Fall Headbands

Aren't these headbands so lovely and fall-ish?  Such pretty work from BeSomethingNew on Etsy.  The top one is my fav.  And if I could only be daring enough to have some sweet bangs like the model.
*if only*
Have a splendid Monday evening!

Love,
Leah

lately...

We enjoyed the lovely afternoon today.  Got to use our couch today after Landon rearranged the living room.  I love it so much. I put our fall wreath up and it looks quite nice on the front door. Had a sweet little coffee date...iced soy caramel macchiato for me and a pumpkin spice latte for Landon.  What a great day with my favorite boy.

-Leah

lovely swim

Aren't these vintage swimsuits from Shabby Apple lovely? I know the swimming season is coming to an end for a lot of us, but they're fun to look at.  I've been wanting to get a cute one piece again and these are top notch!

Have a great evening!

Love,

Leah

All images from Shabby Apple

knit a bit

I am loving these prints from pspress on Etsy.  This is gets me in the mood to knit soon!  I have a few projects in mind for the coming cold weather.

Cheers,
Leah

bump on a stump...

Today has been kind of a bum day, not for any reason really, just a bum day.

Anyway, these cheered me up.

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This is so pretty and I want to take a nap here.

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I would like to sit my rump on this stump.

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I am in love with this sweater from Anthropologie.

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I would love to eat this cake right now...maybe I'll make it this week.  Here's the recipe.

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Oh, and I could put my cake recipe in this great recipe box from Rifle Paper Co.

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We bought our couch!!  Here it is folks.  The Aiden Shitake sofa.  I love it and can't wait to get it on Friday!

Ok, so there really is nothing I can complain about today...or any day really.  Some days are just rough and today was one of them.  I am drinking some hot tea and listening to some Boxer Rebellion and trying to relax with my boy tonight.

Have a great evening...

Leah

Update

Ah, September is finally here, and with it the realization that Fall is very close!  Today is a gorgeous day...no humidity and absolutely spectacular.  We are definitely looking forward to a nice relaxing Labor Day weekend and home.  I have no idea what we're going to do, but I like it that way.  Wide open...

Landon's work is going well.  He went on a golf outing with his office a few weeks back.  I think he had a lot of fun and he's getting to know the guys a lot better.  I think God put him with some really neat people...talkative, not talkative, weird, kind of different, but cool.  Sometime's I'll take Landon a coffee if I have time before work and it's fun to see him in his work environment.  He has the most neat and precisely kept desk I have ever seen.  Plus, he gets to work on some really cool towers.  One that he worked on a while ago was right on Mt. Hood in Oregon...haha, I looked at the aerial map and realized we had hiked right where the tower was when I lived in Oregon for a few months.  So funny.

My work is going a lot better.  These past few weeks I've been let off early, so I get to come home and spend the evening with Landon...so nice.  We've been trying to go on a long walk every night and it's been so great.  We talk the whole time and get to think about our future and big decisions coming up and just be together.

We have also joined a brand new small group for married couples through our church.  I am so excited about this group.  Everyone is awesome and we all really connect well.  Hopefully work won't interfere with me going because I really want some mature and encouraging relationships in my life here in Indy.

So we have been married for 11 months today!  I am so excited for our 1st anniversary.  God has been so good and faithful to us this past year.  I have been with my best friend and lover almost every day and we've been through some good times and some rough, but it's been amazing.  I can't wait to see what happens next year...some great things I think.

Today I feel so refreshed and blessed.  I realize that there is really nothing I can or should complain about.  God is totally in control and if I am having a rough time, He wants me to draw close to Him...He loves that time where I need Him so desperately.  I want to learn how to bear all things with grace.  I don't want to just live my life and take for granted God's love for me.  I have life, I have an amazing husband, I have family and friends, I have music, art, and beauty all around me, I have talents God wants me to use, I have a home, I have the ability to love...I have so much!

I hope you all have a wonderful day and a great start to this holiday weekend. Take a moment and just relax....don't rush or fret, just be still and drink in this day.

Love,
Leah

Sweet Things

Landon surprised me the other night with a red rose, chocolates, and a sweet note...he also had picked up the apartment and had music playing and a candle lit.  What a sweetie boy I have.  The chocolates were amazing, and now I get to use the box for my sewing stuff just like my grandma. Ahhh, I love Landon so much.

So Landon and I tried our hands at making chocolate croissants from scratch.  This was a long process, but not too hard and definitely worth it in the end.  I found the recipe on this blog and just followed the directions.  We played some French café music and had a ton of fun together.
Also, before we put in the chocolate and rolled the pieces up, we stretched them out a bit...I don't know if it helped, but I saw it on the movie It's Complicated and I figured we'd try.  Try this recipe out sometime when you have a few hours to kill...you'll be glad you did!

This is kind of what I envisioned when Landon and I were eating.  We may have each eaten 4 each that night.....oops.

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Have a lovely and happy September 1st my dear friends.
Love,
Leah