MOTHER'S DAY GIFT GUIDE '25 - INSPIRED BY A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS!

Mother's Day is already right around the corner and it always comes in the midst of such a busy season with end of school activities, graduations, family birthdays, shower season... lots of occasions!  I've thought about some of my very favorite things that would make great gifts so I hope this Mother's Day gift guide spurs some ideas for you to make this busy season a bit easier!  I have a few specific things to share with you and then a bigger round up of gifts your Mom (or you😉) might love too.  Children's silhouette artwork is such a classic, meaningful gift, the ones I have of my kids are treasures for sure! I've blabbed about these faux tulips a lot recently but they really are so good and come in a ton of colors, and Mom can enjoy them much much longer than a bouquet of fresh flowers!  Always on the gift idea list... blue and white porcelain pieces!  I love using my blue and white umbrella stand to corral our fireplace tools, and this blue and white ......

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FIVE FRIDAY FAVORITES

Hello everyone, happy Friday!  Time gets away from me, it's been a bit since I've shared a Five Friday Favorites list with you but I have some good ones today!  I'm currently sitting in a waiting room while my Mom has surgery to repair a torn meniscus... my sisters and I are about to be on nurse duty for the near future!  In between caretaking we're also squeezing in a trip to the OKC Arts Festival this weekend where my niece has an exhibit of her paintings .  We're so excited for her- if you're local and are going, look for Evie Griffin's booth! OK, on to this week's favorites! I'm loving this mix of  pink and red tulips !  I think they are incredibly realistic and I've found about 5 places around my house that I want to use this arrangement... ha!  I peeled the petals apart and bent them on just a few stems to make them look more realistic.  The two bunches that I bought gave me this big arrangement and about 10 stems left over that I put toget......

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NATURAL TEXTURES AND SOFT COLORS EASTER TABLE SETTING 2025

Greetings to you this Holy Week!  I've got my Easter table all set and ready for this weekend.  We will be at my Mom's house with extended family on Easter itself, but our immediate family will gather over the weekend so I plan for us to eat dinner together here after our Good Friday service.  This year I used a combination of natural textures and softer Spring colors, but there is still a variety of plenty of color!   To start, I used a pair of rattan lanterns and a trio of fresh flower arrangements for the centerpiece.  The lanterns were from Dillards Southern Living Christmas collection, I picked them up on clearance after the holidays.  I liked the depth that the tortoise glasses added in the mix and thought they paired well with the lanterns and bamboo flatware.  I have a mix of a few different kinds of flowers from Trader Joe's, along with some viburnum and pincushion clippings from the yard.  I used the bow folding technique again like......

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CUTE SPRING DRESSES!

'Tis the season for showers, weddings, graduations, Easter, Mother's Day... all the celebrations!  I have several events coming up in my schedule and I've been shopping for some good dresses for those occasions.  I chose several cute Spring dresses to try out and a few for Emily as well, sharing those today along with a larger group that I selected that I thought you might like too.  I've included a variety of retailers and price points, but most are on sale right now which is always a bonus!  I have several that are part of the Amazon Big Spring Sale ( posted all of my sale picks here ) so don't miss those good prices this week. Pink Rick Rack Dress   ||  Heart Necklace   ||  Similar Bracelets   ||   Pink Rug   ||  Similar Lamps   ||  Faux Tulips   ||  8" Disco Balls These are the dresses I've ordered, I'll share feedback when I get them. I'm still really considering this one , this one , this one......

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DEAL ALERT! MY AMAZON BIG SPRING SALE FAVORITES

There are so many sales that pop up that I usually just share in IG stories without including them in a dedicated blog post.  They're usually over or sold out by the time Friday rolls around when I would generally share those sales with you here, so I decided to change things up a little bit this year!  I know that a number of you are not on social media but follow faithfully here on the blog (THANK YOU!), so I thought I'd start sharing "Deal Alert!" posts sporadically here to share the sales that I would normally only share on social media with you as well.  We all love a good sale, right?  So, don't expect these posts to be fancy, I'll get them together quickly to post word of the deals for you in a timely fashion.  Hope you like these posts!  We'll kick it off with me popping in today to share my top picks from the Amazon Big Spring Sale that started today, I'm sharing them all on  my Amazon Storefront Spring Sale page  that looks like this whe......

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