this week's clicks.

get your week off to a colorful start...
SWOON. this week in pretty things.

Bridget Matkovich via Project Nursery

• An ethereal bridal shoot in the Scottish highlands.
• The DIY Playbook's calm, modern boy's nursery.
• Monika Hibbs rounds up spring entertaining pieces.
• Love this idea for displaying photos via A Cup of Jo.

THIS WEEK. the kids are all right.

• Photos from March for Our Lives rallies worldwide.
• The New England Patriots lent Parkland kids a plane,
• Veterans are showing their support for the youth activists,
• and the protest signs were creative, moving, and heartbreaking.

FLASHBACK. let's see how far we've come.

• 2017: Niagara blue pinspiration and March favorites.
• 2016: Literary Junkies, spring getaway pinspiration, book + concert reviews (Elton John!), and my March Stitch Fix
• 2015: I pretty much predicted the Colors of the Year for 2016.
• 2014: Sunday Socialabout ideals and accomplishments, my fave green and black and white picks, and my April favorites.
• 2013: rainy day fashions, white bridesmaid dress inspiration, explained how we save money on groceries, completed my second Liebster survey, and shared my love story with Mr. Q for the Love and Marriage series.
• 2012: I collected inspiration for an April Fool's wedding.

this week's clicks.

get your week off to a colorful start...

SWOON.

Andrea Anderson via Project Nursery

• An eclectic, masculine home tour from Apt Therapy.
• Crushing on this bohemian camp themed nursery.
• A calm, coastal inspired nursery from Table + Hearth.
• An amazing nature-inspired bridal shoot at Mag Rouge.

SMILE.

• Desktops: Red Stamp, Mel Armstrong, Inkstruck, TIMS.
• From Camille Styles, creative Valentine's Day date ideas.
• Love Haley's post about allowing others to care for her.
• Thinking about trying this Lenten decluttering challenge.

FLASHBACK.

• 2016: favorite looks from the Grammys and Instagram faves,
• 2015: a business casual V-Day look, my second Stitch Fix, and February faves.
• 2014: sporty s-t-d ideas, the Olympics, and Sochi and Team USA wardrobe picks.
• 2013: inspiration for a poppies and lace wedding, the Cupid Swap, Cinderella-inspired wedding ideas, Oscar Party tips, and February blog loves.
• 2012: a couple of V-Day snapshots, and a peek at  my weekend.
• 2011: our wedding inspiration in textures, V-Day as an engaged couple, flower arranging, and contemporary instrumental wedding music.

sunday simplicity.

Jen Huang via Snippet and Ink

"There is no beauty without happiness.” 

― Christian Dior

sunday simplicity.

Kayla Barker Fine Art Photography via Style Me Pretty

“August has passed, and yet summer continues by 

force to grow days. They sprout secretly between the 

chapters of the year, covertly included between its pages.”

― Jonathan Safran Foer, Tree of Codes

Kayla Barker Fine Art Photography via Style Me Pretty

sunday simplicity.

Cassidy Carson Photography via Ruffled

"If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your 
face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”

― Roald Dahl

sunday simplicity.

My Lens of Love via Camille Styles

“In the silence of love you will 

find the spark of life” - Rumi

sunday simplicity.

Paula McManus via Snippet and Ink

sunday simplicity.

Kristina Curtis via Style Me Pretty

“There is a very real relationship, both 
quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you 
contribute and what you get out of this world.”

― Oscar Hammerstein II

sunday simplicity.

Sarah Kate Photography via Style Me Pretty

“Some things you know all your life. They are 
so simple and true they must be said without 
elegance, meter and rhyme...they must be naked 
and alone, they must stand for themselves.” 
― Philip Levine

sunday simplicity.

Spindle Photography via Style Me Pretty

“A woman who is self-reliant, positive, 

optimistic, and undertakes her work 

with the assurance of success magnetizes 

her condition. She draws to herself 

the creative powers of the universe.”

― Orison Swett Marden

clicks of note: to figure out where your heart is...

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

• David Nail's "Whatever She's Got" is the perfect summer country song... the lyrics remind me of some of my favorite Dierks Bentley and Brad Paisley songs.  You can watch the video here.  I'm linking up with Musical Mondays at My So-Called Chaos.

SWOON.

Laura Nelson via Snippet and Ink

• A gorgeous cedar and gray spring celebration via Snippet and Ink.
• Ruffled features a lovely vintagey Alabama botanical garden wedding.
• Southern Weddings shows off an equestrian bride's sweet portraits.
• Via Style Me Pretty, reversible bridesmaids' dresses/LBDs! Genius.

SMILE.

• From BuzzFeed, 16 old-fashioned things 90's girls loved (lockets!)
• Could changing your password change your lifestyle?
• From Huffington Post, 22 upcoming movies to get excited about.
• The Week presents a crash course in American history through film.

FLASHBACK.

• Last year was all about my BFF Breeze - I shared wardrobe and entertaining inspiration for casual bridal showers, a sneak peak at some of our ideas for Breeze's rustic wedding, our Mason jar shower invitations and DIY decor, the food and drinks we served, and the shower games we played.
• Two years ago, I posted a Sunday Simplicity inspired by my dream of traveling to Europe, Micah shared a DIY dresser makeover, I wondered about the origins of "Christmas in July" and geeked out about the London Olympics.
• Three years ago, I recapped the shower Mr. Q's coworkers gave us.  

sunday simplicity

Lea-Ann Belter Bridal via Swooned

How beautiful the day that is graced by love.

