My background is in marketing and management. So for the last ten years (+ 4 more when I was learning how to market) I spent the majority of my awake hours telling stories, creating series, themes and programming, developing content and brands, and sharing sharing sharing it all with as many people as I could. … More The Icky Feeling of Sharing
Fall is creeping into the air and I am just as excited as the next basic girl anywhere!!! But this post has nothing to do with that – just some things that caught my little eye this week that I am loving! One of my very favorite interior designers, AMBER INTERIORS, {I mean, have you … More HOPES & DREAMS | Favorites
After finding out that we were expecting our first baby, I couldn’t wait to begin putting together the nursery! I wanted to wait an appropriate amount of time before making final decisions and purchasing items, so I bided my excitement with room mood boards and pinterest boards. While neither of these designspiration boards {did I … More DESIGN | Hygge & West Daydream Nursery Inspiration
My husband and I are thrilled to announce that we are expecting our first baby this December!
We are moving! The house that we have been renting {read: not our house!} will be available in April. Many have asked for interior photos – so here you go! {Assuming google maps can help you with a street view} Please don’t judge – I snapped these VERY QUICKLY before work this morning, and though … More DESIGN | Arrow Creek Home Tour
Merry Christmas! The Hall’s have begun decking the halls! {I’ll get tired of that, right?} The mantle is bothering me, so I am focusing my efforts elsewhere. These two gold frames flank our fireplace and were my first-ever score from the innagural Country Living Festival in Atlanta. I spotted them immediately and carried them around with … More HOPES & DREAMS | ’tis the season!
I posted this about a year ago – but it’s a good one that deserves reposting, internalizing and acting on. “INVEST IN YOURSELF AND TAKE A CHANCE. NO ONE OWES YOU THE FUTURE YOU WANT. YOU HAVE TO BUILD IT.” { Source: Country Living Magazine, 2013 }
Who doesn’t love time spent in an Anthropologie store? It’s a beautiful attack on all five senses. But really, those candles… scentsational! 😉 Sadly, I don’t make it into the store as often as I’d like so I rely heavily on their emails to whisk my mind away into a world where I have the … More CURRENTLY LOVING | @ anthropologie
{ ‘Little Talks’ The Sound of AHH by KHS – Coca-Cola Commercial 2014 } Currently on repeat in my office and at my house is the incredibly gorgeous and creative song from Coca-Cola’s latest commercial. My words will never do it justice – watch & fall in love. Ahh 🙂
I don’t know about you but after five days in heels, my feet are focused on comfort come Saturday. After obsessing over JCrew’s latest catalog where they debuted a line of retro New Balance sneakers, I’ve been feverishly focused on snagging a pair for myself. A couple of weekends ago this cute gingham-accented pair entered … More WEEKEND WEAR | cute & casual
This past week I had the opportunity to go to the 2014 Design Bloggers Conference – I was in attendance as a corporate sponsor, not a design blogger. But goodness if the experience didn’t get my mind thinking back to this site and my first blog, ‘What Hopes & Dreams Are Made Of.’ I had … More white wall rooms and those hopes & dreams
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