Life at the moment

Life lately has been filled with lots of blessings and good things. I have an upper GI condition that can make life quite painful, and for the last several months I have been in constant pain, I have seen doctors and medicine never really seems to help, so I finally went to a Chiropractor/Holistic doctor (I had also been having a lot of shoulder pain, so I figured it'd fix a couple things hopefully) I'm on a new diet, free from all grains (I was already gluten free, but this is waaay harder) and all sugars, and I feel amazing. Amazing with a capital A. It's funny when you're in constant discomfort/pain you forget how wonderful it feels to be without it. I feel like I'm on cloud nine, and I'm so happy I finally have a remedy. If any of you have any good recipes (free of grain and sugars), I'm having to completely re-think the way I cook, so I would appreciate any suggestions!

Something I have been longing for for the past year has finally become a reality. Tyler and I now own a piano! Since I was a music major in college, I have missed music so very much in my daily life. Not having enough money to purchase a piano right off, I just had to wait. Which means I couldn't audition for choirs or anything. Now, all that has changed. I can once again take voice lessons and practice and enjoy my love for music.

Tyler and I have also been pouring ourselves into our city more, and deciding if we're going to stay here long term or end up moving. The choice is probably a long way off, but we're starting to think about when we want to buy a house and where we want to end up, all really exciting thoughts and decisions. All of this to say, we are very blessed. There are always times that are difficult and that doesn't make us any less blessed, but I'm enjoying this time right now, being pain free, having a new piano, and enjoying our city.

xo,

 Em

Pajama Day!

This week my preschool class had pajama day. I was pretty excited because I knew exactly what I was gonna wear, my dead stock 40's pajamas and put my hair in rollers. My kids have already gotten used to the way I dress and really enjoy it, so I thought they'd get a kick out of seeing Ms. Emma look extra silly.

Don't worry, if you are like me, and freaking out about me getting beautiful 40's pajamas dirty with crafts and preschool stuff, I wore this over it:

Haha, not the best thing to cover my pjs up with but it's a 60's number I didn't care about getting messed up. All the teachers joked about me needing a cigarette and glass of gin and the look would be complete. I probably did look like a crazy house wife a lot of the day. Any time I went to discipline the kids I almost couldn't take myself seriously.

dead stock 40's pj's the rare bird

vintage scarf hip zipper

shoes anthropoligie

xo,

 Em

Out To Lunch

Today I went out to lunch with the lovely Lisa of My Pretty Baby Cried She Was A Bird. She's seriously a super fun lady and we had a great lunch (even though our original plans of going to a tea house were crushed by the tea room moving spaces this week...bummer). Here's what I wore:

 I found this amazing 40's suit (sadly the skirt is too small for my hips) at the Nashville Flea Market, and knew it had to be mine. In fact I did some pretty good cleaning up there last weekend, and I'm sure you'll eventually see all the goodies I purchased on here. I adore the color blue, but I don't have a ton of it in my wardrobe so even more reason for me to get it. Plus, when I got home I realized it went really well with a darling hat Ty had gotten me for Christmas. It was meant to be.

 dress trashy diva

40's jacket flea market

40's hat christmas gift

stockings what katie did

shoes nine west

I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!

xo,

 Em

One Year

One year ago today I married the love of my life Tyler Litton. I love him more now than ever, and can't wait to see what new adventures life brings us.

 You can find more of our wedding photos here:

The Reception

The Ceremony

People We Love

Primping and First Look

xo,

 Em

Weekends

I seriously love weekends, but I guess who doesn't? This weekend has been full of lots of lovely things. Yesterday I went to my sisters home coming, as she was one of the court. I think that's all the right lingo (I was home schooled so I have no idea what everything is called). She was completely beautiful, and it was a joy to see her all dressed up and being honored. In more lovely weekend-ness Tyler and I went over to my family's house tonight to celebrate our one year anniversary! Tomorrow we will be married for one year. That's right. One year. It's amazing how time has flown by this year, and I've heard it goes by more quickly each year. I adore treasuring all our moments together, and cannot wait for another year of wonderful marriage. I'll try to post some wedding photos tomorrow in celebration.

 I wore this outfit to home coming, and I couldn't be more crazy about this amazing jumper from Kim of Nudeedudee. Also, super awesome story: I saw a lady at church (probably in her late 70's/early 80's) wearing this exact same blouse with a killer suit! I came up and told her I had the same blouse and thought she looked lovely. I would have asked for her photo but felt a bit shy.

 jumper nudeedudee

vintage blouse thrifted

shoes anthropologie (my wedding shoes actually)

stockings what katie did

beret gift

I hope you all have had a amazing weekend.

xo,

 Em

A Look Around

I've been meaning to do a post including some photos from our apartment, and now I've finally gotten up the gumption! We live in an apartment building that was built in the 30's, and I completely adore it. It has the original bathroom tiles, hard wood floors, and of course radiators. Eventually we want to live in a house but this is completely our dream apartment.

Those are just some of my favorite bits from around the apartment. A local blogger has asked to come and take some photos (which I'm sure will be far better than the ones I took) and when that happens I'll give you a link. Hope you didn't mind the large amount of photos.

What are some favorite pieces of furniture or nick nacks that you have?

xo,

 Em

Hitchcock

Over the past few weeks our local theater The Belcourt has been doing a showing of 24 of Hitchcock's movies. Both myself and Tyler freaked out when we heard and when all is said and done I think we'll have been able to make it to about 10 shows. There's nothing like seeing an old movie you love up on the big screen. One of the days, I believe it was the day we went and saw Rope, I decided to take one of my Christmas presents out for a spin.

 When I originally glanced at this suit I thought it 40's esque, but it was probably made around the early 70's, and belting it gives it a slight 50's vibe as well (it's a bit too big). I'm still on the hunt for that perfect 40's suit. It's so elusive.

 70's does 40's suit christmas gift

blouse thrifted

tights target

shoes nine west

What is one of your favorite Hitchcock movies? We're going to see Notorious this afternoon!

xo,

 Em