happy weekend + sister love

what a week! so glad we've finally made it to the weekend. I got the sweetest surprise yesterday afternoon- a package of love from my sissy! she knows me so well. she stuffed a box full of all my favorite things, including this awesome vintage stamp holder (she overhead me say I loved it when we were at paris on ponce a few months ago), a pair of "boyfriend jeans" (yay!),  some fun gum & the new xx cd (yes, we are still stuck in the days of middle school where we burns cds and then decorate them for each other). kara, you are the best sister on the planet & I love you! 

instagrams from the weekend

here are a few instagrams from our fun weekend in o-town. thanks to the van slyke's for being so gosh-darn awesome.

  {teaching baby nola how to be discriminating in her antique shopping}

{date night! drinks before the mark kozelek show at this awesome bar}

{had an amazing time checking out 9th letterpress' new studio!}

{and got a tour of the fabulous rifle paper co. I love every. single. thing. in here}

{toddler hartz perfecting his press-checking skills at rifle}

graphic inspiration

just some words I've been inspired by lately.

                                                      

 

    

sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

backyard wedding

my friend monica got married over the weekend in the sweetest backyard wedding. everyone sat out on the lawn & sipped arnold palmers from mason jars, & chatted over southern family-style dishes like rosemary biscuits & sweet potato salad (1000x better than regular potato salad, by the way). there was also a fabulous dessert bar, which happens to my favorite thing ever, filled with treats like cake pops, mini blueberry pies salted caramel cupcakes & key lime tarts. the bride even made that beautiful cake herself.

celebrating 41

happy birthday to the sweetest, kindest, funniest, most supportive, loving, intelligent, creative & talented husband. I love you to the moon & back, robert. thanks for choosing me!

{birthday dinner tonight}

pie pops

why is it that everything is better in miniature form? mini golf, puppies, bite-sized cupcakes, european cappuccinos, horses (any rob & big fans out there?) and pies. a whole pie just never looks that appealing to me, but make them mini & put them on a stick & I can't stop eating. I had some blueberries left in the freeze from our summer picking, so I used them to make a sweet filling for the pops. 

although it will feel like summer for another 3 months here in florida, these pie pops make me wish for fall weather. here are bakerella's instructions if the cooler weather inspires you to make some for yourself. 

happy labor day

happy labor day! today you'll find us in our newly landscaped backyard (finally!) sitting on a picnic blanket sipping ginger ale with a splash of honey whiskey & playing some jarts. enjoy the long weekend!