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Patriotic Pinwheel Cookies Made With Royal Icing

I’m taking the next few days off to be with my family and enjoy summer, so I thought I would leave you with one of my favorite tutorials that I pulled over from my old blog. I recreated a cookie...

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Out and About In Olvera Street

I wore: Denim Cut Offs – DIY from old Madewell jeans; Oversized tank – Target (I LOVE this tank!); Boyfriend Cardigan – James Perse A few weeks ago Tea Collection asked me to take part in their...

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Daily Style – Dressing Like A Lady For My Man

Dress – London Times; Shoes – Vera Wang For Kohl’s; Clutch – American Apparel; Cuff – Vintage As you all know, yesterday was Father’s Day. And so, to celebrate my husband, I decided to dress like a...

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When Being Thin Doesn’t Make You Happy

For my entire life, I’ve been what most would consider thin. At 5’10″, I’ve always fluctuated between 125-140 pounds, 125 more during the high school years, and 140 after having children. Four...

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Gwyneth Made Me Do It – My 5 Favorite Juices & Smoothies

While technically Gwyneth didn’t make me actually start drinking juices, she did sort of push me to actually start juicing myself. When I was pregnant with Hayden I had fierce cravings for citrus,...

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7 Pieces 7 Ways

It’s a rare day where I feel like I don’t have a thing to wear. Not because I have thousands of items of clothing to choose from, but because in the last few years I’ve done a pretty decent job of...

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Gift Guide For A Guy – Summer Outfitting

My husband’s birthday always falls within 3 days of Father’s Day each year, and every year I’m sort of stumped as to what to get him. He’s a tech geek, but everything he would want for himself he...

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Daily Style – The Importance Of Dresses

Dress – Loft; Shoes – ShoeMint; Clutch – American Apparel; Cuff – Vintage When you’ve been writing about clothes and style for a few years, you start to wonder if you’ve ever repeated the same...

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New Favorite T-Shirt

Having spent a brief time in my career working at a “designer” t-shirt company, I became a little picky about my t’s. Before, a t-shirt was a t-shirt, and I didn’t concern myself much with fit,...

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The Land Of Nod Opens In Southern California!

This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Land of Nod, but all my opinions are my own. #PMedia #NODinCA It’s been really inspiring to see the...

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Gwyneth Made Me Do It

Let me be clear and start by letting you all know that I have a love-hate relationship with Gwyneth Paltrow, which leans more towards strong disdain/hate more than the love part. Not for reasons...

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Sweet Made Sweeter – Taking Life’s Ordinary Moments And Making Them Sweeter

As I said the other day, life’s been busy. April – June is usually a marathon sprint for us, and as much as the end of school year can be daunting and seem to be never ending, we’re trying to make...

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Summer Means Changing Your Beauty Routine, Or Does It?

I noticed this morning, as I reached for my tinted moisturizer instead of regular foundation, that Summer was fast upon us and my beauty routine was already feeling the need to make the transition....

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Nostalgia Bottled Up

On the way home from Palm Springs, we stopped by my parent’s house for my nephew’s 9th birthday party. My parents still live in the same home they moved to when I was 10, in the same town I grew up...

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DIY Patriotic Mason Jar Luminaries

Hi there friends. It’s Friday and I’m running around, trying to get ready for Memorial Day weekend, but I wanted to pop in and say hi. How are you? Have any fun plans for the weekend? Well in case...

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DIY Orchid Centerpiece

My friend Shelly, of Van Rozeboom Interiors, makes the most amazing orchid centerpieces. Exactly like the ones you find at high end florist shops, that retail for well over $100. Using orchids as...

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A Land Of Nod Room For My 8 Year Old (Spon)

You may have heard, but as of yesterday, I now have an 8 year old AND a 6 year old. While the concept of time continually blows my mind with how fast it flies, unfinished projects, and projects yet...

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Daily Style – How To Wear Acid Wash

Jacket, Pants & Shoes – Zara (t-shirt is too, but super old last seen when pregnant); Bag – Target; Sunglasses – Warby Parker I just got off a 52 minute phone interview with a writer for Real...

