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The Striped Flamingo
alittleofthisandthat-april.blogspot.com
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A blog about life, style and everything in between.
#62692 in All , #6641 in General Fashion

confessional friday

Happy Friday yall! Im linking up with the lovely Mrs. Leslie at A Blonde Ambition for Confessional Friday. So, lets get to confessin... //1. I confess that while researching popular social media mark...

14 h ago

pretty things thursday

Ah, Thursday. I love you so...it means were over the hump and headed straight for the weekend. So what better way to celebrate than by posting some pretty things? Pretty things on a Thursday. I like ...

1 day ago

outfits, memory cards and Mondays

Ah, sad news friends. My memory card on my camera has gone MIA. I seriously couldnt find it anywhere this week. So, Im going to have to get another one. Its not a huge deal because everything on my c...

2 days ago

product review: Ulta lip crayon

Yall know that I am all about some lipstick. I would even consider myself to be slightly obsessive when it comes to lipstick. I rarely leave the house without it. Im always looking for new lipsticks ...

3 days ago

summer essentials under $50

Happy Memorial Day! The un-official start to summer is upon us. Here are some of my fave summer items this year and the best part is that every one of them is under $50 (actually under $40). 1. ...

4 days ago

summer essentials under $50

summer essentials under $50 by aprilanne147 featuring a stripe dress

5 days ago

hair pins

These are some pretty hairstyle/haircut pins Ive seen on Pinterest lately and LOVED them. These are hair pins. Get it? ;) Source Have yall heard of hair chalking? Im kind of obsessed with it and want...

5 days ago

same show different channel

Happy Friday, friends. If youre tuning in and thinking you accidentally clicked on the wrong blog...you didnt. A Little of This and That is now called The Striped Flamingo. Heres why: I created the o...

25 may 12

im still here!

Hi bloggy friends. I apologize for my absence over the last few days. On the last day of my mini-vacay I came down with a pretty nasty case of food poisoning. That, coupled with driving str...

24 may 12

weekend recap

Oh, what a glorious weekend it was. I spent some time with the family down at the Isle of Palms in South Carolina. Though a tropical storm threatened the first part of the weekend, the weather ended ...

21 may 12

splurge vs. steal

One of these outfits totals around $1,279 while the other comes in at around $149. Can you tell which is the SPLURGE and which is the STEAL? The outfit on the left is the STEAL and the outf...

20 may 12

insta friday

YEEESSSSSS!!!! Its Friday. Im so excited because I get to hang out with the fam at the beach for the weekend. Yay! First off, lets do a quick Friday dance party. Click here and rock out. Ill wait... ...

18 may 12

thursdays things

Im in kind of a random mood today. Here are some random things you might enjoy... ::: Im loving this awesome hair station organization idea. ::: I dont exactly remember how I stumbled across this web...

17 may 12

OOTD: now in technicolor

So, my inspiration for this weeks outfits had a little something to do with this scene. This is how it started... I won this amazing necklace in a giveaway from the lovely Chris o...

16 may 12

top 5 tuesday: things to do in wilmington

Though Ive only lived in Wilmington for a few months, Ive been blessed to experience lots of new restaurants, attractions and shops in the area. Today, Ill share my Top 5 favorite places/shops/restau...

15 may 12

monday space: shades of gray

I stumbled across this home tour recently and thought it so beautiful that Id share it with yall! Though I generally gravitate towards color in most situations, I really love the impact of decorating...

14 may 12

life lessons from mom

I posted this last year and since Ive grown my readership, I thought Id post again this year because these lessons are still very much a part of my life. Mothers are great at teaching us lessons. We ...

13 may 12

confessional friday

Boy, have I got some confessions today, yall. Perhaps, I should get the doozy out of the way? Yes, it will make the rest seem like nothing at all. Okay, ready? //1. I made this last night. Bad idea. ...

11 may 12 1 person likes this

inspiration workshop: SHOES

Oh man, Im striking gold with link-up themes this week. First it was the NAUTICAL theme for Everybody Everywear and now a SHOES theme for the Inspiration Workshop. Im linking up over at Gussy Sews fo...

10 may 12

lets be honest: online dating

First off, please pardon the fact that this post may sound a bit like a PSA. I apologize. Today, I want to talk about online dating. [gasp!] If you know me fairly well IRL, youd know that Im a b...

09 may 12

EBEW: Nautical

Im doing an outfit post today (a day earlier than normal) in order to link up with this months Everybody Everywear theme: NAUTICAL. Yall know Im a little bit nautical obsessed, right? Here are some n...

08 may 12

a tale of barbecue

I dedicate todays post to one of my most favorite things: BARBECUE. Why, you may ask, am I dedicating an entire post to barbecue? Well, barbecue is oft misunderstood, misrepresented and mistaken for ...

07 may 12

happy little vignettes

Todays post title was partly inspired by this guys famous saying. I like to think of my house as lots of happy, little vignettes that sort of all mesh together into one large happy home. I love how T...

06 may 12

instafessional friday

Well, its Friday, folks. And can I just say how HAPPY I am to see this weekend? This week has been slightly stressful...just a little bit. Ive got LOTS of fun Instagram photos for yall this week. Im ...

04 may 12

thoughts on cars and being vulnerable

So, over the last 2 days, Ive been in sort of a quasi-crisis. Now, I say "quasi" because to most people, this isnt really a crisis but to me, its been a big ol honking deal. My story starts 2...

03 may 12

wedding wednesday

Ive always been quasi-obsessed with weddings. Ive had a wedding "notebook" since I was little documenting all of my ideas and thoughts about my big day. Since I discovered Pinterest, my littl...

02 may 12

Liebster Blog Award

The lovely Chris from Chubbette Tales...Life After Spanx nominated me for a Liebster Blog Award and Tell Me About Yourself Award. The Liebster Award is given to blogs with less than 200 fol...

01 may 12

making the band

Happy Monday friends. Well, I have a bit of a strange post for you. As some of you may have seen, I accepted an interim part-time worship leading position at my church and there are lots of things Iv...

30 apr 12

confessional friday

Its Friday. Holla! Im linking up with the lovely Mrs. Leslie over at A Blonde Ambition for todays Confessional Friday post. 1. I came to the realization this week that I dont know how to actually coo...

27 apr 12

happiness and inspiration

source I was inspired by many things in the past week. First of all, I worked at a 5k race at work and, well, I was inspired to walk crawl skip run a 5k. Gulp. Well, at least Im gonna try to run the ...

26 apr 12

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