Dreaming of Apple Picking

My family visited the same apple orchard every fall when I was younger. I always looked forward to those trips; there was something comforting and a little magical about getting to pick apples straight from the tree. I also loved getting fresh apple cider from the farm and spending time with my family.

I haven't been apple-picking since high school, but I would love to be these girls this weekend! I don't know of any apple orchards in our vicinity, but a girl can dream.

Photo by Corrie Bond

I think I may content myself with finally making that Apple Crisp! What are your plans for the weekend?

More Apples, My Pretties

And don't worry, I am positive these aren't poisonous (Snow White...) Here are a couple sweet and modern takes on the apple.

A.P.C. Apple Pendant

Fruit Basket- Sugar & Cream Set

Red or Green?

While I love the vibrant and deep shade of Red Delicious apples, I can't say that I love their taste quite as much. I do love Fuji, Gala, and Pink Lady apples, however, as well as a tart Granny Smith. Whether I want red or green really just depends on my mood, and sometimes, the answer is both!

Red or Green?

Red or Green?

Red or Green?
(I actually am loving this and this)

How about you? What type of apples do you prefer?

Three Elements {An Apple A Day}

I always love the incorporation of fruit into a wedding's decor, and fall is a perfect time to put apples to work.

I absolutely loved the table trends that Chelsea Fuss created for Once Wed last week; the arrangements were simply beautiful. The first inspiration board this week incorporates a few of those images. While the first board features a color palette that could work easily in spring and summer, the second board is quite decidedly inspired by fall.

The three elements incorporated in "An Apple A Day" are an orchard setting, apple pie, and the use of apples as part of the decor.

An Apple A Day- Inspiration 1

Row 1: L to R- Once Wed, Anna Kuperberg, Once Wed
Row 2: Tracy Reese via Style.com, Martha Stewart, Brides.com, image via flickr Amarnath
Row 3: Once Wed, Leah C. Couture Millinery, Once Wed
Row 4: Eric Cable via The Knot, tie J.Crew spring 08, Jose Villa via Brides.com, image via Odeo.com

An Apple A Day- Inspiration 2

Row 1: L to R- Image via flickr valkyrieh116, Once Wed, Seaport Flowers
Row 2: Image via flickr SchultzLabs, Brides.com, hard cider via flickr Beer Planet, Brides.com
Row 3: Tamalyn Lee Photography via Brides.com, Goen South via The Knot, image via flickr micmare0499
Row 4: Stephanie James Couture blog, Anna Kuperberg, Photogen Inc.

Tag! You're It.

Image flickr baklein62

I was tagged today by sweet Kate at Kids & Cocktails. It's my first tag too, so, this is rather exciting!

4 things I did today
1.) Went grocery shopping
2.) Finally bought the newest Domino
3.) Played Frisbee with one of my pups
4.) Watched my husband solder my laptop power cord to make it functional again! It was a scary moment when I thought it was a goner. He is definitely my hero!

4 things on my to-do list
1.) Learn how to fly a plane (long term to-do!)
2.) Travel to Russia... and Peru... and India... and Ireland... and New Zealand... and ok, I'll stop here because truthfully the list is almost endless!
3.) Make Apple Crisp- I've been wanting to make some for days, but haven't gotten around to it.
4.) Finish some wedding thank-you notes (ack! I know, Mom! Some of the gifts only came in recently though.)

4 of my guiltiest pleasures
1.) The Hills & Army Wives...hokey shows? Yes. Am I addicted? Yes.
2.) Currently, Peanut Brittle Ice Cream (sadly, a seasonal flavor)
3.) Magazines (see below...)
4.) Starbucks (which I haven't had in a while b/c I've been making my coffee at home every day. Oh, but a flavored soy latte and slice of pumpkin loaf- yum!!)

4 random things you probably didn't know about me
1.) I've been a vegetarian for 12 years, although for the last 6 or so, I have only been a semi-veg, as, on occasion, I will eat fish.
2.) I am a complete magazine-addict and have a degree in Magazine Journalism, but I've never worked at a magazine.
3.) I hate tomatoes (it's a texture thing,) but I love tomato-things: tomato soup, tomato-based sauces, salsa, etc. Oh, and fried green tomatoes- delicious!
4.) In second grade when my youngest brother was born, I told my entire class his name was the one I had wanted, rather than the name my parents actually had given him! Embarrassing when I was busted two weeks later... :)

Thanks Kate!

If you'd like to participate, consider yourself tagged! Leave a comment; I'd love to read your list.

This little piggy...

I read about the Etsy shop Chez Sucre Chez on Design*Sponge today, and I am absolutely smitten with this tote! I really do adore pigs, and for me, this the sweetest way to imagine the ending of "This little piggy goes to market!"

Window Shopping {LF Jewelry Designs}

While I have bracelets and earrings a plenty, somehow I do not have the equivalent number of necklaces; they are an accessory that I love, yet do not manage to purchase quite as often.

While doing a little "window" shopping, I came across these sweet, delicate and affordable necklaces from Etsy shop LF Jewelry Designs. I like that most of them appear dainty enough for easy everyday wear.

Here, here, here, here, and here

In honor of her upcoming birthday and to celebrate the beginning of her last year in her 20s, the shop owner of LF Jewelry Designs is offering all regularly priced items at 20% off through the 2nd of October.

*Update- Lindsay, owner of LF Jewelry Designs, wanted everyone to know that the first image was photographed by Cameron Kline Photography