So sorry...

I have to apologize to the few followers that I have for not posting at all these past few weeks. I've been spending alot more time on my tumblr, better than fine, and getting ready for my upcoming trip to AFRICA in ten days! I'll be there all semester working in clinics, orphanages, and spending time in the villages. Keep me in your prayers and I'll see you come Turkey Day! Until then I'll be updating my tumblr when possible so be sure to check in for a little romance from time to time.

xox
Haley

(photo via etsy)

Obsessions meet

I have a small obsession with mugs.
And I have a large obsession with quotes.
So this quote mug from Brookish Esty store is heaven to me!
In fact all her products are wonderful.
Be sure to check her out.

(photo via Brookish)

Seattle

My friends and I have discussed moving to Seattle after graduation this spring. If we do, I want this poster!

Woodsy Wedding

Absolutely GORGEOUS wedding captured by Hugh Forte . What a perfect setting. I love the woodsy feel.

Someone once told me

SOTM is one of my newest obsessions. A new black and white photo is posted everyday with a message of what someone once told them and the story behind it. If I were to send a message it would probably have to be "follow your bliss". What would yours say?

p.s. Be sure to listen to the audio and watch the videos. Its the best part!

Your world

This is your world

Shape it
Or someone else will
- Gary Lew

(photo via weheartit)

Making the bed

I love all the different ways that jerk in the box has mixed and matched this bedroom! So creative and pretty.

Light it up

I like these antique looking lights from Michele Varian

A laugh

I could use a good laugh today

(photo via animals at the zoo)

Pretty camping

Although roughing it in a cramped and tiny tent is always loads of fun in itself, I would love to spend a night in this floral beauty!

(photo via shoptalk)

I want you back

Loving KT Tunstall's version of I Want You Back

Perfect Party!

This weekend I made two cakes for a family party and they both turned out wonderfully! The first was Dori Greenspan's Perfect Party Cake and the second was an Apricot Carrot cake from my new Sky High: Irresistible Triple-Layer Cakes (which I'm now in love with). The only trouble I had was making the buttercream frosting for the Party Cake. It looked more like soup than frosting, but after adding some confectioners sugar and mixing and mixing and mixing it finally came together. Success!

In a box under my bed

Have you ever written a letter you knew you would never send?
There are just some things that we can't imagine someone reading. The timing is wrong. The topic is complicated. The outcome scares you to death. But there is something cathartic about pouring your heart out on an empty piece of paper that has the potential of being read by the one person you have chosen to write at the top of the page. And the letter sits in a box, or a book, or on your computer, just waiting for the day when it will be read...

Sincerely yours,
Haley

(photo via beautiful fragile)

Flying by

This week flew by! I'm thinking about coaxing a friend into taking me on a motorcycle ride tonight, then I have to make two cakes for a birthday party tomorrow, and I'm doing absolutely nothing on Sunday. What are you up to?

(photo via le love)

Yay!

I was SO happy with the outcome of the bachelorette! Ed had my heart from the beginning. What a catch! I felt horrible for Reid though, even more so than Kip (and I didn't even like him that much). Too little to late I guess. Ce la vie. Best of luck Ed & Jill! xoxo

Mini goals!

Look what I got in the mail today! Last week I was lucky enough to win marta's give away of one of mary kate's beautiful mini goals calendars! It even came in a cute personalized package with my name on it. Goals for today: unpack and workout. Thanks Marta!

(photo via marta)

Home again

I'm home from vacation and had a WONDERFUL time! The cabin we stayed at was the ultimate cabin of my dreams and I had a hard time leaving. We tubed the river, panned for gold, and did a little cliff diving. How was your week?

(photo via cowgirl blues)

Cabin vacation!

I'm leaving tomorrow morning for a beautiful trip to Tennessee with the fam! We are staying in my Uncles gorgeous wooded cabin with a perfect river for tubing right in his back yard. After this week at work I definitely need a vacation. I can't wait to have my customary plane ride gingerale! See you next week luvs!

(photo via moderniteter)

Rain rain

I wish I had this umbrella from Urban Outfitters on days like today...

The Cake Slice

I've always been a fan of the Daring Bakers and now I've found another tasty baking group called The Cake Slice. They choose a cookbook and use it all year long with one recipe every month. They are currently using Sky High: Irresistible Triple Layer Cakes. All their reviews and pictures looked so good I had to order it! The first one I'll make will definitely be the Marbled Lemon Blueberry Butter Cake. Yum!

(photos by lick the bowl good)

Pretty Odette

I just discovered all of the beautiful jewelry at Odette and I think I'm in love with this feather necklace.

All you need is love

I'm loving these antique wooden signs from Rocket St. George

Shhh

(photo via mary ruffle)

Library love notes

Grace Light at poetic home celebrated her two year anniversary by making an adorable hand made gift with a box of inspired Dewy Decimal library cards. She replaced the book numbers with important dates in their relationship and titles were overwritten by chapters of their life together. She topped it off by putting them all in a perfect antique wooden library card catalog box. The best part is that you can make cards like this too with this catalog card generator!

(via simply freckles)

Don't Stop Me Now!

What a FUN wedding video! They had a great crowd and their guests played along perfectly. I would love to try something like this.

(via a cup of jo)

Homecoming weekend!

This week flew by! My sister is coming home this weekend from spending almost two months in Europe and I can't wait to see her! I'm hoping she'll be up for going to the drive-in and watching Up & The Proposal with me. Have a lovely weekend! Cheers!

(photo via theloveshop)

In her youth

" 'You are a charmer, Mr. Marsh,' she said, and Jeremy was struck with the thought that in her youth, she must have broken a few hearts..."

I love this quote from Nicolas Sparks book True Believer. I always love to look at old people and imagine what they must have been like when they were my age.

(photo via corbis)

Summer sandwich

What's better than homemade ice cream on a summer day? A homemade ice cream and snickerdoodle sandwich! I can't tell you how excited I am to eat this...

Snickerdoodle Recipe (Martha Stewart)

2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs

2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. Put butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in eggs. Reduce speed to low; gradually mix in flour mixture.

2. Stir together cinnamon and remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl. Shape dough into 20 (1 3/4-inch) balls; roll in cinnamon sugar. Space 3 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.

3. Bake cookies, rotating sheets halfway through, until edges are golden, 12 to 15 minutes.

Pouting in Ohio

My good friend Daniel is spending the week hiking, climbing, and camping in my dream state...Colorado. I'm insanely jealous so I intend to spend the week pouting and looking at pictures of other lucky people who get to camp in the mountains while I wait tables in Ohio

Can someone please take me camping?

(photo via corbis)

Oh Harry

Call me nerdy if you will but I'm going with my brother to see the new Harry Potter movie today and I cannot wait!

(photo via dailymail)

Romance

These pictures from Chris Craymers new book Romance have been popping up all over and they have me swooning

(Photo by Chris Craymer)

Camping snuggle

I want to be in the middle right now

(photo by Nick Hance)

Indexed

How fun are these index cards?