Mini Handpicked today

See you next week!

Hello my dears! My kids are on spring break this week so we’ve been doing a lot of laying around, playing Tenzi, and drinking milkshakes. And I’m still enjoying the high of our backyard Easter dinner with my parents, sisters, and their families. Mom brought Deb’s brown butter rice crispy treats, Sarah made her famous pecan pie, and Emily brought this spectacular carrot cake. A marvelous day! I barely took any photos!

spring flowers from trader joe’s and smart & final, secured in flower foam, tucked into a salt bowl from the clearance table at pottery barn. side note: radishes as place card holders for all holidays henceforth.

happily went hog wild on the flowers! green check linen tablecloth here, fancy paper plates here

we really stumped the kids with a peeps blind taste test. most of them had never tasted a peep of any flavor, let alone the reckless ones like “sunny d” and “strawberry pop tart.”

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Yes please: tulip sweatshirt.

Breathtaking creativity: beaded brushstrokes that get more beautiful the longer you look at them.

French antiques that everyone is looking for right now.

Yum: strawberries dipped in Starbursts.

Can’t help but shop for a tiny home because they’re just so cute!

Candied chocolate almonds from Ginger Elizabeth will change your life.

Made me LOL.

ISO a cute baby to stuff into this little rainbow fish onesie. (Omg and you can match.)

A terrific roundup of wall whimsy. (via Maggie)

New dream job: photographing gardens and gardeners. (via Bethie)

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last thing

• Most popular link last week: heatwave dress

• I hope something good happens to you today.

• P.S. I’m working on a new idea that I’m really hoping to bring to life very very soon. Putting this here so I don’t lose my nerve!