Charleston, South Carolina has been a beloved vacation spot for our family since Dave and I made our first trip there together in 2014 (for this magical wedding!). We’ve since returned as a family almost every year (past recaps here and here), but one great joy of working on Maylis has been the excuse to […]

Some of my favorite memories as a mother have been my children’s baptism days. Charlie was baptized in the church where Dave and I were married, by the priest who married us, on the crisp fall Saturday evening that fell on the feast day of Charlie’s patron Saint (we also hosted a dinner party for […]

After four weeks of back-to-back travel this summer, I returned home with a renewed sense of ruthlessness about my wardrobe. I tend to keep my closet pretty tightly edited, but that feels almost impossible in years with a new baby. When my size is in limbo and nothing fits the same way from one month […]

Longtime readers may recall our family “rule” about kids’ birthday parties: we plan to throw them at ages 1, 5, 10, and 16. Well, let this be an encouragement that sometimes, even the rules you set for yourself can be broken! When Dave’s siblings all decided to head South the weekend before Azelie’s third birthday […]

Now that we are inching out of the fourth trimester, I think it is about time our sweet new addition made her Something Pretty debut! Meet Emilia Jane Kirk, who arrived on November 21. I had heard from countless women that third labors are quick, and mine was no exception to that! I fully expected […]

Although I have been admittedly quiet on here this year, once a blogger, always a blogger :) I have been having so much fun creating content for the Maylis blog, The Daily, and wanted to shout out some recent holiday-themed posts. While they are all focused around Maylis, I can’t keep myself from slipping in […]

Small Business Saturday has such a sweet new meaning this year. Even though I’ve technically always worked for small businesses, running my own–making the decisions, taking on the risks, learning to trust my instincts, celebrating with literally every single order that comes in–has been a whole new ball game. I’m more amazed than ever by […]

I’ve had a few requests to bring back Outfit Diary posts, which is so encouraging to me. Even though it has been a while, I love hearing that those posts are informative and fun to peruse! Looking back over the last nine months, I realized there are a handful of pieces that I’ve relied on […]