The With Love Newsletter - July 2025
Welcome, July! 🎆🍦🌞
It feels like peak summertime, like a turkey sandwich with chips smashed into it and an alarming amount of watermelon. And I’m here for it. I hope you’re finding time to enjoy these long, sunny days, but also staying cool from the summer heat.
We wrapped up a few projects during June, and we’re gearing up to start designing new brands in July. It was a crazy busy month both personally and professionally, but I squeezed in some time to go back to where this all started, making soy candles. You can shop those below!
June Recap:
went to Oklahoma City for my first FA Fundraising event
got our engagement photos taken 💍
went to the Des Moines Art Festival
saw a mama duck and three ducklings walk across my patio
spent lots of time biking, gardening, in a pool, and with friends
New Summer Garden Candles
It’s been a bit since I’ve added hand-poured soy candles to the shop, but I somehow found the time to make a batch. Featuring a summery floral scent and lots of colored glassware options!
Scent is a mix of lilac, bergamot, jasmine, and apricot.
Color Palettes that feel like July
I just love all the vibrant colors that summertime brings, and I’ve been feeling so inspired by my surroundings lately. I put together a few fun palettes you can use in your next project!
Client Highlight: Scoops by Beth
The perfect client throwback for July! 🍨Scoops by Beth is a soon-to-be ice cream shop located in the Highland Park neighborhood of Des Moines, Iowa. They make handcrafted, small batch ice cream from scratch using fresh and locally sourced ingredients.
Scoops by Beth is a place where people gather to celebrate a shared love of homemade ice cream.
My Current Faves
Watermelon Mint Drink 🍉
Catch me drinking this all summer!
Ingredients:
2 cups watermelon
• 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
• 1 tbsp honey
• squeeze of lime juice
• Pinch of salt
• Ice
Instructions:
1. Add all ingredients to a blender.
2. Blend until smooth.
3. Pour over ice and enjoy chilled!
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Seed & Sprout Gardening Apron
This clip-on apron thingy has been so handy to put tools, gloves, etc. in! Plus it’s adorable. 🍑
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Our Engagement Photos!
We recently took our engagement photos on a rainy summer night, and they turned out so magical. Our photographer, Maya B Photography, is so amazingly talented.
That’s all for this month’s newsletter! I hope you found some inspiration from it. Wishing you a delightful month ahead!
