I love the weekend! This weekend is especially exciting because Lo is turning 5 and we're celebrating with her first-ever slumber party. That means mini sized face masks, hours of pinata breaking and very little sleep for this mama. Usually we spend our weekends chilling out and stocking up on inspiration but it's going to be a blast to spend Saturday & Sunday partying with our favorite little girl.

While we gear up for the five-year-old social event of the season, catch up on a few things I've loved stumbling upon lately and go back over blog posts you might have missed:

all about Mia Colona with Urban Outfitters
a creative couple shows off their hillside home via Mother Mag
inside Emily Current's chic LA abode
how to do your makeup for an all-black outfit
The Coveteur explores Sara Ruffin Costello's New Orleans home
#fbf to Kim Kardashion for Vogue Spain (I'm obsessed with this parred down version of her)

On Hazel + Scout:

7 updated basics you need right now
a minimal OOTD
plans for our master bedroom overhaul
the perfect pair of party shoes
& a little life update
 

Long time, no blog...

It's been a while since I updated you and I have missed this space like crazy! The past couple of months have been an upheaval (to say the least) and although I'm having a blast, this little blog of mine has surely suffered. The funny thing about being busy is that unlike lulls of the past, I'm crazy inspired and wanting to make so many fun changes for Hazel + Scout. 

The past few months have found us overseas (stay tuned for a write up on our incredible life-changing Moroccan adventure, I promise it's coming!), escaping to the city, transitioning into a summer schedule (enter: late wake-up, a new nanny and juggling a lot of different hats while we try to maintain some kind of routine) and embarking on HUGE projects at Finery.

The latter has been wonderful and energizing, exhausting and all-encompassing, hard and rewarding. Since starting a position as manager, digital marketing master and assistant buyer of our little bridal helm, we've made progress in leaps and bounds. We've overhauled our branding, adopted a new, free-er feel and launched a video/lookbook combo that I'm absolutely obsessed with. It's been quite the undertaking but right up my alley. Big plans are brewing and it's so nice to feel like I'm on the right path again. Le sigh!

Lorelai is turning five this week (we're throwing her first slumber party on Saturday) and I cannot believe we will have a kindergartner in a few short months. How did that happen?!

All in all, I've been feeling a lot like those four pretty shots up top lately... pulled in all directions and shaking it out. I'm excited to get cracking on a LONG list of blog ideas and amp up my presence here. When I boil it all down everything seems simple. I've missed sharing and interacting with you! Thanks for hanging in there through the lulls and spurts of inspiration. Stay tuned, it's all happening...

photos by W+E Photographie for Finery

Woohoo, it's Friday! This weekend couldn't be more welcome because Lorelai is finally homeward bound after a long three weeks in Asia. While I wrap up a few things at work today, I've got one eye on a weekend which is sure to be filled with extra long naps, gallery wall hanging and a bunch of snuggles. Since I'm finally staying in town for a while I've been able to dive back into a routine of pinning, tumbling and altogether day dreaming. Inspiring images are my life's blood.

You might have missed these blog posts recently:

that one time I rode a camel in For Love & Lemons
a recent Nashville styling project
'Chelsea Lately'
12 things I'm currently craving from Anthropologie
why I eliminated color from my wardrobe

A few recent reads I loved:

the 4 best ways to pull of the street wear trend with Pyper America
a jaw dropping home tour via The Glitter Guide
Grace Coddington x The Coveteur
Ulla Johnsons's beautifully relaxed home in Domino Mag
& inside Hannah Henderson's beauty routine