Christmas Holiday Recap
Can you believe it’s already been 2 weeks since Christmas?
5 tips on packing away holiday decor
Now that the glitter dust of the holidays has settled, it is time to wrap up
Ringing in 2015 with excitement
I hope all of you have enjoyed this recent holiday break.
Photos From Our Holiday Card
This year, I actually contemplated not creating a holiday photo card. I know, the horror, the horror. This thought lasted a mere 2 minutes though. It's not that I no longer enjoy taking photos for our cards, it's just that I wondered whether sending our holiday photos...
DIY – Ornament Chandelier
One of my favorite things about decorating the home is dreaming up DIY projects
Holiday Decor Tour
When it comes to holiday displays around our home, there are 3 main areas I focus
7 Tips on Decorating Your Tree
I love decorating our Christmas tree. After so many years of collecting ornaments and arranging them on our tree
A Fried Turkey Thanksgiving
They say “the 3rd times the charm.” This definitely applies to the fried turkey Chris
Happy Thanksgiving Eve
It seems like it was only a short time ago that we were discussing all things related to fall. Now, with only a day away from Thanksgiving, I think it's safe to say that fall is on the "outs." Nothing reminds me of how quickly the days pass than the weeks leading up...
10 Best Holiday Gifts for Kids
Every year, I lose a few brain cells trying to think of THE holiday gift. You know THE gift.
5 Tips on Buying Pre-Lit Christmas Trees
Nothing truly beats a real tree. However, with 2 kids and 2 dogs in the house, artificial trees will have to do for my household. In fact, they more than just make-do. They can be pretty amazing if you ask me. Having lights already pre-strung, being less of a fire...
Frozen Costumes
Shocker -- my girls were dressed up as Elsa and Anna for Halloween last week. For every boy dressed up as Batman, there were probably 3 girls dressed up as Elsa. I tried my hardest to persuade my daughters to pick other characters but despite my best efforts, they...
Pumpkin Ballerina Birthday Party
Birthday parties in fall are extra festive because of all the fun autumn themes. In the past, I've always had pumpkins and the color orange as the main decorative elements in the parties I throw for our fall baby, Lauren. This year, with her enrollment in dance, I...
Loving a Second Child
Lauren, my youngest just turned 4 years old so you can imagine there will be an upcoming post about her birthday party (happening this weekend). In today's post, I wanted to share a few photos from the past 3 birthday parties we've thrown to celebrate her birthday....
Costumes Flashback
It's Friday and I'm making it a Halloween Costume Flashback Day! As a kid, I've never dressed up in costume for Halloween. In my experiences growing up in New York City, Halloween was not typically a "fun" day. It was the "will I need to dodge eggs or will the crazies...
Halloween Mantel
Over the years, we've accumulated a number of Halloween decorative items for the indoors. That said, I tried not to go crazy this season with purchasing more items. Fortunately I limited my purchases because as you will see in this post, my mantel is pretty complete....
HAPPY
Happy. A very simple 5-letter word. But you and I both know...it's complicated. I just celebrated another birthday and the word on my mind is "happy." When I was in my early 20's, I had a different vision of how "happy" would look. I have since experienced many...
Our Fall Exterior
It's hard to think of fall without thinking about mums and pumpkins. Is it any surprise that I love decorating the exterior of my home with them? Through the years, I've started a tradition on how I shop for and decorate my home's exterior during the fall season. Here...
Beauteeful Finds – The Runaway
If you're following Beauteeful Living's Facebook page, you may recall I recently attended an Oyster festival at Asbury Park, NJ. As someone who loves seafood and visiting new places, it was a no-brainer to attend this event. At the Oysterfest, I expected to find the...
Simple Fall Tablescape
Up until a few years ago, I used to think, "Ugh, why do people insist on decorating so early in the holiday season?" I did not need to walk into stores to know which holiday was approaching. All I had to do was drive down a block or two and inevitably there will...
Small changes still make an impact
Fall isn't just around the corner. It's right at our front steps, knocking fervently on our door. As much as this summer has been amazing, I'm not looking out the peephole reluctantly, while the fall season stands before me. I'm opening the door with excitement since...
Good Eats – Brewology
Recently, my husband’s cousin, Roger and his business partner opened Brewology, a gastropub located in Speonk, NY (Hamptons). Although interested in the restaurant industry for years, it was only less than a year ago that Roger took the idea seriously. The day came...
