Butterflies and Freebies

So here's the deal. I told myself wasn't going to do another Nelly blog until March. And I searched and searched for another brand. But she wears Nelly 4-5 days out of the week, the quality is amazing, it's made in the USA, and it's her favorite....so here we are. Another amazing Nelly Madison release blog. 💖

Butterfly Breeze is a Spring collection Nelly Madison released. It's gorgeous. The colors are the epitome of Spring! Pinks, peach, mint, soft white....so gorgeous that I released a coordinating Bestie Bow bundle before the collection launched (sneaky sneaky!).

It consists of 2 Josie tunics (a third coming later), 1 Josephine dress, two pairs of Dollies, and one pair of Bloomies. The previously released Light Pink and Turquoise Gretta and Polly's also were a perfect match and were re-released along with the collection.  So here it is, in all it's glory. 😍

Nelly Madison Clothing Co Butterfly Breeze collection
Spring Dream Bestie Bow Bundle & Soft White Ivy socks, Merce & Me Necessities
Cardigans from Primary.com
Converse Chucks
Livie and Luca shoes
©Merce & Me, LLC 2018

Aren't the colors amazing?! So perfect for Spring!  Let's look at them piece by piece:

Merce & Me Necessities Mint to Be 5" Bestie Bow
Old Navy tutu dress
Nelly Madison Minty Breeze Josie Tunic
Nelly Madison Pink Polly Pants
Mint colored Converse
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Merce is wearing the Minty Breeze Josie Tunic in a size 6. her layering dress is a tutu dress from Old Navy in a size 5T (that's as large as they go), and her Pink Polly Pants are a 6 as well. (In fact, every Nelly piece she is wearing, is a size 6!) They all coordinate perfectly for a fun look, perfect for outdoor Easter Egg hunts, and all Spring long! And to top it off, the Mint to Be 5" Bestie Bow perfectly coordinates.

Nelly Madison Magnolia Morning Josephine Dress
Converse
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The Josephine style dress is Merce's favorite style. She loves the super twirly tiered skirt and knit bodice! It's so easy for her to wear to school, even on PE days!

Nelly Madison Magnolia Morning Josephine Dress
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The close up of these fabrics is amazing. I just had to share it.

Two pieces down, five to go! This next one is the Peaches & Dreams Josie Tunic.

Merce & Me Necessities Mint to Be 5" Bestie Bow
Nelly Madison Peaches & Dreams Josie Tunic
Nelly Madison Baby's Breath Dollies
Joyfolie Gladiators
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Ok, ok. You can't see the front of the tunic, but you can in the main picture. ;) I love this picture. She felt so beautiful and free in this that it radiated from her. I think this is my favorite Tunic from this collection. Maybe. Or it could be the mint. Just don't make me choose.

The last tunic, that will be loading later this spring, is currently unnamed. And it's a beaut as well. 

Nelly Madison Unnamed Tunic
Nelly Madison Lollipop Dollies
Merce & Me Necessities Soft White Ivy socks
Converse
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There's so many different ways you can style these Josie tunics! With bloomies, dollies, icings, button leggings, shorties, capris, jeans, skinnies, etc etc etc. The options are pretty much endless.  Here's another view layered for those days that aren't as warm....

Nelly Madison unnamed Josie tunic & Turquoise Gretta and Polly's
Sweethoney Shoes
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The one piece we haven't seen yet, are the Birdie Bloomies. So here they are with the Minty Breeze Josie Tunic, a peach MMN Bestie Bow, White Hazel socks from MMN as well, Pipperdoodles bow shoes, and a M2M necklace from Calista & Co.

Merce & Me Necessities Peachy Keen Bestie Bow and Hazel Socks
Nelly Madison Minty Breeze Josie Tunic & Birdie Bloomies
Necklace from Calista & Co
Pipperdoodles Shoes
©Merce & Me, LLC 2018

I just love this collection! And the best part is that it's still available on the site in most sizes and pieces! Well that's not really the best part.....THIS IS! Nelly Madison is offering FREE SHIPPING for the next day or so! Use code: AMERICA to save on shipping, AND if you spend $50 or more, they will send you a code good for $10 credit at Merce & Me Necessities! Happy President's Day! Now is the time to stock up for Spring! Grab all the bloomies and dollies, and tunics and dresses! This type of event doesn't happen too often at Nelly Madison Clothing Co, so grab it while you can. 💕

Merce & Jane + Jo

We were added to a new group recently--not new to the world, just new to us.  The first thing I saw on the page was the Moody Blooms dress, and I thought "ohhh Merce will love that!" It's purple. She loves purple in a "purplicious" sort of way. I scanned through the page, looking at the interaction and it all seemed so positive and friendly so I went to the website and made the purple dress ours. So what do we do? We break it out of the closet and have a mini photo shoot before school! Indoors, in terrible lighting, so forgive us for that.

Merce & Me Necessities Crimson Bestie Bow
Jane + Jo Moody Blooms Nora Dress
Merce & Me Necessities Dark Red Ivy socks
Livie & Luca Calliope boots
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 The dress is a nice heavy knit, with bright fun colors, and her favorite part....POCKETS! She's wearing a size 6 with plenty of room to grow in the width. The arms are a little short, but she has very long limbs so that's not unusual. And did I mention it has pockets?!

Merce & Me Necessities Crimson Bestie Bow
Jane + Jo Moody Blooms Nora Dress
Merce & Me Necessities Dark Red Ivy socks
Livie & Luca Calliope boots
©merce&me 2018

We already had our Dark Red Ivy socks and crimson Bestie Bow from from Merce & Me Necessities, which were perfect matches! She wanted purple Ivy socks, but there is such a thing as too much purple. Merce didn't agree, but she liked the red with it thankfully. We love these boots. They seem to run small, so these are a 2 and she doesn't have much growing room at all.

Jane + Jo Moody Blooms Nora Dress
Merce & Me Necessities Dark Red Ivy socks
Livie & Luca Calliope boots
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Another pocket shot, because I have about 100 pictures of her inspecting the pockets, so why not use two?

Merce & Me Necessities Crimson Bestie Bow
Jane + Jo Moody Blooms Nora Dress
Merce & Me Necessities Dark Red Ivy socks
Livie & Luca Calliope boots
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There's non-functional buttons down the front of the dress which add a nice touch. She was thankful they aren't 'real' buttons. 

Jane + Jo Moody Blooms dress
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And we can't have a Merce shoot without some twirling right? She wore Hunter Green bloomies from Nelly Madison Clothing Co under the dress because it has a massive twirl factor and.....well, she's 7. She's just not quite a lady yet. ;) 

Merce & Me Necessities Crimson Bestie Bow
Jane + Jo Moody Blooms Nora Dress
Nelly Madison Clothing Co bloomies
Merce & Me Necessities Dark Red Ivy socks
Livie & Luca Calliope boots
©merce&me 2018

To sum it all up, Merce loves her Moody Blooms Nora dress from Jane + Jo! Shipping time was quick, price was only $38, and the Facebook page (you can find it HERE) seemed warm and inviting. Their next load isn't until late March which makes us sad, but amazingly there's a couple sizes on the website still in Moody Blooms, and a beautiful short sleeve dress!  We will definitely be watching for their next drop.