i love love… You may remember this dynamic duo from a few weeks ago but if you missed it then it is my pleasure to introduce you to the Rico’s. Alicia and Adam = adorable (not in an icky way…like in a fabulous-totally-jealous-of-their-greatness way). Not only did they open their new shop Bows and Arrows at the end of last year but they also got married. When I was there writing them up the first time for the blog Alicia told me about the wedding and honestly these two are the ones who inspired me to do this back to back 14 days posts until Valentine’s Day. I had a couple of weddings I wanted to share but didn’t know when or how but when I saw the Rico’s amazing wedding it hit me. Every little detail and shade of the bright lemony yellow throughout their nuptials is pure happiness. Hope it brings the same smile to your face as it did to mine.
Note: The Ricos wedding is in the current issue of The Knot, New York and was featured last week on Brooklyn Bride.
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February 8th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
don’t let the name fool you… because if you like roughin’ it, this ain’t for you my friend. I mentioned that we spent our wedding night at Rough Creek Lodge and that I would follow up with additional info — there’s so much more to tell. Rough Creek is lux, rustic lodge about a two hour drive of hill country scenery from Dallas near Glen Rose.
Read more for photos and the full scoop on this amazingly luxurious and convenient little getaway.
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February 8th, 2010 at 12:07 am
i love my uncle… Beefy that is. I was looking for something to write about today, watching Julie and Julia and thinking about food of some sort. Uncle Beefy is one of my favorite bloggers (and a super-talented sweet tooth foodie) so I checked in on him and found these! YUM. Sweetie pies from Williams-Sonoma fashioned after old fashioned whoopie pies. Details and more goodies for your sweetthang below.
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February 6th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
there’s just not enough snail mail these days… well, the good kind anyway. Bills, bills, bills, I hear ya. I digress. Ever since my calligraphy class I have been embracing more and more the idea of handwritten notes. It’s fun to receive cool mail whether it’s a fab invitation or a letter. But handwritten notes are especially rare and thus both charming and endearing…especially when a really busy person takes the time (which is honestly most of the handwritten ones I receive - how do they do it all?). Handwritten cards make me feel special and even more so if they are from someone I adore. I was crusing Etsy the other day for Valentine’s ideas and I will do a FULL post on that next week on all kinds of handmade goodies but I came across this absolutely gorgeous one by Hello Handmade Paperie. To die for, and thought wouldn’t it be so nice if I wrote my husband a love letter? Don’t know if he would think so but I think it’s sweet and old fashioned (and would look cool framed…yes?). Now for the bad news — I pulled this story on Monday and it sold out the same day! I KNOW!!!!?? Such a shame. So you’ll have to work up your own little bit of lovely or if you can wait until after the 14th then the lovely ladies of Hello Handmade Paperie (Betsy and Shanna) can craft one of these beauties for you.
Have a great weekend and I’ll be living up to my 14 days of posting so check back.
(AND I TOTALLY forgot to mention the Dallas Art Fair this weekend. Must. Go. Not to be missed.)
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February 5th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
talk about things changing your life… If you know me at all you have probably witnessed my love affair with my iphone (we can’t get enough of each other). And I LOVE this photo shot by the oh-so talented Allison V. Smith with her iphone. This is from her latest zine, Zine 4, which you can buy here and is a series of photos shot with her iphone. It’s genius and her photography is amazingly soulful…all of it. She can capture people, places (and most importantly dogs) so genuinely, so real. I thought this particular Allison Smith image was appropriate for this 14 day sequence but a nice little break from all of the super sweet. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. More details from Allison’s limited edition Zine 4 and where to buy below - fyi word on the street is only 80 zines left.
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February 4th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
