Colorful Must-Haves!

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Post sponsored by Boden

We just can’t resist party skirts in happy prints and fun colors! With graduation season, weddings and summer events upon us, we’re looking for the perfect pieces we’ll turn to again and again, and we’re so thrilled with our latest Boden finds!

We adore the color and print scale of this gingham style in cotton sateen, and we’re eyeing it in bright solids as well. It’s a perfect piece that can be dressed up or down depending on your styling…here we paired it with a versatile white jacket (worn fastened with nothing underneath), and gold strappy heels are the perfect event-ready shoe. We love it with flat sandals too (there’s a flat version of the gold heels, and we adore these woven red sandals). A pop of unexpected red is one of our go-to styling tricks for keeping things fun!

We’re sharing more of our latest Boden must-haves below, from dressy favorites to casual staples and everything in between, and you can see even more new styles at boden.com!

Photography by Jessica Amerson / Post sponsored by Boden

Current Crushes!

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We’re excited to share this week’s installment of crushes — just click or tap directly on the items above or in the gallery below for all of the details! In case you missed the big news: our ceramics collection with MacKenzie-Childs is here! These are limited edition handmade pieces so be sure to snap up your favorites before they’re gone! We’re shopping the new The House That Lars Built collaboration with Printfresh that just launched (such fun and colorful dresses!), and we’ve got lots of cute J.Crew summer styles in our cart from this week’s newest releases (don’t miss the deals on swimwear and tops!). Everything is 20% off at Serena & Lily right now (including already marked down sale items)…we’re eyeing these darling eyelet sheets, this wicker table lamp, these linen blend throw pillows and this versatile rattan side table. Happy shopping!

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Mother's Day Favorites!

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hand painted vase (just add mom’s favorite flowers!)

May is here, which means Mother’s Day is right around the corner! We’ve put together our short list of favorites to give and receive, starting with our just-launched collection of ceramics designed in collaboration with MacKenzie-Childs! These pieces are all made by hand and are the perfect addition to any collection since the blue and green color palette is so versatile. Tomorrow at noon EST is the cutoff for guaranteed Mother’s Day delivery with standard shipping, so be sure to get your orders in now!

Main image by Jessica Amerson

Chic Warm Weather Essentials Under $100!

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We can’t resist a great deal, and we’ve found the perfect go-tos for under $100 that we’ll be wearing all spring and summer! This neutral knit dress and linen blazer are super versatile wardrobe MVPs that you won’t want to miss out on, and we’ve got this woven raffia bag in our cart right now. White separates are our favorite staple this time of year, and this tank and these jeans are already in heavy rotation!

We’re sharing more of our warm weather steals below, including blue striped must-haves and the silver accessories we’re crushing on!

Photos by Jessica Amerson

Our New P+P x MacKenzie-Childs Collection!

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We are so thrilled to share our new colorful, pattern-happy collection with MacKenzie-Childs! It has been such a fun process to bring these pieces to life, including a visit to the amazing MacKenzie-Childs HQ in Aurora, New York, where the brand’s beautiful ceramic creations are produced by a talented team of artisans creating every detail by hand. The craftsmanship of the pieces is heirloom quality, and the handmade process means that no two pieces are exactly alike. We especially love seeing the variation in the brushstrokes from their meticulous hand-painting techniques!

Our goal was to create a capsule collection of serving and entertaining pieces that are full of color and pattern that will sit beautifully with your existing favorites. We’re such fans of an eclectic, collected tabletop, and we love how these new styles look with our go-to MacKenzie-Childs Royal Check pieces as well as our treasured collection of vintage finds.

The green and blue color palette of the collection is super versatile…we especially love it mixed with pops of red and yellow! The blue stain is a new shade that was developed specifically to coordinate with Royal Check styles, and we’re smitten with the two different shades of green that are used throughout our collection!

We’re such fans of ceramic pieces that can do double duty, and we adore that styles from the collection like the ruffled berry bowl and the saucer plate are perfect as catchalls for jewelry and trinkets, soap dishes or anything else you can dream of! The sugar bowl can also be used for honey, jams, jellies and dips, and the serving platter and pedestal cake stand are entertaining essentials that you’ll turn to for both everyday use and festive celebrations. We adore using the cake stand for a pretty tiered cake, but we’ve also been putting it to use as a fun way to present pastries and appetizers.

The full collection is available to shop now on the MacKenzie-Childs website…don’t sleep on snapping up your favorites since this is a limited edition release! We hope you love these special handmade pieces as much as we do and we can’t wait to see you style your picks from the collection in your home – be sure to tag @pencilandpaperco + @mackenziechilds so we can share your photos!

Photography by Jessica Amerson