Sarah is living in Switzerland right now!! She was wonderful to model the Modern Eyelet Necklace for me:) Follow her adventures and rockin’ style over at Fairy Tales are True!
Ilene is one of those fun and fabulous bloggers that is amazing at keeping in touch. I absolutely love the way she styled the Lime Stackables over at Much Love Illy!
Catch up with the rest of the 1000 Celebration Here.
We got back from vacation last night, and have to jump right into packing! We move this weekend back to Georgia. It is going to be a crazy week to say the least, with emotions all over the place!
“InDecorate, the world’s top designers and leading décor experts – including Kelly Wearstler, Amy Butler, Jonathan Adler, and many others – come together to share over 1,000 professional tips, ideas, and solutions for every room and every budget…”
I am beyond thrilled to be a part of the DECORATE book tour. The well known and beloved blogger, Holly Becker of Decor8, released this beautiful work of genius this year through Chronicle books! Have you gotten your hands on a copy yet?! Well I was lucky enough to receive my copy before our road trip, and I spent HOURS pouring over these pages!! I wanted to take notes and copy paste many of the rooms into my home;)
Tangible tips, gorgeous decor, photography brilliance, and uniquely styled rooms that you can bet you have never seen before!! Just a few reasons, I am head over heels for this book,and plan on referencing it quite frequently when I move into our new home in a few weeks! It had to be such an adventure composing this book, so I asked Holly the following question:
What was the best part of composing this book, & what do you hope readers will take from it? Working with photographer Debi Treloar and design writer Joanna Copestick – it was lovely to work with such professional women with years of industry experience. Traveling with Debi was especially nice, she was so helpful and since I’d never styled for a book before, her warmth and friendliness really made me comfortable so I was able to do my job and feel completely confident. I wanted Decorate to be much like my blog, decor8, to include a community of people, which is why I interviewed nearly 100 people and quoted them throughout — I wanted the book to feel a bit bloggy in that sense. Plus, I don’t believe I am the ultimate voice when it comes to decorating, in fact I don’t believe anyone is THE guru of design. Everyone has an opinion and a right to one because decorating is subjective and so I wanted to take the best advice out there from the design community and pull it all together so Decorate would contain a myriad of inspiring thoughts to motivate readers. With so many opinions in the book laying next to photographs, the reader is drawn in to actually reading the book and not just looking at the pretty pictures – the quick bites of text are fun to read — plus the point becomes clear to the reader with the flip of each page that there is no ONE single way to decorate but that you should allow basic principles to guide your journey though most of decorating is truly from the heart – your heart.
Don’t miss out on the rest of the book tour. Here’s the remaining schedule!:
Hi friends:) Just popping in to say hi, and share this totally rad video with you that I saw over at Not Your Average Ordinary. It made me stop and think about how I stay creative….pretty much every way rings true to me…
What about you? How do you stay creative?!
I am currently on vacay having the best time with ALL TEN of my brothers and sisters!! I never laugh harder than when I am with them! I am soaking up the fun before our crazy week of packing starts next week! Will be in and out with posts, and hope to be by your blogs soon!
We are doing some packing for the big move, getting ready for our vacation to St. Louis next week, and of course chillaxing and grilling with family and friends.
In cased you missed it, I am posting some fun and festive eatables for the 4th on the IHOD fanpage.
Last night my husband and I watched “Return to Me” as a tradition to bring in our anniversary. Its one of our all time favorite movies. One of my favorite lines of the movie is when the grandpa tells David Duchovny that “her heart truly started beating for the first time” when she met you. This has always been the way I felt about my husband. Sorry, I know getting sappy. We stayed up late talking and reflecting on the last three years. We both agreed that there is really no way of knowing to what capacity your vows really mean on the day of your wedding. Each day the vows we committed to each other have only grown in meaning and understanding. I can honestly say I love this man more deeply know than on our wedding day, and I know it will only grow deeper.
When you are dating and fall in love, there are not many life experiences under your belt. After going through serious sickness, losing loved ones, moving across the country, and having two babies, you would say it could really test the strength of your relationship. It is in each of those times though that I realized why I married my husband. Strong, selfless, devoted, faithful, and more loving than I feel I deserve. Its in the day to day life that I fall hard for him. Changing diapers, cleaning the kitchen, store runs….its those little things he does for me to help that I never thought could be so romantic;)
All in all, I am humbled to be married to such a stud. I woke up this morning with a large bouquet of fresh cut flowers by my bedside, and it took everything in me not to shed tears of gratitude for our marriage, our children, and the joy that has come with it. God is good. Oh….and what did I get him?? I finally compiled and ordered our wedding album:) But shhh….its a surprise!
P.S. All our incredible photography was done none other than our friends TimWill Photography
I woke up this morning and got to spend some time snuggling with little Veronica. It was going to be a good day already. When I turned to get out of bed I saw this pretty little box on my nightstand….
My husband picked out a beautiful little birthday surprise for me. (Despite my pleas for no gifts this year!) I went to thank him and found him cooking me quite the breakfast…. I was so grateful in that moment that God had given me someone that continually shows me selfless and unconditional love.
This year I am thankful…..
…for two healthy children with squishy cheeks and smiles that make the sun rise.
….for a husband who works hard for our family and never thinks of himself.
….for a house over our heads and jobs to provide.
….for family and friends to learn from, be inspired by, and grow with.
…for a God who is much greater than my meager mind,
and who never fails to demonstrate his love in my life.
