I’ve been a wee bit preoccupied lately.  So I thought I’d share what’s consuming all my time and attention.

Yes it’s true!  Our beautiful baby boy arrived 3 days early.  I’ve never been so tired and happy in my life.  He’s so sweet and his wonderful tiny baby smell is completely intoxicating.  I am, in a word, smitten.

I’ll be blogging all about my adventures with him over on my nesting blog Honey + Fitz.  Come on over!

Today is my 5 year wedding anniversary.  I can’t believe it’s already been 5 years since that gorgeous day on the Outer Banks surrounded by our closest friends and family.  We’ve been so blessed and just downright happy that it really has flown by.

Instead of celebrating with some great big pomp & circumstance, we’re spending the weekend in Maryland with family and celebrating the news of a healthy baby on the way (I’m 19 weeks today!).   After a bit of a health scare the last few weeks (more on that in a future post), test results from this week revealed we are out of the woods and truly thankful and focused on the thing that really matters – this new life we’ve created together and are eagerly awaiting.

So bare with me!  I know I’ve neglected poor lil’ White Thread over the last couple of weeks but I promise I have some fun posts planned to share (including our nursery design which has nothing to do with weddings but is so stinkin’ fun I just have to share!)

Yup, it’s true.  I’m officially 14 weeks pregnant and too excited to keep it a secret any longer!  We’re expecting our first addition to the family in mid-October, which means I’ll have the privilege of being super prego throughout what I’m sure will be a very hot Southern summer.  Yuck.

So while I promise to not let White Thread become all about prenatal visits, nursery design and stroller debates, you’ll have to forgive me if a wee-bit of my excitement seeps through onto the blog (and cut me some slack if I miss some posts here and there…this making a human business really takes a lot out of you it turns out!)

Baby’s breath.  The mere mention of those two words is enough to send you running with images of sad little grocery store bouquets in mind.  But I will never see these unassuming little flowers in quite the same way after pulling this post together. 

The trick:  use them in mass and solo.  Adding other flowers to the mix immediately downgrades them to “filler” status.  Using them alone keeps them the unabashed star of the show.  I love the idea of using mounds and mounds of them in a Winter wedding, all billowy and ethereal.  But these images prove they are equally gorgeous at a Spring affair. 

Look for it under its more “official” flower name of gypsophia (and bonus, it comes in other colors, though white is still my favorite).  Best of all, you can achieve a really lush, over the top look without killing your budget.  20 bunches are less than $200 and each bunch consists of 6-9 stems, more than enough for a beautiful, full bouquet. 

{Photo credits: Top row: Leigh Miller Photography, Second row: Christine Chang Photography via Style Unveiled, Third row: Stephen Karlisch Photography, Cinderella Project, Fourth row: Justine Ungaro, Fifth & Sixth rows: Leigh Miller Photography}

For all your newly engaged folks out there, StudioWed is putting on a great planning event called The Wedding Experience on February 13th at the luxe Ritz Carlton Buckhead Atlanta.  Kick your planning into high gear as they gather some of the South’s premiere vendors in one locale.  As if that’s not great enough, the darling of Southern weddings, Tara Guerard of Soiree will be on hand signing copies of her new book “Weddings by Tara Guerard”.  If it’s even 1/2 as good as her first book, I will squeal in delight.  Don’t miss this event!