Wedding Wednesday

Black and White Striped Wedding Inspiration

In honor of our Striped Spring Tablescape, we decided to put together a little bit of black and white striped wedding inspiration.  Just call us obsessed.  We can’t get over how crisp and clean the stripes look with, well, everything. Image Credits:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 Shop this Inspiration:  1)

Spring

A Striped Spring Tablescape

As Colleen mentioned yesterday, this past weekend, we styled a tablescape for spring in my backyard.  This was a very special tablescape for us because not only were we in love with the way it came out, we also love our beautiful and talented bloggie friend Drew from Coral Cafe, who joined us in the crazy circus that

DIY

Painted Silverware {DIY}

Meg, myself, and our lovely friend Drew thought it was just about time for another beauty tablescape.  We put our heads together to determine our color palette, and when we decided to incorporate gold into our inspiration, I mentioned the idea of painting old silverware to make it a more suitable addition.  I kept seeing

Easter

For the Love of Friday- Happy Easter!!

Easter is usually a pretty relaxing holiday for us.  We never travel anywhere or have any big plans.  We generally get together at our parents’ house for brunch and to go on our Easter basket hunt.  Yeah, we still hunt for Easter baskets.  We surely are not ashamed and demand nothing less from our Easter

Dreamy

Secret Garden

I am not sure if I have actually ever read “The Secret Garden.”  When I was young, I watched the movie version so often, I almost feel as if I did.  It is a very magical and romantic story about a garden representing human life and family.  This time of year always makes me think

Books

Thoughts on Empathy

The other day, I was having a discussion with my mom, as we often do, about how our weeks had been going.  We both noted that, disappointingly, we had been having experiences with people who seemed to be lacking in their ability to empathize.  She mentioned an article that she had recently read about how