A Perfect Weekend

This weekend was a good one.

It started off with a surprise visitor and ended
with a quiet night at home with the husband.
In between I helped a friend design her wedding dress,
brunched, slept in, and drank a lot of hot cocoa. 

I also finally got around to editing our Italy photos. 

I have some great travel posts coming soon.
Here is a sneak peek.

I hope you all had a lovely weekend.  

xo

{all photos by me}

Family Photos and a Day Trip

What a fun weekend it was!  Justin and I have had the travel bug 

ever since we got back from Italy.  On Saturday morning 

we took a spontaneous trip to Leavenworth.  It was so beautiful! 

I got my much needed fix of sunshine, fog, and golden leaves.  

If you have never been I highly recommend it.

I also spent this weekend finishing up photos I took for some close friends.  

 Thank you DeWaals for letting me spend a fun afternoon 

photographing your beautiful family!

 

{all photos by me}

To Fly

We're off on our honeymoon (at last)!
Despite being a little run down and bags that are a little too full
we are off for some much needed rest and adventure!

But don't worry I have some lovely posts
and an inspirational guest blogger while I'm away!

I'll bring home lots of Italian inspiration.

Ciao!
xo

{photo found here}

Packing Advice

 

   

When Justin and I went on our mini-moon last fall 

I had an easy time packing:

sweaters, scarves, and boots.  

This trip is a little trickier...

The weather looks mixed and its for two weeks.

I've been collecting a lot of advice and thought I'd share!  

Below are the pieces of wisdom that 

I will definitely be using this week as I start packing for Italy:

This is my favorite piece of advice.  I'm definitely going to pack 

a lot neutral colors and fun accessories.

I want Cup of Jo to do a Fall version of this post.  I would wear it all!

This article is super helpful and the outfit layouts are just too-cute!

Thank you Nordstrom and Eileen Fisher for this great video!

Rolling vs. Folding... very interesting.

And for the men, this is how to fold and pack a dress shirt.

A beautiful post on fall fashion.  This girl knows her stuff!

Have you been to Italy in October or have any genius packing advice?

I'd love to hear it all!

xo

{Photo by Simply Hue}

Honeymoon

 

36 Days until my husband and I take our long awaited 

honeymoon in Italy.  Its practically all I can think about. 

Have you ever been?

We are lucky to have two weeks to explore this romantic country.  

Three of my favorite things will be in one place: pizza, wine, and Justin. 

Does it get any better?

Readers we'd love to hear your tips and advice! xo

{photos by Rochelle Cheever}

I'm Off

I'm off on vacation for a couple of days.

I'll be back next week!

{photo by me}

Summer Berry Picking

This weekend Justin and I had the best summer date.  

We drove 30 minutes outside of the city and into the mountains and ended at Bybee Berry Farm.  

We spent the afternoon picking blueberries in their quaint little orchard. 

We then continued our afternoon to a park next to a slow flowing river and picked blackberries.  

Our bellies were full of delicious antioxidants and tided us over until we got home 

and made a delicious cobbler.  I will share the recipe in a post sometime soon.  

Our summer is jam packed as we try and take advantage of this 

gorgeous Pacific Northwest weather.  Its warm and sunny so you can spend all day 

outside and not be too scorched.  

How have you been spending your summer weekends?

Like a River

This past weekend was full of summer bliss and a good life lesson.  

A group of eight of us and a dog decided to raft/intertube down the Snoqualmie River.  It was so beautiful and relaxing.  However,  I have some serious control issues so I insisted on taking the small lounger so I could feel in control and be able to steer more.  When the first set of "rapids" hit I realized that I actually had zero control and almost sunk my little lounger.  And when the sun started to set and we had no idea how much further we had to float we had no choice but to try and enjoy our surroundings and hope the next river bend would reveal the end.  But then I realized that the more I worried the less fun I was having so I let go and enjoyed the adventure.  And of course we have plans to do it all over again next Saturday and I can't wait!

{photo from here}