• holiday gift guide : for the homebody

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    it’s one of my favorite times of year! you guys know i love holiday shopping, so time to start rolling out the gift guides. up first is the gift guide tailor made for me and a lot of my relatives, the homebodies. here are some cozy, comforting, pretty things i love. Read More

  • happy weekend

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    weekend! you dressing up and / or celebrating halloween? i guess we might be tonight, and believe it or not we’re going to be participating in a thriller flash mob with our hip hop class this weekend as well… yeah not joking. wish us luck or something.

    my friends are getting together and seeing ouija on halloween but i am staying home to give out candy to trick or treaters. does that mean i’m old / boring / suburban now? i already saw ouija anyway and it was only just ok. anyway have a good weekend and be safe and have more fun than we will!

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  • the it girls of house plants

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    hi! i thought it’d be fun to have my friend molly of pop up greens to share some tips for caring for your favorite house plants, as well as alternatives to each. pop up greens is an LA based shop that specializes in hand painted pots, which you can shop online too.  Read More

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    our kitchen : before

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    so your first thought might be “wtf you just finished the backyard, why are you starting on the kitchen now?! are you crazy!?” yes. yes i am.

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  • happy weekend

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    hi! this week was pretty ok. i made some cool things in pottery and i salvaged something i almost destroyed so that felt really good. we’re going to ikea tomorrow to place our kitchen order!!! going to do a post next week all about it. we also are going to a wedding this weekend — and i am SO FREAKING READY TO SEE WHO DIED ON WALKING DEAD. are you? who do you think it is? two people? tell me.Read More

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    DIY minimal shape pumpkins

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    i was thinking this year i’d skip halloween posts. but then i realized i wanted some pumpkins outside for the trick or treaters so i might as well come up with something. and guess what — you can totally be festive while avoiding orange. and you might be surprised i even used a bright color like royal blue — but i’m currently into royal blue right now. i’m also into shapes (we know this). therefore i really like these. and they look so rad on our doorstep! Read More

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    DIY leather cat litter scoop

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    THIS POST IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH sWHEAT SCOOP.

    ALL OPINIONS ARE 100% MY OWN.

    i don’t know about you, but i’m always on the hunt for pretty cat things because they’re few and far between. and all the classy looking cat stuff seems to cost way more than it should too, right? so i thought it would be nice to have a cute litter scooper! Read More

  • happy weekend

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    happy friday! we have some mildly fun errands to do, we also have a new poke restaurant that opened near us and i’m way too obsessed with it. so now every weekend i’m like “can we goooooo?”  so we’ll probably go or whatever. how are you?Read More

  • DIY pom pom blanket

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    ALL OPINIONS ARE 100% MY OWN

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    now that the weather’s cooling down, i want to focus some energy back onto making the inside of our house pretty too. i’ve been swooning over pom pom blankets for a while now, so thought it would be super fun to make one, but instead of the traditional Moroccan ones you’ve seen that are basically a mud cloth type of fabric, i wanted to use a really soft quilt so it would not only look cute, but be really cozy too.
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  • maine roadtrip (aka lobster roll tour of maine)

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    so excited to share our trip details with you guys. now just a little warning, if you hate looking at lobster rolls, don’t read on. if you’re not into eating, don’t go on this trip — because it’s basically all we did.Read More