{"id":6527,"date":"2018-04-11T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/?p=6527"},"modified":"2026-05-03T15:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T19:59:35","slug":"family-jewelry-that-expresses-family-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/family-jewelry-that-expresses-family-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Jewelry that expresses Family Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Dune Jewelry is a chaotic (and fun) family affair in the Christensen household. During the first two months of the year, I travel to Atlanta, NYC and Orlando Trade Shows and Eric is left to juggle our two girls Lyla (4) and Alexa (6). It&#8217;s super hectic during these months, so as soon as March rolls around I like to book us all a relaxing family vacation so that we can reconnect and spend enough time together so that by the time we&#8217;re home, we&#8217;re sick of each other!<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Honestly, by week six Eric has earned every guilty pleasure on his list \u2014 late-night sports replays, the convenience-store snacks I pretend not to see in the recycling, even the occasional <a href=\"http:\/\/m-k.cz\/\">casino online<\/a> session he swears is just to &#8220;unwind.&#8221; We both know what we&#8217;re signing up for when February hits, and we both know a Caribbean beach is the reset button waiting at the end of it.<\/p>\n<h2>Family Beach Vacations<\/h2>\n<p>Over the years we\u2019ve been to St. Thomas, St. John, Punta Cana and most recently Orlando, Naples, and Ft. Myers.\u00a0 This trip was a bit different because I had also booked three Trunk Show appearances throughout the two weeks we were away.\u00a0 It\u2019s fulfilling to watch my girls grow and see them start to understand what I do for work.\u00a0 I\u2019m always wearing my favorite Dune pieces which are sentimental for me but usually, I\u2019m also wearing some kind of prototype to assess for durability and \u201cfeel\u201d.\u00a0 Alexa now asks if she can \u201ctest\u201d new pieces as she sees fresh designs come home with me which makes my heart happy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6542\" src=\"https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/hollyfam.jpg\" alt=\"family jewelry\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/hollyfam.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/hollyfam-300x338.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/hollyfam-768x865.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/hollyfam-1100x1239.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/hollyfam-530x597.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Me and My Girls\u2026Oh, and Eric too!<\/h2>\n<p>As my daughters grow up I\u2019m realizing that Lyla wants to be just like Eric (uh-oh) and Alexa wants to be just like me (yes!!) and that is a tremendous accomplishment for me because I didn\u2019t have parental role models when I was growing up.\u00a0 It\u2019s rewarding when Alexa works with me on vacation to stage social media photos and fun family pics.\u00a0 She\u2019s genuinely starting to have a great eye for detail and she\u2019s very opinionated on which designs she likes and dislikes.\u00a0 It\u2019s like having a little boss at home with me at all times!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6540\" src=\"https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Holly-57-web.jpg\" alt=\"Family Jewelry\" width=\"1200\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Holly-57-web.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Holly-57-web-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Holly-57-web-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Holly-57-web-1100x851.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Holly-57-web-530x410.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6548\" src=\"https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Holly-78-web.jpg\" alt=\"family jewelry sand jewel necklace round\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Holly-78-web.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Holly-78-web-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Holly-78-web-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Holly-78-web-1100x1650.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Holly-78-web-530x795.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Family Jewelry for my Daughters<\/h2>\n<p>We had an impromptu photo shoot when we were in Naples at Delnor-Wiggins beach. The girls both wore their current favorite pieces.\u00a0 Alexa wore a delicate <a href=\"https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/jewelry\/necklaces\/sand-jewel-necklace-round\">round Sand Jewel necklace<\/a> filled with lapis along with Traveling Heart stud earrings. Lyla wore the <a href=\"https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/jewelry\/necklaces\/traveling-heart-necklace\">Traveling Heart Necklace<\/a> filled with sand from our St. John vacation. That was a huge moment for us because Lyla normally tells me that she doesn\u2019t like \u201cpretty\u201d things, only \u201ccool\u201d things, so essentially, I finally registered on the \u201ccool\u201d scale for the first time ever \u2013 score!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6537\" src=\"https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4-blog-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Family Jewelry\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4-blog-copy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4-blog-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4-blog-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4-blog-copy-1100x1100.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4-blog-copy-530x530.jpg 530w, https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4-blog-copy-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As different as my girls are, I know they both appreciate and enjoy the time we get to spend together. I\u2019m already looking forward to our next getaway which will be this Summer at Sandy Pines campground in Kennebunk, Maine.\u00a0 Stay tuned for my glamping stories!<\/p>\n<p>With love and sandy hands,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6301\" src=\"https:\/\/dunejewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/HollyDanielsChristensen_Signature.png\" alt=\"Holly Daniels Christensen\" width=\"200\" height=\"84\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Holly Daniels Christensen<br \/>\nFounder, Travel Lover, Sand Connoisseur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[269],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Family Jewelry That Expresses Family Love | Blog | Dune Jewelry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dune Jewelry is a chaotic (and fun) family affair in the Christensen household.\u00a0As different as my girls are, I know they both appreciate and enjoy the time we get to spend together. 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