gift ideas

My Holiday Wishlist

I’m having a difficult time getting my act together for gift guides. I’m going to do the usual ones that have had the most traction in past years, but let me know if there’s anything specific you want to see! I feel like I have absolutely EVERYTHING I could want this year. Truly. This list…

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dresses

‘Tis the Season for Plaid

As of this weekend, I have officially kicked off my plaid season. I feel weird wearing plaid after Christmas (especially if it’s heavily green or red) so I have a short window to get my tartan fix in. This plaid dress definitely leans towards “holiday,” but luckily I had a great excuse to wear it…

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Cold Weather

Winter Cozies

I’ve switched over completely to all of my winter cozy items. I held on for as long as I could, but it’s been so chilly lately that I made the official switch. Over the years, I’ve learned that having separate winter and summer weight items makes a huge difference. Especially when it starts getting cold.  …

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Cold Weather

The Lodge Coat

J. Crew’s lodge coat has been one of my favorites for the past few years. It’s definitely the warmest wool coat I own and it’s what I reach for when I’m freezing but don’t want to commit to a puffer. It has everything I want/need in a wool coat for winter and it strikes the…

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Personal

Diary No. 19

Rounding up another two weeks’ worth of iPhone photos from my camera roll. I’m really liking how my office/second guest room is coming along. I did the desk area as part of a campaign with HomeGoods and it was actually kind of a “stressful” behind the scenes. Part of the campaign was that I had…

lifestyle

On My Radar

I had a GREAT week. I’m not exactly sure what is happening, but I can’t complain at all. A lot of little things seem to be lining up and on a big scale, I feel really at peace with what’s to come. Last weekend I was in Nashville for Pencil & Paper Co’s Creative Camp…

Beauty

Affordable & Effective Retinol

I often have people comment on my coloring– my fair skin and super dark hair. But I can’t say that I get too many skin comments. About three weeks into using Olay’s Retinol24 Moisturizer though, the craziest thing happened. It’s going to sound like I made this up because it’s a sponsored post but I…

Cold Weather

On The Dot

I haven’t been into polka dots for a while now. I think I went a little overboard with them in college/right after college and then got sick of them. But this top has me thinking twice about writing them off for good. In fact, I think they’re drawing me back to the dark side. Oh,…

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Home

Our Master Bedroom

I am so, so, so excited to share the “reveal” of our master bedroom. It’s the first officially completed room and it feels amazing to have it complete! This was also the biggest “blank slate” I tackled because we had our old furniture put in the guest room. We actually slept there for the first…

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