the labors of labor day weekend

it’s my birthday month and officially marks the 1-month-countdown of baby boy’s arrival- woooo hoooooo!!!!! i’m 36-weeks pregnant and technically he could come any day now, but my official due date is 10/1….i’m so anxious, the anticipation is killing me! this labor day weekend has already been so fun & productive and we still have another left, yaaaass! dek took off…
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5 tips for travel scrapbooking

as you saw from my last post, dek and i went on a crazy, fun 2-week adventure around bali and in order to keep the memories fresh and get them to last longer than our minds could keep the colors and images crisp, i decided to make a bali vacation scrapbook. we don’t really keep any photo albums around our…
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family holiday experience- part two

in my last post, you read about our family holiday experience that i planned…next up was mirelle’s turn. she planned for us to DIY string art!! she gathered the supplies like the wood pallets that were already sanded and came with a wall hook from target, the nails from home depot and the string from hobby lobby. she ended up telling us…
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5 ways to start feelin’ festive

i know, i know…it’s not even thanksgiving yet, but in the spirit that dek & i are hosting thanksgiving lunch with our family again this year annnddd i’ll be hosting our annual girls christmas party, i wanted to sprinkle a few festive touches of décor around our home before we have company over the next few weeks. here are 5 easy, budget-friendly ways to…
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so fresh & so clean, clean

<forever 21 jacket, h&m shirtdress, london fog tote bag, traded necklace from a friend, naughty monkey booties> new year, new blog!
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home decor DIY

initially inspired by these, i knew i wanted to use small, wooden crate-like boxes to assemble a “centerpiece” for our living room area. since we live in a simple studio apartment and the floor plan is open, our whole place is basically just one big room, which we love. it feels open, inviting & homey. but there was just one…
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i blinked

it’s seriously like i blinked & *POOF* it’s already november.  so much has happened in these last few months, since i last posted.  good stuff, great stuff even, i just never found made time to write about it or post pictures.  bad, bad blogger. welp, as i wrote about here, my sister & i opened an etsy shop & have…
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herb garden

dekel & i love yard work, gardening & just being outside in general, so when i get a day off work we like to go over to my grandmother’s house (because she has a huge front & back yard) & help her out with the hard stuff.  tuesday was my day off  & it started off at the dmv, where dek…
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with my hands

slowly getting in the routine of things.  of life.  it helps that the girls have put together a “monthly crafts night” where each of us will host a little get-together to make the item of our choice. here is where we finally get a chance to actually create those things we’ve pinned on pintrest! dandi is first up to host…
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from blah to blue

this weekend boyfriend an i spent a few dollars and a few hours to turn our kitchen table from blah to blue. the boring wooden look had been bothering me for a while, but i didnt know what color i wanted to paint it. we finally went to the hardware store and found a grayish blue, almost violet color paint…
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