Mother's Day Brunch

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When I think of Mother's Day, I think of a beautifully set table enjoying a delicious brunch that celebrates the women in our lives.  It was on Mother's Day 14 years ago that my husband and I had all our family gather to make the announcement that I too was going to be a mother.  Being a Mother has been the greatest blessing!  Here's some ideas that can help you celebrate MOM...

Many times fashion and interiors follow the same trends.  So think of what's hot in fashion and implement that in your home decor.  The 5 hottest trends for table setting are gold, ombré, color blocking, floral and taking an artistic approach.

GOLD

Modern..Black, White & Gold

Notice the accents of gold and gold flatware

DWR Almoco Flatware $30-50

Anthropologie Imperial Cheese Knives $198 24kt gold plated

DWR Midas Collection $68-86

OMBRÉ

Ombré is where color fades from one color to another or fades to white or black.

Beautiful example of Ombré flowers

The flowers and the table cloth fade

Scalamandre by Lenox Toile Tale Dinnerware $70 comes

The toile pattern lends itself to this style and comes in 4 beautiful colors.

Gretel Home POP Diamond Medium Bowls $59

These turquoise bowls would look fabulous mixed on a table

Crate and Barrel Set of 12 Multicolored Napkins $44.95

Buy multiples of these and use only a few colors that are closely related for that ombré look.

COLOR BLOCKING

Loved this so much I tore it out of my Instyle Mag!

Kate Spade New York Greenwich Grove Teapot $150

FLORAL

Fingerprint table runner

This table runner not only gives the appearance of flower petals, but is a great way to give Grandma or Mom a memory of the kids fingerprints.  Here's how to create a fingerprint table runner.

Anthro Anemone Mezzo Vase $18

 These are my favorite and would make a great take home gift for the moms!

Love the floral table cloth!

ARTISTIC

This can mean setting your table a little off the beaten path or an artistic flair like brush strokes, actual art or watercolor.  Here's some great examples.

Simple, rustic and delicate

 I can't explain why I love this table.  It's peaceful and a little different.

Diane von Frustenberg Home Tableware

Hand paint your place cards

Oscar de la Renta Brushstroke Dinnerware $40-46

Anthropologie Beziers Placemat $48

Artspace, Artists fro Azuero, Set of 6- $750

Don't forget to do something special just for Mom.  Here's just a few ideas...

Have a family recipe printed into tea towel and use those as the napkins

Spoonflower shows you how to turn these handwritten recipes into tea towels.

Print a crossword

Display pictures of the women in your life present and past

PS If you want a beautifully set table for Mother's Day it means you will have to work on Mother's day.  Just take the next year off ~Brandy

STOP....it's Twine Time!

This week we have been filming our first Twine video!! It's a really cool STOP motion video by the amazing Vanessa McKellar of Vanessa McKellar Productions. We will be finishing up shooting tomorrow but for now, here's a sneak peek at some behind the scenes photos.

Most of the day was spent on the ground. Hullo Pig!

Shout out to April Box at Interface for the awesome carpet tiles!

balancing act

We are so excited to see the finished product, and you should be to because it's going to be really cool. Keep checking back for the big reveal! 

~Jessica

Lately...

We've been working really hard, but I wanted to take a little break to show you some of our fun lately.

I headed to Dallas to meet up with a friend...

First stop was the Dry Bar for a blow out and mimosas!

Second stop was some shopping at Grange Hall. I had never been here before but I thought it was really cool. A little pricey but definitely unique.

Brandy and I braved the heat and headed to Canton. 

We found some cool vintage specimen posters to frame as art. 

Annndd, I came home with this flying paper mache cow. Definitely one-of-a-kind!

Elle wasn't sure about Pig (the name Brandy and I gave him because everyone kept saying oh wow, look at that flying pig)

We hit up an estate sale in Hollytree and I found these incredible vintage snake skin boots. A little pricey at $145 so I decided to come back when everything goes on sale and it just wasn't meant to be. Gone to be worn on someone else's fashionable feet. 

We had some new neighbors move in so I baked some Hostess knock off cupcakes!

Eric and I had a date night in Tyler with Don Juan's and a movie at the Liberty. Had no idea it was a silent film until well into the movie, darn it. Oh well, we had fun sitting in the balcony by ourselves and eating M&M's. It's surprisingly refreshing to watch a silent film and not have to pay 100% attention to the movie. 

We spent Saturday morning at Bergfield park to shoot pics of dogs for Homeward Bound during Tyler's Petapalooza. Who knew we would come home with this little guy! (Well, I did actually, it was just Eric who had no idea what the real mission was)

Annnd finally, we celebrated Brandy's birthday!!! She requested Red Velvet Cake so I made it happen!

That's what's been going on lately in between the working madness of launching a new business, building a website and just plain being us. 

~ Jessica