♥ GIVEAWAY WITH CANVAS FACTORY!

hold the phone, readers!! 

here is your chance to enhance your living space with a gorgeous 16 x 20" canvas print

 of your very own! i have teamed up with canvas factory to host a fantastic little giveaway, 

running this week until friday, august 2nd!

to enter- please leave a comment with your name and email address!

a winner will be announced monday, august 5th-

good luck!

Ps. Giveaway is now closed//  a winner has been chosen! Thank you for participating!

♥ PHOTOGRAPHY IS A LOVE AFFAIR WITH LIFE.

 as a visual stylist at bloomingdale's,  i am responsible for

 the overall look and feel of the store. this means that i spend my days 

going up and down ladders, stapling visual props to the wall or

 suspending them from the ceiling, etc.

oftentimes, when i am in the middle of a project, i get asked by customer 

and associates alike what my house must look like,

 since i make such colorful installations at the store- and the 

answer actually surprises people: 

some of the walls in my condo are completely white!

unlike at work, where i have the props at hand to transform a space,

and the tools necessary to restore the mess i made-- at home, 

i am afraid to make the commitment and ruin the blank canvas!

above, you can see one of the smaller- ie. more approachable walls in my condo- 

that has slowly become a gallery wall of family photos and colorful kids artwork.

i have been looking to re-vamp it, (rather than tackle one of the larger, scarier walls 

in my living room!)  and was so excited when canvas factory  reached out with an

 opportunity to add another beautiful canvas print to the collection!

(see my review from last year!)

canvas factory is committed to offering canvas prints that are not

only affordable for all, fast! and high quality. 

i decided to continue with the tradition of printing one of my favorite photos

of henry and sadie- and chose one from our christmas card because--

who doesn't want a cuteness overload every time they walk into their kitchen?

i tried choosing from a number of pictures on my phone (where i take nearly all of 

my pictures these days) and the website was able to let me know beforehand that these

photos were not eligible to be blown up onto canvas format due to blurry pixellation-

so make sure when you are choosing a photo for your canvas print that

you are choosing one that is taken by digital camera vs. your phone!

i am very happy with the speed and quality of this print- not only does it

act as an anchor to the other photos on this small gallery wall- creating a color

story of red and yellow tones, that play well with the smaller prints and drawings,

 but it also is just about the happiest picture i could ever imagine spending 

my days looking at :)

thank you, canvas factory, for another picture-perfect print!

(i was provided this canvas for review, but all opinions are my own!)

♥ NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT.

hello friends- and happy 2019!! 

i am crawling out from underneath a slumbering toddler

to tell you, yes, i still consider myself a fashion blogger-

even though, technically, google starts populating for "Amazon"

before "Aglimpseofglamour," when i start to type my blog name 

in these days! sad, but true.

like i mentioned in my blog post from july-- 

time has a way of passing both quickly and slowly

 when you have children. 

 a two-hour birthday party at an indoor playground can

 C R A W L by and make you feel like time has stopped altogether 

because the party runs from 12-2pm and it has been 1:55 pm 

for 5 hours already!???!!! 

or you can *blink* and you're 4 months into a new year 

with nary a blog post in sight!

luckily, ADEXE Watch London recently gave me the gift of time:

(the Meek Petite Classic in Black and White to be exact!)

which is not only a beautiful, finely crafted timepiece--

but also the perfect excuse to grab lunch with my

blog bff, lei ann, and snap some 

early spring photos!

my outfit is made up of a vintage black and white polka dot off the shoulder dress,

which i have paired with a collection of red accessories- one of my favorite

mac retro matte liquid lipstick in quite the stand out, a rebecca minkoff fringe 

heart crossbody bag, and red shoes from a new day.

lastly, my watch works simply and seamlessly with the look
to accent my dress
and keep me right on time.

♥ the fruits of our labor: blueberry picking at Ward's Berry Farm!

hello friends! 

i hope you've been enjoying your summer so far-

i have been busy navigating the new and exciting landscape of life 

as a mother of two!

 i knew that it would be different- i have watched my sister's

daily routine get thrown out the window on more than one occasion,

with each successive birth, but when it is actually your turn to do it-- 

it's a whole different story!

thank you for sticking with me during this fun transition :)

 this weekend my sisters and i met up, with children in tow,

 to go blueberry picking at ward's berry farm in sharon!

i've only berry-picked once in my life and thought it would

be a great new tradition to start with the kids!

you can't tell from their faces in some of the photos (ha!),

but they loved it!

i call these photos: "misery loves company." haaaaa

 the blueberries were as sweet as they are plentiful!

it actually took a long time to fill the containers- so make sure

you pack lots of sunscreen!

yum! what kind of traditions are you starting this summer?

♥ Sadie Amelia!

on may 31st at 1:45 in the afternoon, our beautiful daughter, sadie amelia,
 made her way fast and furiously into this world!

within moments of receiving my glorious, life-renewing epidural,
she was here--all 9 pounds, 1 oz of her!!-
we fell instantly in love. 

♥

henry has been preparing to be a big brother my entire pregnancy,

and it has been heartwarming to watch the care and attention

 he paid to his sister when she was in my belly. 

now that she is actually here,

i can already tell that he is so proud to have a little sister, and 

already feeling more confident in his new role. 

...we just have to remind him that sadie is not a doll!

♥ watching the sunset on mayflower beach.

i am currently on cape cod, soaking up the very last bits of summer sunshine

with my family! we visited mayflower beach on saturday night and i was blown 

away by the picturesque sunset. i could not stop taking pictures!

i hope you enjoy!! xoxo

♥ meeting baby sam!

last week, my sister lissy gave birth to her third child- 

a sweet and tiny boy named sam francis :)

i have met and held many babies in my life,

but i am always continuously surprised and delightfully shocked

that all human beings start out that small, that delicate,

fragile and perfect. my family is so blessed

and grateful for this welcome addition. 

welcome to earth, sam!

ps. remember sam's reveal??

pps. remember when gia met olivia?

ppps. remember when we met gia?