fridge for 10 minutes so that they stiffen and I can shape them more like pumpkins.

Next, it is time to make the pumpkin stems!  Occasionally I will use a tootsie roll, and use my fingers to twist it and form it into a stem, but this time I made green Rice Krispy stems.

1 cup of mini marshmallows

1 table spoon of butter

green food coloring

Put these ingredients in a microwave safe bowl, and microwave for 30 seconds and stir just like you did for the body of the pumpkin.

Once they are ready, combine 3/4th of a cup of rice krispies and mix it all together.

I then butter my finger tips and take a pinch of green rice kris pies and form a little stem.

The last step is decorating your pumpkins!  I used black glitter gel icing this time around, but in the past I have melted chocolate and put it in a baggy, cut the corner (making a tip), and decorated them with chocolate!

Another fun decorating tip is using green icing to draw leaves around the stem!

 

Candy Corn and Pumpkins on Lilly plates!                       

These adorable Halloween pot holders that I found at the Dollar Store for $1 helped me bake tonight!

These adorable Halloween pot holders that I found at the Dollar Store for $1 helped me bake tonight!

Happy Halloween!

xoxo,
Southern Lilly Lady



P.S.  This is my absolute favorite time of the year so I hope yall enjoy!  If you make these, post a picture, i'd love to see how they turn out!

Giveaways

Hey y'all!  As all my instagram followers know, there is almost always a fun giveaway going on on my instagram account!  All the giveaways that I host for my followers to enter in are from companies, etsy shops, and boutiques that I myself would recommend for anyone and that I trust in for having good quality products and outstanding customer service!  I will never host a giveaway if I myself do not or will not shop at the store, etsy shop, or boutique because I would never encourage y'all to waste your money and I would never advertise for something that I do not feel is great quality and I would hate for y'all to have to deal with awful customer service (customer service is number one on my list of reasons for why I do or do not shop somewhere)!  So trust me, when I tell y'all to check out a place, you totally should!  All the things I offer giveaways for are things that I, myself, use all the time and love!  These are awesome companies, upcoming entrepreneurs, and people who truly care about their customers, the quality of their products, and they love what they do!

To enter my giveaways:
You must always repost the picture I have created for the giveaway, tag me (@southernlillylady) and tag whoever is providing the items for the giveaway, as well as hashtag #SLLGiveaway.  Sometimes there are a few other steps to follow depending on what the provider would like, but these are the general steps to entering my giveaways!  I then select a winner at random and before posting the winner, I do check to make sure all the requirements were met so that it is fair for everyone who entered and followed the rules correctly.

For all of y'all that do enter my giveaways and for all of y'all that post the items you have won in my giveaways, THANKS A TON for helping spread the word about the awesome companies and about my giveaways.  All of y'all are the best of the best followers and I truly appreciate all the feedback and support y'all provide!

Here are a few giveaways that I have done in the past and a few that are still going on right now:

This giveaway is for the etsy shop PolkaDotsNWhatnots and their instagram is @Polkadotsnwhatnots! This giveaway is still currently going on, and will end tonight at midnight!  However, until the end of the week you can get 10% off the etsy shop with coupon code TENOFF until the end of the week!  I definitely would check this shop out for the cutest preppy and monogrammed items that are to die for!

This giveaway is for a canvas painted by the talented @diptytheartist!  It is still going on until Sunday evening, but when a winner is selected, they will get their monogram put in the center of this canvas inspired by Lilly Pulitzer's print Lets Cha Cha!

 

These three beautiful canvasses were painted by the talented Savannah Bain!  You can check out her etsy printsfromaprep to see all her wonderful pieces and also check out her instagram @SavannahBain!  She has also started painting coolers and they are adorable!  Definitely worth taking a look at!

Every girl loves monogram!  This was such a fun giveaway with @cardcr8r!  You can check out more of her awesome prints and products at her facebook page www.facebook.com/gctcp!  Pictured above are monogrammed cards and envelopes, a matching monogrammed pen, and a matching monogrammed key fob!  Perfect for you ladies who still need to send out graduation thank you cards :)

Look at this giveaway!  Lilly Pulitzer clutches!  Everyone loves a clutch to match their Lilly!  These were made by @preppypinkshop and her etsy is PreppyPinkShop!  Not only does she have clutches but she also make skirts out of Lilly Pulitzer fabric that are absolutely darling!  Definitely an awesome shop inspired by the best, Lilly Pulitzer!!

I don't even know where to begin when it comes to this giveaway and this awesome company Over Under Clothing.  This company has trusted me to not only do one giveaway, but 4 awesome Summer giveaways for them!  On the first of each of the summer months (May, June, July, and August) I have started a giveaway for this company that consists of a Beach N Boat tote, 6 koozies, and 2 stickers!  The Koozies are very girly and say "A gentleman would never steal a ladies koozie now would he..."  What I love about this company is that everything is made 100% in the USA, a portion of each sale goes to preserving Wetlands in North America, and a portion of each sale also goes to Lab Rescues in the Southeast (and I am a huge animal lover!!!), but above all of these things, their customer service is out of this world!  They truly care about their customers and strive to make sure they are happy and pleased with their products.  Ladies, i've learned quickly from experience, something from Over Under Clothing is the perfect gift for your boyfriend or hubby!  Plus, how awesome is it to know that by purchasing something from them, you are able to make a difference and help out so many things! 

Be on the look for the final giveaway on August 1st!

