The Sweetest Occasion

Whatever your plans are for celebrating this evening, I hope you have a fabulous time ringing in the new year. Our plans include champagne and dinner with good friends, a dress I’ve been waiting anxiously to take out of my closet, and brunch in pajamas around the house tomorrow morning while our best friends engage [...]

We’ll be gathering together with a group of our closest friends for a little combination belated Christmas/very merry New Year’s celebration this evening. I had been planning to litter the island in our kitchen with my collection of vintage milk glass and the many whiteware cake stands and footed compote bowls we received as wedding [...]

Apparently, I am just a sucker for gorgeous dresses and amazing photography today. Ok ok, clearly I’m a sucker for such things every day, but I’ve got to be honest – this dress has me rethinking everything. I’d get remarried in an instant (to the same husband, of course) and frolic around like the pretty [...]

I’m not usually the type to find myself in awe over bridal portraits, but there are exceptions to all rules and this bridal session is my exception. Spied yesterday on Wedding Chicks these photos are from Ava Grace Photography and they have left me awestruck. The lighting is so soft and ethereal, the bride looks [...]

One of the prettiest blogs I’ve ever had the great fortune of reading, hands down, is A Field Journal. (Go take a visit and you’ll see why instantly.) Today as I sit all bundled up fending off the arctic chill that has settled across Central New York, I just had to share these glittery handmade [...]

It has been snowing the last couple of days and there is the prettiest blanket of soft white covering the ground. My dog loves burying her face in the fresh snow when we go out for our morning walk and it never ceases to make me smile. Somehow it makes this week still feel rich [...]

Check out my guest post over at Scoute Girl today where I’m sharing a few fun New Year’s Eve entertaining ideas. Enjoy!

{Photo from thyme2dream.}

Confession time – I spent most of the holiday weekend wretchedly sick and I’m unfortunately still recovering so things are likely to be quiet around here this week. With that said, I wanted to share these pretty teal table setting and centerpiece ideas from Project Wedding. I have long loved white flowers best of all [...]

For my family the holidays are rich in tradition, a cherished moment in time when we delight in coming together for long happy hours of simply being together. For me and for mine, the holidays really are the most wonderful time of the year. My husband and I will be traveling for the rest of [...]