since it fell on a wednesday, kacey and i celebrated our anniversary this weekend. i thought i’d share with you the gift i made for him.

we really try to follow the predetermined anniversary gift list, and the third anniversary is leather, crystal or glass. for months i thought about what to get him. i like to give him experience type of gifts, and after reading this post, i emailed brooke to see how her class went. she loved it and sent me a link to austin art glass which offers private glassblowing classes. i knew i had found the perfect gift for him.

i also knew i wanted something for him to physically open on our anniversary. i designed and printed out a larger card + a little card. i affixed a glassine envelope to the larger card, inserted the little card inside it and sealed it with a round sticker. the larger card was placed inside a jelly bean filled kraft box, and the box was tied with white twill tape. he absolutely loved it!

today, kacey and i celebrate three years of marriage. it’s been a wonderful three years, full of love and growth and many, many happy memories.

photos by bray danielle

here’s another pretty i found while browsing etsy. a silver monogram necklace that’s made from a wax seal stamp. perfect for a stationery + wax seal lover like me!

my anthropologie catalog arrived last week and i went gaga over these porcelain knitted ski cap candles. even the scents sound divine! i’m hoping to pass by the store sometime soon to see + smell them in person.

today i’m liking these cupcake stands. they are just so darn cute!

hope you had a wonderful weekend!

i must have a thing for pillows right now. first the felts ones, now these burlap ones.

i love october, especially the first day because it means it’s my birthday! this year [i'm not sure how] but it sort of snuck up on me. i have a bit of printing to do today that i’ll knock out his afternoon. then, i think kacey and i are going out for a nice celebratory dinner! hope you have a great day!   |   photo via amy atlas

a few sailboat races + birthday celebration + sunset boat ride + board games with family and friends. it was such a wonderful weekend. how was yours?

i’m craving a cupcake right now and these from martha look so yummy + pretty!

just stumbled upon this creative + pretty way to browse fabrics on etsy. how very clever.

hope you had a wonderful weekend. we spent ours visiting kacey’s parents. they live on a beautiful lake, and we had such a relaxing time. visiting. boating. tubing. playing games + catching up.

so, what did we bring back from paris? well besides a few souvenirs for friends and family, we packed these goodies in our suitcases and brought them to the states with us. first, not shown above is a longchamp tote + makeup bag picked up at a store in the international airport. great thing about the airport stores is duty free shopping. plus, they allowed us to pay for them in dollars, saving us even more money since we didn’t have to convert to euros. we scooped up the reversible chalkboard from au petit bonheur la chance. that’s also where we got the vintage gargoyle over paris pic and a very old hand-scripted receipt. i just loved the type and the vintage stamp on it. we picked up the black tin at mariage frères. it contains a wonderful earl grey french blue tea. the small acrylic square is actually a petite ring holder we purchased at muji. the small cylinder holding the small colored pencils was also picked up at muji. finally, the tall wooden pencil holder + a couple of pencils came from papier +.

hope you had a great weekend!