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Laurel at THE HIVEAugust 26, 2014

Summer Style

I don’t know about y’all, but I’m in need of a dose of some fashion inspiration right about now! Elish is to the rescue! I love this super simple yet super stylin’ look! She’ll tell… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEAugust 4, 2014

Glammed Down

Helloooo! How was your weekend? I sure hope it was great! Since Mondays are usually a struggle on so many different levels, I thought a little fashion inspiration might be a good way to get… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEJuly 24, 2014

Jackson Metro

Happy Thursday! I sure hope everybody is having a good week! Last week, I completed one of the most fun yet most challenging projects I’ve ever been commissioned to do. (You may remember me mentioning… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEJuly 22, 2014

Three Hundy + My Top Ten

Want to hear something crazy? This right here is my THREE HUNDREDTH blog post for THE HIVE! 300! WHAT? When did I write all those?! I’ve been updating this little blawg since August of 2012!… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEJuly 18, 2014

Guest Post: Beauty Must-Haves From A GORGEOUS Friend Of Mine

As I was sort of planning out what I wanted to blog about for the next little while a week or two ago, I recognized the need for a little dose of Mary Straton from… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEJuly 9, 2014

Transfer

Got some fun fashion for y’all today, from Elish of course! We shot in a temporarily unmanned UPS truck driven by one of SummerHouse’s favorite delivery dudes! 🙂 “Mississippi summer is officially here! Breezy pants… View Full Post

