February 2012
2 posts
construction site.
In Nashville, I live in quite the progressive neighborhood. ‘Transitional’ as many call it. Lovely, quaint and full of character as I eagerly refer to it as.
Luckily we have many’a church around these parts and one day, a day when I was tumbling in self-doubt and a bunch of questions that honestly just needed to be shut up, the Bass Street...
draw me a map
In the 1800s D.W. Kellogg thought himself a seasoned explorer of rocky, mysterious terrain and illustrated a map for navigating the “open country of a woman’s heart.”
My oh my, do I love this. Bygone eras appreciated art, courtship and the riddle of a woman. I just think as a whole it’s a fascinating culture that occasionally I wish still existed. How lovely.
So this is...
January 2012
10 posts
marching in.
Lately AllSaints has been on the lips of every.single.person. around these parts. Eons ago, I fell in love with an AllSaints aztec dress, and by fell I mean tumbled over in adoration, and my beating heart for the brand never really has stopped. It’s the hipster wannabe to my very J.Crew personality.
And living in Nashville, there are a lot of hipsters. I’m just trying to keep up. For...
Anonymous asked: what makeup do you use??
We spin and toil wondering how to figure this life out, how to balance it all, how to make the most of our lives, how to live it fully and how to be the brightest shining star. At least, this is where I find my mind wondering regularly. Not proudly.
And true to form, Blake Mycoskie says it so simply yet so right.
Spend Less, Give More.
That’s all.
The Lord wrote it, demonstrated it...
come on summer.
this dress and I are ready.
from sabo skirt
“We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and...”
– Carson McCullers (via musingsinfemininity)
craving
these three things together:
combined with these:
paired back with these:
And while we’re at it, this is a good thing:
The patterned sweater over a denim button-down complimented with a Barbour and the haphazard hat paired back with the tailored khaki (I’m here to tell you, I haven’t seen a pair of khakis fit that trimly and well in ages) and loafer? I can...
look what I found.
There are few things I love celebrating more than love & the Lord’s faithfulness through weddings. And we’re right in the prime of this season of life, yes?
A grainy shot of my pinboard with invitations & save the dates ga-lore.
However, here’s a predicament. Heels to a wedding? Yes, duh. Heels to dance? So fun to twirl in, my dear. Heels on the market these days?...
love has come, your love has won.
In a sweet and glorious twist of life events, this past week opened up for me to have the unbelievable opportunity to serve at Passion 2012.
Worshiping with 45,000 people is other worldy. It’s a sliver of heaven as the Holy Spirit pours out over a stadium of hearts and in return, voices are raised in adoration, praise and need.
Were you able to attend with us? I would love nothing...
December 2011
10 posts
Anonymous asked: Hello Mary Catherine! I just happened to come across your blog while looking for perspectives on tilling the soil of our heart and found your entry from April. It was so beautiful. One of my dear friends is facing a breast cancer diagnosis and I shared it with her this morning. You are just a precious young woman and I wanted to say thank you for your obedience and your writing! I will be...
questions & answers : Glow Tricks
One of you asked :
oh my oh my! your skin is GORGEOUS! what do you use or what is your beauty routine to make it so glowy (?)
Well gracious me, you are too kind first of all. And secondly, I have no secret formula, however there are a few little things I have picked up along the way and incorporated into my daily routine that are most helpful at achieving a bit of glow. Most will not be...
pimento cheese & home
Late night snack of mom’s pimento cheese & wheat thins make for a pretty ending to a reunion-filled Friday night.
Alas, my body is still on Central Time, so I’m sleepless and consequently bored. Here are a few things that have caught my eye as of late. Enjoy :)
Gallery walls. In my Nashville house, we’re growing one above our couch. I’ve convinced all 4 of my...
peace, not as the world gives.
Oh friends, how are you? Have you been reading my sweet Ashlyn’s ponderings on the Advent season? How wonderful, right? My heart is tracking right along with her there.
As I pack to go home to Albany for Christmas for the first time as a working adult, my heart is just in a season of wrestling, brokenness, peace and trust. This week I prayed for peace - begged for peace - over a...
“The truth is there are a million steps, and we don’t even know what the steps are, and worse, at any given moment we may not be willing or even able to take them; and still worse, they are different for you and me and they are always changing. I have come to believe the sooner we find this truth beautiful, the sooner we will fall in love with the God who keeps shaking things up, keeps...
songs
Just these two words He spoke
changed my life,
“Enjoy Me.”
What a burden I thought I was to carry -
a crucifix, as did He.
Love once said to me, “I know a song, would you like to hear it?”
And laughter came from every brick in the street
and from every pore in the sky,
After a night of prayer, He changed my life when
He sang,
“Enjoy Me.”
-Teresa...
Rules for Self Discovery:
1. What we want most 2. What we think about most 3. How we use our money 4. What we do with our leisure time 5. The company we enjoy 6. Who and what we admire 7. What we laugh at — A.W. Tozer
I believe he’s on to something. Hear me say (you darling collegiates) that life after college is a wild ride that I believe took off before checking to make sure I was...
taking us into the weekend
via lovelife.
Dear friends, how has your week been?
Mine brimmed over with work, preparing for Leona’s Sample Sale (more on this soon!), many post-thanksgiving catch-ups and days of much, much needed down time in Nashville. I can’t explain how blessed this week has been. The Lord is moving, not just in my life, but in our generation. He’s stirring up women who are fiercely...
“Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we. Let all within us praise His...”
November 2011
12 posts
“You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.” - Song of Solomon 4:9
You have stolen the Lord’s heart. As my pastor put it this weekend, you have captured his affection and planted a flag on the very soil of his heart - it’s yours.
We already have his affection. Live boldly,...
kiss, kiss.
love you.
pretty ombre humanity. we belong together.
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fancy pants.
It’s quite rare for a pair of men’s pants to leave me breathless. These, however, did :
oh my dear goodness for all things starched, printed and lovely.
Thank you Mr. W.M. Lamb for sporting these rockstar britches that are slightly bizarre yet entirely perfect - naturally, this custom pattern is inspired by the hunting scene wallpaper lining his grandparent’s home.
Cooper...
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wednesday happy.
Happiest Wednesday to you! We’re having a little flash sale over at Leona; enjoy 35% off our favorite Fall pieces until Sunday 11/20 at 12pm EST. Hop to it!
My favorite? The Charlotte Coat Dress.
Those brass buttons + silk wool + that big ol’ bow. Cue my weak knees.
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friends who sing [vol. 2]
Bursts of warmth and light, the ever-sweet Jillian Edwards’ new album Headfirst is out on iTunes today and you, my dear angels, deserve this treat. I could ramble for hours and days about the joy that is the drumbeat and the kindness that is the foundation of this lady.
She is a gem of a person and her new record is just swoonworthy magic. A treat for your ears, a breath of crisp...
such a fan.
Of this spur :
Of this sweetness:
Of this song:
Run by Matt Nathanson on Grooveshark
Of this outfit (and scenery and hair):
And this town:
and weekends at the farm with these friends:
Happy day to you.
the king's court
“Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever and his faithfulness to all generations.”
Psalm 100 3-5
While this adventure-drenched lifestyle spills with...
October 2011
4 posts
dancing drumbeat.
Life Through My Blackberry
Because while you all may have hipster iPhones with instagram, I’ve got a 1998 Blackberry. Even cooler. Vintage, I believe.
p.s. just call me the comeback kid. hooray? hooray!!
My life is a circus right now and I am obsessed. A 3-ring one with elephant rides, rainbow cotton candy, juggling clowns and a trapeze artist in a sequin leotard. (I’ll have you know my fingers typed leopard...
the travel life.
Well my life couldn’t get more bizarre.
A rolling rack and about 77 pieces of clothing have become my best friends.
A steamer is my worst enemy.
And this story that the Lord is writing is blowing me away.
Swoon-me states, adorable people, winding solo trips through this country’s gorgeous back roads and interstates, time to wrestle and to think, time to be alone and figure it...
September 2011
14 posts
O M G. O M G. O M G. O M G. O M G. O M G. O M G. O M G.
Overboard was her middle name. I’m-rewarding-myself was her last.
And her first? She’ll never tell.
“You will never have anything more contagious than your joy. It catches. People...”
– Beth Moore
Prepare For Take Off
It’s nearly October (can someone tell me where September went?) and I am ready to usher in my absolute favorite month of the entire year with a schedule so jam-packed that I think I need to pencil in time to breathe.
Beginning this week, October is carrying me off to:
(eek! Sarah’s getting married!)
Yep so that’s the round up: (St. Louis) Missouri,...
leopard shoes [the obsession continues]
Well we just returned from a fantastic Coterie and my deepest and most true wishes were entirely met and exceeded:
LEOPARD is EVERYWHERE.
Everywhere. You know the feeling of your football team losing for season after season (um, yes. this feeling is not too far from me) and the universe gives you such grief for hanging on, but you’re most certain that they’ll make a triumphant...
“When you’re in covenant with Christ, it’s His responsibility to cover your...”
– Ann Voskamp
Where I Am:
Back in my heart’s home. New York, you’ve never looked better darling.
This is fun. So much to report back to you on.
Oh because did I tell you who I saw in concert last week?
Our favorite girl.
And I swung through this windy town:
Did you know that windmills and corn fields are real? And gorgeous?
Life is a madhouse in the best kind of way. Stay tuned and in the meantime...
haterz
My apologies for that bizarre “I made a ton of money here.” post. It seems we got spammed! Deleted & password changed.
Texas stole my heart.
THIS JUST IN: I’m obsessed with Texas.
Top to bottom side to side, I’m in love with that grand ol’ state. Slightly incredibly jealous of all you mockingbirds that call it home. The people, the food, the history - oy vey, I could ramble on for days about how much I relished my time there.
However we’ll start with this : the blog friends that I met while there....
(via etsy)
If only I had money left in my leopard budget...
This baby would be mine.
But lucky for the people in my world, I’ve overspent on leopard and this will have to wait.
le sigh. I’ll be back for you soon my dear.
