Lovely Lately

How was your Labor Day?

I really enjoyed mine– sleeping in, getting some yard work done with Price, getting some cooking and cleaning done, and spending time with friends!

‘Twas wonderful!

Here are few other little lovelies as of late that I wanted to share with y’all!

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Reviving this yummy (and super healthy!) pumpkin muffin recipe now that fall is so close…

… Taking my sweet baby girl to the vet when she was sick a few weeks ago and her being extra super sweet the whole visit… She melts me!…

… Getting to make gender reveal cards for my sis-in-law Mary Margaret to be used at their gender reveal last week! I made two boy and two girl options for her to choose from. They passed out envelopes to everyone who was at the party, and all of the envelopes had question marks in them except for one– the one revealing that they’re having a BOY! I have a nephew on the way! Due in January!! 🙂 …

… Enjoying my bump (and some new shoes from Arco!)… 🙂

…  Having a Christmas song come on my iPod and not changing it… Is it Christmas yet?!…

… Getting to see my parents’ cute old house in Mobile, AL on the way back from our family beach trip…

… Practicing with some new calligraphy nibs…

… And getting the Jackson Metro section of my Etsy store updated and adding a widget to my sidebar for easy metro access! (You can see that on the left side the blog when you’re on the HOME PAGE!) And you can see the Jackson Metro collection on Etsy HERE! 🙂

What fun stuff have y’all had going on lately? Do tell! 🙂 And have an AWESOME week! Thank you so much for stopping by!!

What Fun It Was!

Friday’s trunk show at Arco Avenue debuting the Jackson Metro posters and cards was an absolute blast!! Thank you a million times to everyone who came out! I loved getting to see so many people!

I got to set up on my favorite new piece of furniture in the store– the three-leveled table designed by Elish and made JUST for Arco– so that was a great start, and things just got better from there!

The new Merci Beaucoup calligraphy and watercolor cards had almost as good of a day as the Jackson Metro items did, so that was fun! Sometimes I just never know what designs will take off and which ones won’t! 🙂

Cookies and champagne are two of my favorite things, so it was fun to have those on hand too! Since I can’t really do champagne right now, I had the next best thing on hand– sparkling water! Love that stuff!

Many thanks to Katie and Allie at Arco Avenue for being so wonderful the whole day and allowing me to take over for an afternoon! 🙂 You two girls are the best!!!

The new Jackson Metro posters are also now available on my etsy store for any of you who might not have made it to the show but are interested in getting one (or two!)

Get just the poster (size 11 x 17) HERE…

….Or get the poster with the overlay HERE!

I’m hoping to have the cards listed later this week, so stay tuned!

Thanks a million for stopping by! Hope your week is off to a great start! 🙂

New This Friday!

I’m getting so excited about the trunk show on Friday at Arco Avenue that I can hardly stand it!

I’m going to have a lot of new items including (but not limited to)…

. . .  J A C K S O N   M E T R O   P O S T E R S !

These bad boys are 11 x 17 (so frames this size DO exist, but you do sort of have to look for them!) and are printed from my original hand-drawn design onto 110 lb. off white card stock. I love how they turned out so I hope you do too!

There will also be a clear map overlay available for purchase so you can actually see where the stops are! These are not ready yet, hence the lack of photo! 🙂

. . .  J A C K S O N   M E T R O   N O T E C A R D S !

Sadly I do not have a picture of these yet either! They’re still in the works but WILL be there on Friday ready to go home with you! 🙂 You can also get a clear overlay with these, too!

. . .  ‘ M E R C I   B E A U C O U P ‘   C A R D S !

Excited about these little French-inspired thank you notes! They are printed from an original watercolor and calligraphy design!

. . . ‘ C H I N   U P  ,   D A R L I N G ‘   C A R D S !

These are also euro-inspired, as this little saying reminds me of a British lady trying to cheer up a friend! 🙂 The design is printed from an original watercolor and calligraphy design as well!

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I really hope to see you on Friday! I think it’s going to be fun! Don’t forget– I’ll have champagne for you to sip on while you shop! 🙂 Noon until 6:00 at Arco Avenue!

Friday Reading Material

Hey again! One last thing to leave you with for the weekend!

I just had to share this link to The Scout Guide’s blog post that they did about the Arco Avenue remodel that SummerHouse designers Elish and Lisa worked on!

The post is great and so are the photos! Click here to get to it. Hope you enjoy!

Talk to ya next week! 🙂

Jackson Metro Posters + A Trunk Show!

Hey y’all!

How was your weekend? Price was gone this weekend so I was able to get so much done that I haven’t had time to do the past few weeks/months! It felt great to really tackle my list and cross through a few big things!

One of the things on my list was to get a digital form of the Jackson Metro map that was originally painted on a wall at Arco Avenue cleaned up and sent in to get printed into posters!! At the request of several friends, this is going to be a real thing in a matter of a week or so! I’m SO excited!

I’m also having some clear overlays printed to put on top of the map so you can actually see where all the stops are! Pretty excited about that too. 🙂

Here’s the map:

And here’s the overlay:

And here’s what they look like together!

I’m especially excited to see how these turn out in person!!! Enough with the computer files, I need something I can hold!!! 🙂

Speaking of… 🙂

I’m teaming up with Katie at Arco Avenue for a TRUNK SHOW to debut these babies! I’ll also have some notecards (plus an overlay to go with!) of the Jackson Metro design as well!

The date is Friday, August 22 from 12-6 so mark those calendars!

I’ll have some regular TLB items in addition to all of the map stuff, plus some fun little snacks and champagne waiting for ya, too! 😉

Thank you so much for stopping by today, and I hope to see y’all on 8/22 if not before! It’ll be lots of fun! And you can shop Katie’s KILLER fall merch while you’re in there too! So much gorgeousness!

🙂 XO!

Lovely Lately

Lately, these are a few of my favorite things… 🙂

… Seeing a bright and beautiful rainbow (perhaps a double rainbow? Does anyone else see the faint one on the right?) on the way home from work recently…

… Getting to spend some quality time with family in Gulf Shores…

… In the preliminary stages of working on making the Jackson Metro from Arco Avenue idea into a poster at the request of a few friends. Hopefully these will be available for the buyin’ soon! (And for all you photoshop whizzes out there, don’t judge all my layers… I’ve barely used this program since college so there’s a lot of re-teaching myself going on… Re-learning ain’t easy!)

… Getting to announce that Price’s brother Jesse and his wife Mary Margaret are expecting, too!!! This has been a beautiful reminder of how PERFECT God’s timing is… We are exactly 8 weeks behind my brother Jordan and his wife Katie, and Jesse and Mary Marge are exactly 8 weeks behind us…. Now is that not God showing perfection in timing or WHAT?! So incredibly awesome to know that God’s got this. Can’t wait to meet all these little bebes and watch them grow up together… 🙂

… Getting to dress around this little bump I seem to have acquired… 🙂

… Getting to interview Chadwick Boseman (the all-star actor who perfected James Brown in the movie Get On Up!) Price and I got to report for a local mag at the screening they held in Madison a couple of weeks ago! Chadwick was very nice!!! (And this is the worst picture EVER of me, but overall, it’s still kinda cool because of Chad, who will be immeasurably famous one day!)

… Getting to be a part of a really fun pre-fall photo shoot at Arco Avenue with Katie and Elish… Sample pic below! Elish and Katie are the best… 🙂

… Lastly, being reminded of how special life is. We are not promised tomorrow (or even later today!) so I’m trying to carpe diem as much as I can… Why not make the most of the time we have here on earth? Who’s with me!? 🙂

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Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful rest of the week! XO!