My top 5 summer camping essentials

The long weekend is here and we're going camping. Can you believe it will be our first camping trip of the year? And Hannah's first ...

My first upholstery project: choosing the fabric

My fabric samples from Tonic Living arrived on Monday. Narrowing my choices down to four was hard enough; now I have to commit to just one. ...

Backyard picnic

{deep in conversation with Grandma} How was your weekend? My mom came over for a bit on Saturday and we had a picnic outside on the grass (c...

My end of summer to do list

Believe it or not, there's only a month or so of summer left (technically, the first day of fall is September 22 ). Fall may be my favou...

My DIY wedding: Guest posting at First Time Fancy

Make sure you stop by First Time Fancy today, where I'm sharing all the details from my DIY wedding two years ago - including lots of p...

Our family photo shoot

I shared a sneek peak with you a few weeks ago, so I thought I'd follow up with a few more photos from our family photoshoot in July. Th...

Before & After: Kitchen faucet

I'm embarrased to admit it, but this is the kitchen faucet we've lived with for the past two years: Beyond the way it looked, there ...

My first upholstery project + the right way to DIY

You guys are the best. Seriously. Thanks so much for your advice about my outdoor table dilemma . I'm going to try your suggestions this...

More paint problems - help!

One of the projects I quickly wrapped up before Hannah's party   (see what I did there?) was the makeover of an $8 table I bought at Val...

Hannah's 1st birthday party

  We hosted a small family party to celebrate Hannah's first birthday earlier this month, so of course I wanted to document it here. I ...

Weddings, blog features and blood

images by velvetine photography via style me pretty One of Adam's brothers is getting married tomorrow, so we have a full weekend ahead!...

Before & After: DIY patio

We had to scramble to finish it in time for Hannah's 1st birthday party, but our patio is D-O-N-E!   Adam's brother is visiting fro...