THE HIVE
THE HIVE
  • About Me
  • Shop My Style
  • Policies
  • The Lovely Bee Etsy Shop
Laurel at THE HIVEApril 20, 2021

Kitchen Update!

Kitchen Renovation // BEFORE AND AFTER // New quartz countertops, wooden hardware, reclaimed butcher block waterfall island, jura gray quartz on surround

When we first moved into our house back in 2015, we knew we’d have a few projects along the way to get our home where we wanted it. The project I’ve been most excited about… View Full Post

You may also enjoy:

  • Homework corner all fixed up :)

    Homework Corner

  • Custom Felt Sign // great gift idea!

    Custom Felt Signs

  • Nursery turning into big boy room!

    Happy Little Space

  • 9 Noteworthy Bunk Bed Designs

    9 Noteworthy Bunkbed Designs

SHARE:
8 Comments
Laurel at THE HIVEMarch 24, 2016

Newlywed Nest

A tour of interior designer Elish Moon's newlywed nest!

My sweet, stylin’, super talented friend Elish and her wonderful husband got married last summer and have found the most adorable little newlywed bungalow is northeast Jackson that I have been dying to tour and… View Full Post

You may also enjoy:

  • Homework corner all fixed up :)

    Homework Corner

  • Custom Felt Sign // great gift idea!

    Custom Felt Signs

  • Nursery turning into big boy room!

    Happy Little Space

  • Staycation ideas for a group of girls

    Staycation with Girlfriends

SHARE:
8 Comments
Laurel at THE HIVEOctober 7, 2015

Deer Chili

Deer Chili Recipe // www.thehiveblog.com

With the cooler temps we’ve been experiencing in the mornings and evenings these days, I think it’s safe to say that fall is officially here! YESSS! Our favorite yearly fall tradition when it comes to… View Full Post

You may also enjoy:

  • Mexican Bruschetta made with Tomato Love diced tomatoes

    Mexican Bruschetta

  • Spring Charcuterie Event at Village Boutique in Madison, MS

    Sips & Charcuterie

  • Chicken Tortilla Soup made with Tomato Love diced tomatoes

    Chicken Tortilla Soup

  • Big Batch Pomegranate Champ-aritas

    Pomegranate Champaritas!

SHARE:
No Comments
Laurel at THE HIVEAugust 29, 2014

My Favorite Room :: My Kitchen

Happy Friday! It’s been a little while since I’ve done a My Favorite Room post, and I’ve been missing them, so I’m so glad today ends the streak of favorite room nothingness! (For you who… View Full Post

You may also enjoy:

  • Mexican Bruschetta made with Tomato Love diced tomatoes

    Mexican Bruschetta

  • Spring Charcuterie Event at Village Boutique in Madison, MS

    Sips & Charcuterie

  • Chicken Tortilla Soup made with Tomato Love diced tomatoes

    Chicken Tortilla Soup

  • Big Batch Pomegranate Champ-aritas

    Pomegranate Champaritas!

SHARE:
No Comments
Laurel at THE HIVEMarch 25, 2014

Lovely Lately

Well if it isn’t another Tuesday! I like Tuesdays because they always mean one thing… Monday is over and we’re six days from another Monday… Can I get an amen!? Yesterday for me started out… View Full Post

You may also enjoy:

  • Homework corner all fixed up :)

    Homework Corner

  • Custom Felt Sign // great gift idea!

    Custom Felt Signs

  • Nursery turning into big boy room!

    Happy Little Space

  • Kitchen Renovation // BEFORE AND AFTER // New quartz countertops, wooden hardware, reclaimed butcher block waterfall island, jura gray quartz on surround

    Kitchen Update!

SHARE:
4 Comments
Laurel at THE HIVEAugust 31, 2012

My Favorite Friday Find

Ok so today I was on Pinterest… daily routine… and came across House Beautiful’s Kitchen of the Year. I really have a thing for white kitchens. They make me happy. They inspire me. They fill… View Full Post

You may also enjoy:

  • Cafe Ole in Fondren // THE HIVE

    Lunch Fun in Fondren

  • This Friday’s Favorite: Bee …

  • Favorite Find: Coral Bee Shirt

  • Favorite Friday Find: Beehive Mercury …

SHARE:
No Comments

Hey! I’m Laurel!

Laurel Donahoo @ THE HIVE Blog

Thank you so much for stopping by THE HIVE today! I hope you'll get comfortable and stay a little while!

Last day of sofa lunches and PJs til noon for ol’ Demps! He’s so excited to start school tomorrow! I think I’m most excited though! 😅

#thehiveathome
Today I wanted to share one of my favorite photo h Today I wanted to share one of my favorite photo hacks!! You might already know this, but if you don’t… when you use the LIVE photo option, your photo is actually about a four second video! You can hit “edit” in the upper right corner of your photo, the use the circle on the bottom left and select your favorite frame from the video. Make that your key photo and you can edit that as your final photo! 

This little photo shoot to capture this awesome @chichiclothing dress took about two minutes and, because of the Live Photos, I ended up with about a hundred frames to choose from! (I did use a tripod and a Bluetooth remote in this shoot, too!) 

I like this option because I feel like your photo in the end is more candid and natural feeling! I use this hack with kids photos all the time! 

