Month: March 2012

Chalkboard Cupcake Toppers and Sparkly Gold Circle Bunting {DIY}

We felt that our hummingbird cupcakes Meg showed you on Tuesday were so spectacular, they deserved a little beautifying.  Seriously, side note, if you guys have not tried them, go make that recipe immediately.  Life changing.  So anywho, beautifying.  We thought some cute little cupcake toppers would do the trick.  And really, who doesn’t need

Wedding Things You Should Know About

During the wedding planning process, one might say that I did some research.  Approximately 100,000 hours worth.  Okay maybe not that much, but really almost.  I searched and searched all of the wedding blogs/ vendors/ magazines to make sure I knew all my options and that everything I did was exactly what I wanted.  It’s

Hummingbird Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Buttercream

Colleen and I both agree whole-heartedly that hummingbird is our favorite kind of cake.  Considering our true and pure love for cake, that is really saying something.  We only tried it for the first time a few years ago and since then it has been the cake we crave above all others and always choose

Cloche Confusion

I had been wanting a glass cloche with a smooth rounded top and a black base forever.  I just couldn’t get behind spending close to $100 or more for one, which is what I kept seeing them sell for.  When I was in Charleston last spring for Colleen’s bachelorette party, we wandered into a French

For the Love of Friday – Oh the Places You’ll Go

Right after I finished graduate school, Corey and I took our first trip to Europe.  I have to admit that before we went, I had a strange fear that we wouldn’t be able to adapt or function in such a different environment.  I have always kind of had a fear of the unknown.   Nevertheless,

My (Subtly Different) China Hutch Before and After

I had been planning to paint the back of my china hutch for basically 2 years now but never got around to it until last weekend.  I had a hard time deciding on a color because I really wanted it to be neutral.  I was thinking about gray (again) but I decided it might be