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When Everyone Is Just So Pretty and Stylish

While I would define myself and this blog as a style blog, I find it interesting that very few of my pins are actually “style” related. Sometimes all the pretty young faces and designer clothes...

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Try Something New – Calligraphy

Although I may be “crafty”, my natural inclination when it comes to trying anything remotely artistic is to always assume I’ll be lousy at it. After trying watercolor last week, my husband came...

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How To Make An Earthy Beaded Necklace

I’ve been holding onto these beads for months now, almost a year to be exact. I purchased them on this trip to the flea market when I was still pregnant with Hayden and have played around with them...

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Daily Style – How To Wear Lace Shorts

I’ve been giving some thought lately, to this concept of effortless style. It’s a term you often hear in fashion magazines and on celebrity commentary, used to reference how pulled together someone...

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Would You Buy $368 Denim Overalls

Anthropologie is having a 15% off sale on all full price merchandise today, and I’m splurging on a $48 t-shirt. I tried it on in store last month when I had some birthday money to spend, and it was...

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Week In Review

It’s been a busy week all around. After I wrote about coming to peace with blogging this past weekend, I’ve been more focused on propelling forward than I have been in a very, very long time. I’ve...

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Greek Yogurt Fruit Cups Using Lifeway Kefir Frozen Probugs (Spon)

Sugar snacks, like Fruit Roll Ups are a vivid memory of my childhood. One was placed in my lunchbox almost every day of my school career, and was my mom’s go-to choice as a ‘peace be with you’...

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Fitting Back Into My Pre-Pregnancy Jeans – Kind Of A Big Deal

I was stuck. A huge pile of laundry to do, with all my pants that fit trapped inside them. It was cold and rainy outside, strange for Southern California in May, so I was even more unprepared. I...

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DIY Watercolor Art

Thanks for stopping by! I love and appreciate you taking the time to do so! Let’s stay connected on Facebook. There’s two things I want to preface this post with. Number 1, I consider my artistic...

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52 Weeks To Create Week 16 – 5 Steps To Developing Peace With Your Craft

While much of this post centers around blogging, I hope that it can also be relate able to other parts of life, small business owners, particular handmade, and even parenthood, and the general...

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Out and About – Chris Tomlin Concert

My favorite part of church is worship. Actually in all fairness, it’s been my favorite part for many years, but now as I find my faith growing and my knowledge of the Bible and scripture grow, the...

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Patriotic Pinwheel Cookies Made With Royal Icing

Out and About In Olvera Street

Daily Style – Dressing Like A Lady For My Man

When Being Thin Doesn’t Make You Happy

Gwyneth Made Me Do It – My 5 Favorite Juices & Smoothies

7 Pieces 7 Ways

Gift Guide For A Guy – Summer Outfitting

Daily Style – The Importance Of Dresses

New Favorite T-Shirt

The Land Of Nod Opens In Southern California!

Gwyneth Made Me Do It

Sweet Made Sweeter – Taking Life’s Ordinary Moments And Making Them Sweeter

Summer Means Changing Your Beauty Routine, Or Does It?

Nostalgia Bottled Up

DIY Patriotic Mason Jar Luminaries

DIY Orchid Centerpiece

A Land Of Nod Room For My 8 Year Old (Spon)

Daily Style – How To Wear Acid Wash

When Everyone Is Just So Pretty and Stylish

Try Something New – Calligraphy

How To Make An Earthy Beaded Necklace

Daily Style – How To Wear Lace Shorts

Would You Buy $368 Denim Overalls

Week In Review

Greek Yogurt Fruit Cups Using Lifeway Kefir Frozen Probugs (Spon)

Fitting Back Into My Pre-Pregnancy Jeans – Kind Of A Big Deal

DIY Watercolor Art

52 Weeks To Create Week 16 – 5 Steps To Developing Peace With Your Craft

Out and About – Chris Tomlin Concert

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