The Sweetest Occasion

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Ours was incredibly busy, but ultimately really productive – just what I like in a weekend. I also found some time yesterday afternoon to start thinking about ideas for a little Mother’s Day brunch this upcoming Sunday. Ours will likely be a party of just three with my [...]

Sometimes the simplest of things are the nicest, like this pretty little Easter table. Draped with a simple pink cloth with painted bunny mugs, it’s fresh and spring-like and perfect for Easter without even a hint of synthetic Easter basket grass. Plain white dishes and flatware, printed napkins and floral seat cushions are the perfect [...]

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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