The Look of Comfort

Sophie wore her favorite dress today. Surprisingly, it's my favorite dress of hers as well. I'd like to thank H&M for making dresses with such a perfect mix of playfulness and structure. It's pretty tricky to find dresses that aren't too "precious" for the park, yet somehow look put-together at the same time... that way, I can head directly to run errands after the park and not get odd looks from those people who have never had children about the appearance of mine. :) H&M has lots of options every single season, and they're almost all $15 and under. Win-win. She got the little flower clip for her hair and her gold sparkly purse from J.Crewcuts and her high top chucks from Zappos. Lucky for little girls that they can pair a dress & sparkles with converse and pull it off with such natural ease.

We've been pretty under the weather at our home this week. Looking forward to a weekend of rest and relaxation! Hope for the same for you!

Happy Weekend!

Kate
Current H&M Dress with a similar price
Similar Flower Clip, Similar Purse, Red Chucks

Review: Pinhole Press

I've been a fan of Pinhole Press since I first viewed their website about a year ago. I never really had an excuse to order any products from them until Maggie's birthday last weekend. I realized that I had never created a baby book for my second-born... How is this negligence possible as a third-born who was deprived of having my own book? I don't know, but I managed to drop the ball. I have high hopes that I will one day compile all the emails and photos I've sent her this first year to create a book. We'll see about that!

In the meantime, I made my first Pinhole Press purchase a few weeks ago for my little darling: a Maggie notepad! I set it out at her birthday party last weekend and it got even more compliments than the cake (the cake was a funfetti cake, so that's saying something!). I asked her guests to write a little note to her and a sweet memory of our little girl's first year of life. It will be nice for her to have her own little book starting from square one. I'm actually planning to do a spiral bound one for the girls at each birthday with a photo of them at that particular age. I'll have the notes from birthday party guests on the first few pages, then I'll be able to use the remainder of the book to handwrite personal notes to them throughout the year to chronicle some ups and downs for them. I'm getting sentimental in my old age (30 is coming too fast)!

The company seriously has so many fun ways to personalize day to day items. I'm sure you'll love them as much as I! 

XO,
Kate

Small Style: Glitter & Stripes

Family photos are always a little high pressure when you have children, but the results are well worth the temporary stress. For this shoot, I wanted Emma to wear something stylish, but relaxed. I chose a navy & white striped jacket, skinny jeans & and an adorable glitter bow headband. 

Photo by: Volatile Photography

PS. I cannot believe this little girl starts preschool today. I am not sure I'll be able to hold it together.

Jeans and Sequin top: Gap Shoes: Max Studio

Little Bag Lady

I always keep my eyes open for cute and stylish pint-sized purses for Emma. She loves bringing little bags filled with mini toys when we are out and about, and I figure if she's going to bring them anyway, they may as well be fashionable. They are seriously so cute that sometimes I'm tempted to borrow her bags and use them as clutches for date nights!

One. Two. Three. Four.

Birthday Girl!

We'll be doing an afternoon post today! Celebrating little Maggie's first birthday fiesta full of polka dots, mischief, sugar, skinned knees, and tissue paper has taken a bit of our energy level and given us a case of the Mondays.. slow moving today. See you soon!

Psss! Quick tip for polka dots with icing: when you put the icing dots on, they'll look more like thorns than polka dots. Once the icing starts to harden, use freshly scrubbed hands (or a tiny kitchen tool that I don't own) to poke each dot and make them flatter. I was about to give up and let the dots look like thorns when my husband poked one for a taste and unknowingly saved the day... my morale at least, and I got the look I was aiming to get.

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