—Gwen Faulkenberry

sunday simplicity: only love.

La Mariee en Colere via The Bride's Cafe

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. 

Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

sunday simplicity: warm words on a cool evening...

Madeline James Photography via Apple Brides

"May you have warm words on a cool evening, 

a full moon on a dark night, 

and a smooth road all the way to your door."

- Irish toast

clicks of note: i'd rather be with you...

get your week off to a colorful start...

LISTEN.

• One of my favorites from the social hour playlist Mr. Q and I put together for our wedding is Joshua Radin's "I'd Rather Be with You." Here it is, in honor of our two year anniversary tomorrow.  I'm linking up to Musical Mondays at My So-Called Chaos.

SWOON.

Sarah Culver Photography via Green Wedding Shoes

• An inspirational easy bridal shower from 6th Street Design School and Minted.
• Sarah from Note to Self shares the prettiest bridesmaid gifts at Snippet and Ink.
• At Green Wedding Shoes, a pretty, whimsical wedding that incorporates tradition and DIY details.
• Style Me Pretty features an art gallery wedding with a yellow and gray color palette and fun patterns.

SMILE.

• Photographer Paul Octavious' Pantone Project should put a smile on your face (via Pugly Pixel).
• Interesting: typeface does influence how we think about what we read, via The Week.
• GROWN UP PEPPER ANN! Celeste Doodles might be my new fave Tumblr.
• I really appreciated Donald Miller's Storyline post on two ways to increase creative output:

"your subconscious has this strange way of knowing what really needs to get done and what can wait or even be skipped."

FLASHBACK.

• Last year I shared my summer Instagrams and fashion, home decor and wedding inspiration in shades of bellflower and chambray.  We got creative and celebrated our first wedding anniversary, and received a mystery marriage book in the mail.

sunday simplicity #115: if thou must love me...

Clayton Austin

If thou must love me, let it be for nought   
Except for love's sake only. Do not say,   
"I love her for her smile—her look—her way   
Of speaking gently,—for a trick of thought   
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought 
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day"—   

Heart Love Weddings

For these things in themselves, Belovèd, may   
Be changed, or change for thee—and love, so wrought,   
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for   
Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry: 
A creature might forget to weep, who bore   
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!  

Dan Aguirre via Lindsay Griffin

But love me for love's sake, that evermore   
Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

sunday simplicity #113: everything is illuminated

Kathryn Krueger Photography

happy valentine's day!

Un Beau Jour

"And you can tell everybody this is your song.

It may be quite simple, but now that it's done,

I hope you don't mind,

I hope you don't mind that I put down in words

How wonderful life is while you're in the world."

- from "Your Song" by Bernie Taupin and Elton John

Simply Bloom Photography

clicks of note: i'll be here till the colors fade...

get your week off to a colorful start...

LISTEN.

• This song, "Sing Loud" by Alpha Rev, has been getting a lot of play on my local indie station and I'm in love with the lyrics.

SWOON.

Bridal Musings

• Bridal Musings features a fun, adventurous travel themed engagement session.
• I liked the fresh green bridesmaids' dresses in this New England wedding at Elizabeth Anne Designs.
• Ruffled features an art deco wedding with pretty DIY touches.
• Emily from Southern Weddings shares her own gorgeous wedding day - her dress is amazing.
• Purple Wedding of the Week:  a stunningly elegant NYC celebration at Style Me Pretty.

SMILE.

• It's New York Fashion Week - and London Fashion Week starts Thursday!
• Loving this Single Ladies' Valentine's Brunch -BTW, married ladies would also enjoy an invite ;)
• I'm looking forward to making brown sugar blondies for Valentine's Day - there are more recipes and craft ideas on my Valentine's Day Pinterest board!

FLASHBACK.

• Last year I shared my first #febphotoaday Instagram challenge round-up, a couple of snapshots from my Valentine's Day, and my first ever round-up of favorite blogs.

wedding blog spotlight: style me pretty

There's one wedding blog that I don't think I'll ever stop visiting, no matter how long I've been married.  Style Me Pretty is one of my favorite wedding planning blogs because it features some of the most gorgeous wedding ideas and photography I've ever seen, every single day.  SMP features weddings from all over the United States and the world.

Miranda Laine Photography via Style Me Pretty

Abby Larson founded SMP and serves as its editor today.  She got into the wedding industry as an invitation designer and her eye for style is impeccable.

Gabriel Ryan Photographers and Sweet and Saucy Shop via Style Me Pretty

In addition to a rapidly-updated slate of real weddings, SMP features local blogs and a wedding vendor Little Black Book.  On top of all that, Abby has published a BOOK!  Style Me Pretty is a huge inspiration to me as a blogger because Abby features weddings that fit her own style and vision, and supplements the wedding-related content with DIY project tutorials and home decor and entertaining ideas that everyone can appreciate.  Even though I'm no longer planning a wedding, SMP keeps me inspired.

Sophia Barrett Studios via Style Me Pretty

What are your favorite wedding blogs to visit?