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Carly A. Riordan
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Just want to go on record to say that I have loved bows and worn bows in my hair before it was cool 🎀
…. and I’ll still wear them when the trends move on 😜
📸 by @carterfish

📌 Save this post! Can’t get over the MAGIC that is @backtonature.nj’s Christmas Market during the holidays! 🎄🌟🎅🏻🧣The decor this year is on a new level. If you need to get into the holiday spirit (or pick up speciality gifts or more decorations for your home), 100% recommend making the drive! It’s worth it ❄️

When you don’t actually feel cute but then kind of end up feeling cute because you put a bow in your hair, slipped into a dress that fits, and swiped on your favorite red lipstick 💋 @hillhouse @annmashburn 🎥 by @carterfish, maybe I’ll post the video without music so you can hear her hyping me up, because you can’t imagine the crowd the bore witness to the making of this Reel 🫣

And then there were three ❤️❄️🎄🌟⛸️ Needlepoint stockings are a huge undertaking… they take hours (and hours and hours) of stitching. The final results are more than worth the effort though. These will hang on our mantle every Christmas and I can’t think of anything more special than that. I finished Mike’s stocking at the end of the summer after stitching almost every night for seven months. I am taking a little break and then I’ll start on the baby’s stocking for next Christmas!! 🥹
#needlepointstocking #needlepoint #ndplt

FROM THE ARCHIVES ❄️⛸️🌲some of my past favorite winter looks mostly because I miss real pants and being able to button my coats

This tree feels extra special this year. 🎄💫⛸️❤️🕯️ Jack is fully embracing the magic of Christmas (“kiss miss”) and his enthusiasm is downright contagious!
Not one of my best qualities, but I typically feel immense pressure trying to make things feel extra special and perfect and then I get disappointed when the reality doesn’t live up to my (unrealistic) expectations. I wish I could blame social media for this.... but I know the call is coming from inside the house.
This tree seems perfect to me, though, just the way it is. It was a true group effort getting it here. Another one of my not-so-great qualities is that I’m terrible at asking for help when I need it.... this year, I can’t ignore it though. I needed help, and a lot of it. Mike got every holiday storage box up from the basement (no small feat) and hoisted the into the house and got it up in the stand within minutes (then redid it twice to get the angle of the tree just so); my mom and I took multiple trips to the hardware store and drug store for the “right” colored lights (in case you’re wondering, “bright white” is warm yellow and “warm white” is actually bright white... make it make sense); my mom wrapped the tree in lights a second time when we learned the hard way that when the box says you can’t plug in more than five strands together they mean it; and Jack was there to help and hype us all up to say how “boo-full” the tree and lights are– and keeping us in line by scolding and reminding us that we aren’t allowed to touch the ornaments 🤭
I feel a little pang of sadness that we aren’t celebrating a first Christmas with a baby who was supposed to be here, while also struggling through a third trimester (just feeling physically tired and exhausted), while also cherishing our last Christmas as a family of three, while also getting excited knowing our baby will be here before we know it. Sure, it’s a lot of pressure to put on one single tree, yet here I am. ⭐️

Ah! They are both SOLD OUT! SO jealous! xox
IN LOVE with those Kate Spade shoes! So cute!!
Love the bracelet Carly! 🙂
I just discovered your lovely blog on bloglovin. I'm just new into blogging this year & have just finished off my own blog on fashion & interior design.
http://scrapbook-melissah.blogspot.com/
I had a lot of fun putting it together maybe you would like to check it out if you have a spare minute.
x
Melissah
Woweeee, that is quite the Easter basket! Lucky you! I went home despite all the impending deadlines and I am paying for it now!
awww v cute! the easter bunny was v good to you 🙂 love the bracelet! xoxo jcd:: cornflake dreams
The Easter bunny brought me the same shoes! They are now sold out nation-wide.
That bracelet is so sweet! My mom bought me a bunch of goodies from the European market by our house!
So jeal! I have been dying to get those KS flats!!!
lamb loves
love the flats and that bangle is too perfect!
j'adore the flats and the bangles
LOVE the flats and the bracelet…the engraved phrases are just right!
I wanted that bangle for my birthday but it's too darn small! I sent them an email begging for them to put hinges on their idiom bangles..
Cute flats and idiom bracelet!! Looks like the Easter bunny treated you well. 🙂
Are you still coxing at Georgetown? I coxed for a few years in college and loved the experience? (I'm sorry, I'm sure you've mentioned whether or not you are before but I've been skimming through all your old posts and can't see)
Those shoes are adorable! And the idiom bracelet is the perfect mother-to-daughter gift. So cute!
obsessing over those shoes for a while and of course they're sold out i can't believe you got them! jealous!
i would love to have your easter bunny come to my house. so fun!
That Easter Bunny hooked you up.I use to get a basket like that, i still kinda do.
Looks like the Easter bunny was super good to you this year!
xoxo.
littlemisssoutherlove
Ahh you got some great things in your easter basket! And boo on the studying and working. I know how stressful the spring season gets, I'm a rower and have been rowing since my freshman year of hs!
-Alyssa
bagus sekali.
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