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Frances’ Big Girl Room
Pink wallpaper, pretty bedding and a room designed to grow with her — every source for our niece’s nursery-to-big-girl makeover.
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The Hostess Files
We love monograms and a beautiful table setting. Here’s how we plan the parties people talk about for years.
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The Wedding Journal
From a Rosemary Beach wedding weekend to invitation etiquette — every detail of the celebrations we’ll never forget.
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My Preeclampsia Experience + Tips For Hospital Bed Rest
As many of you know, I now have a beautiful and healthy baby girl and we are sooo in love! I shared my pregnancy journey and IVF story here and wanted to share some updates. Overall, we had a fairly smooth pregnancy. At our 20 week sonogram, we found out...
6 Tips For Creating A Gorgeous Easter Tablescape
Can y’all believe Easter is this Sunday?! While this year may not feel as festive as some, Kevin and I decided to bring the Easter flair into our home with a seasonal tablescape! My husband and I absolutely love entertaining, so we like to go all out for...
10 Tips For Planning The Perfect Baby Shower
To say 2019 was the year of life changes is a bit of an understatement, but our family is growing rapidly and this new chapter is so exciting! Let’s back it up a little: Janie got married February 23rd, I got engaged April 2nd, Blair had her successful IVF transfer on...
It’s A Girl! | Janie & Kevin’s Gender Reveal
For those of you that have been following us since the beginning, you’ve seen our family grow from a family of 4 to a family of 9 with each of us tying the knot and Blair’s new baby girl, Frances! Last year definitely marked one of the most exciting years for our...
Expectant Mother Must-Haves: My Pregnancy Favorites
Woohoo! I am officially less than 3 months from meeting Baby Butler and could not be more excited. There are a million lists about what baby items are a “must”, but today I wanted to share what products have become must-haves during my pregnancy! SHOP THE POST...
WE’RE PREGNANT & It Wasn’t Easy: My Journey With IVF
If this post is public, it means I'm absolutely ecstatic to be announcing that I’m pregnant!! This has been a journey that started over three years ago and has been extremely heartbreaking and painful (physically and emotionally). I have the utmost respect to all...
How To Prep Your Guest Bedroom For Out-Of-Town Visitors
One of my favorite parts of being a home-owner is having available guest rooms for my friends to come visit. After VES and SMU, our friends live all over the place! Not only does it give us endless excuses to plan weekend getaways to visit them, we have also had so...
6 Reasons To Schedule A Girls Night In With Wente Wine
As a blogger, my weekly schedules always tend to vary. I’m either in and out of town for work OR I’m trying to catch up on projects and spend time with friends when I’m home. My schedule tends to get a bit crazy, but the one thing I always make an effort to make time...
How To Host Weekend Guests Without A Guest Bedroom
Since I grew up in Alabama, went to boarding school in Virginia, spent a semester at Sewanee in Tennessee, and graduated from SMU in Dallas, my friends live ALL over the country. Though I’ve resided in Dallas for ten years now, a lot of my college friends have moved...