This post was sponsored by Foodadz. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that help make The Sweetest Occasion possible! It’s no big secret that I am a big fan of a summer picnic. I’ve made that pretty clear over the years. Sometimes though, picnics can feel like a lot of work! Preparing food, packing everything up, …
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 …
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 …
Good morning and happy Friday, friends! I hope everyone has had an awesome week and is looking forward to even better weekend. We are going to Baby Keegan’s baptism tomorrow followed by a little family party, and then planning on a pretty laid back weekend, hopefully one full of loads of sunshine and shenanigans. Before I run …
With Memorial Day weekend knocking on the door, we need to talk about yummy, summery sweet treats! Gosh, I have such a sweet tooth. I try to keep it in check, I really do, but in the summer months you just have to indulge in something sweet and delicious from time to time. Frozen yogurt? …
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times. There’s little I love more than a summer lemonade stand! I grew up on the old family farm, outside of town, surrounded by hundreds of acres of fields and woods. It was awesome, but it pretty much meant that having a lemonade stand was …
I have to admit that I’ve always held picnics up on some sort of nostalgic, romanticized pedestal, pretty much my whole life. One of my favorite picnics to date was adventuring off into the back field behind my friend’s house for a girls-only picnic one summer afternoon following the third grade. Her grandmother had helped …
Fresh, fun and fruity colors are clearly my summer obsession at the moment. If it’s bright and punchy, I want to soak up every little bit. I’m working on a project currently where I’m working as many saturated fruit-inspired hues in as I can and I have to say, there’s nothing quite like bright summer …
Following yesterday’s ode to the classic summer lobster boil, it only seemed fitting that we talk about hosting our own seafood boil or clam bake before the season is over! While it may seem a daunting exercise in hosting, it’s really not all that tricky. You just need to load up on seafood, set some …
Knock on wood, it seems we’re finally going to get a reprieve from the unusually persistant rainy weather we’ve had lately. I can’t wait to soak up all the sunshine! Which, of course, has me loving any number of bright and summery things. From neon keychains to the perfect shade of nail polish (Essie’s The …
This post was sponsored by the all-new Disney Story (available now in the iTunes store!) Thank you for supporting the sponsors that so generously help The Sweetest Occasion keep on keepin’ on! Over the long holiday weekend we indulged in one of my favorite summer past times – a clam bake! We kicked off the evening by …
I’m not exaggerating even a touch when I say that July 4th is absolutely one of my most favorite days of the year. It’s something about the sunshine, the patriotic swaying of flags and the fireworks. Oh, the fireworks! It’s every bit a magical combination if you ask me. Not surprisingly, my pinning tendencies are …