Beard & Bloom

  • Home
  • About
    • FAQs
    • Contact
  • Living
    • Our Home
    • Garden
    • DIY Projects
    • Holidays
    • Gatherings
    • Arts + Entertainment
    • Brew Reviews
  • Recipes
    • Meals
    • Sweets
    • Drinks
  • Travel
    • Local Love: Fort Wayne
    • Midwest
    • East Coast
    • West Coast
    • South
    • International
  • Baked Goods
  • Photography
  • Shop

On the Road: Adventures in Kansas City

October 9, 2015

I always get excited for work conferences. First, they always leave me feeling re-energized and extra passionate about the work I'm doing. And what's more is, they usually call for some kind of travel. Even if it's just a seminar across town, a change of scenery is always nice. ...

Continue Reading »

Posted by Aly Hess
Filed Under: Aly + Jeremy, Midwest, Travel Tagged: adventure, explore, on the road, road trip, travel, wanderlust

On the Road: Our Adventure on The Great River Road, Part III

August 28, 2015

Much like the rest of our trip along the Great River Road (read Part 1 here and Part 2 here), we were very open to where we stopped and when on the way to our last destination in Dubuque, Iowa. We did have one stop planned along the way during the final leg – Potosi Brewing Company – but this ...

Continue Reading »

Posted by Aly Hess
Filed Under: Aly + Jeremy, Midwest, Travel Tagged: adventure, road trip, wanderlust

On the Road: Our Adventure on The Great River Road, Part II

August 27, 2015

After leaving the winery in Alma country, we ventured back onto Great River Road and drove south towards our next stop: Lansing, Iowa. Initially, we were going to spend the night in La Crosse, Wisconsin. However, hotels and inns there were a bit out of our price range, and the more we read about ...

Continue Reading »

Posted by Aly Hess
Filed Under: Aly + Jeremy, Midwest, Travel Tagged: adventure, explore, road trip, wanderlust

On the Road: Our Adventure on The Great River Road, Part I

August 26, 2015

Following our Eaux Claires experience, Jeremy and I decided to take the scenic route home. We planned a rather loose, three day itinerary that took us south along Great River Road – which runs alongside the Mississippi River – through the “driftless area” of Wisconsin and a bit of Iowa before ...

Continue Reading »

Posted by Aly Hess
Filed Under: Midwest, Travel Tagged: adventure, explore, on the road, review, road trip, travel, wanderlust

  • Newer Entries
  • 1
  • 2

Welcome!

Hi! We’re Aly & Jeremy, a wife and husband based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. We use this space to share about our adventures at home, around the world, and in life.

Stay Connected

Search

Life Lately

Hey, cuties. Have a sweet weekend. 🌸 #bakestag Hey, cuties. Have a sweet weekend. 🌸

#bakestagram #cakesofinstagram #cake #floralcake
June starting off strong, reminding me how much my June starting off strong, reminding me how much my soul craves a good summer golden hour. ✨
A little bang and a little blonde for summer. 🌞 A little bang and a little blonde for summer. 🌞

Thanks to my girl @alissa.serres for always making my hair dreams come true! ✨

#haircut #hairbeforeandafter #curtainbangs #fringe #fortwaynehair #pinupcurlssalon
Almost every nook and cranny of our home is filled Almost every nook and cranny of our home is filled with sentimental pieces. I’m the daughter, granddaughter, and niece that will gladly take items the family may otherwise get rid of or have tucked away in closets for decades, untouched. The kind of traveler that looks for leaves and shells and rocks to keep in my pockets and carry with me, so I can always hold a piece of where I’ve been. Usually, I have no idea where these things may come to live in my own home, but they always manage to find their perfect places in time.

These shelves alone hold a basket full of stones and shells from around the world, framed high school love letters my grandpa wrote to my grandma in the 1940s, an assortment of found and inherited books, some well more than a century old, and sweet portraits of my great grandparents. 

While I strive to avoid clutter, I do love filling every room with as many meaningful pieces as I can. Because while many things are just things, some are so much more. 🤍

#interiordesign #heirlooms #shelfdecor #shelfstyling
Load More Follow on Instagram

See more! Follow us on Instagram @alyhess. 🌾🌿

Subscribe to Beard + Bloom!

Enter your email address to subscribe to our blog and you'll receive notifications when we publish new posts!

Sponsors + Affiliates


Save $5 off Premium Subscription

Archives

Popular Posts

Wedding Planning: First Steps

Wedding Planning: First Steps

July Garden

July Garden

Brew Review: New Holland Ichabod Ale

Brew Review: New Holland Ichabod Ale

Copyright

All images and content are copyrighted via Beard & Bloom unless otherwise noted. ©

Explore

About Us

Contact

Shop

Services

Sponsor

Affiliate Disclosure

Copyright Information

Featured Page

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is behind Beard & Bloom? Hello! We're Aly Hess and Jeremy Weiks, a wife and husband living in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with our sweet miniature dachshund, Rosie.

Adopt, Don’t Shop!

Hey there! Looking for a garden helper and companion like me? Consider adopting from your local animal shelter or animal rescue programs! Click here to learn more about the organization that rescued me!

♥, Rosie

Theme by 17th Avenue · Powered by WordPress & Genesis

Manage Cookie Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}