You're Invited!

I am not quite sure why I wanted to put together a little gathering--it was just on my heart to do it so I did!  Sorry I can't pay for everyone.  Who knows, maybe one year it will by my treat!

I can't tell you how much Chris and I love this restaurant.  It is our date night place....and one of the inspirations for the design of our home!  Check out its glory:

(image James Camp Photography)

do you spot lotus flower love?

Here is the menu Jennifer prepared especially for us....

wood fired margherita pizza 

spinach - fontina - prosciutto - caramelized onion pizza 

pancetta bacon - slow cooked onion pizza

fromage & charcuterie 

salt & pepper fried calamari 

hanger steak - chimichurri sauce 

van gogh’s crab cake - vanilla citrus beurre blanc 

goat cheese ravioli - sweet tomato sauce 

white truffle & parmesan frites 

house cured salmon pastrami - grilled pumpernickel - horseradish creme fraiche 

mini red velvet cupcakes-cream cheese icing 

$25 per person

cash bar


Please email us if you want to come.  We'll have a blast!


If you out-of-towners want to make a little trip of it, I'll get a sitter for Friday morning and we can go shopping and grab lunch.




I probably won't post as often this week, for I am writing two articles for the holiday issue for Rue!!!  Aren't you excited?  The spaces, again, are to die for.  I'll do my best to snag a sneak peek for y'all.  

Anisa has a great home tour to show you this week, too.  Here is a sneak peek of the home she designed along with the homeowners:

And a little cuteness--look at little Wyatt's preschool photo.  I can just eat my boys' cheeks.

so why not dream big? (darryl carter & new clothes)

That is what Oprah has always told us, right?  "Well, this dream came true for you.  Now you'll have to go and get yourself another dream", I can just hear her telling a young guest who is amazed at their new-found stardom.

Think about this guy, Darryl Carter, not too long ago when his days were filled with studying for the LSAT and reading over legal documents.

  Now, flashforward to today--he is launching his new line with Urban Electric and he recently designed furniture for Thomasville.  Not-too-shabby for this lawyer turned decorator.

I am tickled to be invited to meet this master of neutrals, among other things.

I have yet to read his book, but I am looking forward to snagging one so I can bend his ear for a minute. There is really nothing not beautiful I have seen from his rooms.  He seems to collect like Suzanne Kasler (I adore how he styles his tableware), and has a love of white and mixing like Vicente Wolf.  Yet I find him warm and classical and soft and strong at the same time.  (He kinda looks that way, too)

I am excited to actually have some events I need to "dress" for, you know?  My boys being four and two, I have lived in Target tops and yoga pants for years  (but I still had to wear some cute Converse and funky earrings with them--my mom always preached to us that "Life is not a dress rehearsal."  That has stuck with me--even in the baby fog years)

So I've got a few fun events coming up this fall and winter...

Darryl Carter at Urban Electric, big Arteriors sample sale, SCAD students' art at West Elm (Savannah College of Art & Design), Sherry Hart giving a little lesson on styling at the Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Christmas House, The Lavish Conference, and Better Homes & Gardens coming to shoot!  Aside from marrying Chris and birthing these youngins', this is about the best year of my life.  

I want to work with what I already have, but I do want a few fun things:

a sequins tank

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some dark boot cut jeans

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love this ruffled military coat (cute with jeans or a pencil skirt and tall boots)

Ann Taylor Loft

And this heather gray jacket

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With these pants...

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a plan white tank

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And these amazing necklace..

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Can you picture it with some heels?

And a few more things....

Would love this with jeans

Free People

and these babies...

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with some long, cotton socks

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And a velvet blazer

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almost done...look at these!

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And lastly, check out this outfit from Paris from South of Market's Blog

How great is her outfit!!??  Can I wear this at 37?  Maybe if the skirt was a little longer?

Happy Wednesday.......Julie

Wing & a Prayer Shower, etc.

One of my all-time favorite nurseries via

Table Tonic 

You know I love the all-white, the lotus flower pendant and the contrast

of the antique chair with the modern, leather ottomans.  So dreamy!

We had another baby-theme day at our home.  My sweetest friend in the world

is having her third baby girl....there was such a span between the other two that

she got rid of all of her baby gear and clothes.  We had to celebrate this little bean!

Here are a few pictures from what I like to call "A Wing & A Prayer" Shower:

Emily handmade each one of these cupcake art cute thingies!!  She is such a

good artist.  Here she is:

See the little birds (she made each one, again by hand--they are so detailed)

and brought these branches in to make this:

A prayer tree for the baby girl!!  She emailed each guest a week ago to have

them send her a prayer for the baby and family.  She stuck the branches in 

river rocks.  Isn't she creative?

Speaking of creative, my dear friend Anisa was here, too:

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These girls are gorgeous and talented.  She did this:

among other things.  Such an artist and amazing decorator!

Okay, I have to brag about my husband, too.  I asked if he could

help cut some fruit while I clean (I am too cheap to buy the pre-cut

stuff.  I know I should when I'm busy...but it is so much cheaper

to cut your own.)  Look at what he did:

I told him we are opening an Edible Arrangements.  I have never seen such a pretty plate of 

fruit.  He's a good one.

Isn't this cute cake bunting I got from etsy this week?  (I'll post the

specific store later this week.  I need to find their business card)

It was a sweet, intimate shower.  I can't believe I didn't snap one of Cori!!  Sorry,

girlfriend (although, I have never met a preggars in their 33rd week who 

really cared if someone forgot to take their photo :)

And I was really having fun with Chris' camera today.  How is it that

my husband works with a camera daily, yet I am the 

family's photographer?  At least I get to use his good camera.

Please indulge me with some kid and garden pictures...

These boys love to pick and eat basil!!

I take no credit for this bounty.  I only neglect the garden and cook

what Chris brings in (sometimes).  Do you think sometimes

the plants grow better if you neglect them...what doesn't

kill ya makes you stronger kinda thing?

I know...I have been trying to cut it all week.  I bet I am the only

one in this country club 'hood who doesn't put pants

on their kids....or cut their hair.  This place needs a few

hippies to shake things up.

And end the day with noodles on the couch.  Am I the only mom

who does that?

Life.  Is.  Good.

Julie