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Summer Wedding Ideas, Summer Wedding Inspiration, Summer Reception Ideas

Treating Your Guests at Your Summer Wedding

When it comes to summer weddings, especially southern summer weddings, there's only really one word that can describe them all: Hot If you're a wedding guest that gets invited to a summer wedding in a place like Texas, your immediate reaction is to probably cringe from reliving the sweat stains in READ MORE

May 2, 2017

Wedding RSVP Card Tips and Tricks

RSVP Card Tips

You've put together, stuffed, addressed, and sent out your wedding invitations. Now you're sitting back drinking your much needed glass of wine asking "now what?" only to realize you're in the calm before the storm. The last few weeks before the big day are filled with a lot of little, READ MORE

April 13, 2017

How-to Write the Perfect Thank-You Note

  You're engaged, and you're drowning in wedding gifts. It's fun to receive gifts - especially wedding gifts. You're already dreaming of building a home together. Wedding gifts make it that much more real and exciting. This is the only type of drowning I think I could be happy with. But, READ MORE

April 12, 2017

Real Weddings ; The Nugent Wedding Tale ; College Station Wedding Planner

What Your Wedding Photographer Wishes You Knew

There's a reason that one of the things brides are most excited about when it comes to their wedding is their wedding photographer. I mean, your wedding photos are the one tangible thing (well, besides your wedding video) that you can look back on for a lifetime. You spend so much time looking at READ MORE

April 10, 2017

Tips for Embracing the Rainy Wedding Day

Every Wedding Needs a Plan B I think all wedding planners can agree with me when I say that it's important to have a plan B when it comes to your wedding day - especially when it comes to the weather. Mother nature is extremely unpredictable, and she has absolutely no mercy when it comes to your READ MORE

April 5, 2017

The Brickyard Marietta Styled Shoot

Why You Should Say I-Do To Bridal Portraits

A while back, I got asked by my dear friend Kati at Kati Hewitt Photography to send her a little blurb for her amazing bridal guide about why I think it's important for all Brides to get bridal portraits done before their wedding day. But, it got me thinking. Why would anyone not take bridal READ MORE

March 29, 2017

What You Can Skip on Your Wedding Registry

Creating your wedding registry is a lot like Pinterest... It's a dark hole that is easy to slip into and get lost once you get started. One minute you're registering for towels, and the next you're 56 pages into Amazon looking at table lamps that look like hedge hogs. Trust me, I've been READ MORE

March 27, 2017

Wedding Registry Must-Haves

Needless to say, building a wedding registry was awesome. I'll be the first to tell you that when I got engaged and it was time to make our wedding registry, I was super excited to build up our home with it. Rob was away in Spain, and I definitely coped with planning our wedding. Plus, running READ MORE

March 24, 2017

What to Wear To Your Engagement Session {From a Photographer’s Perspective} // Guest Post by Kati Hewitt Photography

I may be a little biased, but  A few weeks ago I asked one of my all-time favorite wedding photographers to help me with a special blog post to share with my sweet couples (and all of you!) While I may be a little biased, who better to ask for advice than my own wedding photographer, Kati (now, READ MORE

March 22, 2017

Styled Photo // Atlanta Wedding Planner

The Hidden Costs in Planning Your Wedding

Staying on budget isn't always fun...  One of the greatest battles you'll face planning your wedding is your wedding budget. Wedding budgets are the necessary evil - we all wish we could play without them. But, frankly, that could get a little too dangerous for your check book. I'm sure even the READ MORE

March 15, 2017

Greenery Wedding Ideas, Greenery Wedding Inspiration, Certified Atlanta Wedding Planner

Using Pantone’s Color of the Year to Create Your Dream Wedding Palette

Engagement season is coming to a close as the spring wedding season is upon us. You're starting to plan your wedding, but you honestly have no idea where to start. If you were like me, you may have had your color palette picked out. (Maybe even long before you got that shiny little ring on your left READ MORE

