Countdown

TGIF! I am so happy that the weekend is here, this week has been a hectic one for me! Anyone with me? Anyways, I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend and I hope to see and hear from all of you on Monday, when the new TBB debuts!

Friday Favorites:

• Sarah Jessica Parker only works out for 22 minutes a day and dreams about food? via E!
• A little reminder to be positive via  J.A.
• Olivia Palermo chose the print of the summer via ELLE
• Bonus! Olivia's chosen print is under $100 at Zara via Zara 
• Another Bonus! The Zara sale starts today! 
• My favorite blogger outfit of the week goes to Kat via With Love From Kat
• My stripe addiction has begun again via Stripes 

image via The Fashion Philosophy 

Closing In

Whew! This week flew by, don't ya think? I didn't make it to the beach as much as I would have liked, but hopefully next week I'll be able to go! Since I've been at the beach all summer and will be for the remainder of it, I thought I'd show all of you around! 30-A is one of my favorite spots so all throughout the coming weeks I'll be showcasing some of my favorite spots along here!

Friday Favorites:

• 10 New Ways To Use An Avocado via Self
• Head over heels about this look via Tibi
• Jessica Alba really loves her military jacket via Who What Wear
• Kerry Washington Resurfaced! via People
• A summer (tie-dye) dress via Madewell
• Texas Style, Home Edition via Domaine 
• 7 Celebrities That Only Fashion People Love via Refinery 29

Also, Saks is having a huge sale - see my picks below!

• Gypsy 05 Coral Tie-Dye Top $44
• Splendid Striped Tee $50
• Joie Pink Silk Blouse $57 
• 4.Collective Colorblock Dress $114
• Haute Hippie Printed Blouse $118 
• DVF Tweed Dress $159

Almost

To be perfectly honest I have no idea when TBB is debuting! It's currently a guessing game! So, here's a long list of Friday Favorites to make up for yesterday's missed post... sorry about that!

Friday Favorites:

• Lemon Artichoke and Asparagus Pasta via Creme de la Crumb 
• How Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen Became Fashion Icons For A Generation via Vogue
• A Guide To Crying: How To Ration Your Tissues During "The Fault In Our Stars" via Cosmo
• 16 Fun Facts About Target via Buzzfeed
• My New Favorite Tumblr via Tumblr
• The Tibi Lookbook is Perfection via Shopbop
• 5 Must Do Calorie Burning Workouts via Popfitness
• Shop Your Favorite TV Looks via WornOnTV
• Was Buying "Beats" Good For Apple? via Billboard
• Jack White vs. The Black Keys, Adele, and more via USA Today  

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Blue Bike

This weeks FF photo immediately caught my eye because my mom and I have recently picked up biking. She got a fabulous bike for mothers day and the whole fam is obsessed with it - it's a precious blue beach cruiser, it even has a cute little basket. I'll try to snap a pic of it and put it on Instagram.

Also, a little news about the new TBB. I don't have a confirmed debut date, but it's in the coding process and it should be next week. Fingers crossed because I absolutely love it and cannot wait to share it with all of you!

Here's this week's round of Friday Favorites! Enjoy!

• How to create fake calligraphy via Jones Design Company
• An Ode to the Peony via Vmac + Cheese
• Artichoke and Leek Lasagna via Williams & Sonoma
• Striped Tee on sale via Shopbop
• Favorite blogger look this week via Atlantic - Pacific
• Sleeper Agent - Waves via YouTube  

Unofficial

This weekend is the unofficial start of summer! ...hip hip hooray! I'll be spending the weekend planting some flowers and just relaxing. What are you up to this weekend?

This week's round of Friday Favorites is a little different because of all the memorial day sales! Hope you like it just as much!

Friday Favorites:

• What it takes to have good taste via Lauren Santo Domingo
• How to make fresh spinach pasta via Smitten Kitchen
• Brad Pitt Dances for Bruno Mars via ABC News  
• Replacement Words via I Waste So Much Time 

FF Sales: 

• Seasonal sale at Tibi - up to 60% off
• Bloomingdales Big Brown Bag Sale 
• Up to 40% off at Nordstrom
• Select styles are 30% off at Loeffler Randall 
• Extra 20% sale items at Joie
• Shopbop just marked down a ton of items  
• 30% off sale styles at J.Crew, they just got in there June items too! 
• Up to 55% off at Saks
• Real Deal Sale at Neiman Marcus  
• Take 25% off sale items at Rebecca Taylor 
• 30% off sale items at DVF, use code summer30
• 30% off the entire site at BCBG 

Have a wonderful weekend and don't forget to follow along on Instagram - @thebluebijou
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Peony Picking

Halfway done with May?! Oh gosh, time is flying! But that means we are getting closer to the brand new TBB! I've been working with Hanna for months and cannot wait to share the new TBB with all of you!

Happiest of Friday's to all of you!

Friday Favorites:

• Cupcakes and Cashmere for Club Monaco via Club Monaco
• How to cover dark circles via Byrdie
• A striped dress I just can't resist via Shopbop
• Olivia Palermo's hair secrets via Olivia Palermo 
• My new place for inspiration via Ann Street Studio 

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Almost Done

Sorry for the lack of posts this week, but I have finals next week! Yep, you heard me right, I'm that close to being done with my first year of college. It's crazy how fast time flies. Having said that, I won't be posting too much next week either, but after that I'm all yours. There will be lots of posts this summer! 

Friday Favorites:

• The Anywhere Workout via Fitsugar
• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley got Coveteured {old, I know, but one of my favorite features}  via The Coveteur  
• Kate Moss For Harpers Bazaar via WhoWhatWear & Harpers Bazaar 
• Embroidered Dress via ASOS 
• May Arrivals {so good!} via J.Crew

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Turn Around

TGIF. This week has flown by! However, it's been jam packed and rather stressful for me, so I'm oh so happy to see the weekend. (I know I'm not the only one.) I'm so excited to say that the new TBB will debut in a month or so and I can't wait for all of you to see it! But none of you came to hear about my week so let's get to my Friday Favorites!

Also, did anyone watch Scandal last night?

Link Love:

• Strawberry Asparagus Salad via Scaling Back
• The perfect pick me up via Unraveled Design
• 5 Quick Fixes for Anything That Jiggles via Glamour  
• French Perfection via Vanessa Jackman 
• 9 Inspiring Haircuts for Every Length via Byrdie 

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In

Whew, this week has been such a drag! But hey it's Friday so lets celebrate with some of my favorites on the web! Oh and in case you didn't know tie dye is back and it's in! Also, how great is that photo? I saw it on Pinterest and it caused me to create a new board, be sure to follow it, here!

Friday Favorites:

• Tie Dye is back and it's in. I'd personally opt for a Raquel Allegra piece. via Shopbop
• 10 Foods You Should Never Eat (whoops, I love a good bagel...) via Fitness 
• Embroidery done right. via Madewell 
• Life Lessons From Iris Apfel. via The Coveteur 
• Wow, punk perfection. (note: perfect blue PS11) via Creators of Desire
• Ultimate Coachella Shopping Guide via Harpers Bazaar 

image via Madewell Catalog

Walkin' Into Spring

Now that's quite the cuff. Ripped and cuffed jeans are uber trendy right now- thoughts? I don't have too many links for all of you this week, so enjoy the weekend and see you back here on Monday!

Link Love: 

• Tame Impala - Elephant via YouTube 
• Emily's April Fool's Prank via Cupcakes & Cashmere 
• Baked Spaghetti Casserole via Jo Cooks 
• 5 Tricks To Banish Unwanted Shine via Byrdie 
• Shopbop sale is still going on! Don't miss it! via Shopbop
• Body Weight Workout via Fit Sugar 

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Later

Happy Spring Break to me! I'm finally off to the beach and I couldn't be more excited. I actually have some great links to share with all of you this week so cheers to the weekend and enjoy the links! 

• J. Crew Sale: Take 25% off your purchase with the code HEYSPRING via J.Crew
• Take 20% off all regular items with code JOIEFRIENDS via Joie   
• Tory Burch is having a private sale! via Tory Burch 
• This might be the perfect summer maxi dress. via Shopbop
• Instagram Cliches via Who What Wear
• Taylor Tomasi Hill's (gorgeous) new hobby via TTH Blooms
• Dying over these diamonds via Amanda Weiner's Instagram 
• A New Runner Workout via Popsugar
• Wanting to go to Mauritius thanks to Kat via Kat Tanita's Instagram 

Hot Aqua

That color combo is phenomenal, don't ya think?! Hot pink and that blue...swoon. This week I don't have too many links to share with all of you, but the ones I do have are great! Happy Friday and enjoy your weekend! 

• Hot pink shorts via J Brand 
• Sassy red bikini via Zimmerman 
• 73 Questions with Sarah Jessica Parker via Vogue 
• New breakfast idea via What's Gaby Cooking
• How To Dress Like A French Girl via Refinery 29 
• Kitchen Perfection via Style Me Pretty 
• Dreaming of Morocco thanks to Samantha from Could I Have That via CIHT Instagram  
• When Emily Schuman agreed with me that I should take a trip out to LA just to do her cookies and cupcakes tour. Oh and now I can go to visit my friend Amelia who just got her first job out there!! via Twitter 

image via Elle 

Lastly, a little note... I am not perfect so I must apologize if there is ever a typo or misspelling on here. 

Gray Skies

I feel like I talk (complain) about the weather every Friday, but it's just so icky! Yesterday was a high of 46 and rainy. Not exactly my cup of tea... However, this weekend is supposed to be nice, fingers crossed, and I'm super excited about it. But I'm not here to talk about the weather so here's this weeks Friday Favorites!

• Is it normal that I want to go to LA to try it's best chocolate chip cookies and cupcakes? Thanks to Emily's list I think it is. via Cupcakes & Cashmere
• Molly's trip to Paris has given me major wanderlust. Oh how I can't wait to visit Paris again... hopefully this summer since I'll be in London for a bit! via A Piece of Toast 
• THE perfect party dress. via Tibi
• Pasta is always the answer and I want to try this recipe asap. via Scaling Back  
• Two new Pinterest boards for all of you to peruse through via Pinterest
• Carrie Underwood's leg workout {YES PLEASE} via Glamour 

image via Lovely Pepa 

Short & Sweet

Happy Valentines Day everyone! I'm making this post short and sweet because I honestly don't have a lot of "friday favorites" this week. But, the ones I do have are great! 

• M&M/Chocolate Chip cookies via Averie Cooks -- made these last night and they're great!
• Braided Perfection via Kristin Ess' Instagram 
• DVF quote via DVF 
• New Workout Tank via Lulu Lemon 
• Endless Love... saw it last night and it was pretty good... 

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FF: Crazy

This week has been crazy to say the least. That's why there wasn't a "Currently Craving" yesterday. But I promise there will be a full set of posts next week! Here's this week's round of friday favorites, enjoy! Have a great weekend everyone!

• Emily Schuman's Kitchen via Cupcakes and Cashmere 
• Peter Pilotto for Target (Feb. 9) via Target 
• Net-A-Porter's new Magazine via Refinery 29 
• Steven Leopard Espadrilles via Shopbop 
• Fashion Week Looks via ELLE 
• NYFW Schedule via NY Mag
• Looks from Kate Spade via Lucky Magazine's Instagram 
• Spring goodies via J.Crew 
• Perfect Corner via Domaine Home 

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Until February

Today is the last day of January! This first month of the year flew by, especially this week. I had Tuesday - Thursday off from school and it was so great. Today's FF photo is from last years ODLR show in honor of New York Fashion Week starting next week. 

+ Jacey's new site via Damsel In Dior

+ Mara Hoffman Romper via Shopbop 

+ Paris by Magic Man via YouTube 

+ Oprah's Birthday via The Coveteur 

+ 10 of the best ski lodges for sale in the world via Domaine Home 

+ Brown Butter Parmesan Spaghetti via Kitchen Treaty

+ 10 ways to be a better version of yourself via The Golden Girl Blog 

+ Perfect spring dress via Tibi 

+ Tucker SS '14 Collection via Style (so excited for it to come out) 

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FF: Layers

This week's round of Friday Favorites is rather long... 

+ 16 Signs You're A Little (Or A Lot) Type A via Huffington Post
+ Kourtney Kardashian's house via Domaine Home
+ Carven Sleeveless Dress via Shopbop
+ SJP & Shoes via The Coveteur
+ B/W done right via Damsel In Dior
+ Bad Blood by Bastille via YouTube
+ Roasted Red Pepper and Cauliflower Soup via Closet Cooking
+ Classic yet Eclectic Home in Chicago via Style Me Pretty

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FF: Three Day Weekend

This week's round of FF is going to be short and sweet. 

+ Margot Robbie might be fashion's new "it" girl 

+ 7 habits of highly stylish people via StyleCaster

+ The new Luella & June look

+ Pink coats seem to be popping up everywhere... Favorite one is Aimee's from Song of Style. 

+ This striped skirt

+ Peter Pilotto for Target LookBook

+ And the Oscar goes to... See the nominations here. 

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Sunlight

While all of yesterday's picks for "CC" could easily be my Friday Favorites, I have a complete new list for y'all!

+ This look -- for more on crop tops head over to The Style Scribe where Merritt shows us the cream of the crop (punny, I know)

+ Monochrome perfected by Miranda Kerr 

+ These Four Agreements 

+ This room is perfect. (butterfly rug!)

+ Intrigued by this brussel sprout recipe 

+ Can't stop listening to Thunder Clatter by Wild Cub 

+ Tibi's Early Spring collection -- particularly this dress and top. Oh and a leather dress too. 

+ Blair Eadie was on The Coveteur 

+ Cheetah Is The New Black got a makeover and I love it! Congrats Alicia! 

+ Decided that Proenza Schouler's PS1 bag is basically a briefcase and when I graduate and get a job I definitely need one. Right? I had this epiphany when I saw this photo. 

+ Lastly, the sun coming out and this cold weather leaving!

Image Via: The Blonde Salad 

FF: Olivia Palermo is Engaged!

First round of FF {friday favorites} this year! 

+ Olivia Palermo got engaged! Read about it here and if you haven't seen the cute video Johannes posted on his Instagram, I suggest you do. What do you think she'll be wearing down the aisle?

+ Got this jacket for Christmas and I love it!

+ This Sea dress 

+ Wankelmut & Emma Louise; My Head Is A Jungle

+ Still in a NYC haze... See where I went here. 

+ 3.1 Phillip Lim Pashli bag in this brand new color! 

+ Blair in jeans?? She's still styled them better than most!

+ 25 New Year's Resolutions via Elite Daily

Happy Friday! 

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