BOHO + PICNIC was the idea that kept tossing around in my head when trying to come up with a theme for Laurel Donahoo's Photography class. For those of you that know and follow Laurel's blog (@thehiveblog.com), you know what a trend-setter she is - so this put some serious pressure on me to set the stage for her creative juices to flow. Meshing the "Boho + Picnic" theme together proved harder than I originally thought, but it turned out so much better than my mind could con

PINK was the accent color for this evening. Pink punch. Pink cookies. Pink paintings. And just a touch of pink in the sunset. In October of last year, Mandy Ellard and I were sitting at my kitchen counter drinking a diet coke talking about how much we missed each other and how we were going to make sure we did a better job of staying connected during the upcoming year. Then I remember mentioning to her about this idea my daughter-in-law, Elizabeth, had given me - to open