peaches & dream

dreamy giveaway ~ 8 x 12 five feathers print

happy monday, my darlings! i'm going to start your week off with a super delightful giveaway courtesy of diana from d.s. brennan photography! remember this gorgeous canvas-printed photo that was featured in yesterday's seven lovely things post?

one lucky reader will be receiving an 8 x 12 inch print of this photo (a $35 value). it will be printed on matte archival paper and will be shipped directly to the winner!  i have to say, i'm super jealous of whomever wins this giveaway. i absolutely adore this print and all of diana's work. a few more of my favorites are these prints (here and here) from her autumn collection and these photos (here and here) from her natural history series!

here's how to enter

visit diana's shop and comment here with your favorite piece. yes, it's that simple!

bonus entries?

yes! re-blog this post and provide a separate comment with the link to your post!

the fine print?

one standard entry per person plus one bonus entry per person will be qualified - duplicate standard and bonus entries will be disqualified. be sure to include a link to your blog (with contact information) or an email in your comments. this giveaway is open to readers in the us & canada only until friday, january 27th 2012 at 11:59 pm. a winner will be chosen using a random number generator.

good luck, friends!

dreamy home - new (to us) vintage couch part 2!

yesterday was fantastic! we woke up early, headed to my hometown and picked up our lovely craigslist find... it looks so sweet next to our christmas tree! daisy has already claimed the couch as her own. little cutie!

yay, new couch!

dreamy home - new (to us) vintage couch!

happy monday, sugar plums! just a quick update to tell you how very excited we are to be picking up our new vintage couch today! it was a craigslist find and is (in my opinion) absolutely perfect for our first couch. i'll post photos when it's here and settled, but for now a sneak peek. enjoy!

(apologies for the quality - these are from the craigslist ad!)

dreamy home - bee's sweet vintage living room

hello hello! you know when you can feel yourself getting sick... let's say, for instance, that your dreamy and sweet boyfriend has a chest/head cold and you've been smooching his handsome face all the time regardless, and you know you're going to get sick but you keep thinking "no, no, i'm not feeling any symptoms yet!" and then you wake up one morning and it hurts to cough and it feels like someone is sitting on your chest and you're blowing your nose every five minutes but that hurts, too, because your sinuses are all stuffed up?

yeah, that's about where i'm at.

anyway! i spent the afternoon thrifting with bee a couple of days ago and while i was waiting for her to get ready i shot some lovely photos of her beautiful living room! i would really love to do a full dreamy home tour at bee's because i really think her home is one of the most perfect i've seen... but for now, here are a few shots of her living room. enjoy!

so gorgeous!

wedding moments!

here are just a few snapshots from paul & amanda's wedding on saturday. their wedding was so personal to them as a couple - from the invitations and soundtrack to the favors and centerpieces. redbones catered (if you live in greater boston and like bbq, you must go to redbones!) and amanda's aunt made the cakes (which were delicious). here are a couple of detail shots from their beautiful day - enjoy!

dreamy dreamer waiting for the ceremony to start

anna looking so lovely keeping herself cool

amanda crocheted the doilies...

...and the bookmark favors...

...AND the paper flowers!

yummy yummy redbones!

 

dreamy living - wildflower bouquet

lona and suddhayu brought the most beautiful wildflower bouquets from their farm to decorate the picnic tables at dani's barbecue party yesterday! at the end of the evening when everyone was packing up to head home, oceana, dani & i each grabbed a mason jar filled with flowers to bring home with us. here's mine...

so beautiful!

 

seven lovely things

happy fourth of july weekend! do you all have tomorrow off? the shop is closed so i get to spend the day having brunch with my parents & the dream and then celebrating our friend dani's naturalization ceremony (she's becoming a u.s. citizen) by having a very american bbq party on four tree island. so fun! here are seven lovely things to feast your eyes upon... enjoy!

1 this crocheted flower pin

2 this retro playsuit

3 this mermaid skeleton print

4 this tote bag

5 this claw necklace

6 this colorful pillow

7 this lovely scarf

seven lovely things

hello, my sweets! i hope you're having a lovely weekend! it's been lovely here... the dream and i have been spending some much needed quality time together and it's been so wonderful. anyway, here are seven lovely things to cheer up your sunday. enjoy!

1 this adorable summer dress

2 william dohman's recycled wood sign

3 miju's laser-cut necklace

4 the beautiful sugar peony on this wedding cake (source)

5 sweet bestiary's finger puppets

6 irena sophia's turning to a tree print

7 this adorable flash print sunsuit

thrifty thursday!

yesterday morning i went to the thrift shop to wander around, since i had the day off and the dream had to work. i never have any expectations when i go thrifting... i actually really just like walking around and looking at all of the great stuff! i found an avocado colored sunbeam stand mixer (if i didn't already have a baby pink kitchenaid stand mixer that thing would have surely been mine!), a mustard yellow blender, a bunch of old sewing machines and a gorgeous black coach turnlock briefcase. so many goodies!

what i couldn't resist buying were two lovely porcelain busts i found as i was walking out the door... they're so precious and the "favorites" section of my etsy is filled with similar pairs! i was so happy to have found both of the busts together that i simply couldn't pass them up.

rainy afternoon with lona

yesterday started off as such a lovely day! the sun was shining and it was incredibly warm outside. i went thrifting in the morning and found some really great things. it was sunny when i went into the thrift store and when i finished up and walked outside it was pouring! so i went over to my dear friend lona's house and we sat on her porch and talked and then moved to the living room and drank the most delicious solar tea i've ever had - it tasted like lemon and sunshine!

lona lives in a gorgeous little house with her husband, suddhayu. their back yard is a farm and they are always filling their tummies with delicious fresh foods. i had such a wonderful afternoon! here's a little peek...