joy in motherhood, homemaking, faith & simple living
What an insanely awesome, busy, Gussified week we had last week! Every day was filled with new adventures + tasks that needed to be accomplished. I’m so, so grateful I’m at a point with this pregnancy where I have a lot of energy to get it all done. Keeping an honest schedule {being realistic about what needs to… [Read More]
World Market wanted to make donations to a variety of charities or shelters around the country, so they asked me to put together a gift basket of items selected from one of their stores. They also let me choose which shelter to donate this basket to, and after some thought I selected Sojourn — a… [Read More]
outfit details: juniper corduroy skinnies, sweater, scarf — Gap | wedges — Payless | deer ring — Target This deer ring? It totally makes me giggle. Last fall I bought it at Target while out with some girlfriends at Allume, it came as a stacking set and we all have one piece of the set…. [Read More]
I have such a fun post for y’all today! My dear friend Alissa of Rags to Stitches hosts a weekly blog series called “Coffee Date” where she co-hosts with a bloggy friend. And this week I’m her bloggy friend, yeow! We live about 50 minutes from each other. Zack + I loooove to head south… [Read More]
I love Christmas and all the season brings. Well, almost all of it. Between holiday preparations, seasonal activities and crafts, school and work parties, shopping for gifts, plus all the normal stuff of life, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Has it happened to you, too? It’s okay, you can be honest. When it happens to… [Read More]
Even though Christmas is nearing it’s been hard to keep enough focus on feeling joyful. Instead, more of my focus has been put on hurt — memories or conversations or current moments or relationships. There are so many things we’re still processing — even simple things, like the fact we live in California (!!!), that… [Read More]
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED! Thank you sooooooo much for all who entered our holiday giveaway. The two winners are {Elizabeth K.} and {Krista Q.} Winners, please check your inbox for an email from us, outlining the details of the giveaway. +++++ We have a super fun giveaway today planned for you today — and… [Read More]
It’s crazy to believe after Wednesday {12.12.12} we’ll no longer be shipping products until after Christmas, but it’s true. Any Gussy items you have on your wishlists should be ordered before 11:59pm PST on Wednesday to ensure on-time delivery for Christmas. We’ll take a couple of days to finish packaging everything all Gussy-like, then on… [Read More]
outfit details: skinny jeans + purple shirt | boots | bag + cowl, my shop | orange ring, flea market eeeeek — in 12 weeks we’ll be holding our baby!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Saturday morning coffee + evening Peppermint tea Yesterday morning I woke up to a text from a friend, wondering if we wanted to meet… [Read More]
