Holy moly Batman, that is SOME cupcake ya got there. From new-to-me-blog, Ming Makes Cupcakes. AND she includes recipes. Hardest part will be which to try first. Check out her cookies and scone recipes too! They’d be great for DIY favors.

Bicycle Thursday returns! With this sweet wedding at the Healdsburg Country Gardens, in Healdsburg, Calif. Coincidentally my clients Jamie and Rebecca will be married there August 8! Can’t wait. There’s gonna be a lot of sustainable elements, local food and DIY galore. Stay tuned!

Love how this wedding incorporated bikes into their wedding–they met while one of them was biking in Tiburon and the boy asked for directions. Cute!

{Photo by Tanja Lippert}

Nothing like a sweet print to get you out of feeling heavy. Love that you can personalize this, what a great memento.

By Etsy shop dazeychic.

It’s been a rough couple of weeks that have been a series of high (my birthday) and low (the passing of my beloved grandfather, Buddy).

Loss always begs introspection. And that’s where I am, evaluating the pace and quality of my life and how much time I give to things, like this blog. Don’t get me wrong, I love my blog and the joys of it, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say it was hard work and that I wasn’t up clicking and posting and pasting into the wee hours.

Lily Spruce has been an enormous creative outlet. And the blog extension of my business will continue to be that as well. But for now, I want my posts to inspire. I want to keep reposting at a minimum. I want to come up with original content you won’t find anywhere else.

And that will take some time. So I ask that you bear with me as I take this path and figure out what that means and what it will look and sound like. Posts may be sparse until then so hang tight, we’ll get there.

And in the meantime, if you’d like to drop me a note about what you’ve enjoyed reading here, please DO.

g@lilyspruce.com

Thanks for popping by,

Genevieve

{art by Etsy seller Corid}