The Sweetest Occasion

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was busy, but a lot of fun. I spent part of last night on the couch with my Macbook getting caught up on all of my favorite blogs and fell in love with all of the awesome DIY Valentine’s Day craft, recipe and gift [...]

Hands down one of my favorite blogs when I need some crafty inspiration is b*spoke, the blog of Emmy Lu Designs – last fall I featured the amazing fall flavors party designed and hosted by Emmy Lu’s own Bethany. Today, I’m excited because Bethany was a doll and shared some photos of one of her [...]

Ok, it’s confession time. I’ve never been big on Valentine’s Day. For all of the girly romantic in me, Valentine’s Day  has just never been an occasion I’ve gotten too excited about. Actually, it has always been more of an excuse for my mother to buy my sister and I sweet little cards and flowers [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

With everyone packing up and heading out for the holidays today, I wanted to keep it simple and share with you a few photos from one of the holiday posts on Habitually Chic that I most loved from last holiday season. I find all of the pretty silver, ivory and green details so fresh and [...]

This week has been so cold here in Upstate NY, so festive. For me it’s all about drinking lots of holiday spice tea and finding time to hit the gym often enough to offset all of the cookies I can’t seem to stop eating. As the blog world quiets down and the week starts to [...]

As a whole, I find Elizabeth Messina immensely inspiring. Every post on her blog, Kiss the Groom, is incredibly thoughtful and poetic in both words and imagery. I loved these cute gingerbread cookie ornaments she shared, the perfect little project for a warm evening at home this week before the holiday is upon us.

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Good morning, friends! This week for me is going to be all about taking a few moments to slow down, reflect on the year just passed and the one to come, and sharing with you little bits of holiday inspiration I’ve been gleefully stumbling upon in recent weeks. I thought this morning I’d share a [...]

There have been so many great winter-inspired tablescape ideas popping up lately, it’s hard to pick a favorite so I decided instead to just share all of those I’m loving at the moment. From the traditional to the unexpected, I find all of these ideas incredibly inspiring for the holidays and throughout the winter.

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