Personalized Gifts for her
Personalized and Monogrammed gifts for her Over the years I’ve been giving personalized or monogram gifts as my go to gifts. It’s not for everyone of course, but there’s something about an item that’s custom, made just for you … it always feels like a little extra special. It means people didn’t just grab this […]
Luxury Gifts for Her 2022
Traditional and timeless Luxury Gifts for her this Holiday Are you looking for luxury gifts for her? Sometimes you are in search of a little luxury to give this holiday season! Or a big ticket item to wow, depending on your budget. Here are a few luxury gift ideas for her, that have caught […]
Walmart Finds for Winter
Winter Fashion Finds From Walmart: Clothing for the Whole Family Can you believe winter is almost here? It seems like 2022 just started and now we’re celebrating the holidays and planning for the new year ahead! Holiday season means cold weather has also arrived for most parts of the country. I love browsing all of […]
How to Prepare for Holiday Guests: 20 Tips for Overnight Hosting
How to Prepare for Holiday Guests: 20 Tips for Overnight Hosting Due to our world’s circumstances over the last few years, many of us haven’t hosted family and friends during the holidays since 2019. If you’ve found yourself hosting Christmas guests this year and feel a bit stressed and out of practice, I’m here […]
Men’s Gift Guide 2022
Ah! Men, they can be hard to buy gifts for. But here’s my men’s gift guide- a few of JB’s favorites, and some things I’m eyeing on buying him. Some of JB’s Favorite ever gifts: These grill prep pans. At first he wasn’t sure about them, but now he can’t live without them. A waterproof […]
Golf Gifts for him
Best Golf gifts for him I’ve been putting together golf gift guides for a few years now, because the sport has totally taken over my family. I’ll admit an afternoon on the course is pretty nice! I asked JB what was his favorite products and these are the ones he came up with. Plus […]
Gifts for Mother in law / grandma / Mother
Gifts for your Mother in Law / Mother / Grandma Today I’d love to help you with gifts for Mother in law ‘s / Grandma / Mother / lady that feels like a mother! I feel like I’m trying to cover all of the bases because many of these could be for you too! The […]
how to prepare for a holiday photo session
How to Prepare for a Holiday Photo Session: 10 Tips for Success Now that it’s November, our minds are in holiday mode…gift guides, hosting meals and the often dreaded holiday photo sessions. With that being said, I thought it would be helpful and fun to share my favorite tips on how to prepare for a […]
My Guide to Montage Palmetto Bluff: Family Travel
Photos by Katherine Ives Montage Palmetto Bluff Review: Family Back in the summer of 2019, I went to Montage Palmetto Bluff with Draper James. I immediately fell in love with the property, and knew the family had to come back one day. I was excited when the property invited us to stay earlier this year, […]
The Colony Palm Beach updated rooms
Updated rooms at The Colony Palm Beach! This time last week Molly and I were shooting for Tyler Boe for her Holiday collection along with Blaire and Beth and Danielle. We always love any excuse to ride down to Palm Beach. But we were especially excited to see the new rooms. This one was ours, […]
Gift Guide for the man that loves to travel!
First of the gift guides is the travel gifts for men! I am trying to shop early, as always. So thought I’d give you some of JB’s favorites that would give you some ideas for yourself. Or your guys in your life. Travel Gifts for Men Carryon luggage from Target. Under $100, and went all […]
Our Experience on the Disney Wish
Our Experience on the new Disney Wish cruise We just returned home from the newest ship from Disney Cruise Line, the Disney Wish cruise. It was the boys fall break, so we had a four day weekend. I learned pretty quickly to start planning those kind of school vacations early. I always want to make […]
20 Thoughtful and Traditional Housewarming Gifts
20 Thoughtful and Traditional Housewarming Gifts I have thoughtful housewarming gifts on my mind this year! All three of my siblings are moving into new homes in 2022, along with many friends. I’m so excited for all of them and can’t wait to celebrate this new adventure in their lives. Of course, celebrating these […]
2022 Fall Tablescapes
2022 Fall Tablescapes: 5 Tips for Creating a Classic Fall Tablescape Molly and I love to create special tablescapes, especially classic fall tablescapes! Fall is a season full of family, friends, holidays and events. This makes it the perfect time to gather around a classic tablescape and enjoy a delicious meal. Growing up, my […]
Mestiza NY for upcoming Holiday parties
What to wear to the upcoming holiday parties: I have long loved Mestiza! Ever since I was first introduced to it in THIS dress at the beloved Gasparilla Inn. Mestiza was created by two friends who are designers, and I love how they are always championing other female entrepreneurs! Right now you can use code […]
Joy Creative Shop Faves
Joy Creative Shop: My go to for Personalized gifts! discount code for 10% off all Joy Creative Shop: SARAHT10 Recently I discovered these Gwrap bags from Joy Creative Shop and they are genius! Her shop is also one of my favorite spots to find personalized gifts that my friends, and kids friends love! Gwrap is the […]
Sage Green Custom Curtains from Pepper Home
Sage Green Custom Curtains from Pepper Home The Pepper Home Sage Green Curtain in Tailored Pleat with Ivory Tassels The amount of transformation this room has gone though has been a lot! I’m finally at this place where I really love it, and that’s in big part to these custom sage green drapes from Pepper […]
Review of Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
Ponte Vedra Inn & Club Last time I went to Ponte Vedra Inn & Club the kids were so little! It’s a great spot for families – and I detailed that trip on this blog post. This time we were there for JB’s executive physical with Mayo Clinic. A gift his parents gave him for […]
Classic Wardrobe Essentials: 23 Timeless Staples
Let’s talk about a classicwardrobe that stands the test of time. Now that I’ve reached 40, I’ve become more and more aware of the joy that classic style brings me. I love having timeless fashion pieces in my closet that I can pull out year after year and know that they will look great and […]
My Faves from the Tuckernuck Sale
For years I have been a fan of Tuckernuck. It’s been so fun to see it grow over the years! They have the best eye for classic fun, happy styles. I get excited to see what they will think of next! Right now they are having their buy more, save more event. Up to 30% […]
The secret to my beautiful front door ferns
{Loving this fall look by Talbots} Fern Tips We started our ferns out in the spring. April of this year to be exact. In the past we had kumquats out there. Before that it was Fiddle Leaf fig trees. All have been re-homed either indoors our outside elsewhere. My parents gave me those for […]
The Best Classic Paint Colors: 8 Timeless Colors in our Colonial Home
Let’s talk about one of the most important parts of decorating a home, choosing paint colors! I’ve come to learn that painting a room is one of the easiest and least expensive ways to give your home an update. When choosing paint for our colonial home, I found myself reaching for classic paint colors that […]
Room mom tips and tricks
It’s my fourth year being a room mom for both kids, and my fifth year being a room mom. I’m actually only doing one class this year for the second half of the year because it’s a lot to keep track of with two, and I think I’m at my limit. I also want to […]
The Classic Workshop
Back in the Spring The Classic Workshop made this incredible hand made console table. All of their items are SO sturdy, impeccably designed and made to last. They are made of eco-friendly, locally sourced, certified, sustainable wood and low or no VOC finishes. They are local to my area of Palmetto, Florida too! I […]
