I have had this post saved in my drafts forever! What I envisioned for this post was to share my taste in decoration, and to show off some of our current accents around our home. But I am realizing that making a home doesn’t just happen. It takes years and time - acquiring pieces, creating stories around them, and finding the pieces that tell a story. Sometimes these pieces are heirlooms, or they are investments. So this wasn’t the kind of post I could rush.
Read MoreIt is June, it is June! Yipee! I promised myself that this month, I would be ultra-present and conscious of my intentions. It is already HALFWAY through the year. How? HOW!? I wanted to mark the beginning of the month, and half-way point of 2019, by doing another currently post. I haven’t done one of these in a while. Just to share some thoughts, favorites, and feelings as of late. So, here we go!
Read MoreI am gushing with happiness at my far-from perfect garden. I have been so focused on what I don’t have: perfectly manicured flower beds, eclectic and thoughtfully repurposed antique finds, or seasoned perennials that promise blooms to come.
Read MoreThe urge to paint always hits me the same way. I don’t watercolor nearly enough, and when I miss it, it is this instinctual craving. I just know that I need to slow down and paint. I don’t need to see paint supplies, or even a painting to inspire me…sometimes I just know it’s been a while, and it is time to bring out my brushes and paints again.
Read MoreThere are always so many pretty easter eggs on pinterest, it’s hard to not think, “I want to do that!” So on top of my go-to Paas egg dying kit, I bought this gold paint to gild our pretty little eggs. Uhh, by the way, we bought 48 eggs…a little ambitious!
Read MoreFor my 29th birthday, I wanted to be selfish and take a trip. And it was a getaway of pure celebration, quiet revelry, and natural beauty! Even during the middle of our travels, I felt as though our girls trip to the Florida Keys was going to be a legend.
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