Random Update: Pretty Things

In our new house there isn't much storage space at all, so I was pretty excited when I spotted this awesome necklace tree at JoAnn's. It will make it easy to store my jewelry without having it piled up in a drawer or taking up tons of space sitting on...

Four Oaks Manor Review

I have had A LOT of comments about how beautiful the reception site was that Justin and I picked for our wedding. I'm not really sure if people are aware of how much time, thought, and effort went into picking the location. Let's just say ... 5 months of looking with the reception site being one of the last wedding vendors picked. We were trying to stay within a rather small budget ... that ended...

Adorama Review

A month or so ago I was shopping at Kohls and saw the cutest magnets to go on a refrigerator. Knowing that Justin and I do not have many magnets for the fridge and these were so cost-friendly, I decided to buy two just to see if I liked them. The magnets were...

Neutrogena Daily Scrub

I was hesitant to talk about this since it is slightly more personal than my usual posts, but I thought if it could help another person it might be worth it. A year ago I had the best skin. I never really got a pimple and when I did it would disappear within a week or so. It was nothing to worry about, stress about, or even give two seconds worth of thought. I never really wore make-up unless I was...

Busy as a Bee (or a New Couple)

It seems that people are correct when they say that you get much busier after marriage. Here's a flashback for the past few months: - a short honeymoon (a day, plus a day with guests) - car accident and the aftermath (approx. 2-3 weeks) - looking for a rental house, moving, organizing, cleaning the apartment (approx. 2-3 weeks, still doing it really) - family events (Easter, award ceremony, Mother's...

Organization Ideas & An Update

Living with so few hiding places has encouraged Justin and I to find creative ways to store things he uses on a daily basis. My grandparents gave Justin and I all of these lovely pots as a house-warming gift. Rather than stuffing them into a cupboard, Justin...

Fingerprint Trees

I wanted to share some pictures that the kids I babysit did today. I showed them my fingerprint guestbook from the wedding, and they "had to" create their own. Mary Katherine Ellie...

Ginger Vogt Dresses

Back in October, I won a wedding dress painting from Ginger Vogt through Vanessa Robert's Wedding blog. I was absolutely thrilled. I had been tweeting every day trying desperately to win it. You can imagine my surprise when I did. Although Ginger and I had been...

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Since moving, Justin and I have had to rethink our methods of waste removal. The area we now live in encourages recycling by ... discouraging trash. Go figure. In other places it has been so much easier to simply chuck whatever we had into the garbage and not think twice. It's been nice (and feels so much better) to begin to seriously reduce, reuse, and recycle what we already have as Justin and I...

Betsey Johnson Bridesmaid Dresses

Just wanted to take a quick second and explain that my bridesmaid dresses (!!) were inspired by a Betsey Johnson dress that you can see here on Caterina Scorsone: My bridesmaids looked fabulous, so I was absolutely thrilled to see that the Betsey Johnson dress...