Somer&Ted

It was a fun time, can't you tell? I call them my sisters for a reason. The weekend kind of felt like being in college again, except we're all grown up and getting married and stuff. These photos were taken a month and a half ago, and I'm trying to re-live them in my head. This pretty August wedding was themed in watermelon pink and sunflower yellow - the colors of summer. Fast forward only a month and a half later, and there is a pumpkin on my doorstep! Time goes by so fast.




*For the most part, these are Somer's professional photos filtered via instagram.

Ambitious.

We felt rather ambitious waking up at 5:30am on a Saturday to go estate/yard saling, but the sleep deprivation was worth it. Saturdays are normally my sleep-in days.

I mapped it out the night before, because I'm a planner - and good thing! Sale number one was a huge success. Meredith found an old trunk for fifteen dollars. Fifteen dollars!! That, and a garden rake to display necklaces, a wooden picture frame to distress, and some cute antique china. I found two old enamel milk pails that will make perfect vases for wild flowers, and a floral mug. Sales number two and number three were quickly bypassed for number four - a community sale in South Charlotte that was another success. Let's just say my (non-existent) kitchen is happily stocked.

After a morning filled with coffee, yard sales and a trip around Festival in the Park, we went back home and crafted til the day's end. It was 9pm and we were still wood-staining the trunk outside. Seriously, longest day ever - but best day ever.

 

The cake stand (or, jewelry stand) - one of my favorite gifts to make and give. Ever since I discovered this simple craft, I've been hard pressed not to attach a candle stick to every antique plate that I come across. Not good for my collection of mismatched china, which is slowing transitioning into a collection of cake stands - but I think I'm okay with that.

Start each day with a grateful heart.

 

Tomato, peach, mint, hunter green and gold - what a great color pallet. I keep a stash of canvases on hand, just in case im in for a wild night of crafting (every night). Sometimes I get on a painting kick and end up covering 3 or 4 canvases in a week. Take last week for example..

 

One of my best friends from App and I decided to be pen pals since we can't talk in class everyday - except, we've actually become more like package pals that email eachother on a daily basis. I sent her something to hang in her new office!

 

 

I need to remember to start each day with a grateful heart... and maybe a run on the treadmill?

I love you, a bushel and a peck.

Fall means festivals and festivals mean fall. The NC Applefest was this past weekend and you know me - I'll take any excuse to travel up towards Western North Carolina. Things that could have kept me away, but didn't: A stormy radar and my unfortunate cinnamon allergy. Those apple turnovers looked so wonderful...

Hendersonville, NC. I've never seen a town that was more proud of it's apples. Funny enough, our relentless quest to find Pink Ladies ended with - not a bushel and peck - but a turtle caramel apple from Kilwin's and the sad news that Pink Ladies are not quite in season.

I'm going to make it a top priority to hit all sorts of 'fests' this season. The Yiasou Greek Festival, the Lexington BBQ Festival, and of course - the Carolina Balloon Festival are all coming up! Yay! Fall!

Mountain women.

Three girls that love roadtrips, apples, old books, new books, coffee shops, gloomy days, and social media took a trip to the mountains! We spent 4 hours browsing a local antique store. It had a book loft that could easily double as a cozy little apartment, and we sincerely thought about moving in.

Amy already moved to the mountains, though - just a few weeks ago! I'm so excited for her. I think that everyone should live in the mountains at some point in their lives. Or forever.