40 weeks + we're still playing the waiting game. Le sigh. But we have trust that our little guy knows his birth date. We're just appreciating every quiet minute of our life-before-Lucas, while anxiously anticipating the storm of love + nappies that surely is to come. It's a pretty remarkable feeling, going through the preparatory motions of readying a room, transforming my private studio into a nursery + feeling like he's already here. Putting his own little style stamp on wh

Hopefully we were all a little more thankful this past week. A little more gracious, a bit softer + a lot more open. Hopefully we saw a little more of ourselves in each other + sought to find commonality in those we disagree with. Hopefully we found gratitude in in lives + people + things we have. There is strength in the softness. Because when we are grateful for what we have, we can better see what others do not + hopefully, that's our first step, together. DOWNLOAD PRINT H

Something bold, something new, something brush lettered, something blue. Whenever we get the opportunity to work with Jenin Paradise of Planning for Paradise, our hand-lettered dreams tend to kick it up a notch. Her unique vision + impeccable style are the stuff of stationery bucket lists. So, when we showed up for our Bright + Modern styled shoot for 100 Layer Cake at Magnolia Bridal in the gorgeous riverside town of St. Charles, Illinois, things got all the more interestig