a mood board | july edition

this month i am all about the light and airy. i am loving mustard, greens, stripes, roses, creams, and blush tones. maybe it was our trip to the shore last week but i feel relaxed and rejuvenated. this summer, the days at home with parks have been long and short all at once. we wake and have oatmeal at the table. we spend a lot of time playing with wood blocks, reading, and taking walks together. he smiles at me often, so does his whole body, and i always say, ‘i feel so loved by him.” his eyes are a golden brown, sometimes a deep hazel. he loves to nuzzle into me as i type or work, grazing his soft hands over my arms. in those moments, i know why i was sent here, why i needed to be sent here, why i needed to find him. 

a mood board | july

a mood board | july by janelle-monaco 

i have been reading erin loechner’s chasing slow and feel like it’s really talking to me, right at me. it covers so much of my life: decorating, parenting, peace, social media, blogging, marriage, balance, time, purpose, faith.  i have learned so much already and the book is beautiful. one of the biggest lessons in this book has been about ‘choice.’ i think we sometimes forget that we always have a choice. no matter how tough it gets, it’s so important to remember that you always have a choice. what’s in your control? do you hold the key to your own cage? she writes, “i think of the small choices we make daily. i think of how we can choose to kintsugi our circumstances, of how we choose to amass or not, of how we choose to speed up or not.” … “never, ever forget that this life offers choices.” 

what would your mood board look like during this warm summer month?

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Comments (4)

  • Julie | A Hopeful Hood

    July 27, 2017 at 2:40 am

    I'm all about stripes, too!!

    1. nelle monaco

      July 27, 2017 at 6:54 pm

      esp. black and white over here- classic and cute!!

  • Jacqueline Elliott

    July 31, 2017 at 4:23 am

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    1. nelle monaco

      August 23, 2017 at 5:53 pm

      awe, so sweet!! thank you so much and so glad you enjoyed it! hope your summer is going well

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