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It’s time for me to lighten up! 💛✨ I went It’s time for me to lighten up! 💛✨ I went in for my annual blonding balayage at the prettiest new salon in Ridgeland: @salonsaintellis! This salon is an @artsytracy vision, so as you can see, it’s absolutely fabulous and SO well detailed! But we would expect nothing less! 🤩 I looooved my time in this gorgeous space! As you can also hopefully see, I’m loving my lighter hair! ☀️🫶 I love a balayage because it grows out so well, leaving it to where I only get color once per year. I enjoy being darker haired in the colder months, then back to blonde for the warm ones! 😆 If you’re looking for a cool new salon… @salonsaintellis is it!
✨ THE WONDER YEARS ✨ I LOVE the @axisconversa ✨ THE WONDER YEARS ✨ I LOVE the @axisconversations email newsletter and podcast. I try to take time to dive into them weekly, because they’re always so good! This week’s about WONDER really stood out to me. Wonder and miracles are ALL AROUND. On our good days and on our bad days. God is present in them. But how numb to wonder have we become? How many miracles right in front of our faces go unnoticed? My challenge to myself (and to you) is to make it a point to notice and verbally out loud thank God for the moments of wonder that give me pause. I pray I’m unhurried enough to notice all the little pieces of joy all around us. I feel like springtime is particularly wonder-filled! What little pieces of your day are the most wonderful? The most miraculous? Are you good at catching the little moments? I want to get better at it 🥰 Join me??
I ran across an old blog post from five years ago I ran across an old blog post from five years ago about these little Easter story printables that we still use every Easter with our kids! Comment EASTER and I’ll send you the old post where you can get to the free printables! They are an easy way to weave the Easter story into the Easter basket fun on the morning of. These printables (there are two color themes but otherwise they’re the same) are easy to use: print one out (it fits on a regular sheet of paper), cut it into the 12 parts, then put one part in each of twelve Easter eggs (maybe along with candy or something!) We do four story eggs per each of our three kids, then they work together to put them in order according to scripture. They just might have to get their bibles out to double check themselves! 🤩 It’s great because it gets them talking about the Easter story and how meaningful that day is!! ☀️ So if you comment EASTER I’ll send you the link to the post where you can get the printables! Just scroll past my Easter basket stuffers that are basically all out of stock now since I did that post five years ago 🤪 until you get to the paragraph with the links to the print pages 🤩 I hope these are helpful in keeping the Easter story the main thing for you and yours this year! 🥰 Thank you, Jesus, for ALL YOU HAVE DONE! Happy Easter season, friends! ✝️
When they put me in charge of the post-hunt docume When they put me in charge of the post-hunt documentation 🤣 AND, I must add— @pricedonahoo understood the assignment most perfectly 🤣
Jackson’s SPRING MARKET is this Friday, Saturday Jackson’s SPRING MARKET is this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! Tons of vendors from all over the southeast are bringing all the fun! Comment SPRING for all the info! See you there 🤩🌸✨ #ad
One of *those* weekends. One of the really, really One of *those* weekends. One of the really, really good ones! ☀️ I love this season!
The AMERIGO FAMILY MEAL 🇮🇹 totally hit the s The AMERIGO FAMILY MEAL 🇮🇹 totally hit the spot for us earlier this week! The Amerigo family meal is a pre-fixe takeout meal with multiple entree options plus a couple of salad options and their world-famous bread & dipping oil, all packed up neatly and ready for you and yours to grab whilst out, then enjoy at home! The meal is enough food to officially feed four, but it could totally feed five if you have a light eater or two in the mix! We enjoyed our Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo, Caesar salad, and bread, and heartily endorse this combo 😆 although I’m certain ALL the food options are wonderful! To order your Amerigo Family Meal, comment HUNGRY to get a ChowNow link where you can pick your @amerigo_restaurant location and food selections. AND, through March 25, use the code LAUREL to save 15% on your meal! We hope you enjoy your Amerigo family meal as much as we did! 😘 XO!
Let’s go to a trampoline park with a cochlear ki Let’s go to a trampoline park with a cochlear kid! Because my CI kiddo has a low magnet strength due to a skin sensitivity, he opts to take his devices totally off rather than risk losing them in one of these foam block pits.🤣 (Sometimes we will use the little straps that connect his ears to his shirt, but honestly, those bother him more than help him!) We don’t sign, but he is great at lip reading, so that’s how we communicate on days like this. It never fails, though… the moment I take eyes off of him, he climbs on something he isn’t supposed to and a trampoline park referee yells at him. Little do they know, he can’t hear them! So I usually just go tell them, “he’s deaf so yell at me and I will communicate with him!” (And bless their hearts- they always feel so bad about yelling at him so I always try to joke and lighten the mood!) Because of such scenarios, I’m not currently able to sit and read a book. I’m within ear shot at all times. That’s ok though because I have a front row seat to watching him take in all the fun! He says he likes jumping in silence and is pretty sure he has just as much (if not more) fun than all the hearing kiddos! We love trampoline parks and can’t wait to go back! 🤩
In spring mode over here ☀️🧡🌸 Still in In spring mode over here ☀️🧡🌸 Still in love with my @trutonebulbs lights that I never can seem to put up! 😆 (because they just work so well with all the seasons!)
It’s just me, thinking back on spring break 2006 It’s just me, thinking back on spring break 2006 and comparing it to spring break 2026 and how much I appreciate the contrast! ✨ 2006 was all about the right swim suit and what night we’d eat at Red Bar. 2026 is all about how caught up I can get on laundry between baseball games 😆 I love both what was and what is, and I believe the stark contrasts make each “style” of spring breaking so very unique and special! (And yes, with the right God-given perspective, a spring break of catching up around the house can indeed be quite lovely 🥰) Loving life and getting to enjoy each vastly different phase is such a gift! Thank you Lord for contrast and adventure and enjoyment of *today!* 🥰 Hope your SB is THE BEST! However you spend it! 🤩 📸: @jessicaholmesphotography_ms ✨
This giveaway is now over! Thank you SO MUCH to al This giveaway is now over! Thank you SO MUCH to all who entered! Our winner is @rileymccoyj 🥳🥳🥳 G I V E A W A Y ✨ T I M E ! Who wants to win over $400 to a few of our @bannerhalljxn favorites?! We are giving away $100 to @broadstreetcafe, $100 to @lemuriabooks, $100 to @freshinkstyle, & $50 plus a bag of goodies from @levurebottleshop! One winner takes it all! We are SO excited about this giveaway because, honestly… how incredible are all these local businesses?! And they’re all located in the same beautiful building! To enter to win… 💛 like this reel 💛 follow @chelseymcmillen_realtor 💛 follow @laurel_at_thehive 💛 tag one friend per comment. Each comment is an entry! That’s it! But we always have the bonus entry options! 🧡 bonus entry option 1: follow @levurebottleshop @lemuriabooks @broadstreetcafe and @freshinkstyle then put ‘following’ in a separate comment. Let’s show these local rockstars some love! 🧡 bonus entry option 2: share this reel to your story then put ‘shared’ in a separate comment. We will announce our winner on Tuesday March 10 and will contact our winner from these accounts only! (Beware of scammers please!) This post is not affiliated in any way with Meta or its subsidiaries. It’s because we love you, we love local business, and we want you to love the local businesses we love! 🥰🤣 Thank you so much for playing, and good luck!! 🍀
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Found these photos that @joshwoodwardphoto so beautifully captured of our little crew back in 2023 and they bring so much warmth to my heart! I’m so glad we slowed down enough to do these that one spring night three years ago. We had to move things around to make these happen but man I’m so glad we did. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times. (And now I’m preaching to myself because it’s been too long) but… HIRE THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Get those little ages captured in good photos. Because life will zoom right on past you and your kids won’t be little anymore 🥹 And you’ll turn into ME RIGHT THIS MOMENT, misty eyed over all the baby teeth and the white blonde and the slightly-wonky-yet-super-cute haircuts and all the little looks. 💛 Josh, you’re a very talented photographer and I still love these! Thank you!! #emotionalmotheroverhere #notsurewhyimsoinmyfeels #butilovemypeople!!! #somuch!!!
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