February 27, 2017

Best and Worst Wedding Advice, Certified Atlanta Georgia Wedding Planner, Atlanta Wedding Coordinator

The Best (and Worst!) Wedding Advice

Whether you want it or not, people will give you their opinion. I'm sure you've figured this out by now. It's no secret that when you get engaged, people will come out of the wood-works to congratulate you. They will also come out of the wood-works to give you their opinion. (Even if you don't want READ MORE

February 1, 2017

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Atlanta based Award Winning Interior and Event Designer and Home Blogger Cathy Nugent

Hi, friends! I'm Cathy, a nationally published award winning designer of spaces to gather and southern belle writer based out of a small(ish) town outside of Atlanta, Georgia. However, most people know me as the Monica Geller of my friend group – a coffee connoisseur and dog mom with a huge heart for hosting and an eye for design. The heart behind what I do is simple. I want to help you be intentional on creating spaces to gather and celebrating life's precious moments - whether that be weddings, parties, or something as simple as having loved ones in your home. Living Simply, Loving Generously, and Hosting with Heart.

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Back at the beginning of March, we got a jumpstart Back at the beginning of March, we got a jumpstart on prepping our Spring and Summer garden with @Walmart Lawn and Garden. #AD Along with top dressing the yard with sand, we’ve been hard at work getting our garden ready for the season. Here’s a look at our garden 8 weeks later after we’ve successfully transplanted those @FerryMorseSeed seeds we started in our @JiffyGroup seed starting greenhouse kit with the seed starting heat mat! 

We used the @pennington Rejuvenate Potting Mix and Garden Soil to refresh our raised beds and give our seedlings the nutrients they needed once transplanted into our garden as well as the Pennington Rejuvenate Vegetable and Tomato Plant Food to give them the boost they need to thrive. 

Finally, the @scottslawn Landscaping Fabric was essential in cleaning up our garden and front flower beds to keep our garden free of pesky weeds. And the @flexonhose Flextreme Advanced 100ft Hose has been a game changer in keeping it all watered without fighting kinks so we can move easily around our raised garden beds. 

SWIPE to see what our garden looked like before! 👉🏼

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It’s not too late to get your Spring and Summer garden ready for this year! Make sure to head to your local Walmart to shop in store (or Walmart.com and the app!) to get everything you need to get growing this season. 

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Happy Easter from the Nugents! ✝️🐰🐣 Deat Happy Easter from the Nugents! ✝️🐰🐣 Death has been defeated. The King is alive! 

“He is not here; for He is risen, as He said.”‭ - Matthew‬ ‭28‬:‭6‬
Momma went shopping… and I spent a lot more than Momma went shopping… and I spent a lot more than $873. (But don’t tell Rob that part. 💁🏼‍♀️)

The furniture for the study finally came in, and I was SO excited to see how perfect everything looks in here. Hands down my favorite room in the house. 😍👏🏼 Real talk: I can’t wait to curl up in here with a cup of coffee and a book while my kids destroy the house around me. 🫠🤷🏼‍♀️😂 #ahostinghome 

Comment STUDY for the link to these gorgeous leather arm chairs and the end tables. OR You can shop via @shop.ltk here ➡️ https://liketk.it/45GFW 

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Spring gardening is right around the corner, and I Spring gardening is right around the corner, and I’m already starting to get ours prepped thanks to @walmart Lawn and Garden! #AD With a newborn and a toddler, running errands can be quite the task. But thanks to #WalmartLawnandGarden, I’ve been able to get everything I need to kickstart our garden this year in one place — from the convenience of snuggling my babies on my couch with Walmart.com and the app! The time it saved me from running all over town, I got to spend making core memories with John as we taught him how to start his very first set of seeds in the @jiffygroup seed starting tray. 

