61. | Inspire: peach & mint

“A man is never so truly and intensely himself

as when he is most possessed by God.

It is impossible to say where,

in the spiritual life,

the human will leaves off

and divine grace begins.” || William Ralph Inge

Once upon a time I had a lovely little post all prettily written about my love-affair with all things peach and mint... Then one evening I had a mind to edit a small portion of it, but after I clicked "update," would you believe it? It wasn't there. No pictures. No words. Nothing. It was all gone. My heart was broken and I cried myself to sleep. The end.

Actually it wasn't quite the end, because in the morning I decided to pull the remaining pieces of myself all back together again and rewrite the peach & mint post because this little blog just wouldn't be complete without it and I love all things peach and mint so much that it would be more than worth it to collect pictures all over again...[whew! that was a mouthful!]...except this time it might not look exactly the same, because for the life of me I cannot remember what all I had written. :\ So without further ado, the peach & mint, take 2. :) .....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The one thing I DO remember writing about is this ring...because it's so beautiful and I could never forget it even if I tried, and I would never even want to try. :) It's a rose gold, halo-cut, peach-champagne sapphire...and since I don't know very much about rings, that's all I know about it! For years I could never quite determine the style of ring that I loved most, but folks, this one's it. So if someday anyone has a mind to buy me an engagement ring, you know what to look for. ;)

xoxo,
♥, Sara

60.

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch,

a smile, a kind word, a listening ear,

an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring,

all of which have the potential

to turn a life around." || Leo Buscaglia

Since it's a cold, windy, miserably wet day today, and I'm inside altering bridesmaids dresses for an April wedding [and wishing I was in NC for the afternoon!], I'd thought I'd share a few of the things I'm loving this morning...[that $80 lace cardi is currently only $14...I'm a fool to not snatch it up this very moment!] My current color obsession is actually peach and mint, but I just adore salmon pink and kelly green as well, they're such classic colors...and wear well in every season [but they make me think especially of Summer-time, so I love them even more!]

How about you? What are your favorite colors for Spring?

xoxo,

♥, Sara

59.

“Saving faith is the heartfelt conviction

not only that Christ is reliable,

but also that he is desirable.

It is the confidence that he

will come through with his promises

and that what he promises

is more to be desired than all the world.” || John Piper

This cold, sunny morning was made just a tiny bit brighter by Anthro's new March catalog, which I love... This morning I made chocolate chip cookies and I designed and had printed these postcards...for an open-house in a few weeks. :) The part I loved the most was saving nearly $30 on the final prints...Yes, thank you Minted...you made my day.

And I'm kind of just a litttttle bit excited about Ethan coming home tomorrow. I was [this] close to buying a plane ticket to North Carolina for two days, just so I could welcome him home in person...And I would have, if I didn't have a few days of work that interfered with my awesome travel plans. ;) Such is life.

xoxo,
♥, Sara

58.

True to my promise, I'm entirely caught up-to-date with blogging [cue one enormous sigh of relief...I can finally sleep in peace! ;) ] This morning I woke up positively craving an iced chai tea latte...but I couldn't have one, so I just drank some water instead. :\ Today was a laid-back, cozy in front of the fire while spending half the day away on my computer sort of day [catching up on blogging, of course!]. :)

I'm not quite sure what it is about this song that I just love...but I sure do love it. I've listened to it a thousand times... And here are a couple more inspiring images for today, because I was entirely too lazy to take any pictures of my own. :)

I'll never get over my obsession of open-shelving in a kitchen.

Or lovely pops of bright color...

Pretty invitations from Minted that I just adore...

An absolutely gorgeous dress, that I can't remember where I found it,

but it's beautiful anyway, and only cost about $3000. ;) Honest.

That's it for today...more excitement tomorrow, maybe? :)

xoxo,

♥, Sara

57.

Okay folks, I'm a real life blogger so I'll be the first to admit that blogging has definitely been tossed to the wayside these last two weeks. Seriously? Where does the time go? Wasn't it JUST last Sunday?? Did I even remember to take a single picture? Life has just been so wondrously full and busy, and this week promises to be even busier still...

So anyway, I have fourteen+ posts to write, but I'll get there. Promise! However...procrastinator that I'll always be...since I really just want to waste the remaining hours of my afternoon on Pinterest and watching Little House on the Prairie...I'll start tomorrow morning, deal? ;) Sundays are meant just for eating doughnuts and pinning and sitting on the couch in the sunshine and watching movies, right? Yeah, I thought so too. :)

True, we're barely a couple of weeks away from welcoming Spring and I'm already just longing for Summer... [sigh].

xoxo,
♥, Sara