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A few changes on the way

By Anna Sawin

This blog has served as a catchall for baby and kid stories and photos, ramblings, recipes and client photos for a very long time, and it’s time for something new! When I started here on wordpress nearly five years ago, I didn’t even have a phone that took a photo. (Really!) So all my posts…

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Baby Graham is in the house

By Anna Sawin

This little love was in such a hurry to arrive that he showed up a full FOUR weeks ahead of schedule. Which gave his parents the rockin-est New Year’s Eve of their life–they arrived home from the hospital with him after 9 p.m. on December 31! This snowy winter seems to suit him just fine,…

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Erin and Dan featured in Bride’s Connecticut!

By Anna Sawin

I got a fun preview of the upcoming issue of Brides.com Connecticut today–our lovely bride Erin of Sparkle & Hay and RealWeddingsRevealed sent me this clip, featuring Erin and Dan’s first dance last October at her rustic chic Saltwater Farms Vineyard wedding. I know we haven’t shared much from her wedding (yet!), but once we…

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A new year

By Anna Sawin

I’ve been so headlong into my plans for the new year that I didn’t notice I had, very ungracefully, let the old year linger far too long on this page. I’m working on a few things, including a new website, new business blog and a new Hank & Willie, so  perhaps you can forgive me…

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Did you notice?

By Anna Sawin

The sun here on the coast of CT set at 4:24 p.m. today. But yesterday it set at 4:23 p.m. Things are looking up, folks. I loved this poem last year, and I’ll post it here again this year, because there is nothing as joyful as knowing we have already passed the darkest day of…

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Julie + Jake: Winter Wedding at The Ledges

By Anna Sawin

Julie and Jake were married on a sparkly New England December day, and while it was frosty, it was a day filled with warmth and love. This wedding had warm wonderful families, a couple head over heels in love, beautiful Christmas colors, a family home with decades of history, amazing food, Christmas trees and sparkly…

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In Reruns: Christmas Cookies and Peppermint Bark!

By Anna Sawin

A flurry of messages on Facebook last night about Christmas cookies left me thinking, wow, time to make something for that cookie party on Friday night and time to make peppermint bark for the nursery school teachers and….well, here we are. Start your ovens! From Dec. 14, 2007…. I just peeked at my stats, assuming…

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In reruns: The Fabulous Housewives of Stonington

By Anna Sawin

Remember when I used to do Food Fridays? Remember when I used to blog almost every day? Sigh. I’m hoping my brand new spanking blog and whole new look in 2011, designed by Chocolate Creative Design, will change my deplorable blogging habits. In the meantime, I had so much fun reading Heidi ‘s guest post…

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Preview: Julie + Jake’s Winter Wedding at The Ledges

By Anna Sawin

I still can hear the soaring sounds of the Victorian carolers at Julie and Jake’s amazing winter wedding yesterday—if there is anything to get you ready for the holiday season, it is a wedding like this one. Gorgeous, personal, full of joy, family and fun, these two had a fantastic day to celebrate yesterday and…

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