Here’s a look at what we got to kickstart our garden this year:
- The @jiffygroup Seed Starting Greenhouse Kit: to grow our own seedlings and get a head start on the season by starting them indoors! 
- The  @ferrymorseseed Seed Starting Heat Mat: to give our seeds the best chance possible to promote germination and improve transplant results 
- Ferry Morse Seeds (flowers, tomatoes, and peppers!) 
- @pennington Rejuvenate Potting Mix and Garden Soil: to give our seedlings the nutrients they need once transplanted into our garden 
- Pennington Rejuvenate Tomato Plant Food
- @scottslawn Landscaping Fabric: to keep our garden clean and free of pesky weeds
- The @flexonhose Flextreme Advanced 100ft Hose: to keep it all watered without fighting kinks as we move easily around our raised garden beds

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Get a jumpstart on your spring and summer garden this year by shopping everything you need at Walmart, in-store or online at Walmart.com. And stay tuned to see how our garden comes together and grows this year! 

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Tired of constantly charging your Dyson? (Or reall Tired of constantly charging your Dyson? (Or really, are you tired of forgetting to charge your Dyson?) Because I was. 🙋🏼‍♀️ Enter in: a DIY-er’s solution ➡️ stick a @dewalttough battery on that thing and vacuum for weeks on a single charge. 

But really, I’ve been using the same battery charge for a couple weeks now on vacuuming the downstairs of our house — and with two kids and two dogs, I do a quick vacuum every single day (sometimes multiple times a day!) The best part? Can rotate and charge with all our other Dewalt tool batteries. 

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Wait for it… ✨ Still can’t get over this stu Wait for it… ✨ Still can’t get over this study transformation we finished right before baby got here! Officially my favorite room and project in the house right now. 😍 #ahostinghome 

Color Details: Tricorn Black by @sherwinwilliams mixed in @behrpaint (Marquee, Eggshell) from @homedepot #swcolorlove #tricornblack #tricornblacksherwinwilliams 

Wallpaper : @wall.blush (See the full mural on the other wall on my stories saved to the ‘STUDY’ highlight bubble!) 

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James Kayleb Nugent January 20th, 2023 💛 James James Kayleb Nugent
January 20th, 2023 💛

James was born last Friday morning, and spent the first 5 days in the NICU for some breathing issues and fluid in his lungs. While those days were extremely rough, trying, and brought back a lot of emotions from Layne’s birth — God is so good, and my heart is just overwhelmed by His faithfulness. My favorite moment in life thus far was surprising John before bedtime the night we were finally discharged to come home. I’ll never forget the look on his face when I walked through that door. Thank you, Jesus, for my babies. 🦋💛 #ahostinghome
10/10 recommend just going for it and painting the 10/10 recommend just going for it and painting the entire room black. ✨ #ahostinghome

Color Details: Tricorn Black by @sherwinwilliams mixed in @behrpaint (Marquee, Eggshell) from @homedepot #swcolorlove #tricornblack #tricornblacksherwinwilliams 

Wallpaper : @wall.blush (See the full mural on the other wall on my stories saved to the ‘STUDY’ highlight bubble!) 

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✨ STUDY REVEAL ✨ I got a lot of nervous respon ✨ STUDY REVEAL ✨ I got a lot of nervous responses when I said I wanted to design an all black formal study right off my entryway, but I’m completely obsessed with every detail of this space. Rob has always wanted a study, so my goal with this space when it’s finished is to have almost like a moody, swanky cigar lounge feel. When we moved into this house this spring, I told Rob I was done playing it “safe for resale” with designing projects. Here’s to more of doing whatever the heck I want design wise in 2023! 👏🏼✨ Next up: let’s get this space styled and furnished! #ahostinghome

// Paint Color: Tricorn Black by @sherwinwilliams mixed in @behrpaint Marquee (satin on built ins, eggshell on walls) at @homedepot #swcolorlove #tricornblack #tricornblacksherwinwilliams 

// Wallpaper: @wall.blush 

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