TIPS 11 Simple Backyard Summer Entertaining Ideas
Looking for easy backyard summer entertaining ideas? Here’s everything you need for the perfect summer party. Father’s Day was amazing. All the kids were home and they fixed dinner and we played games and told stories and I wore the cutest outfit that mixed hot pink and red. And somewhere between wearing two of the brightest colors on the color...
BOOKS 10 Books To Add To Your Reading List
Y’all. Y’ALL. Did anyone else read the bookclub post I posted last month? If you did—one thing is clear. We are ALL BRILLIANT READERS. Isn’t there something so amazing about reading? It fills you up and makes you happy and increases your vocabulary and has you dropping five-syllable words into every conversation. And guess what? I read all the comments...
DECORATING How to Keep Flag Bunting From Blowing In the Wind
Wondering how to keep flag bunting from blowing in the wind? Here’s a simple solution with things you may have lying around the house. Once upon a time, I was Betsy Ross. I pulled a red wagon carrying Molly Pitcher and wore a ruffled cap and carried a flag and told America Happy Birthday and threw gum to the people...
FASHION 10 Summer Shoes Under $20
Looking for summer shoes? Here are 10 summer shoes under $20 (including the cutest summer outfits) that are affordable and ready for summer. // leopard ballet flats // polka dot dress // Please tell me what the weather is like where you are. Is it hot? Here in Texas, it’s getting hotter by the minute. It was 100 degrees here...
TIPS 11 Places You Are Probably Forgetting To Clean In the Living Room
Looking for cleaning tips for the home? Here are 11 places you are probably forgetting to clean in the living room. Does anyone else watch cleaning videos on Instagram? I’m kind of obsessed. Am I the only one who can’t look away when someone is deep cleaning a room? Taking everything off the counters or unloading everything from a shelf...
DECORATING Cottage Home Tour Filled With Color and Pattern
Happy July. I spent the weekend in Minden, Louisiana. Point of Grace—one of my favorite groups on the planet had a Sips and Songs Event. It was so surreal. I have followed them for 25 years and their songs have been the playlist for so many of the events in my life. And this weekend at 2:00 in the afternoon...
DECORATING How to Decorate With Sunflowers
Looking for creative ways to bring a little summer into the house? Here are tips and inspiration on how to decorate with sunflowers. Last year in record-breaking gardening news we had an entire vegetable garden in our backyard. For the first time ever. Not to be all about the gardener I’m married to, but it was kind of next level....
RECIPES 5 Simple and Easy Last Minute Fourth Of July Desserts
Looking for last minute Fourth of July desserts? Here are 5 simple and easy recipes that are perfect for the Fourth. Maybe it was all those summers I spent on the Cape and celebrating the Fourth at the heart of where our nation was born. Maybe it was the fireworks over the ocean and the bicycle parade and the streamers...
DECORATING 11 Products I Wish I Would Have Bought Sooner July Edition
// blue and white polka-dotted dress // I hope you had an amazing Fourth. Around here it was kind of next level. We had the entire family over for hamburgers and hotdogs and relay races. We had the bandana race and the egg toss and the doughnut eating contest and the water balloon toss filled with giggles and laughter and...
HOUSE 9 Easy Ideas To Update a Bedroom
Looking for ideas to update a bedroom? Decorating doesn’t need to be complicated. Here are 9 easy ideas to makeover your spaces. I just updated our bedroom for summer. Some of the colors and materials were so heavy. I wanted light and bright and cool—especially when it’s 102 degrees outside. Just in case you were wondering? I love it. I...