With the garden at the centerpiece of our days, we are often meandering between shady garden side picnics, nature crafts, pulling weeds, sowing and saving seeds, and filling baskets with the days harvest.

If you were to look in on our little world, you might presume that it is made up almost entirely of linen dresses and woven baskets. And you’d be fairly right, much to my dear Mr. Hackett’s dismay. How often I’ve received his flabbergasted interrogations… “ANOTHER basket?! ANOTHER dress (x3)?!”. And all I can do is smile and bite my lip, with that “but you still love me” look in my eye, because well, I have my reasons.

As tiny dwellers I try very very hard to be minimal and truly intentional about what we have. But as a gardener, and mother of three small gardeners, I find there is always a need for another basket. As for the linen dresses, I simply love them. First, they are versatile. They can be layered over or under or worn as is, depending on the weather or occasion. Second, they are lovely and timeless. My little girls are very fond of acting out characters from our favorite books (most of which were written in the early 1900’s or before), from flower fairies to Laura Ingalls, they find their linen dresses to suit their role play perfectly. Third, they are industrious. They wear well, wash well, and handle the dirt and dripping berry juice with little to no trouble at all.

Now that I’ve justified myself, I wanted to share the perfect pair; when our favorite linen dress meets the most darling woven basket—which actually comes filled with a tiny gardening set that is altogether too precious.

Not only do I love both of these products, but furthermore I truly cherish the hearts behind the shops where you can find them. Last weekend my girls and I spent the day with Rodellee (founder of Adored Vintage) in her garden, wherein they used the tiny tools to plant her two foxgloves, and in the basket they carried around their most beloved bunny, Floppy Hoppy Brownie Rose. All the while they were so excited to be wearing their new matching linen dresses from Lindsey (Founder of Luralu). I promised myself I wasn’t going to turn our visit into a photoshoot, but I couldn’t let the day pass without a few photographs. Who can blame me? Rodellee’s garden is an absolute vision and more than that, it is place of pure delight. To think when we were there last in February it was merely a newly finished greenhouse and a wide open dream.

And naturally I couldn’t help myself to snap a few more pictures back in our own garden as well.

Lastly, in support of these dear friends whose work and hearts I admire so very much, I wanted to share that you can get get both the basket and the outfits for 20% off!

For the basket, Adored Vintage is having a Christmas in July sale on all Gifts & Offerings until the July 28th (code: xmasjuly)—there are so many cute finds, plenty of which are on my wish list. But while your visiting her page, I thought I’d share a few finds that add a great deal of joy and beauty to my days: the Herbarium journal (it’s my favorite journal I’ve ever owned), all the pretty botanical stickers (I love to use them for sending letters and adding to my garden journal), earth toned washi tape, and the most wonderful selection of old fashioned books.

For the dresses and tops (or anything you fancy at Luralu) you can use the code IVYANDTWEED20.

So tell me dear friends, is there really such a thing as enough baskets and dresses, or is there always room for at least one more?

The Perfect Pair : Dress Meets Basket