This monogrammed tote giveaway is from @TheSimpleBelle and her website is The Simple Belle. This is another company that makes me proud to support and spread the word about!  This boutique was opened because of the owners love for fashion and what she does but also because of her passion for Autism.  A portion of her profits go to the organization Autism Speaks.  Again, this is a company that when you purchase something from them, you are able to help out and do so much more!  This giveaway ends tomorrow evening, so y'all can still enter this giveaway as well :)

I just wanted to give y'all some information about my giveaways and the reasons why I do giveaways for the companies, etsy shops, and boutiques that I am so happy to help spread the word and advertise for.  I also just wanted to be able to tell everyone a little more than I can on Instagram about how special these giveaways and people behind the giveaways are!  I'm sure everyone can agree that once you've experienced bad customer service, you truly appreciate and return to places simply because they have customer service that makes you feel appreciated for shopping with them.

If any companies, boutiques, or etsy shops would like to do a giveaway with me, Southern Lilly Lady, just send me a quick email at SouthernLillyLady@yahoo.com and we can figure something out that works best for you!

XOXO,

Southern Lilly Lady

Packing necessities for the beach!

Hey y'all, i'm headed to my beach house this week for the 4th and couldn't be more excited!  I'm so ready to smell the salty air and soak up some rays!  But first i've got to pack, so I thought I would show y'all a few of my necessities when packing for the beach!  (I always over pack, so this is only about a third of all the things I actually brought!)

I always pack the things I easily forget first!

• Lilly Pulitzer cooler tote in You Gotta Regatta
• Lilly Pulitzer beach tote in Blue Sailors Valentine
• Lilly Pulitzer beach towel
• Lilly Pulitzer rubber pool sandals
• Lilly Pulitzer Sunglass Straps
• Koozies
• Monogrammed seersucker koozie
• Over Under Clothing girly koozies that say "A gentleman would never steal a ladies koozie now would he"

Some other things I brought include my monogrammed Camel Bak, Lilly Pulitzer tumbler, Lilly Pulitzer floppy beach hat, Lilly Pulitzer You Gotta Regatta beach bag (one bag is ready for the beach and one for the boat), and of course my Lilly Pulitzer speaker so I can listen to some tunes!

After i've packed all of my accessories I need for the water, I pack my bathing suits!  Of course I pack my bathing suits before my clothes because lets be real, bathing suits are more important than clothes when you're going to the beach!

I've got tons on bathing suits, but here are a few I picked out to bring!

• Juicy Couture blue and white seersucker bikini
• 3 Lilly Pulitzer bandeaus with surfs up bottoms
• Coral (my favorite color) bathing suit top from Target with fringe

Now that I've packed all that I really need, I guess i'll throw in some clothes, starting with my cover up!  I am obsessed with this Lilly Pulitzer Hotty Pink Floral Punch print and this cover up.  It is a very light weight tunic cover up.  This is an older print, and I have the surfs up bottoms in it, but I am still on the hunt for the bandeau top and determined i'll get it one day!

Next I pack my tops.  I know y'all know I brought more than this, but here are a few!  I always love packing my Hotty Pink and Lagoon green Lilly Pulitzer Cleo tops because they match all of my shorts!  Call me crazy, but after a long day in the sun I love to put on a comfy long sleeve shirt.  My clam shell and starfish long sleeve Lilly tops are perfect for this because they are oversized and comfy and of course cute at the same time!  I'm also one who is obsessed with wearing white at the beach so I brought my white Elsa top!

Next I pack my shorts and comfy tees.  I'm sure y'all could have guessed that I would be packing a few pair of callahans and then I also brought my white walsh shorts and my seersucker seahorse Vineyard Vines skirt!

My comfy tees, tanks, and monogrammed nike shorts are my go to's once I get out of the shower after a long day on the water.  I've become a t-shirt junkie, mainly because my boyfriend gets me a t-shirt whenever he orders from his favorite brands, but here are a few that I selected:

• Coral Southern Shirt Co tee
• Teal blue Brewer's Lantern tee
• Navy blue Over Under Clothing tee

Of course, I can NEVER go to the beach without dresses!  Here are a few of the nautical dresses I selected!  But as i'm sure y'all already know, I ca't go anywhere without my Cassie and Sommerset dresses, so this is only about a 5th of the dresses I brought!  As I always say when packing for the beach, I never know what tomorrow's sunset will look like so I better be prepared for it than wish I had the perfect dress to match it!

Finally, time to jazz everything up!  I can't go anywhere without my pearls, monogram, and Michael Kors watch, but of course I have to bring the nautical jewelry to the beach!  I've got my sand dollar cuff, anchor bangle, starfish necklace with matching earrings, and of course my omega with my fish charm!

As I said before, I ALWAYS over pack, but I am always safe and never sorry! (until I have to go back to reality and unpack it all!!)  So here are a few of the things that I packed and are always necessities!

XOXO,

Southern Lilly Lady

First Post!

Hi Lilly Ladies!
I've decided to start a blog, but please bare with me, I'm new at this!  I only have one reason for wanting to start this blog:  because of my awesome instagram family!  I love communicating with y'all, sharing our interests and preppy secrets, and just seeing what yall are up to!  Okay.. there may be one other reason I am starting the blog.. I love to talk!  I love instagram, but I always feel like have so much more I want to say and share with you guys!

When I say i've started this blog because of my instagram family, I mean it.  Although I haven't met any of y'all in person, there are many of you that I consider to be my friends, and I hope you feel the same!  I see many of my dedicated follower's instagram names all the time through likes and comments and even sweet emails I have received.  When many of the names show up, I feel like I have known y'all for years, as I am able to recall who y'all are!  Through this it is evident to me that I have one of the strongest instagram families and love each and every one of you Lilly Ladies!  I hope to see y'all on here and I hope you enjoy the blog!  Since i'm new to this, I would love any advice, tips, and your input on the blog!

Let me know what you think and have a lovely, Lilly, day!

xoxo,
Southern Lilly Lady