I just love it and I hope you do too!! 🤩🤩

*Thank you, @chichiclothing, for sharing your beautiful threads with me! Shop their gorgeous dresses via the link in their bio!*

#summerstyle #fallstyle #eyelet #chichigirl #iamchichi
✨ G I V E A W A Y ! ✨ I am so excited to team ✨ G I V E A W A Y ! ✨

I am so excited to team up with three fabulous local businesses (all of which happen to be owned by some of my sorority sisters, we later figured out 😂) for a super fun giveaway! One winner will take home the full prize, which is valued at $750!

@shopjolie_antiques, an online antique store with some of the COOLEST finds, is giving away two antique plates and a $250 gift card. @boxwoodshoppe, a gorgeous new garden shop at The Township, is giving away a beautiful plant and a $100 gift card. @parkwayperk, the cutest & newest coffee shop in Gluckstadt, is contributing a $50 gift card and two bags of coffee. And I, your favorite local charcuterie board enthusiast 😆, am giving away a wooden tray + set of three cheese knives + three mini latte bowls + a cool deck of charcuterie inspo cards.

To enter to win the whole bundle, 
- LIKE this photo
- FOLLOW 
… @boxwoodshoppe
… @shopjolie_antiques
… @parkwayperk
… @laurel_at_thehive
- TAG one friend per comment below. 
- BONUS ENTRY 1: SHARE to your story then come back and put ‘shared’ in a separate comment.
- BONUS ENTRY 2: SAVE this post then come back and put ‘saved’ in a separate comment.

This giveaway is in no way associated with Instagram. It’s just us thanking you for loving on our small businesses! The winner will be chosen on Monday, 8/15, and notified from an account associated with this giveaway.

Thanks so much for playing! XO!
Such a FUN afternoon cheering on the @mbraves with Such a FUN afternoon cheering on the @mbraves with such a fun crew!!! Thank you @millerleed and @maryleehuntmiller for organizing! We had a blast!
. “Hallelujah, praise the one who set me free Ha .
“Hallelujah, praise the one who set me free
Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me
You have broken every chain
There's salvation in your name
Jesus Christ, my living hope

Then came the morning that sealed the promise
Your buried body began to breathe
Out of the silence, the roaring lion
Declared the grave has no claim on me”

These lyrics from the song Living Hope spoke to my heart this morning! What great HOPE there is in Jesus 💗
Thankful for a really sweet, full day! Breakfast w Thankful for a really sweet, full day! Breakfast with friends, a birthday party, hanging with neighbors, celebrating a precious life, visiting with extended family, and getting all the laundry put up 😆

I sure do love my people! (Even if the people I share a home with generate way too many dirty clothes 🤪)
A perfectly balanced meal! 🤩 #merrygoldfoodtra A perfectly balanced meal! 🤩

#merrygoldfoodtrays
🥰 G I V E A W A Y ! 🥰 If there is one thing 🥰 G I V E A W A Y ! 🥰

If there is one thing everyone in our family greatly appreciates, it’s a cozy blanket! We LOVE a good cuddle sesh with lots of good blankets! And I’m getting in all the cuddles with Demps this week while it’s just the two of us before he starts school next week! 

This awesome blanket from @madison.marketplace is one of the softest ones ever, and my friends there are sweet enough to let me give one to one of you!! This blanket comes in several colors, so the winner will get to pick her/his favorite! (Swipe to see the options!)

To enter to win these cozy snuggle covers, valued at $72, simply…
✨ LIKE this photo
✨ FOLLOW @madison.marketplace
✨ FOLLOW me, @laurel_at_thehive
✨ TAG one friend per comment
✨ bonus entry option 1: SAVE this photo then put ‘saved’ in a separate comment
✨ bonus entry option 2: SHARE this post to your stories then put ‘shared’ in a separate comment!

Wishing you a cozy start to fall with lots of cuddles with your favorite people! 🥰 Winner will be chosen Wednesday, 8/10, and notified from this account! Thank you all so much for playing! Xo!
Cinnamon rolls for first-day-of-school breakfast, Cinnamon rolls for first-day-of-school breakfast, as specifically requested by the kiddos! 

I had no idea the kids even really liked these cinnamon rolls — I personally love them so I make them for Christmas morning every year — but thanks to a small deck of conversation cards from a chick-fil-a kids meal, I found out that these are something my older two look forward to all year long! I truly had no idea! Sometimes I guess our kids (and really ALL if us in certain settings if we stop and think about it) are quicker to point out when they DON’T like something vs when they DO like something. So (1) I’m gonna try to help my kids point out more positives by consciously *trying* to model that myself, and (2) I am so thrilled to know about something I can make for my babies that just delights them! 

I guess the moral of the story here is to point out little positives whenever you think about it, and to actually use those chick-fil-a convo cards! Haha there are some really good questions in those!!

The link to this cinnamon roll recipe is in my stories as I type this, and will soon have a permanent home on thehiveblog.com! 🤩 

Happy first day of school to everyone who started back today!!
Load More... Follow me on Insta!

subscribe to THE HIVE!

   

Categories

  • family
  • fashion & beauty
  • food & drink
  • interiors
  • dempsey’s ears
Colony Wine Market // Madison, MS

shop my favorites

White Puff Sleeve Sweater
yellow felt letter board
Thursday Boot Company
© 2022 THE HIVE
Blogger Templates BY pipdig