Earlier this month my
Junior League chapter had its annual spring fundraiser, Spring Spirits. It was a huge success! We had a fun crowd (including Katie Couric), great food (we roasted marshmallows for s'mores for dessert), and a ton of fantastic silent auction items.
I asked a few of my favorite brands if they'd be willing to donate items to our silent auction, and much to my delight many of them said yes. I wanted to thank and list the companies here so they could get a shout-out for there generous, charity-minded ways.
Check out the sweet donations...
The wine was from
Morrell's, my go-to guys for wine and spirits:
Cheers to
Morrell Wine!
Tunix gave us two of these pretty
'Peonies on Fifth' tunics. Love that graphic print:
Milly gave us this chic belted trench. The white piping is fabulous:
Bhati Beads gave us this
vintage teardrop necklace. A fun statement piece:
A
Salmon Cove men's buttondown and a
Wm. J Mills canvas duffel bag - both classics:
Salmon Cove also donated some of their
perfectly fitting women's polos, a staple in my summer wardrobe. They didn't want blog readers to miss out on the fun, so they're offering 25% off all orders through June 21st. Use coupon code 'MCM' at checkout on
their site.
Wm. J. Mills gave us bags galore - I didn't photograph all of them, but they were oohh'd and aahhh'd over and started many a bidding war that night. This was my favorite of their lot, a Steamer Bag in bright orange and blue.
Alas, I was outbid on that bag, but I hear they're carrying them at
Jeffrey New York now.
Tucker Blair donated this snappy
fly-fishing needlepoint belt:
Napoleon Perdis donated a ton of skincare products and makeup. I use/love their lip gloss:
Japonesque gave us these tools of the trade:
Victorinox donated this
package of travel accessories. The packing sleeves looked particularly nice/useful to this frequent flier:
Stephen Knoll salon gave us products galore and a cut/style/color with Stephen Knoll himself. A mini-makeover package:
I was the winning bidder on this one and I'm quite excited about it. I'm going to let my hair grow out a bit and then I'll visit
SK. I can't wait to see what he does with my locks.
A
'Ladies Day Away' package at
Aetheria Spa. It was right before Mother's Day, so the aromatherapy, massage, and facial combo was a hot ticket that night:
A stay at
City Club Hotel in midtown, a European-style boutique property in the heart of it all:
A platinum pair of
Sperry Top-Sider's authentic originals:
This color is a limited edition in honor of
Sperry's 75th anniversary. I think they're a cheeky and fun take on a classic.
Here are a couple of snaps of the auction set-up before the party rush:
Again, thank you to all the generous companies that donated to our event. We had one killer silent auction thanks to you guys!
I gave Monty a nice piece of smoked salmon for being so well-behaved while we shot that photo.
I gave Monty a nice piece of smoked salmon for being so well-behaved while we shot that photo.
