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“To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

At Royal Scout & Co., our moment of beauty came to us in the backwoods of Washington State during a productive afternoon by the rippling Icicle River.  The lapping of the water besides our boat, the blushing shyness of our would-be bride and groom, and that stillness in the air that feels weighty with buzzing bees and and heavy, warm rays of sunlight...what a...

Well, it’s official.

We’ve snuck off and gotten married!!

When Linnea of Style Me Pretty welcomed us into the Style Me Pretty (SMP) family, we were nothing short of ecstatic and FULLY engaged in becoming the newest member of the SMP’s Little Black Book of top vendors. SMP’s Little Black Book, self-described as the “hand-selected, highly curated collection of wedding service providers, from mom-and-pop boutiques to A-listers” has assisted modern brides the world-over in culminating their special-day planning into...

Puddles of faux fur fabric pool around the legs of the workshop table where I delicately unrolled a large bolt of the newest colorway for the fall season. About to cut away the selvage edging and begin my careful pattern tracing, I spy the folds of fabric spilling onto the ground and pause. It's such a simple detail but the material's raw beauty in its unrefined layers strikes me as beautiful. 

"Momma, what is a royal scout?" an itty bitty person asked me one morning as I prepared the little ones for school and myself for work. 

Yes, indeedy! What IS a royal scout?

I think the name captures many things, but mostly, the juxtaposition of a free, woodland mountain spirit slipping its arm familiarly around regal elegance and being warmly received. There's something so stirring when you mix rich textures with classic patterns, the masculine with the feminine, the indoors with the out. And in my mind I can imagine a plucky, brave-hearted, badge-wearing school...

Sometimes when we receive a gift, it takes time... perhaps even years to understand its significance.   When I graduated from high school, my beloved Grandma Vera Mae, surprised me with her 1957 Singer Sewing Machine.  She assured me that Grandpa had oiled all the parts (he could fix ANYthing!) and that it was a "very good machine".  She taught me how to sew a simple straight stitch and a few other very basic skills,  but her gift opened up a whole new world of possibilities to me!  

As...