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Laurel at THE HIVENovember 12, 2025

Tru Tone Throughout the Home: My Favorite Vintage Style Lights!

Tru-tone Vintage looking LED christmas lights

. This coming holiday will be my second one spent with a house full of Tru-Tone vintage-styled LED lights and my love for them only grows! These beautiful lights look like the nostalgic incandescent lights… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEMay 30, 2018

Our Gender Reveal

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Hey y’all! I hope you’re having a good short work week! I’ve been super MIA around here lately. I just can’t seem to catch a breath for too long (ah!!), but it’s all good! I do… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVENovember 30, 2016

Looking A Lot Like Christmas!

Home for Christmas!

Well, I’ve finally managed to get all of our Christmas decorations out! I started putting a lot of them out like a month ago… I know, I know… I’m losing friends as I speak… But… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEJanuary 7, 2014

Little Winter Trip to the Big Apple { PART 2 }

I’m so excited to share a little more about our pre-Christmas long weekend vacay to NYC! In case you missed PART 1 from yesterday, you can peek at it here! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< I think my… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVENovember 26, 2012

White Christmas

I love white. White is hands down my favorite color! About a fifth of my closet is white, 75% of the walls in my house are Benjamin Moore Linen White, and it’s on my bucket… View Full Post

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The life cycle of this wine bottle — made easy b The life cycle of this wine bottle — made easy because of @levurebottleshop’s awesome new online ordering and curbside pickup! 

1. Found the bottle on levurebottleshop.com and placed my order, selecting curbside pickup 
2. Showed up to Levure to have my order brought to my car 
3. Made it home!
4. Set her in the fridge to chill for a few hours.
5. Got her out for game night!
6. Poured a round or two…
7. Fell in love with the cuteness of the bottle so she became a vase!
8. Currently— cute vase full of flowers on my kitchen counter 🩷🐄🥂
New shorts & new (to me) restaurant for lunch made New shorts & new (to me) restaurant for lunch made for a great day! 🧡

@masa_mesa_jxn was DELISH - I can’t wait to go back and try more! I had La Vida Fresca to drink, and two tacos (tri me & coop deville) to eat. My lunch buddies also gave very high marks to the pimento cheese and the Karen! 

And these @target shorts are a super comfy knit crochet in the prettiest color! They pair great with my fave @shophighlandpark top & my grandmother’s silk scarf! 🧡 Comment LINK if you want more info on the shorts sent to your DMs 🥰
Join the pig-nic 🤣🐹 // good thing that baske Join the pig-nic 🤣🐹 // good thing that basket lining is washable!  IYKYK 😆

• Guinea pigs • spoiled pets • picnic • summer • garden cucumbers •
THIS SATURDAY, July 11th, @cspire is hosting a Bac THIS SATURDAY, July 11th, @cspire is hosting a Back to School Family Event at @renaissanceatcolonypark where you can stop by and learn all about their Connect and Protect program, which was created for parents to keep their kids safe when it comes time to enter the device world! Although I am personally trying to keep our kids’ entry into this world as slow as possible, I’ve already been so thankful for c-spire’s parental control options for when my kids inevitably *do* get their own devices. They were so helpful in getting our family iPad (which is essentially our home phone) set up / locked down! 

The event this weekend will be held in the space right next to @shophighlandpark on that beautiful little alley way! (Look for the window in the background of my photos!)

Here’s what you can expect at the event:
✨ complimentary ice cream & loaded teas
📱 device deals and help with parental setup
💛 screen free activities for your kids, like coloring, yard games, and t-shirt tye dying (so fun!) 

