Friends, you know I love grocery store flowers. They’re affordable, seasonal and readily available whenever you decide you need a few pretty blooms around the house or a need a hostess gift on the fly. That’s definitely why I keep trying to convince you that grocery store flowers are absolutely your best friend. (See evidence …
Posts from: June 2015
This post was sponsored by Valspar. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that help make The Sweetest Occasion possible! If ever there were a project I was excited to tackle, this one was it, friends! Between cooking and crafting up cocktails, we use a crazy quantity of fresh herbs during the summer months so we always love to …
This post was sponsored by Seattle Chocolates. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that so generously allow The Sweetest Occasion to keep on keepin’ on! I’m glad I have never shied away from admitting to you guys that I have a life-dominating sweet tooth, because I’m about to bring all the sweetness today. A couple of months …
I know I’m not alone in being totally into the marble craze that’s kind of sweeping the craft world at the moment. Rarely a day goes by that I don’t see a new project hit Pinterest that I just adore. The technique is so super easy that I wanted to give it a go transforming a …
In high school I owned no fewer than four pairs of Birkenstock sandals. They were my go-to for everything. If you’ve never worn a pair, they are hands down the comfiest things you’ve ever put your foot in once they’re sufficiently broken in after a few wears. Now that my old favorites are firmly back …
Hello, friends! Now that it’s officially summer, we need to take a moment and talk about the official food of the season. S’mores! As much as we all know I loathe marshmallows, I am a self-declared lover of all things s’mores, which is why I basically can’t get enough of how people constantly reinvent this summer …
This post was sponsored by Coffee-mate. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that so generously allow The Sweetest Occasion to keep on keepin’ on! In addition to the company they’ve owned for going on thirty-five years, my parents owned an ice cream shop with a mini golf course for a handful of years while I was …
I’ve always been a huge berry fan, but blueberries always sort of fell to the bottom of that list for me. Until, that is, my inaugural trip to Maine six or so years ago when my first taste of wild Maine blueberries forever changed my life. It sounds dramatic, I know, but it’s absolutely true. …
Hey hey! Howdy and happy Monday! I hope your week is off to a great start. We’re rockin’ it old school today and starting the week with a color palette. I know some of you are huge huge fans of the weekly color palette and others could take them or leave them, which is why …
With a little over a week left until Father’s Day, I couldn’t resist sharing some of the awesome homemade Father’s Day gift ideas I’ve been seeing pop up here and there. I’m off today helping out at the 5th Annual Ryan Converse Memorial Golf Tournament in honor of my late cousin (we raise lots and …
After spending Sunday afternoon lounging on the beach and splashing around in the ocean before flying back home to New York early Monday morning, I basically have zero interest in anything other than sitting on the beach this week. In reality, it has been rainy all week and I’m up to my eyeballs working on …
Why hello, friends! I’m back from a whirlwind long weekend in Florida celebrating my niece’s high school graduation and ready to jump right into the week. It has been a bit since we chatted about books, but as I was standing in the airport bookstore yesterday in search of a new book for the flight …