Delicate Boudoir Inspiration | Featured on Once Wed
I swear to you /
there are divine things /
more beautiful than words can tell.
— walt whitman
A Pirates Life for Me – Eli’s 4th Birthday Bash on Martha Stewart
I am not a planner by trade, but I’m definitely a bit of a perfectionist and overachiever by nature. It’s been both a blessing and a curse if I’m being honest. But today…it’s a blessing! If you know me, you know that I have a love so fierce for the two boys in my life that it’s hard to contain. And given the opportunity, I’ll spend every waking (and sleeping!) hour coming up with ideas and ways in which I can use my talents to show them. Celebrating them…especially the tiniest one…is my specialty.
I am thrilled to finally be sharing this with everyone, and honored beyond belief to announce that Eli’s 4th Birthday Bash is being featured on Martha Stewart today. I’m having a hard time refraining from inserting all the celebratory and crazy happy emoticons here. But I’ll hold back. For now. A year has passed by in the blink of an eye. So the wait? It’s been worth it!
During the most appropriate week of the year, and without further adieu: Feast yer eyes, Mateys!
And Happiest Birthday my sweet, Little Pirate!
DIY Mother’s Day Garden Florals
The other day, I spent the afternoon with a good friend chatting over lunch in her kitchen and brainstorming on ideas for Mother’s Day gifts. Only minutes later, she was clipping flowers from her garden and I was loading film after we’d come up with a beautiful way to gift her mother something unique, inexpensive, and entirely sentimental. Using a few heirlooms Robyn’s mother had given her over the years (a beautiful hobnail milk glass candy dish, a sweet floral sugar bowl, and a darling little silver teapot), we found ourselves foraging her garden for greenery and flowers to fill these family treasures with. Below, Robyn explains the process. And let me just say, I’m still jealous that all this came out of her garden!
Materials:
*Some gorgeous foliages
*A piece of chicken wire that will fit tightly into the container.
*Four or five types of blooms. Tip: Try to vary the size and shapes of your blooms to create lots of depth and texture.
*A floral knife or clippers–no scissors! Scissors damage a flower’s stem and prohibit it from drinking properly.
* A pretty little opaque vase to showcase your blooms (or anything else your mother may have given you that could act as a vase.)
Step 1:
The first step to any gorgeous floral arrangement is to prepare your flowers! Make sure you clean off any foliage that will fall below the water line. Leaves in the water will encourage the growth of bacteria, which will shorten the life of your arrangement.
Step 2:
Next, prepare your container. Bend your chicken wire to fit snugly inside the container. The chicken wire acts as a grid to hold your flowers where you want them, giving your design the shape you want.