Even if you’re just thinking about getting your child their first device, like a watch or a phone or a tablet, you’ll want to stop by this event and get all your questions answered! It’ll be a fun, chill environment for everyone in your family, and a great way to learn all about what my friends at @cspire have to offer your family! ☀️
Fruit pizza, but make it summery 🌼 This healt Fruit pizza, but make it summery 🌼 

This healthy(ish) fruit pizza recipe is the bomb!! And it was fun to make it gardeny for a girly little gathering! 🌱🍓🌸

Comment GIMME if you want the recipe sent to your DMs! Also, comment if you’ve ever eaten a zinnia (bc yes, they *are* edible! I tried a petal last night 🤪)
One of my personal goals for the summer was to get One of my personal goals for the summer was to get this kiddo tying his own shoes. HERE WE ARE! 🥳🥳🥳
Recent beach highlights ✨ Recent beach highlights ✨
A fantastic little fourth and fifth! 🇺🇸 A fantastic little fourth and fifth! 🇺🇸
This giveaway is now closed! Thanks to everyone wh This giveaway is now closed! Thanks to everyone who entered! Our winner is @patriciamcdavid! 🤩

💥 FIRST FRIDAY GIVEAWAY 💥 for this month is to one of my current obsessions: @elviesrestaurant!! I think I could eat here every single day and never tire of their amazing menu! 🥰 If you know… you know. If you don’t know… please get to know! 

To enter to win $50 to Elvie’s in Belhaven, simply…
🧡 like this post 
🧡 follow me- @laurel_at_thehive 
🧡 tag one friend per comment. Each tag is an entry!

That’s it!! 🤩 but as always, there are bonus entry options! Three this time!!!
🧡 bonus entry option 1: follow @elviesrestaurant then put ‘following’ in a separate comment
🧡 bonus entry option 2: save this post then put ‘saved’ in a separate comment
🧡 bonus entry option 3: share this post to your story then put ‘shared’ in a separate comment!

This opportunity is in no way associated with Meta or its affiliates. It’s simply because I love you and I love local restaurants and I want you to love the same restaurants I love! 🤣 

A winner will be selected and notified on Tuesday, July 7. Thank you so much for entering! It means so much to me! I really hope you win! 🥰🧡😘
The cutest flag cake by Lily Gal! She worked so ha The cutest flag cake by Lily Gal! She worked so hard on this delicious jello punch cake recipe that she got from her @raddishkids subscription! (They sent the fun candles with this month’s box, too!) 

Hope your Fourth celebrations are off to a great start! 🌟 🇺🇸
A few days ago while we were on vacation with Pric A few days ago while we were on vacation with Price’s family, Dempsey and I walked down to the beach to enjoy the pretty day. When we are playing in the mighty, mighty ocean, we take his cochlear implant processors off bc we do not want to risk losing them!

Anyway, Dempsey saw a couple of big kids skim boarding so he decided he was going to watch and learn. He went back to our beach house, got a skim board, came back, and started copying the big kids. It wasn’t really going too well 🤪

But the big kids saw Demps trying. They walked over to me and said, “is it ok if we teach your son how to do this?” I said, “he would love that, but he’s deaf and has his hearing devices off. He can lip read though!” 

Honestly, I thought that might scare them off. But nope!! Those two sweet boys went and taught my little bud all they could through motioning, lip reading, and patience. They worked with him for what felt like an hour! They did not have to do that.

But they showed pure kindness to my kiddo and taught him something new. And I sat there and cried watching it. Just PURE GOODNESS. 🫶

Boys, I have no idea who you are, but you made a huge impression on us. You have no idea. Thanks for going extra out of your way in the name of kindness. Yall are awesome and your parents have raised you guys well!!
If you’re a “fun wine on vacay” gal like mys If you’re a “fun wine on vacay” gal like myself, you’ve got to get in on Levure’s new order-online-and-pickup-curbside system they’ve just rolled out! Simply click on the link in their bio, order your beverages ahead of time, then roll through on your way out of town for curbside delivery! 

Then, once you get to your destination, it’s time to pop bottles! 🥂 

I love @levurebottleshop’s amazing selection of clean, organic wines and I know you will too. Thank you, Levure, for carrying the BEST options! ✨
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