Hats, Glorious Hats!

I love hats.  Not baseball caps, not visors, not trendy little newsboys or berets (are berets even trendy?), but delicate, flowery, lacey, girly, feminine hats!  I would say it's a Southern thing, but I can assure you, when I wear a hat at Olive Baptist, I'm pretty much the only one wearing one, much to my husband's embarassment.  I've repeatedly asked him to buy me a new hat every Easter and he has repeatedly declined.  When I was younger, my Easter outfit was not complete until I had a hat to match it.

I had high hopes that the Royal Wedding would bring the rest of the world around.  But when I walked in church the following Sunday, there wasn't a brim in sight. :-(  But alas, I got an email from my sweet friend Amy, who has started a business with her sister.  Any wild guesses about their newest adventure???  Drum roll please.....  HATS!  Olive and Jane Millinery boasts a beautiful arrary of headbands and hats and I can't stop looking at them.  Seriously, I've already spotted a fascinator that's going on my wish list. 

Meet Rosalind:



I want her.  And her lovely friend, Adriana:



And for you brides-to-be, there's an entire collection for you lucky ladies!



Like what you see?  Want to see more?  Then check out Amy's & Katie's beautiful website, http://www.oliveandjane.com/

You will not be disappointed.  Their creations are gorgeous!  Fantastic job, ladies!

Valentine's Day 2012

"What?! It's Valentine's Day?"

 "Wait, you mean I get candy and cards and gifts?  Hmmm...I might like this after all."

 "Yeah, I think I could get used to this Valentine's Day thing."


"Bring. It. On."

This boy got a lot of candy from his preschool class.  Since I thought he might, we went a different route and gave out these little Valentine's.  I thought they were adorable!  Free printables found here.

We did send out Valentine's Day cards, but I missed the cut off on Saturday.  So they went out on Monday.  Tripp will be wishing all of you a Happy Valentine's Day a couple of days late.  Sorry!

But Cupid was right on time at our house tonight:

My Valentine's present:

  Disclaimer: I DID ASK FOR THIS BOOK. :-)

And just a quick look back at some Valentine's past:

2010

2011

2012

Hope you all had a LOVEly day!

Taking Chiang Mai to a Whole New Level!

All pictures via Shannon Berrey's blog.  Can you believe she painted these?!?!

I'm not so sure I could pull off chiang mai on my feet!  But I do love her rooms, especially this one:

Seeing that paint by number gallery wall, totally made me want some!  I did find a pair of birds (on top shelf)and I think they're quite charming:

To see more of Ms. Berrey's paint by number room, click here