If you’ve been following along with our liturgical living journey this year or you caught my recent blog post on Blessed Is She about Advent, you know that I’ve been eagerly anticipating this season in more ways than one. Even though Advent is, by its very nature, a season of waiting and preparation, it also […]

This is the first year in a long time when I haven’t poured hours into sourcing and creating gift guides for Something Pretty–I remember doing it when Charlie was just a few weeks old! I do really enjoy making them, but with my schedule right now, a full week of gift guides in time for […]

I was telling a friend the other day that the blessing and challenge of the last few months is that I’m not sure I’ve ever had so many different priorities on my plate at one time. I’ve certainly walked through seasons when I’ve been more stressed or overwhelmed than I am now, but I’ve never […]

Friends! Long time, no talk. I have missed Something Pretty over the last few weeks (has it been months? Yikes!). This space has always been my destination for “self-care,” so it has to take a lot for things to grow quiet around here. Sure enough, life right now is full…of great things, but full nonetheless, […]

One of my “before I turn 30” goals was to create and order an heirloom-quality wedding album. We splurged on our incredible wedding photographer (worth every penny and more!), so including one of his beautiful albums in our package was not a feasible option for us. At the time, I didn’t know of a place where […]

September completely flew by and I honestly can’t believe how much happened in one month! I started a new job right after Labor Day, then we found out Dave passed his CPA exams, Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina (mostly going around Raleigh though, thank God), Dave’s parents came to visit, my sister came to visit, […]

There are SO MANY amazing feast days in October, friends! Multiple favorite saints of mine, and I’m sure yours as well, are honored throughout this month, so I’m excited to share these ideas for simple ways to celebrate them. Since there are so many, I’m splitting this post into two parts…full disclosure: I’m writing this […]

Once again, sweet friends, you blew me away with your comments on Charlie’s birthday post. Thank you SO much for reading my reflections on this wild and beautiful vocation of motherhood and for letting me know that I’m not alone in the joys, heartaches, and everything in between. I’m so thankful for that! Charlie’s birthday […]