cute DIY ideas

haven't done them yet but could see a future project brewing here..

um hello amazing

so it was brought to my attention this weekend as i was getting ready for a wedding that i have NO DRESSES. I'm in the prime wedding going season of my life and don't have the proper attire.

Stumbling upon this AMAZING giveaway by my new dear friend Blair (wish she lived near me so we could really become good friends) over @ Wild & Precious  (and Blair wiggled my sister today and is loving gray which makes me happy) made me know even more that the universe was telling me i need dresses, and this could be one of them.  Loving this designers line of beautiful clothes Out of Line and her beautiful etsy shop.

Go check it out and enter to win!!!
such a beautiful dress!!!

wish I was here wednesday

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beauties

matt & kirsten

a wonderful wonderful fall wedding for two wonderful people!

(no pictures with them...)

here are a few from the night:

for all you {duck} fans:

I am sure you've already seen this- so this is for everyone else.

version 2 of the "I love my ducks" video from last season.

ENJOY

At the cross You beckon me
You draw me gently to my knees, and I am
Lost for words, so lost in love,
I'm: sweetly broken, wholly surrendered

isaiah 49:13

surfin

how cute is this fall celebration!?

beautiful simple rustic wedding

super cute birth story

such a great cause

creative way to dream

AMAZING new necklaces

perfect Portland fall outfit

reminder about what our life is meant to be like: growth

cutie nurseries

LOVE the way this looks

dreamy wedding

how to decorate a super boring sorority room to make it super un-boring :)

she is so hilarious & SO cute

a beautiful dress !!

wish I was here wednesday

the spirit

“I watched the spirit, like a dove flying down out of the sky, making himself at home in him."John 1:32

1 Corinthians 2: 9-16

However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"— but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment: "For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

making lemondae

loving these neutrals with the yellow pops. it's a great semi neutral color but has the aspect of boldness to it.

do you rue?

obsessing over rue still.... a few weeks later. if you haven't yet checked it out-- do so, it's the new online mag and it totally rocks. cant wait for issue 2.

i can't stop looking at Victoria Smith's San Fran home.

Her bedroom is I think my favorite:

 (or her office... i can't decide)

okay fall, I'll embrace you

1 Peter 5:6-7

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that He may lift you up
 in due time.

Cast all your anxiety on him because He cares for you

wish I was here wednesday

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wonderful wall

which is your favorite!?

 brian and I want to do one in our someday bigger home

praying this today

So what can I say
What can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You

So I'll stand
With arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all

So I'll stand
My soul Lord to You surrendered
All I am is Yours

-Hillsong "the Stand"

This is my prayer today, for my week, for my life. I want to stand all day and my whole life with my arms high and my heart abandoned and let the Lord control me and run me with no input of my own. I try too hard... I try too hard to do things in my life, to keep them going because I am relied on so much...  I want to surrender my whole self to the Lord each and every day of my life. That I would lay at His feet in awe of how wonderful He is. That IS enough.

oooh livia

I don't by any means enjoy this girl's heart but she does have great taste in style.