T-Bags Los Angeles ‘Tulum’ Dress (on sale now!) // Ray-Ban Blue Aviators // Nordstrom Tassel Bracelets (old) // Turquoise Earrings (similar here)

Happy New Year! I hope you are having a great start to 2016. We’re still cruising in the Caribbean – back in The Bahamas today. This look is from last week here at Half Moon Cay. The water here is so stunning and the white sandy beach really makes it feel like paradise. This island is owned by Carnival so only their cruise lines come here – making it a quiet and relaxing escape. If you ever book a cruise in the Caribbean and stop here, plan for a day of ultimate relaxation. I spent the day in my bikini and cover up. I am absolutely obsessed with the colorful pom pom details and this dress/coverup is on sale now!

I’m still working on writing out my New Year’s resolutions, but one of them is to travel abroad more. This month of traveling the Caribbean is checking a lot of the beach destinations off of my bucket list. Phil and I recently went back through our 2015 New Year’s resolutions – which I was a bit nervous to do since my list was long last year. I was most excited to see I achieved one of my business goals of reaching 20K followers on Instagram and I have to thank all of you for your support this past year in helping me achieve my goal. It means so much to me. When I wrote 20K down, I think I had maybe 2K followers at the time and it seemed like such a big number. While I’m excited to see I hit my goal, I’ve most enjoyed getting to know so many of you. I never would have thought I’d be able to connect with people across the country and across the globe sharing a common interest in fashion, family and faith. Let’s keep inspiring each other this year!

xo, Maria

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