Simple Pleasures

The end of May is always my favorite time of year. Late spring and summer weddings are in full swing keeping me happy and busy with work. The streets are bustling with laughing kids running off to the nearby park. The house feels fresh and cool at night with all the windows open. And, my favorite flower, the gardenia peony, is in full bloom.

Peonies have such a short season; two or three weeks of their sweet scented loveliness and then they're gone. Keeping me waiting a full year to have the true pleasure of coexisting with them again.

So, as soon as their buds start opening you can always find me eagerly waiting in the wings with a vase and scissors in hand. And, that's just what I did this morning. I decided to take advantage of my favorite flowering plant and today's sunshine and snap some pics of my new line of wedding confetti. It'll be a few days before I edit all the pictures and have the listings set up in the shop, but I thought I'd share a few snapshots of what I did on this very happy morning.

- Kate ♥

I Want Wednesday: Forest Finds

1. I want to head to the woods and go camping this weekend but I feel like I should be packing up an old beat up truck like this to make the excursion feel more romantic. {Old Truck and Bluegrass pic via lightxposr's flickr photostream.}

2. I want to drive down this winding road on my way to... {gorgeous pic taken by Allision Trentelman via Rocky Top Studio.}

3. ...this restored one room cabin... {via Chicago Home + Garden Magazine}

4. ...that's been decorated with this lovely black and white fir tree wallpaper from ferm living and...

5. ...is stocked with these simrin glasses. {via the super fun Velocity}

6. After I've unpacked, stretched my legs from the long drive and had some yummy homemade lemonade in one of my lovely glasses I want to grab my new daypack and head out for an aimless hike to find... {via backcountry.com}

7. ...gorgeous discoveries in the woods like this... {Little Mushrooms via Rocky Top Studio}

8. ...and this... {Little Stump pic via Rocky Top Studio}

9. ...and this. {Japenese white-eye bird via John & Fish's flickr photostream.}

10. Then when I'm getting a bit tired from walking I'll head back to my little cabin and curl up on my cot in my favorite kissing rabbits sleeping bag and fall asleep to the sound of crickets. {via Anorak}

Yeah, I really want that.