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Unearthing an Old Treasure
T his is how I felt this morning when I discovered an old stack of (discontinued, sniff) Cottage Living magazines hiding at the bottom of a drawer!Cottage Living + Hot Coffee + Snowed in with Mr. Marvelous = the perfect Saturday morning. (thanks to baby Charley for adding a dose of cuteness and Cottage Living…
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Welcome!
Welcome to the newly designed Rare & Beautiful Treasures site! I worked with the very talented Kelly of Fabulous K Creative to design what I hope is a calming, airy, streamlined site for displaying larger photos and positive sentiment! I hope you don’t miss all of the photos in the sidebar-the clutter was starting to…
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Joy Perfume or {The Scent of a Mother}
source Do you remember what your mother smelled like when you were a small child? They say “scent” is the strongest memory keeper of all the senses. In my mind’s eye tonight is an old wooden chest, stacked with memories: the texture of my wedding veil, the creases of my husband’s hand the first time…
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{this} House {is} Beautiful
Feast your eyes on photographer Amy Neunsinger’s L.A. home, as featured in House Beautiful. It is a stunning combination of industrial meets girly chic with a large dose of natural sunlight! There was something about this house and all of its natural light that brightened up my January afternoon. More images and interview with the…
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Baby Shower: A Few Quick Photos
My dear friend Lori threw me the most beautiful baby shower last weekend. It was positively lovely-right down to the little details like Pelligrino with orange slices in champagne flutes. 🙂 As the hostess, my friend took the majority of the photos, which I haven’t seen yet, but, here a few pictures I was able…
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Crib Bedding for Baby Charley!
Meet baby Charley! Remember my friend, Abby? Charley is her too-cute-for-words baby girl, born in October! And here is baby Charley’s perfectly-unique crib bedding set, designed and sewn by her Aunt E (that’s me!) Her mommy did not want crib bedding that screamed “pink!” so we started with a base of soft white, spring green,…
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Fireplace Reveal!
If you missed the first three chapters of our fireplace mantel story, you can catch up here: Chapter One: A Blank Wall Chapter Two: Purchasing an Antique Surround Chapter Three: Fireplace Mantel Update The short story is that we started with a blank wall with a gas fireplace box. We shopped architectural salvage to find…
