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Laurel at THE HIVEMarch 10, 2020

Madison Marketplace

Madison Marketplace in Madison, Mississippi

I’ve recently partnered with my friends at Madison Marketplace, located on Madison Avenue in Madison, MS, and have had so much fun getting to know their shop a little better! Madison Marketplace is a really… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEJuly 8, 2019

Summer Solstice

Summer Solstice party at Highland Village in Jackson, MS

It was such an honor to be included on the guest list for a beautiful party at Highland Village a couple of weeks ago! This party, called Summer Solstice, was held on the longest day… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEApril 23, 2019

Lovely Lately

Easter Family Pictures

Howdy ho, my friend. I feel like I’ve been super MIA lately, but it’s all for good reason! Reason number one is kids+family+life, which is definitely a legit reason. Reason number two is our home… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEApril 18, 2019

My Favorite Beautycounter Products

Beautycounter Beauty and Makeup Favorites

Beautycounter is easily my favorite beauty brand these days, and has been for several years now! In case you aren’t familiar with this brand, they’ve made it their mission to make clean beauty products accessible.… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEMarch 21, 2019

The Bubbly Frenchie { a cocktail }

The Bubbly Frenchie :: A St. Germain, sparkling rose, and vodka cocktail

I am so excited to share this cocktail with you today! I love a cool, crafty cocktail. I think mixology is just really fun and fascinating! One of my most favorite ingredients to play with… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEMarch 13, 2019

Time Outdoors Is Awesome For Your Health!

Time Outdoors is Good For Your Health

One of my favorite things from when I was growing up was playing outside and getting dirty! The fact that my babies love doing that too just makes my heart sing. Particularly because being outside… View Full Post

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Darkness, your hour is OVER! ☀️ “And enteri Darkness, your hour is OVER! ☀️

“And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.” Mark‬ ‭16‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭

Grateful to get to celebrate this glorious day with the ones we love! ✝️⭐️
💙⭐️ Happy World Wish Month!! ⭐️💙Apri 💙⭐️ Happy World Wish Month!! ⭐️💙April is a really, really special month for @makeawishms as they are working hard to raise money to grant wishes for kids in Mississippi with critical illnesses! They have a lot of fun planned this month that YOU can get in on! 🤩

Keep an eye on @makeawishms’s page for ALL the fun details! I’ll highlight a few things on my page, too 💙

When these kiddos have a wish to look forward to, it really does help them get better. So let’s all join in on the joy of giving hope to these sweet children as they fight the fight of their lives to get well. Your support means the world! 🌎✨💙⭐️
When your bestie lives hours away, but soccer took When your bestie lives hours away, but soccer took you to her town, and your awesome husbands hung back with the kids so yall could go have a relaxing breakfast at the cutest bakery around the corner from her house, and yall caught each other up on all the things and laughed til you cried about dumb things that nobody else would laugh at… 

… that was @laurenmwert and me last weekend and it was just so great! 🥰 Love my girl sooo much! Also shout out to @craftbakerypensacola. The latte, the breakfast pizza, and the granola were 🤤🤤🤤
What a wonderfully sporty spring we have had so fa What a wonderfully sporty spring we have had so far! Feeling mega blessed that each of our kids get to be part of such precious teams! We sure do love our sports families! 🫶✨
A trip to @martinsonsgardenworks just puts you in A trip to @martinsonsgardenworks just puts you in a better mood! 🤩🌸
Join me in Taylor, Mississippi, just outside of Ox Join me in Taylor, Mississippi, just outside of Oxford, for a trip to @theviviennestudio! My sweet friend Meagan recently opened this skin studio and I cannot say enough about how awesome it is!  Every detail was so Meagan and so perfect! 

So what makes The Vivienne special is Meagan’s modern, holistic approach to skin health. She blessed me with a custom vivienne facial, which was so refreshing! 

Then she recommended three products from her incredible collection of clean skin care lines, which I have used every day since and LOVE. She knew just what my skin needed after assessing it during my facial!

If you’re in the Oxford area, and looking to love on your skin a little bit, please go see Meagan! Comment VIV and I’ll DM you her website so you can find out More about this beautiful little spot!

Until next time, Viv! And Meag! 

** shout out to bestie @jessicaholmesphotography_ms for snagging footage for me! ILYSM, Jess! **
Join me and several friends as we get to help with Join me and several friends as we get to help with a spring style segment for @tsgjacksonms on @studio3wlbt! We had the BEST time! 

Almost all of the jewelry you see us wearing is from @47bloomsjewelry, the awesome women’s styles were from @threadsjackson, @d2clothingjackson_, @shophighlandpark, @theolivetreestarkville, and @shopbellegboutique. And the men’s style was from @theroguejxn!
HAPPENING NOW through Sunday at the Trade Mart in HAPPENING NOW through Sunday at the Trade Mart in Jackson: Spring Market! I went this morning and found sooooo much cool stuff. From clothes to kid things to chic laundry detergent to handmade chocolates… it was well worth the time! 🥳 I’m so excited about so many of the little brands I was introduced to today. I know you’ll discover some small business goodness, too! 

I hope you can make it out! Have so much fun! Happy shopping! 🤩 #ad
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 🤣
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