Best Bully Sticks Giveaway

Today we're excited to be hosting a giveaway for a 25 pack of these 6 inch thick odor free bully sticks from Best Bully Sticks, the local Richmond company specializing in bully stick treats...

Best Bully Sticks: Basil's Two Thumbs (paws?) Up

When Best Bully Sticks, a local dog treat producer specializing in all natural dog treats contacted us about sending some bully sticks especially for Basil to review, we (and Basil) jumped at the...

How To: DIY Dipped Gold Jar Vases

Today we wanted to share a fun and easy DIY project we tackled over the weekend for our wedding. We created the look of gold dipped mason jars to use as flower vases and pretty storage scattered...

Weekend Basics

This weekend we tried to spoil our Mother's over the Mother's Day weekend — we enjoyed brunch with my parents on Saturday and got to spend time with Jinx, Mary's mom, on Sunday. I sure am lucky to...

Our Engagement Shoot: Sneak Peek

This past December we were excited to nail down a photographer for our wedding — Tori Watson of Marvelous Things Photography. Well, we were even more excited to get a chance to snap some casual...

Weekend Basics: Macon, Georgia Edition

If you follow along with us on Facebook, you might know we made a quick trip down to Macon, Georgia to celebrate my cousin, Kyle's, wedding last weekend. We flew into Atlanta on Friday and drove...

Plant Update: Growing Horseradish Root

You might recall how back in the beginning of February we tried our hand at planting a horseradish root: It was the first time we've tried planting a root like this, so we covered it in soil,...

Bright Ideas: How To Make a Pendant Light

We've got another lamp update we're excited to share the results from today — this go round, we replaced the hanging fixture in our upstairs hallway with an industrial pendant light I made. Our...

The Countdown Begins...

It's official — one month from today marks the day we'll be getting married!

Richmond Magazine: Tim's 5 Favorites for Mussels

Guess what!? Today we're excited to share a guest contributing piece Tim wrote for this month's issue of Richmond Magazine. The feature has been in the works for a few months now, so we've been...

Weekend Basics

Aside from our normal kitchen routine and knocking out wedding odds and ends, we had quite the busy little weekend! My son, Brandon, not only went to his senior prom this weekend, but officially...

Spring Smoothie Recipe: Blood Orange, Peach & Chia Seeds

It's that time of year again! What time of year? Smoothie season, that is. Tim and I love being able to combine seasonal fruits we have on hand this time of year with greek yogurt and other odds...

Tie Clip Giveaway: Sherry Truitt Studios

Today we are thrilled to be hosting a giveaway for one of these custom vintage map tie clips fabricated in either silvery rhodium or gold from Sherry Truitt Studios: Tie tack images by Sherry...

Weekend Basics

Lots of stuff going on around here — how about you? 1. We stopped by the old house to spread some mulch in the front beds and generally tidy up the yard for spring. Sunday was spent on the couch...

Summer Weather & Our "Sun Dog"

One of the affectionate nicknames we often call Basil is "Sun Dog." He loves to find the sunniest spot in the house and just lay in the warm rays. There are two spots that crack us up the most —...

Behind The Scenes: How-Tuesday

Yesterday we shared one of our latest weekend projects that was featured over on the Etsy How-Tuesday series — recycling a shipping pallet into an indoor/outdoor storage unit. Thanks for all the...

Hello, How-Tuesday!

We mentioned in Friday's post about having a little pallet project up our sleeves. Well today we're excited to share the final results, featured in Etsy's latest How-Tuesday post: We ended up...

Google Reader Alternatives: Were Lovin' Bloglovin

You might have heard by now that Google Reader will be deactivated this July. This was pretty much heartbreaking news for Tim and I since we've been longtime Google Reader power users. It's been...

Weekend Basics

Saturday morning we woke up early to the sounds of music and cheering as the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k got started. This year was sunny and beautiful, perfect for the runners, compared with last...

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How To: Recycled Colander Planter

Here's a quick diy re-purposing project to give you a little inspiration for the weekend — old kitchen colander turned into a hanging garden planter: You might remember we picked up a few new...

It's Back! RVA Picking Season

We mentioned over the weekend how we got a chance to get out early Saturday morning and hit up a few sales. We love when the weather warms up here in Richmond and we can venture out on a treasure...

Pawsh Feature: ?We're Good Partners in Crime?

Tim and I are so excited to be featured in the latest installment of the Pawsh People series over on the Pawsh Magazine blog. Several weeks back when Laura (the amazing brains behind Pawsh) got in...

Weekend Basics

My daughter, Stephanie, turned 21 yesterday — where has the time gone? She told us for her birthday, she'd love us to come see her at JMU and take her out for brunch, so that's exactly what we did....

In The Mail!

Invites being weighed and queued up for shipment Pinch me — our wedding invitations are officially in the mail! We'd mentioned before that we'd ordered them custom from Kirsten of Teal Typewriter...

Floral Arrangement With Frog Lids

Thanks for all your kind words on our DIY hanging mason jar vases with frog lids! We ended up getting a few questions on the little arrangements I put together for the project, so I thought it...

DIY Weddings: How To Make Hanging Mason Jar Flower Vases With Frog Lids

Today we're excited to share a project I've been working on over the past couple weekends for the wedding — DIY hanging mason jars with frog lids for holding flowers: Our ceremony is going to be in...

A New Journey....

We've got some big news! First of all — we love you guys. For almost two years now we feel like we have grown up with each and everyone of you as we moved into our new home. You have read along as...

Happy Easter!

Well look who the Easter Bunny remembered this morning... Basil sleepily walked downstairs this morning to a little Easter basket filled with goodies just for him: There were homemade Easter...

Progress Report: Starter Plant Project Updates

We've started quite a few little indoor and outdoor planting projects over the past several weeks and thought we'd share some progress reports on how many of them are already coming along. We've...