Growing up, one of my favorite Christmas traditions was my family’s advent calendar. It was a big cloth banner hanging on the wall- each pocket held a mini candy cane. I loved grabbing the candy cane out of the pocket each day on my way to school. Last year, I bought materials to make one, [...]
Happy Thanksgiving sweet blog readers! I hope that your day is filled to the brim with cheer, food, family and love.
Today, I am especially thankful for my family. My amazing husband who is filled with grace, encouragement, faith and love. My spunky two year old who teaches me daily about grace, joy and unconditional love. [...]
In our time of emails, tweets and text messages, it is so special to get something handmade or, at least, handwritten in the mail. This is so cool. For the past three years, Vané of The Brooklyn Bride blog has organized a holiday card swap. I participated last year and it is so.much.fun! You get cards [...]
Last week, we featured some super cute Christmas cards from Posh Paperie. Today, I am back with some more favorites as well as some DIY tips.
First up, a few of my favorites from Hello Lucky!’s holiday line. This company makes some of the cutest wedding invitations around and I am a huge fan so I [...]
This weekend, we closed our 2009 wedding season with two wonderful weddings. What an amazing year! Now that things are going to be slowing down a bit, I have many weddings waiting to show you. Today, I have one of our most recent weddings, a beautiful fall wedding at The Island Hotel in Newport Beach. [...]
Last year, I started a blog series titled “Joyful Joyful”, bringing you holiday inspiration through the month of December. You can see last year’s posts here. I am excited to tell you that I am bringing it back again this year! So be on the look out for fun holiday ideas throughout the next month.
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I have so much fun crafting little things for my seasonal parties, showers and weddings, that I decided to give selling them on Etsy a try! I am excited to announce the Joyful Joyful Shop!
I currently have some paper leaves, similar to what I have used for my fall parties, listed in addition to a [...]
I love my boys. They can warm up my heart in a way that no one else can. A simple smile or giggle, a playful game of catch, a cuddle or an “I love you”. They bring me little pockets of joy everyday.
Last week, I headed down to Old Poway Park with my husband and [...]
Yesterday, we introduced you to Melissa and Arnold. Here is a glimpse into their reception in one of the Hotel Del Coronado’s gorgeous historic ballrooms. Their night was filled with personal touches: Melissa’s dad’s letterman jacket from Coronado High School was displayed, a photo of the bride’s mom as a little girl during a family [...]
Melissa and Arnold were married on the beach at Hotel Del Coronado on a gorgeous and crowded August day. These two are so fun- they are great swing dancers and they both made super cute things for their wedding day: Melissa hand painted and made flowers on paper parasols and created a gallery of important [...]