Summer 2025 Permission to Pause Collection

Summer 2025 themed flat lay of various beach and summer-related items, including a tote bag, towel, book, shell with rings, scented candle, skincare, tea bags, and small accessories, arranged on a white surface with a red scalloped border.

  • Hand-harvested sea salt in hand-embroidered bags from Mexico

  • 24 oz Boat Tote from CB Station

  • Luxury Turkish Towel

  • Gift from the Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  • Bath Salts from L’Avande Farm

  • Green Tea Eye Bags from Baudelaire

  • Vacation Sunscreen

  • Retro Postcards (stamped!) from Ginger P Designs

  • Notebook from Fin Studios

  • Hand-glazed Oyster Shell Salt Cellar from Ten Twentysix Designs

  • Leather Basketweave frame with quote card from BeyBerk Designs

  • Acrylic Scalloped Bowl (no monogram)

  • Sand Candle from Candela

Summer Reading Lists

We do a lot of reading around here, so this wasn’t easy. But, know that these all seem to fit summer, and we divided them into sort-of categories.

Of course, we always love purchasing from a local bookstore, but here they are connected to Amazon, as that is the easiest way for you to see what each is about, and you may be into Kindle, etc. Happy reading!

Easy, Breezy, Perfect for Summer

Collection of eight book covers with summer themes, featuring titles such as "Great Big Beautiful Life" by Emily Henry, "Beach House Rules" by Kristy Woodson Harvey, "On Gin Lane" by Brooke Lea Foster, "That Summer" by Jennifer Weiner, "Bad Summer People" by Emma Rosenblum, "Wives Like Us" by Plum Sykes, and "Very Very Lucky" by Amanda Prowse.

Great, Big, Beautiful Life, Emily Henry

Beach House Rules, Kristy Woodson Harvey

On Gin Lane, Brooke Lea Foster

That Summer, Jennifer Wiener

Bad Summer People, Emma Rosenblum

Wives Like Us, Plum Sykes

Very, Very Lucky, Amanda Prowse

Fiction-ish but a Little More . . . .More

five book covers arranged in a grid. The top row has three books. The first is 'An Unfinished Story' by Boo Walker, showing a beach scene with a cloudy sky. The second is 'The Book Club for Troublesome Women' by Marie Bostwick, with a woman sitting on a yellow patterned sofa. The third is 'Willa's Grove' by Laura Murson, with a white cover and green leaves. The bottom row has two books. The first is 'The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post' by Allison Pataki, showing a woman with a blue dress. The second is 'The Blue Book' by Elin Hilderbrand, featuring a lighthouse illustration on a blue background.

  Reflective, Life, Light-Business  

Five books displayed, including 'Aesthetic Intelligence' by Pauline Brown, 'Present Over Perfect' by Shauna Niequist, 'A Year by the Sea' by Joan Anderson, 'Gift from the Sea' by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and 'The Noticer' by Andy Andrews.

Aesthetic Intelligence, Pauline Brown

Present Over Perfect, Shauna Niequist

A Year by the Sea, Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman, Joan Anderson

Gift from the Sea, Anne Morrow Lindbergh

The Noticer, Andy Andrews

Summer Playlists

A vintage car dashboard with a manual gear shift lever and a black gear knob and type that says Road Trip 2025 Playlist by Kimberly Sundt..
Cover of a summer playlist book with a woman wearing sunglasses and a sunhat, smiling at the beach.