This post contains affiliate links. I mentioned in a recent vlog that I wanted to share my laundry recipes on my blog, and the response was a very positive one. I started making my own laundry detergent and fabric softener about a year ago and have absolutely loved it! It’s inexpensive and powerful…a little goes [Continue Reading…]
How to Make Oversized Framed Wedding Vows
We recently painted and redecorated our bedroom (vlog here), and the pièce de résistance is a pair of oversized framed wedding vows above our dresser. They were inexpensive and easy to make; check out the tutorial below for more! This post contains referral and affiliate links. It is not a sponsored post. Step 1: Format vows [Continue Reading…]
Valentine’s Day Recap + Vlog
We don’t make a huge deal out of Valentine’s Day, but any excuse to demonstrate love and appreciation is a good one if you ask me! This year, I made a tasty three course meal and invited Riley’s mom over to enjoy it with us. (More about that in the vlog!) We feasted and enjoyed [Continue Reading…]
From Brown to Blue: Painting Our Front Door
This is what our house looked like when we looked at it for the first time back in February. Everything dead and winter-y (shudder), and a big, ugly brown front door. Here’s another shot on the day we closed in March. #BeardedRiley As you can see, the brown front door totally blends in with the brown [Continue Reading…]
How To Make Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate For Iced Coffee
Like any household, my husband Riley and I have staples in our refrigerator. Milk, eggs, yogurt, butter, iced tea, veggies, cold brew coffee concentrate. Riley makes a fresh batch of cold brew once every 7-10 days for his iced coffee, which has been the key part of his morning routine since I met him at summer camp five [Continue Reading…]
The Best Jewelry Organizer I’ve Found
I’ve owned jewelry since I was very young. My mom is a jewelry lover, her mom is a jewelry lover, all of her sisters are jewelry lovers. On my dad’s side, his mom and sister are jewelry lovers as well. Even as a baby, I received tiny silver bracelets as gifts for my birthday or [Continue Reading…]
7 Things You Can Do Now To Prepare For The Holidays
This Sunday, it will be two months until Christmas Day and just about one month until Thanksgiving! Don’t you love this time of year? (I do! I do!) As the weather gets cooler, the blankets come out, I make a lot of homemade soup, vests and scarves reign once again, and the world just feels [Continue Reading…]
Wedding Paper Trail
As promised, September is officially Wedding Recap Month here on my blog! Today, it’s all about the paper. You should know before you read this post that this aspect of the wedding was both one of my favorites and one of the most time consuming as far as decisions and execution. I have always had [Continue Reading…]
Wedding Planning Update (T-4 Months)
I can’t believe that it’s almost April! Last Friday, March 27th, marked Riley and my three “month-iversary” of being engaged…which means we’re nearly halfway through our engagement! I knew from the beginning that a long engagement was definitely not for us and I sure am glad it’s only seven months total–I can’t wait for our wedding! (And [Continue Reading…]
Asking Our Flower Girls & Ring Bearer
I adore children. I have been babysitting since I was 12 years old, served as a Sunday School teacher for years, and now work full-time in Early Childhood. Although many of my friends and family have chosen the route of not having any children in their bridal parties, that was absolutely never an option for me. [Continue Reading…]
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