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Holiday Favorites, Lifestyle, Style, Winter

Lovely Valentine’s Day Outfit Ideas You’ll Love All Year Round

My totally unapologetic obsession with Valentine’s Day, the holiday that brings a delightful overload of hearts, pink and all the sweet treats I can handle continues this year, and I’m absolutely overjoyed to kick off a few weeks full of Valentine’s Day content and ideas with a foray into my favorite Valentine’s Day style finds that you’ll be loving and wearing all year long! This is the time of year that I capitalize on the abundance of pretty pink, purple and heart-clad pieces that hit the shelves and the web, and I consider it my life’s mission to get all of you on board the V-Day style train, too. Come feel the love, friends!

Style, Winter

My Favorite Soft, Cozy Sherpa (and Shearling) Finds: Jackets, Shoes & More

This winter I’ve started a serious love affair with all things sherpa and have pretty much decided that the comfy-cozy sherpa life full of softer than soft sherpa jackets, pullovers, shoes and more is the life I deserve. And so do you! So come snuggle up and check out all of my favorite casual, super soft sherpa and shearling finds out there this season so we can all ride out this winter chill together in cottage-comfy style!

Fall, Style, Winter

Cute Fall & Winter Sweaters Under $100

Sweater weather has officially arrived (even here in Phoenix… sort of), which means that we’re rounding up our favorite cute, soft and snuggly sweaters under $100 from around the web and in stores right now to make sure you stay cozy, warm and casual-cool all fall and winter long! Inside you’ll find the best of the best striped, v-neck, crewneck, bell sleeve, puff shoulder, oversized and cardigan sweaters to love, so there’s a little somethin’ somethin’ for everyone!

Fall, Lifestyle, Style, Travel, Winter

Small Town Charm: The Best Fall Vacations & Our Fall Adventure Packing List with Manzella

We’re so excited to share our roundup of the absolute best, charming small town fall vacation destinations across the U.S., with so many genius recommendations from you, our amazing readers! Not only are we sharing the details on all of the fun fall activity and adventure that awaits in each location, we’re sharing what we’re both packing to keep us comfy, cozy and warm while we’re out there enjoying our favorite season!

Spring, Style, Winter

Spring Outfit Ideas for When Winter Just Won’t Quit

It seems like everyone, including an abnormally chilly Phoenix, has been sitting under the grey cloud of what feels like an eternal winter, so today I’m serving up some fun winter-to-spring outfit (and scenery) inspiration that frankly, I probably need more than you guys do, and rounding up my favorite sunny spring finds from around the web to get us all through!

Men’s Favorites, Style, Winter

Happy Holidays from Us + Our Favorite Winter Sweaters!

As everyone heads home to start the holiday celebrations, we wanted to take a minute to thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for being here with us this year with some extra lovey-dovey, Christmas-inspired snaps together and a rundown of our favorite cozy winter sweaters for men and women to keep you warm and snuggly on all those cold weather winter travels!

Style, Winter

The Perfect Camel Coat for Winter

Looking for the perfect, versatile, classic, warm coat for winter that can take you from office to office holiday party to winter vacations and beyond? Look no further than the camel coat that I’ll be wearing for winter and holiday seasons for years to come!

Best Turtlenecks for Women featured by top Phoenix life and style blog, Love and Specs

Style, Winter

It’s Turtleneck Time! Turtlenecks to Love This Winter

It’s turtleneck time! As you guys know I can’t get enough turtleneck action throughout the colder months, which means that my hunt for the best of the best comfortable, soft, cozy turtlenecks has gotten serious as of late. Now I’m sharing the best long sleeve turtlenecks for women with you so you can share in the neck hug love this winter, too!

Style, Winter

The Comfiest Soft Long Sleeve Shirts

If you’re looking for the perfect soft, comfy long sleeve t-shirt to add to your wardrobe this Fall and Winter that can become your next layering and casual wear staple, you’ve come to the right place! Talking all about the softer-than-soft long sleeve tees I’ve fallen in love with over the last couple of years and what makes these versatile gems so awesome.

Spring, Style, Winter

Spring Fun Meets Winter Function

Can’t wait for spring and spring outfits to come, but stuck in winter weather for the foreseeable future? We know, it’s a bummer! But you can turn that frown upside down because today’s post is all about how to have fun with color and inject that spring pep in your step (and outfit) while you’re still battling those freezing temps!

Men’s Favorites, Style, Winter

Winter Weather Outfit Essentials for Him & Her

While the East Coast, Southwest and Midwest experiences winter weather of epic proportions right now, we’re offering up some cold weather outfit advice for him and her and our tips for how to stay dry and warm in the snow without sacrificing style!

Men’s Favorites, Style, Winter

The Best After-Christmas Sales to Shop Right Now

We’re back from a much-needed holiday vacation, and we’re rounding up some of the best after Christmas sales and deals currently taking place across the web and in stores, and showing you some of our favorite items from said winter sales to help you sift through the noise and get to the good stuff!

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I can’t even believe I’m writing this. I just can’t believe it. We’re still so shocked & sad & just plain, all around devastated. It still kind of doesn’t feel real, but the hard truth is, it is real. And it sucks. Our beloved pup Elvis, the guy who has brought so much love & joy & mischief & laughter into our home & our family for the last 2 years crossed the rainbow bridge this week after a shock cancer diagnoses and an all too quick decline. We never in a million years thought that the pup we brought home 2 years ago, the dog we envisioned growing up with our kids, being a central part of our family dynamic and our memories for years and years to come, would leave us this soon. It’s not fair. He didn’t deserve this. He was always so healthy & so loved & the helplessness, sadness & anger we’ve felt over these last few months as Elvis declined & we got his diagnosis was just beyond brutal. I haven’t really been able to find the meaning in it right now, but what I do know is that we loved him with our whole hearts, and so did everyone else. And I still believe that although loving something, anything this much can be hard & heartbreaking at times, it’s worth it every single time. I’d do it all over again for 2 years with Elvie by my side & so would Chris. He was truly a 1 in a million companion. 🌈
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All about this perfect neutral paint color on the blog! Link is in my bio. We gave this dresser in our bedroom a little paint facelift & tried the color “Shiitake” by @sherwinwilliams . And we’re LOVING it! It’s such a beautiful grey-beige & would be so good in so many different spaces. #sherwinwilliamsshiitake #swshiitake #neutralpaintcolor #bedroompaint #cottagestyle #shiitakepaintcolor
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On the blog now w/ links to decor sources! 👩‍🍼

We’ve made so many special memories in this nursery with Emmet and I can’t wait to reimagine the space for our sweet baby girl! The entire design plan w/ links to all of the decor sources are on the blog (link in my bio) & I’m so excited for everything to start coming to life in here 💕 #babygirl #nurserydecor #babyblog #nursery #nurserydesign
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Been cooking up something special for 2023! 💕@olcartier #baby #babygirl #babyblog
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Game. Changer. 🥰 This was my first request when we talked about the shower with our builder @hill.farm.design & now that we’re in here, I can confidently say that it was 100% worth it! #bathroomdesign #bathroomremodel #bathroomdecor #bathroomrenovation
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It’s the heated shower bench for me 🧖‍♀️ Our new primary bath is finally finished & you can just find me here for the foreseeable future, k? 🫧 #bathroomdesign #bathroomrenovation #bathroomdecor

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