Cinderella for a Night: Had a Ball!

Truly had a Ball! Hubby snapped some great pictures in the backyard prior to the event, but once we got there the pictures were far and few, sorry! The dancing was without exception the highlight for me! To my surprise and delight the dance floor was packed which made my usually shy hubs easier to …

At the Banquet table

One year ago today my sister, lil brother and I lost our father to cancer. An extremely rare and bizarre aggressive disease took his life in one year's time, even stumping my father, a brillant physician. In fact, he was the epitome of life and served my small town in NJ for over 30 years, leav…

Favorites Friday: Fearless

Prepping myself to enter the overwhelming healthcare world as a nurse again, hoping to cast all apprehension and jitters aside becoming a fearless advocate for patients! Here's some images to inspire boldness!
"Perfect love casts out fear" (1 John 4:18)
Truly visionary photography via m…

Living room sneak peaks

Not too many days have passed since moving into our home without a home project! Now I'm in a frantic hurry to finish what I've started since the grind begins (work) officially on Tuesday. Want a sneak peak? I can almost taste the finish line on a room or two!
Living room vignette I stuck to m…

Dress my windows

Racking my brain on figuring out how to dress my six dining room windows cheaply! Fabric and window panels all add up quickly. However, I came across this pretty picture from a delightful new blog to me (Full House) and fell in love with the patterned roman shades.


via housetohome and ashleywhittake…

Cinderella for a night: The dress

It's safe to say I've officially blown this whole ball gown dress thing out of proportion and have elevated all of your expectations beyond repair! Regardless, I MUST show you the dress I found and will wear to the Ball...

The ruffles had me at hello; cobalt blue is so bright and also one of…

Sugar High

This weekend there was a samurai...
(costume straight from Okinawa, Japan!)

balloons in every color to form...
the perfect balloon animal (affectionately named Knuckles the bear!)
Lots of love
and of course plenty of candy at the Fall festival!
Good times had by all.

Favorites Friday: Aubergine

Even my son will tell you my favorite color is purple and has been for as long as I can remember!! Even the leaves are donning this dazzling hue, so this week my favorite images star aubergine {french for eggplant}!
Aubergine cardigan via jcrew

Blair at delightbydesign comes up with the BEST inspirat…

Pseudo Entryway

How I love a good entry! In fact, I'm creating one across from the kitchen despite our lack of foyer or official entrance. Here's the look, I realize this is on the bold side, but once I saw that zebra console table with nailhead trim it was a done deal. So my handy-dandy sister made the ta…

The great Mom debate

To work or not to work that is my current question! Some Mom's have no trouble staying at home after kiddos come along...its is a perfect fit and even slip easily into homeschooling and child rearing. I however tend to NOT manage my time well when left to my own demise and frequently eat the br…