Loving Fall Favorites

With the sweetest and smallest of actions we can create moments of Everyday Love.

My birthday falls at the end of the July, and as far as I’m concerned the day after is the start of fall.

Against ALL signs that fall is no where close to arriving, I get out my decor, my sweaters, my fall scented essential oils, and I will fall to come just a little bit faster.

Filling my days with everyday loving activities and routines has always been my jam, but this time of year, I tend to amp things up just a bit.

After a summer of uncertainty, let’s all create some intentional Everyday Love in our lives. What if instead of focusing on all that is out of our hands, we simply made a conscious effort to see the good that is still found everywhere, every day.

Charcuterie boards, cozy blanket, new diffuser blends, red wine, good books, gratitude, and warm yummy coffee - these are things that I am intentionally bringing into my fall.

These are things I will be building around my time spent with friends and family as well as my time spent alone.

I just love having things that I can reach for that make ordinary everyday moments turn into magical moments filled with everyday love.

1. Platers and Boards 2. Milk Frother 3. Charcuterie Board 4. Instant Pot 5. Iridescent Wine Glasses 6. Slippers 7. Thank You Cards 8. Diffuser 9. Pom Pom Blanket

What are your favorite things about fall?

Productivity Weekend

We are quickly approaching the end of the month and if you are like me, you still have items on your to-do list from this month…or last month…or the month before. HA

Procrastination is in my nature, so I am constantly looking for fun and interesting ways to hack my lazy. It was from complete laziness and procrastination that my idea for Productivity Weekend was born.

Productivity Weekend is celebrated (yep, celebrated just like a holiday!) on the last weekend of every month and it is a time to take some major action on that to-do list.

How Productivity Weekend Works:

• Start now by making a to-do list of all the things that you didn't get done this month. TIP - put the things that will take 10 minutes or less at the top of this list and the longer timeframe items at the bottom.

• Use Saturday and Sunday to be PRODUCTIVE and tackle as much on your list as you can. 

• On Sunday evening as you are admiring all of the items that you have crossed off of your list, CELEBRATE! Order food in, make yourself a nice dinner, drink a glass of wine, put on your favorite slippers and jams and watch your favorite show, have yourself a dance party. Do whatever it is that brings your heart joy and celebrate the heck out of how productive you were!

Here is my Productivity Weekend to-do list:

Most of these things I was able to get crossed off of my list in less than 2 hours.

And yes, I was driving around since July with an expired license. oops.

I am very conscious of the products I bring into my home, and I have very high standards for what I allow around my sweet boy, Ever. I know that what I clean his toys in will eventually end up in his mouth, so there is no question that it needs to be toxin-free.

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Productivity Weekend has cleared my mind of things I was “going to get to“ for so long. Hack the lazy, my friends it is totally worth it!

I’m thinking that this is going to be a last weekend of the month tradition.

What are some fun ways that you hack your lazy?

The Magic of Starting

She is sitting on the couch eating a bowl of fresh popped popcorn while watching Gilmore Girls for the 465th time and thinking, “I should get up and go for a walk.”

Another handful of popcorn enters her mouth. “Tomorrow is a new day,” she thinks.

Have you ever found yourself caught in the trap of “tomorrows”? 

And when tomorrow comes, what usually happens? Did the motivation to do the thing you promised magically appear? 

Yeah, not for me either. 

“Monday, I will start that diet.”

“Tomorrow, I will organize my closet.”

“Next month, I will join that mom group at the park.”

We seem to get trapped in the elusiveness of tomorrow, or Monday, or January 1st. These ideal times that we imagine hold the secret ingredient to our success to start something new or begin a new goal. 

I have a radical idea for you, and hear me out, because it is a bit out there.

What if instead of waiting even just one more second, you jumped up and you started RIGHT NOW! 

Even if you did just one teeny tiny thing that was going to move you towards whatever it is you were wanting to start, you would be one teeny tiny bit closer to it. And one teeny tiny bit further away from not doing it. 

Remember that first tiny step you took? Now it’s time to take another, and then another.

As you walk the path of starting something new, celebrate your accompaniments, no matter how small. 

I’m talking toss confetti in the air, do a happy dance in your kitchen, put it on the refrigerator kind of celebration. Don’t just celebrate the end result, the beauty is in the process. 

The magic of starting is found in the celebration of each step along the way. 

What have you been putting off starting? 

I don’t want you to even think about all those times you never started a project or goal. 

That was the old you. That was the you before you knew the magic of starting. 

Now, what is one thing that you want to start RIGHT NOW?

Write it down.  Write down one thing you can do right now. Then write down what the next 3 steps are. 

After that I want you to write the word - CELEBRATE. Yes, I want you to schedule an intentional celebration for yourself. Next to the word celebrate, write what you will do to celebrate this step. It doesn’t need to be complicated or extravagant, just something that you know your heart will appreciate. I have found that the more light you bring into any situation the better it will become.

Need a friend to celebrate with you?

Comment below and tell me what you are working towards and I will cheer you on along the way.

Memorial Trees + Moments LikeThese

A dear friend of mine recently sent me this image of her daughter, Lana with a love letter while on their family vacation to New York City. During their stay they dropped many love letters, but one in particular made quite an impact.

As they walked through the World Trade Center's Museum and Memorial looking at pictures and talking about the events that had taken place there many years before, Lana asked if she could leave a love letter there. 

When my friend, Melissa text me explaining that Lana had chosen to leave her letter at the Memorial Tree at the World Trade Center, my entire being was filled with gratitude. My eyes filled with tears and goosebumps covered my body. In a situation where most feel helpless and hopeless at the knowledge of hate of this magnitude, this young girl made a choice to grow love. She found a place in this world that had been completely destroyed by hate and she planted a seed of love. 

Her love letter is now housed in the museum along side the other artifacts that have been left and will be left for many years to come. 

We could all take a moment to learn from these tiny hands.

In place of hate, grow love. 

In place of greed, grow generosity.

In place of discontent, grow gratitude. 

Thank you, to this beautiful family for taking my simple idea and turning it into the very best thing I have ever been lucky enough to be a part of. 

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The Saturday Love Letter Series

If you follow us on Instagram, then you have probably heard about the new addition to our newsletter, The Saturday Love Letter Series. Every Saturday we write and send a love letter directly to your inbox. It includes a square image to share on social media, if you are moved to do so as well as a love letter written from our hearts to yours. 

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Love Letter Happenings Lately

Creating a community of people who not only love love, but love sharing that love with the world is something that has been screaming from my heart for some time now. I have dreams of this website being a hub for people to come and draw inspiration as well as feel that they are a beacon of inspiration for others. I dream that those people will at some point gather in person and share their hearts and bear their souls in an effort grow love. Ah, you guys I have such big plans. I have such BIG plans. And yet, I am continually reminded and humbled that I am one girl with two hands that can only create so quickly. But, my heart, my heart is always stretching and reaching and growing and longing for the dreams that are yet to be. 

Until then, I am here, with my wide open heart sharing and creating as much as I can just as fast as I can. I have made it a goal of mine to blog more regularly in a effort to feed the content of this website and cultivate the community I have been longing for. So if you are here loving with me, there is not enough thank you's in the world to express my gratitude for you. 

Here are a few images and words describing the happenings around here lately:

I made my first in-person appearance as The Love Letter Library and it was nothing short of magic! If you live in the San Antonio area, I will now be set-up every second Sunday of the month at BRICK Market at Blue Star Arts Complex.

Creating new products and seeing your positive reactions and feedback is just the best, my friends, just the best. 

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