Last weekend Mary and I hosted a baby shower for our friend Megan who will soon be welcoming a little girl! We can’t wait to meet Harper Ann!
January Around The Web
Hello 2022! My new year started with a quick family road trip to Decatur, Illinois. After that the rest of the month was filled with Holiday Mart 2022 planning meetings, a weekend trip to Denver to visit Laura & Ashton, and the month ended hosting Megan’s baby shower and celebrating my grandpa’s birthday. I also started a rotation at work in Hallmark’s Trends Studio this month! I’m not super into horoscopes but I did enjoy this one for the year ahead from Wit & Delight:
I’m already dreaming of a warm getaway later this year. I love Julia’s resort-wear roundup, such a great Spring palette!
This inspired me to consider some fun black and white check towels for our bathroom!
Loving this malachite roundup
One of my favorite accounts on Instagram lately
Some New Year’s lettering I did shared by Hallmark Mahogany!
And my favorite funky 2022 lettering
Hello, 2022!
December Around The Web
We kicked off December celebrating my mom’s birthday at the Overland Park Arboretum Luminary Walk! The week after I hosted my annual Chi O ornament exchange at my house and then attended a Junior League holiday party. I was extremely grateful to end the month spending Christmas with my family after testing positive for Covid in the middle of the month. Around the web I was super inspired by the home of designer Martin Brudnizki featured in Architectural Digest:
Bookmarking this fun kids ornament inspiration for the future!
I’m not much of a baker, but maybe next year I’ll attempt a Yule Log?
Some post-Christmas snowflake making could be a good January activity
Take a peek at the beautiful Christmas tree made of leaves at the top of this gift guide
Another item on my wishlist for next Christmas…
One of my favorite illustrators, Libby Vanderploeg alway has the most creative holiday illustrations/animations
Beautiful behind-the-scenes from the ABT
My Christmas wish as well!!
Merry Christmas!
Thanksgiving 2021
A few family photos from Thanksgiving this year. Grateful to be able to celebrate with our families in person (inside!) this year.
Fall Leaves
I had my doubts but this Fall has ended up with beautiful, very colorful leaves! Dale and I have enjoyed a lot of walks around the neighborhood, especially on nice weather days.
October Around The Web
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!