Color Your Mornings Beauteeful
Mornings are not easy. Seeing your favorite people and their faces (groggy as they may be) helps. Additionally, seeing your favorite things in your favorite colors certainly helps. Our mood is tied to so many elements. To me, color is undeniably a key element. One of...
Back to School Letter to Child
Initially when I was thinking about a post for "Back-to-School," I was considering a post titled, "Beauteeful Finds - Back to School Edition." I ultimately changed my mind because rather than the "shopping" aspect of Back to School, I think the "Must Do" thing for...
Our Wedding Anniversary
Today, I celebrate 9 years being married to an incredible guy. A guy I've been calling my best friend for the past 18 years. Yes, we've known each other for a very long time, considering I'm still young relatively young. 🙂 I can go on about his amazing qualities, but...
Nominated for Sunshine Award
Today marks 6 months since the launch of my little blog, Beauteeful Living! Over the course of these months, I've had some pretty wonderful things happen. One of the highlights is certainly being nominated for a Sunshine Award by Emily at Our House, Now a Home. Emily...
Lobster Boil for Two
When I envision a Lobster Bake, I think of this big gathering of people, enjoying a smorgasbord of seafood, corn and potatoes. It's what I call Good Eats, Group Style! But often times, most of us are not hosting large gatherings. Usually it's just us and our...
View from Vacation
Hello, wonderful readers: This post is coming to you while I'm away on vacation. Hope you don't mind me keeping this post short and sweet. 🙂 If you read my post from July, you will recall how I'm on a quest to re-learn the art of "relaxing." I must say, entering this...
3 Fave Flowers from Garden
Back in a post from early spring, I mentioned how I couldn't wait to share some of my favorite flowers from our garden. Well, the day has arrived and I'm thrilled to show you 3 of my favorites. Not only will you see these flowers in their original form (planted in...
Beauteeful Finds – PaperSource
As mentioned in my last post, this latest edition of Beauteeful Finds will feature all of my favorite picks from Paper Source. You can trust me that they have an amazing variety of fine paper and stationery. My picks today, however, will feature merchandise you may...
Love for Stationery – Paper Source
There are so many stores that make me feel like I've stepped into a Willy Wonka factory. Except, it's not candy I'm after. Stationery products are among my favorite eye candy items. Unsurprisingly, for my first Beauteeful Finds' store feature, it was always my...
Vacation Memories Through Photos – Orlando
Personally, I feel that photos from vacation are the best souvenirs you can bring back home. Today's post will feature all the beauteeful memories from our recent vacation with our family. Vacationing with Chris's brother and family made this vacation extra special....
Re-learning How To Relax
I never thought I would need to "re-learn" how to relax. Maybe "re-learn" how to parallel park between 2 cars but re-learning how to relax? Seems absurd but I suspect many people, namely parents, can use a little brushing up in that department. These 2 guys look like...
Fourth of July – Family, Friends, Fun, and Food
It took a mere 20 minutes into the start of our Fourth of July party for me to think, "This is why we throw this party." Seeing our close family and friends in our home, enjoying themselves and catching up on life are the reasons why we go through the effort of...
Embracing our above ground pool
We hated it. The biggest eyesore in the backyard. We asked the seller to remove the eyesore, aka above ground pool, during our negotiations. They agreed on some of our requests but ridding the pool was not one of them. In hindsight, I'm so glad they declined! When we...
July 4th Party Decor Preview
Not so breaking news: Summer has arrived. If you're like me, you're thinking about how with a blink of an eye, the season sails away. This is why every summer event is so precious to me. Fourth of July has always been a big event in our household. Once Chris and I...
Beachcomber Camping Resort (Part 2) – What We Ate
In last week's post, I shared pictures of what we did during our recent camping trip. Today's post will focus on what we ate. Skip this post if you are hungry or cannot stand photos of food. Still with me? Wonderful! Let's start with Friday night's dinner. Our friends...
Father’s Day Weekend 2014
I wanted to wish everyone, especially the fathers and father figures out there, an amazing Father's Day weekend! I hope you are all spending this weekend with the special people in your lives. Here's how the girls feel about my husband, their adoring father: I thought...
Beachcomber Camping Resort (Part 1) – Things We Did
We had such a great time this past weekend camping with the kids and our friends in Cape May, NJ. With all the photos taken during our 2 day stay, I decided to have 2 posts related to our little trip. This 1st post will feature the things we did at the Beachcomber...
Finally Going Camping Again
We are days away from going camping for the first time in almost 7 years! For a while now, I've wanted to go camping like college days but because of a pretty big detail (having young kids), the idea wasn't very appealing. The notion of running after tots at camp,...
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