I’ve rounded up my best gift ideas in this Valentine’s Day Amazon gift guide! While I sat down to write this, I tried to think about gifts that I would actually want, or that my fiance Schyler would actually want this Valentine’s Day. I have a few traditional gifts like perfume, chocolates, and jewelery of course but also some neutral, practical, and useful gift ideas. There is definitely something here for everyone!
Schyler and I are celebrating our 8th Valentine’s day together this year! The last couple of years we’ve opted to stay in for Valentine’s rather than going out to dinner and stressing. We love picking out a special recipe to make together for dinner with a bottle of fancy wine while listening to records. During the day, we love indulging in some of our favorite sweets! We started off 2022 by making a conscious effort to cut back on screen time and spend more quality together and it has been so good for us. So a special day dedicated to our love is such a great way to celebrate that!
We have been trying to squeeze in as many Christmas activities as possible during this busy, holiday season. That means I’ve been bundled up at home quite a bit in comfy loungewear of course. I’m obsessed with my new loungewear sweat set from Parachute! This warm brown color “Raisin” reminds me of hot cocoa. One of my favorite holiday traditions is decorating a gingerbread house and this years was a fun kit I picked up at Trader Joe’s, along with these fun gingerbread man cookie hangers.
Schyler, my fiance, and I weren’t able to make it out to a x-mas tree farm last year! Normally we buy a real Christmas tree every year but we had recently moved to the area and it just didn’t happen. I really wanted to get back to our usual tradition this year so we visited our first Pennsylvania Christmas tree farm just outside of Pittsburgh. The lighting turned out to be a little tricky to work with in the morning when we visited, but I’m so glad we were able to snap a few photos to remember the moment by with our tripod!
Christmas is just around the corner and that means presents need to be ordered, wrapped, and checked off the list! To make things a little easier for you guys, I did a little digging and rounded up my favorite gift ideas for “her”, all of which are available on Amazon. All of these gift ideas are pretty neutral which means they could really work for any “her” in your life, plus, they ship quickly with Amazon Prime! I hope these gift ideas help inspire you and put a smile on your loved one’s face this year. Happy Holidays!
Christmas is just around the corner and that means presents need to be ordered, wrapped, and checked off the list! To make things a little easier for you guys, I did a little digging and rounded up my favorite gift ideas for “him”, all available on Amazon. These gift ideas area all very neutral which means they could really work for anyone, dads, husbands, brothers, cousins, friends! Plus, they ship quickly with Amazon Prime! I hope these gift ideas help inspire you and put a smile on your loved one’s face. Happy Holidays!
I can’t believe Christmas is almost here again… our first year as an engaged couple flew by! Schyler proposed to me during Christmas last year in New York in a magical location in Central Park which was a dream come true. I have been so excited planning fun things and new traditions for us this Christmas! Schyler and I have been together for 8 years and we’ve always taken annual Christmas photos. When Indio joined our little family, he became a part of the tradition! In this blog post I’m sharing our Christmas photos + our boho Christmas decorated Pittsburgh loft apartment. Last year, we had barely any furniture in our apartment, but this year the apartment looks so cozy and homey with our festive decor and I’m obsessed!
Thanksgiving is just around the corner so I thought I would share some outfit ideas that you can wear all day while shopping for Christmas presents, heading to a Friendsgiving, or staying in with your loved ones. These years I look for pieces that are comfortable, good quality, timeless + can easily work with several pieces in my closet. I styled two looks that are exactly that with pieces from ABLE that can be dressed up or down for any event! ABLE is a Nashville based brand that specializes in quality products that are thoughtfully designed and made by women around the globe.
I was so excited to decorate for the holidays this year now that I’m finally “done” decorating our Pittsburgh loft apartment! I have been so inspired by beautiful pins of table-scapes I’ve seen on Pinterest this year and I’ve been envisioning this one in my dreams for months now so I was super excited to style our Thanksgiving table-scape. After a year of amazing thrifting, I’ve collected so many unique dinnerware and serving pieces. What I was missing was festive table linens to dress the table with! I found the perfect ones in the Linen Waffle Tabletop collection from Parachute Home.
If you are looking for some easy, last minute Halloween costumes, I’ve rounded up some fun ideas for you! I loved styling these 5 halloween costume ideas over the month! I’m very frugal and I like to pick Halloween costumes that I can DIY without having to buy anything. That’s why all 5 of these characters had to have style that would be easy to re-create with closet staples/basics. Most of the pieces in my closet are actually thrifted so you can easily find similar pieces at your local thrift store, but I’ve also linked similar items below for each outfit that you can get on Amazon! I’m sharing one look for each character here but you can check out the full blog posts for more looks: Wednesday Addams, Monica Geller, Audrey Hepburn, Lorelai Gilmore, and Selena Quintanilla.
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