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Fashion Illustration Giveaway!

Décor•Fashion•Lifestyle

Today I am SO excited to be collaborating with Elena Fay – a very talented fashion illustrator who I “met” back in 2013 and also a fellow fashion blogger at DC in Style! She is a wonderful person and you can see her passion for her work in her illustrations. I had been following her blog and becoming good friends with her via Instagram when one day she surprised me with my own fashion illustration – I was SO happy and honored that she chose to illustrate this look that I shared on my blog back in February of...

Home Decor Inspiration with Glade

Décor

Every season, I like to switch up my decor to give it a new fresh feeling and a homey, cozy space that I feel comfortable in. This spring, I am inspired to create a flirty, fun space with Glade’s Blooming Peony & Cherry scent. It is a new scent from Glade and smells so wonderful – inspiring a very feminine and flirty feel. Sadly, true warm spring temperatures might not be present in Minnesota until May, so I like to keep my cozy, warm faux fur pillows around in the living room. To enhance this scent, I am decorating with fresh red...

How to Style your Coffee Table for Summer

Décor•Interior Design•Lifestyle

Summer is just around the corner and if you haven’t got around to it yet, now is the time to style your coffee table for the summer months. Finding the perfect combination of home accessories to complement your coffee table can be tricky. With this in mind, here are a few tips and tricks to make styling your table simple. Fresh Flowers Nothing brightens up a bare coffee table like a bouquet of fresh flowers. Opt for seasonal blooms including Daisies, Sunflowers and Peonies as they will compliment your seasonal display. Having a fresh bunch of flowers on your...

IKEA Finds

Interior Design

I finally had a chance to make it to IKEA the other night, which was wonderful because going during the week is much better than fighting the crowds on a weekend. Anyway, I’m actually glad I didn’t make it there before because I know how this would have gone down if I went the week after we moved in: I would have bought a ton of stuff that didn’t work with the rest of the apartment or that we don’t have a place for. Waiting until now has allowed me to realize what areas of our apartment need more...

Home Decor Wish List

Interior Design

We are still settling in from the move (after a busy week before my sister’s wedding and a week where both of us got sick), I am finally starting to hang some things on the walls (okay just two pieces, but better than nothing)! As we start to organize and I’ve become more acquainted with the space and feel of our apartment, I have started making a huge wish list in my mind of what I’d like to add to our new home. But just like with fashion, home decor and furniture adds up quickly, so I like to...

Moving Snapshots

Lifestyle

Wow. I did not realize how much time it takes to get settled in after moving (or maybe I’m just getting old 😉 )! But just wanted to share a few snapshots from moving and settling in over the past week. The mess at first… at least Emma seemed to be enjoying the new place and not bothered by the wood laminate floors! She’s doing great now.  We have a ton more kitchen cupboard space, which I’m thrilled about. We don’t even have a lot of kitchen supplies, but our cupboards were always so crowded at the old place. With...

Put a Frame On It

Interior Design

There is no doubt that framed images, posters, art or anything for that matter (have you seen how cute the idea of framed shopping bags is for your closet?) can make a room look incredibly chic and modern. Last night we just put down a deposit for a new apartment and I couldn’t be more excited! It has a much more modern look and feel than our apartment now and has wood floors, so I am already thinking about how to decorate and what to do differently. One thing I would LOVE to do is a gallery or art...

HauteLook

Accessories•Fashion•Interior Design

  So earlier this week, Ashley tweeted about HauteLook, and I completely agreed! They have way too many cute and practical things that could literally spend all of my paychecks in one place. But I can’t help it! I wish it would stop, but between organization tools, home decor and shoes, HauteLook is somewhere I am constantly finding something new (that I pretend I “need”).  Anyway, I am obsessed with basically everything on there. Do you shop at HauteLook? 1. How adorable is this zig zag pillow? I am picturing a couple of these sitting on our porch chairs for...

My Sister is Getting Married

Wedding

Images via Southern Weddings and Wedding Bee Here is my second post in this Wedding Series (see the first post here) and I really wanted to focus on affordable centerpieces made from mason jars because that’s what we will be using for my sister’s wedding. I have already pinned a few mason jar ideas, but after doing more research on the web, it really is amazing how many styles you can create from mason jars for weddings. Something as simple as spraying painting them and even gluing on lace, burlap and brooches to make a very fancy flower vase. That’s...

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