Beauty is

a chocolate cake

a vintage dress

a place of one's own

fresh flowers

 

tea

 

sharing it with someone you love.

Marlboro College is having a contest for HS students to make something beautiful and say what it is. It's the Beautiful Mind Challenge. Winners receive cashola and a chance to see these green hills.

Photos by Desha Peacock and Elle James

Front Porch Love, with special guest stylist

I was inspired today after reading Decor8 and seeing Anna-Malin's lovely front patio. I want a couch on my patio!

I'm from the South which means I'm a front porch/ back porch - give me a D@MN porch kinda GIRL-

So, when the sun comes out and summer buds here in So. Vermont, there's no better place to be than on the porch.

I fiddle with the arrangement of my porch sort of like I do the inside of my house, and today I had a little extra help from my special guest stylist.

Hope you enjoy, we sure did!

And by the way, what's your porch, balcony, patio look like? Do tell.

It's arrived! Got Holly Becker's Decorate and what a joy it is to have and hold.

Here's my guest stylist hard at work arranging flowers

Little hands do good work

But, let's not forget to take time and smell the flowers

The following pictures were taken by my assistant stylist.
p.s. this was her first time to take pictures ever. In her WHOLE LIFE.
I think she did a pretty good job, how about you?

And here she is, my guest stylist revealed!