Random thoughts on a sunny spring morning:
1. I’m in the middle of the BEST book right now. It’s called The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton.
She’s a new-to-me author and I can’t wait to read some of her other books. If you have a recommendation by her can you leave it in the comments?
You can see The Forgotten Garden here.
2. Have you tried Strands through the NYT games? It’s SO GOOD. We also play the daily mini NYT crossword as a family and all report our scores. Yesterday’s took me 10 minutes.
Yikes.
It is not for the faint of heart.
3. We are heading to a mini-class reunion next week. I’ll spend this week trying to decide what to wear.
4. It was an amazing week on the blog. We talked about:
- 9 books you won’t be able to put down
- these fashion hacks to stretch your fashion budget
- how to hem curtains without sewing
- the scariest thing that happened
5. Does anyone have a seamstress online (like through etsy) that they’ve used before? I have the CUTEST idea for slipcovers for the dining room and I want to work with someone to recreate that vision.
6. I have a new show recommendation for us. Have you watched The Leopard? It’s a beautiful period piece (with subtitles) that’s supposed to be so good.
I’m watching it this weekend.
7. Westleigh came home and brought me my birthday present that the twins made for me. It’s the prettiest set of blue and white clay coasters.
And now?
Let’s see all the amazing finds I discovered for us this week.
Aren’t these the prettiest pressed flower handmade cards?
There’s one for every occasion.
You can see the how-to here.
Salads don’t have to be boring.
Look at this yummy romaine salad with french bread crispies.
You can see the recipe here.
Look how pretty this spring arrangement is.
And the nest bowl is perfection.
See the how to here.
Isn’t this the sweetest dessert?
It’s puffed pastry nests.
You can see the recipe here.
And in random news:
This garden tour
How to fix paint runs
Love how this space goes from indoor to outdoor
Grow these flowers to have bouquets all summer long
This home tour is so pretty
How to organize leftover paint
This BEAUTIFUL spring wreath
How to be a good listener
Famous writers’ houses you can visit
This beautiful home tour
The prettiest DIY wreath
And this
I’m so excited to create one of these—what a fun idea.
And in amazing news, Anthropologie is having a BIG SALE this weekend.
Use the code ANTHRO20 for 20% off the entire site on orders over $100.
Like these blue and white plates that you can see here.
Or look at this super cute flower shop door mat.
You can see it here.
I put together some of my other favorites here.
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And one more for the road
Every now and then I find a story on the blog I forgot about.
This one I wrote seven years ago made me cry and smile all at the same time.
happy random Saturday to you
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