Weekend Recap

We had a super busy, but super fun weekend! 

Friday night, we celebrated our sweet friend, Chelsea's, birthday in style by riding this bad boy around Troy to some of our favorite bars.

I stupidly wore a maxi dress and sandals to pedal this thing - why, I have no idea - so I rode the first leg of the trip on the bench in the back and didn't have to peddle. Score!

It was such a cool experience, and we were really surprised and glad that they let us bring our own coolers of drinks on the bike. We played a few games of flip cup before going into the bars and it was so. much. fun. 

If any of y'all live in the Capital District - you definitely have to try Capital City Brewcycle!

Saturday was spent recovering from the Brewcyle festivities. Ugggh. Rough! Then Saturday night, we went to a going away party for our friend, and Joe's coworker, Steve, who is leaving us for bigger and better things in Syracuse, NY!

Today I have been doing nothing but calligraphy and working on this blog (check out the new calligraphy page above!) and it's been nice to have a whole day to devote to it! I just listed this new print in my Etsy shop, and have been working on some samples and some gorgeous wedding invitation envelopes for my friend Brittany!

Hope y'all have had an amazing weekend! :)

Sophisticated Nursery

A couple of months ago, we moved to a smaller apartment just north of Albany. The downtown loft was just way too expensive and wayyy too loud on the weekends. (Wow, do I feel like a grandma saying that!) Anyway, Joe has less than a year left of his clerkship, and at this point, we don't know where we will be living afterwards. We are so tired of packing and unpacking, so we just decided to live with the bare necessities here and I'm under strict orders of NO DECORATING. If you know me, you know how hard that is; but it's actually been kind of nice not to have to worry about sprucing this place up! When I get the itch to decorate, I make an Olioboard and that usually does the trick. 

No, I'm not pregnant - but I'm obsessed with designing nurseries. Yesterday, my new favorite artist, Emily Jeffords, had an Instagram sale and I bought two prints from her new botanical series. I am so excited to get my hands on them! I decided they deserved to have a whole nursery designed around them so that's where this board came from.

I absolutely love nurseries that don't scream baby. A sophisticated room that can grow with the baby is so practical - switch out the crib for a bed and you have yourself a room fit for a little girl! I have loved this image a Design Sponge tour for forever and got the idea to use black and white in this room from it. What a lucky girl!

Daphne's Glamorous Nursery

I seriously wish I could live in this room. It's a mix between Palm Beach Regency and boho eclectic and I'm really loving it. The brass ram is a nod to my high school days (Go Rams!) and I think any little girl would be lucky to have that gorgeous Slim Aarons photograph in their room! 

Emily Jeffords Botanical Prints

Slim Aarons Poolside Glamour Print

World Market Lotus Pendant

DaVinci Jenny Lind Crib

RugsUSA Pink Overdyed Rug

Please tell me I'm not the only one who designs nurseries for their nonexistent children?? ;)

Happy Friday!