October Around The Web

October 31, 2021

October is coming to a close — we started the month at another wedding celebrating our friends Jon and Emily, our dining room table finally arrived after being restored, I had a few fun happy hours with work friends (Cafe Trio in KC always decorates for Halloween!), we celebrated my sister Sophie’s birthday with Indian food, we attended a baby shower for Dale’s co-workers, went to a Louisburg football game with Laura & Ashton, spent a weekend at Turkey Hill for Oktoberfest, wrapped up Holiday Mart 2021 with a happy hour, had dinner with Brandon &Sonya and Megan & Matt/Mary & Kam around Dale’s birthday, and then headed to Nashville for Dale’s 30th! Looking back we were able to see so many friends and family which made the month fly by!

Around the web this month, I am feeling inspired by Joanna to put together a fall grazing board! Her styling is always beautiful!
Which would go perfectly with an Apple Cider Margarita…
Speaking of food, this was an interested read about the revival of 90s’ food/drinks right now
Chris and Julia’s thoughts on mixing metals (something I love to do!)
Halloween wedding inspiration that could influence a Halloween party as well
A fun check print DIY
And Halloween decor from Amazon in case you want to stock up for next year!
I would love to hang hats like this on my porch next Halloween
To wrap us up, an Applesauce Cake Recipe
Happy Halloween!

December Around The Web

December 29, 2020

December flew by! This year Dale and I celebrated all month long with advent gifts/activities we planned for each other. It really helped bring some extra joy to this strange holiday season! We also celebrated my mom’s birthday with a luminary walk, Holiday Mart wrapped up with some awesome events including a virtual flower arranging event, and my family did an outdoor cookie exchange. Christmas both felt totally normal and completely different as we moved our celebrations outside, into garages and over zoom. This month around the web I loved getting glimpses of how others decorated this year, especially this dreamy curtain/wreath situation in Kelly’s daughters’s room:

Letters Are Lovely | December Around The Web

Along the same lines, I loved Brighton’s roundup of holiday traditions. Ours remained mostly the same this year but I hope that Christmas Eve tamales continue for years to come!
Dale and I made these gingerbread cookies and they turned out great!
Carly has me inspired to try making a needlepoint ornament sometime. Julia also had beautiful needlepoint stockings made this year!
Mantle inspiration from The Makerista
My mom received this book for Christmas. We would love to visit the Chateau someday!
Already really liking these pillowcases. An affordable silk option!
One of my favorite Christmas gifts!
Beautiful NYE inspiration, even for at home!
This looks like the perfect recipe to try in January.

Hope your holidays were merry and bright!

October Around the Web

October 31, 2020

Happy Halloween, friends! This October was extra special because we were able to celebrate my sister Sophie’s engagement, she found her wedding dress and she had a birthday! Dale also turned 29 this month and despite being on a busy rotation at work we celebrated with Minsky’s and a fire pit night. We also fit in lots of traditional October things with a visit to Weston to pick apples and pumpkins, we went to Louisberg Cider Mill and watched both the Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates on our outdoor projector. Last night we topped it all off by watching Hocus Pocus with a few friends. We’ve made the most of this extra strange spooky season! Here are a few of my favorite’s this month: