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 [...]
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 [...]
“That song is such a winter song”. “Oh, that is definitely a summer song” I am going to guess that most of you do not categorize music by seasons, but in our house, that is completely normal. For every seasonal party, my husband puts together a big playlist of songs that feel like the season [...]
Okay, here is where the crazy comes in. In an effort to save my dear friend some money, I offered to make the centerpieces. In hawaii. What she wanted was simple, so I could not bear to see her pay so much for something I could easily do myself. So… the night before the wedding, [...]
If you missed part one of our Spring wedding in Hawaii, please check it out here. We are back with photos from the ceremony, which was held on the lawn at the Kahala, taken by the lovely Chrissie Lambert.
Can I be back there? Right now?
I made these cones with paper and raffia and filled them [...]
This past summer, I had the privilege of collaborating with LaVonne of Adorations Botanical Artistry on a tablescape for San Diego Style Weddings magazine. The issue is out on newsstands now, so I am excited to share our sweet, simple and charming design.
Jen of Green Wedding Shoes was so wonderful to feature our shoot on [...]
There are some couples that could not hide their love for each other even if they tried with all of their might. Robert and Marisa are one of those couples. Their love for each other is so evident and so sweet- anyone who meets them falls in love with them as well!
Their wedding was absolutely [...]
A few weeks back, Darcie coordinated the wedding of Megan and Dom at the Ole Hansen Beach Club in San Clemente. It was a special wedding for us because the mother of the bride, Tara, is the owner of Megan’s Garden, a florist that we not only work with on weddings but also where Darcie [...]
What? Wait… What??
My thoughts when I hung up the phone. Just the night before, as I was preparing for our move by weeding through all of my wedding magazines, I stopped a moment to admire one of my favorite magazines, Bride and Bloom. I looked at the Featured Coordinator section and thought, “It would be [...]