sunday simplicity.

Rachel Solomon via Style Me Pretty

“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

this week's clicks.

get your week off to a colorful start...
WATCH.

• Thank you, James Corden, for the gift to humanity that is Carpool Karaoke! Have y'all seen this one with Michelle Obama and Missy Elliot yet? These folks are having so much fun with "Single Ladies" and "Get Ur Freak On!"

SWOON.

• So jealous of Tara from Braid Creative's writing shed.
• A pastel vineyard wedding from Christine Sargologos.
• At Style Me Pretty, a chic San Francisco city hall wedding.
• SMP presents a cool visual history of engagement rings.

SMILE.

• Have a small window of free time? 15 productive things to do.
• Let Read It Forward's Book Apothecary prescribe one for you.
• Playing Pokemon Go? Check out these new tips from Vulture.
• For a laugh: 40 things everyone but you is doing this summer.

FLASHBACK.  

• 2015: favorite summer reads and picks for fall, Part 1 of our Charleston vacation.
• 2014: my favorite 3's, style picks for a tropical getaway, and inspiration for a modern Alice in Wonderland inspired wedding.
• 2013: a Sunday Social about food, beach bag essentials, quirky ceremony backdrops, and summer blog loves.
• 2012: President Obama's rally in Roanoke, wardrobe inspiration in shades of gray, inspiration for a destination beach wedding, and the Sunshine Blogger Survey.
• 2011: thoughts on what makes a wedding fun.

sunday simplicity: love story

A.J. Dunlap Photography via Heart Love Always

“The minute I heard my first love story,

I started looking for you, not knowing

how blind that was.

Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.

They're in each other all along.” 

― Rumi

Becca and Louise on Etsy

clicks of note: you are worth much more...

get your week off to a colorful start...

• I adore my students this semester - they seriously make me want to jump out of bed in the morning and get to work early so I can create an exciting lesson for them - but my goodness, that three-day weekend was a treat.  While Mr. Q was biking across Virginia for charity, I was finishing my every-single-episode-of-Buffy rewatch, reading Outlander, and pretty much eating like the queen of the farmer's market.

LISTEN.

• Eric Hutchinson's music is always a great pick-me-up when I'm feeling bored or a little bit down.  "You Dont' Have to Believe Me" is getting me energized this morning.  I'm linking up with Musical Mondays at My So-Called Chaos.

SWOON.

Erin McGinn via Style Me Pretty

• Get ready for fall with this Audubon-inspired shoot from SMP.
• Can black diamond engagement rings become a Thing, please?
• Coco Cake Land shows off a pretty cake topped with fresh blooms.
• Green Wedding Shoes' rad tutorial for geometric boutonnieres.

SMILE.

• So we've gone from pineapples, to flamingos, to banana leaf prints.
• September wallpapers from Paper Leaf and Bohemian Gypsy Jane.
• Check out Laura's lovely farmhouse kitchen tour at Finding Home.
• Ruche's cozy back-to-school themed fall style lookbook is adorable.

FLASHBACK.

• Last year I featured jewel-toned wardrobe additions for the transition from summer to fall, rounded up romantic wedding ceremony backdrop ideas, put together a guide to buying housewarming gifts, showed off the "House United" wreath I made for football season, and put together a very preppy Southern game day outfit.
• Two years ago I shared my end-of-summer Instagrams, orange and blue and autumn apple orchard wedding inspiration, kelly green wardrobe ideas, and roundups of geometric home decor pieces and fashion accessories.  
• Three years ago, I broke down the cost of our DIY wedding flowers, showed off photos from our rehearsal, and shared my favorite peach pie recipe.

clicks of note: sweet springtime.

get your week off to a colorful start...

SWOON.

Limn and Lovely

• Purple Shoot of the Week: a Boston e-shoot with a hydrangea backdrop from Limn and Lovely.
• Elizabeth Anne Designs features a beautiful, classic pastel garden wedding.
• Nothing says classic like elegant bridal portraits in a palatial setting (Glamour and Grace).
• I'd love to have been a guest at this industrial Brooklyn wedding from Michelle Edgemont.
• At Southern Weddings, a sweet barn wedding - check out the bride's showstopping lace dress! 

SMILE.

• I so want to find a vintage bar cart to restore (Apartment Therapy)
• Living In: Leap Year at Design Sponge.  I already have the Claddaugh ring...
• Amen, sister, to Oh Joy's list of things worth splurging on in your thirties.
• I picked up some Orla Kiely for Method at Target yesterday! (SAS Interiors)

BE INSPIRED.

• Restored Style's 19 Things to Stop Doing in Your 20's:

Stop blaming yourself for being human. You’re fine. Having a little anxiety is fine. Being scared is fine. Your secrets are fine. You’re well-meaning. You’re intelligent. You’re blowing it out of proportion. You’re fine.

FLASHBACK.

• Last year I shared inspiration for a country wedding in pastel grays, purples, and blues.

happy leap day!

Mike Larson Inc. via Wed Depot

Happy Leap Day!  Take this extra day to do something unexpected, something beautiful, something brave, something kind... something outside of your 365-day routine.

Pantone Winter 2012: Orchid Hush and Quarry Wedding Inspiration

I feel like I kind of failed at what I set out to do with this post.  I went through my inspiration folders to find orchid hush and quarry and ended up with quite a bit of purple sneaking in and THREE separate photos of flowy bridesmaid dresses.  On top of that, I realized almost all of the images were from Style Me Pretty.  What can I say... I love gray, blue, and purple, and I love SMP.  I think if I had a late winter/early spring wedding, it would look a little like this.

Minted

Style Me Pretty

Bride || Groom

EmersonMade || Style Me Pretty

Style Me Pretty

Bridesmaids || Shoes

Our Wedding: Bridal suite-ness

While the girls and I got ready in the bridal suite, our photographer took some time to take a series of beautiful detail shots.

My favorite ring shot of the day

My something old and something blue... the locket on my bouquet was a graduation gift from BM Breeze when I earned my Master's degree and is engraved with my maiden name initials.  I wear it almost every day.  For the wedding, I slipped in a picture of my dad, so that he could walk down the aisle with my mother and I in spirit.  Only me, my mom, and our photographer knew it was there.  That was the advantage for me of a locket instead of a clear frame- it wouldn't make any family members sad.

engaged.

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