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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 HIVESeptember 4, 2025

Fall at Home

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. I’ve added some fall fun to our home lately and wanted to share a few little glimpses! We are REALLY feeling all the fall feels over here and it’s so much fun! I’ve gotta… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEJuly 30, 2025

Back to School Fall Haul for Girls

Fall Haul for Girls

. It’s BACK TO SCHOOL SEASON!! It’s so hard to believe summer is almost over… I hope yours was absolutely wonderful! Ours was full and fun of family and friends! I hope yours was too!… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEJuly 28, 2025

Portable Charcuterie

The most fun little portable charcuterie tray!

. Although it’s still pretty hot outside here in Mississippi, we have enjoyed a few picnics later in the day (when the sun isn’t quite so intense) using this AWESOME portable charcuterie tray! When it’s… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVEFebruary 3, 2025

Fun Formal Dress for Tall Girls

Formal dress for a tall girl to wear to a black tie event

. Howdy, friends! I’m here to share one of my favorite tall girl finds as of late! THIS DRESS that I got to wear to a party at the Jackson Art Museum, the theme of… View Full Post

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Laurel at THE HIVESeptember 24, 2024

Early Fall Uniform

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. It’s the time of year where I just LOVE putting on a blazer. With shorts…. with jeans… with a dress… They’re really so versatile!! Right now, I’m particularly loving the ballet flat trend with… View Full Post

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Came across this from four years ago and it made m Came across this from four years ago and it made me smile! 🧡❤️🩷 Filmed on a Tuesday at noon so school must’ve been out for weather or something… Anyway! I love these sweet angel babies and cannot believe how much they’ve grown since then!
It’s BOOK FAIR WEEK at Dempsey’s sweet school! It’s BOOK FAIR WEEK at Dempsey’s sweet school! Books are the gold at the end of the rainbow, and are, of course, the luckiest of all the charms! 🥰 

Helping get the library on theme for this special week has become a yearly highlight for me! The help team this year was *awesome* and so much fun! And, bonus for this year, they let us borrow and actually operate a scissor lift. 😂 New skill to add to the resume! ✨

Happy reading to all the babies who get to experience the joy of the @scholastic book fair this week! ☘️🌈
a little bit of ✨ lovely lately! ✨ • Super a little bit of ✨ lovely lately! ✨

• Super Bowl party • together weekend • hot cocoa • ice storm • breakfast • birthdays • friends • family • futsal • Waffle House • wisdom • duck hunting • silliness • blessings • beagles • basketball • sunrises • goodness • games • gratitude •
Lily Ryan’s guinea pig themed picnic birthday pa Lily Ryan’s guinea pig themed picnic birthday party, or PIG-nic if you will 😂, was such a blast!! Party hats for everyone, lots of yummy food, and the sweetest little piggies!! Peanut Butter, Spirit, Cocoa, Summer, and Cloudy got more loving than they ever dreamed they would, and were super great sports! 🐹 

Big thanks to my friend Misty for the cute sign and my girl Taylor with @theconfetticlubco for doing so much of the setup! With the crazy week I’ve had, it wouldn’t have come together without her help. Takes a village! 😆

Lily Ry is easy to celebrate and I’m so glad she had such a fun day with her sweet friends! 💛🥳
It’s time for that monthly First Friday Giveaway It’s time for that monthly First Friday Giveaway!

This one’s for $50 to Coach’s Creamery in Livingston! We love visiting this cute little ice cream shop perhaps a little too often 😄

To enter to win $50 to CC….
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💛 tag one friend per comment (each tag is an entry!)

That’s it! But of course there are bonus options! 
💛 bonus option number 1: share this post to your story then come back and put ‘shared’ in a separate comment
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That’s it! 🥰 This giveaway is not at all affiliated with Meta or any of its partners. It’s simply because I love you (and because I love ice cream! 😆)

The winner will be notified from this account on Tuesday, 2/10. Thank you so much for playing! Have a great weekend! Hope you win! 😘✨
I posted the link to these faux flowers 🌺 on my I posted the link to these faux flowers 🌺 on my stories this morning and oh my word it’s my most clicked on link EVER!!! I’m shocked! Haha but also, they really are SO pretty! And they’re great for this time of year when it’s too cold for most other flowers to thrive (that im aware of!) 

Comment BLOOMS and I’ll DM you the link! 🥰🌺 (p.s. the ones I bought are listed as ‘red’ but I’d say they’re much more pink than red!)
Shop these ten ❤️💕 LOVELY 💕❤️ looks Shop these ten ❤️💕 LOVELY 💕❤️ looks at The Boutique at @madison.marketplace! They have so many precious pieces in the shop right now… you’ve GOT to go see! The Boutique has never looked better! 

And ICYMI, check out my previous reel for all the other fun Valentines cuteness Madison Marketplace has downstairs! 🥰

I LOVE getting to partner with this sweet shop! Thank you for being great, @madison.marketplace 🩷 #ad
Shopping at @madison.marketplace for Valentines ha Shopping at @madison.marketplace for Valentines happies might just be some of the most fun I’ve had in a while! They have gifts, decor, party supplies, smell goods, accessories, clothing (more on that later!), food, art… honestly everything you need to make your Valentine’s Day celebration extra happy and festive! Please go check them out. 🥰  I’m certain you’ll find something there that you love! 

If you’ve shopped their valentines stuff, what did you get?! 🩷
🩷🥳 HAPPY TENTH BIRTHDAY 🥳🩷 to our swee 🩷🥳 HAPPY TENTH BIRTHDAY 🥳🩷 to our sweet, spicy, silly, smart, and sporty Lily Ryan!! She is a joy and a challenge (in all the best possible ways) and we could not love her any more! I love watching her grow in wisdom, and in stature, and in favor with God and man. She is sunshine and I pray her year is the best yet! ☀️🥰
We painted an old mirror and added it into Lil’s We painted an old mirror and added it into Lil’s gallery wall! Love this girl’s happy room 🥰🩷 #thehiveathome
✨ ladies who lunch ✨ Also… if it’s from @e ✨ ladies who lunch ✨
Also… if it’s from @eatlapresa, it’s golden! 🍹🩷🤩
Snoopy takes a power nap 🤣 Snoopy takes a power nap 🤣
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