Beautiful Blueridge!

I am not going to lie. I have vacation depression right now. After 10 glorious days in Blueridge, I am having some serious sadness about returning to work. I sure am going to miss all of this:





Waterfall sightings:







Daily Sunset Booze Cruises:



New pontoon boat:



Getting chauffeured around:





Sidenote: Mom decided to repaint the adirondack chairs on our landing and spruce up that area a bit. Here is yours truly in the process of spray painting the formerly green chairs to red (each of us was assigned a chair to paint). I will try to take some pictures this weekend of how they turned out!



THIS:






Good thing we're heading back up there for the 4th of July in just 5 short days!!

Thanks, Griffins!

Thanks again to Maggie and Dave for hosting us this weekend - I had so much fun lounging in the boat and soaking up sun! Can't wait to do it again soon...

Me and the boys...



Thanks Mr. Boat Driver!



Little brother Asa was so fun! I love him!



Cuddled up - it was cold at first, but turned out to be beautiful!!



XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Soon-to-be Mrs. Pennington!

Guess what...I'm BACK! Haven't posted since February and now I need to catch up big time!

Last weekend we hit the road around noon on Thursday and high tailed it down to Rosemary Beach for Ryanne's last fling before the ring! We were very pleased to see the townhouse we had booked was amazing!





Thursday night was Cinco de Mayo so we hit up the Mexican restaurant, which was a 30 second walk from our townhouse. We sipped on drinks (%50 off that night!) and waited for the other girls to get there.

Both Friday and Saturday we spent the day on the beach. We ate lunch both days at Wild Olives, which was a great little market type lunch place. Highlights of the beach time included running into Charles Kelly of Lady Antebellum and getting to see multiple beach weddings on Saturday!

5 out of 8 of us:





Both days looked like this...PERFECT:



Gorgeous beach wedding Saturday night...



Friday night we gave Ryanne a lingerie shower and then headed over to Bud and Alleys for dinner and after dinner drinks. It was so fun!

Cute Bride and Groom cookies with their initials:





One of the more racy items she got!







Cute drink umbrella topiary as a centerpiece!



Lots of gifts!



The whole group at dinner.



The three of us got martinis...oh no!









Saturday night we left the beach a little early to come in and watch the Kentucky Derby (most of the girls were from Kentucky). We all bet on who would win! My bet was for "Comma at the Top" but unfortunately, he did not place. In honor of the royal wedding and derby, we all made "fascinator" headpieces to wear out that night. That was such a cute idea and we all sported them the whole night!

Hayley making her hair piece!



Hayley and Atlanta Design Chick



My "fascinator" (pre glue gun)















We walked over to La Crema, an adorable fondue and tapas restaurant in downtown Rosemary Beach. I loved it! The fondue was amazing and it was the perfect way to end such a fun weekend!










Looking forward to the Pennington nuptials in Atlanta on June 4th!

XOXOXOXOXOXOXO

DESIGN...(for a change)

Okay so let's be honest, my "atlanta design chick" blog is not so much about DESIGN and more about ME/the DESIGNER (ha). But while working on a project this morning, I stumbled across this amazing decorator and had to share!

Jamie Beckwith

We are using one of her products for some high-end speculative office suites over at a prominent building in Atlantic Station, but I couldn't helpt but notice that her stuff would look FABULOUS in my future home. I'm going to start following her blog and you should too!

Here are some items I adore:

I love this amazing combination of colors in this up-close detail.



This floor is what isnpired me. How cool would it be to have this Moroccan wood pattern in an entry-way in your home?



Love it!



Fun bowls for anywhere!



Bathroom by Candice Olson featuring a beautiful wood block wall by Jamie (this is the product we are using here at work):



I need an excuse to visit her showroom, shown below - GORGEOUS!



I love these purple chairs on a neutral background:



My future living room:



XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO