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FREE Easter Backgrounds and Phone Wallpapers by Love & Specs

Cute Backgrounds & Wallpapers, Holiday Favorites, Lifestyle

FREE Easter Backgrounds and Phone Wallpapers

Our free Easter backgrounds and phone wallpapers are finally here, and this sweet little set of designs is filled with all the bunnies, pretty pastels, dressed up eggs and spring florals you can handle, so come download your favorite!

Outdoor Living Space by popular Phoenix life and style blog, Love and Specs: image of a man using Spectracide Bug Stop Home Barrier.

DIY, Home, Room Makeovers, Tour Our Cottage Style Home

Our Easy, Step-by-Step Spring Outdoor Living Space Refresh With Spectracide & Lowe’s

Spring is here and today we’re celebrating and sharing all the sunshine vibes via the arrival of our annual Easy Spring Outdoor Makeover with a look at our spring front porch and backyard decor. With a little help from Lowe’s and the do it yourself pest control that’s playing a huge part in getting our outdoor living spaces 100% hangout ready, Spectracide® Bug Stop® Flip & Go!

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The Best Orange Streusel Coffee Cake Recipe

A spring and Easter-perfect orange streusel coffee cake recipe that is not only mouthwateringly delicious, but completely unforgettable. Sweet, citrus flavors, cinnamon streusel and fluffy cake, oh my!

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Sweet Spring & Easter Table Decor Ideas We Love: One Table Two Ways

In celebration of spring and Easter I thought it would be fun to finally bring back a little backyard tables decor inspiration after a year of putting all thoughts of entertaining on hold. With Easter coming up this weekend, I thought this was the perfect time to share a really fun spring tablescape, two ways to give you guys tons of table decor ideas to work with or put your own spin on this week!

Spring, Style

Comfortable, Cute Spring Target Dresses I Love (maternity approved!)

Rounding up the best comfortable and cute spring dresses from Target that are all on sale right now and tried and tested for regular spring and summer wear and maternity, too!

Spring Zoom backgrounds by top Us lifestyle blogger, Love and Specs

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Our Cute & Free Spring Zoom Backgrounds, Phone Wallpapers, Desktop Backgrounds

They’re HERE! Our fresh, new, super cute and totally free spring phone wallpapers and Zoom backgrounds are here and we hope the pretty pastel color palette and playful floral designs put a smile on your face while you’re staying safe at home or connecting virtually with friends, co-workers and loved ones

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Cottage Style Spring Home Decor to Love: Floral Prints, Pastels & Woven Accents Galore!

The spring season is my favorite time of year to refresh and stock up on home decor and that’s definitely because the home decor that hits the shelves (and the web) during this magical time of year definitely speaks to a cottage style lover like myself, with tons of pretty florals, pastels, fresh greenery and woven accents in abundance! Spring has pretty much arrived here in Phoenix, but just in case you’re stuck in colder climates we’re here to lift your spirits by rounding up some fun and awesomely affordable spring-inspired cottage decor finds, so you can inject some spring sunshine into your home no matter what the weather looks like outside your window and save some pennies, too!

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Our 10 Most Popular Cottage Style Home Decor Finds of 2019

In case you missed any of the action this year or are getting ready to tackle some fun room makeovers or decor updates of your own in 2020, we rounded up the ten most-clicked cottage style home decor items that we shared here on the blog and on Instagram in 2019, and we’re breaking down where each of these live in our home, why we love them and showing pictures of most of the items in our spaces!

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Spring Cottage Style Home Decor We Love

Spring always ushers in an abundance of fun, romantic, gorgeous cottage style home decor pieces to love, so we’re capitalizing today by rounding up all of the fresh, spring-ready, cottage-inspired home decor pieces from around the web that we’ve fallen in love with this season. Cottage style lovers unite!

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Casual-Cool Spring & Summer Midi Dresses Under $150

Today is all about the dress. Specifically, the absolute best of the best casual, flattering midi dresses that are the perfect pieces to throw on and go, no fuss required, all through spring and summer. Bring on the warm weather outfitting!

Spring, Style

Spring Shoes: The Sock Bootie

Part Three, the final installment of our spring shoe-stravaganza is finally here, and we couldn’t be more excited about today’s featured shoe from Bird of Flight – the most gorgeous sock ankle booties with a totally wearable and unfussy low heel.

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Spring Shoes: Ankle Strap Flats

For Part Two of our three-part series all about a shoe brand I love & that casual-cool girls everywhere need to know about, Bird of Flight,  I’m styling the most versatile leather ankle strap flats for spring that can take you straight from work wear to weekend wandering with ease! 

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Happy holidays from our crazy little fam to yours! The joy and excitement radiating off our two (not so) little tornadoes this month has been nothing short of amazing. I could have never in my wildest dreams imagined just how fun and hilarious this season of life would be. 🥰
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Charm for days! The Arcadia Cottage is officially ready for her next lucky family. Come take a look inside the house that feels like magic!✨#arcadiaaz #phoenixrealestate
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I'm just collecting Valentines left and right these days 💘🥰 Love these cuties of mine today and every day. Here's to the silliest, but arguably the most frivolously fun holiday there is!
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On the blog today, step inside Tilly’s magical nursery that includes two very special pieces we absolutely love from @davincibabyusa. 

One thing that’s surprised me about motherhood is how attached I’d grow to my babies’ nurseries. I underestimated not only how much time I’d spend in these spaces, but how many special memories they’d hold. When Emmet grew into his big boy room & we started to reimagine his nursery for Tilly, I thought there was no way I could ever replicate the magic. Now that it’s complete, I love Tilly’s space even more than I could have ever dreamed!

Tilly’s nursery is a blend of high & low, old & new. Cherished family treasures from my childhood & fresh additions like the charming DaVinci “Beau” crib & “Charlie” dresser, that will set the stage for countless special memories we make for years to come. DaVinci’s commitment to quality and affordability ensures that their products not only last, but also offer maximum style and function without breaking the bank, which made choosing them for Tilly’s two nursery essentials - the crib & dresser - a no-brainer. In a tiny nursery, form meets function is where the real magic happens. ✨ #davincibaby #davincibabystyle #babygirl #babyroom #babyroomdecor
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Step inside Tilly’s magical nursery that includes two very special pieces we absolutely love from @davincibabyusa. ✨

Tilly’s nursery is a blend of high & low, old & new. Cherished family treasures from my childhood & fresh additions like the charming DaVinci “Beau” crib & “Charlie” dresser, that will set the stage for the countless special memories for years to come. In a tiny nursery I’ve realized that form meets function is my sweet spot, so this time I knew I was looking for a mix of pieces that were cheerful, safe, stylish, timeless & durable enough to grow alongside Tilly. 

After having a DaVinci crib for Emmet that’s as beautiful and versatile today as it was the day he was born 2.5 years ago, I knew exactly where to look for the two most important essentials for Tilly’s nursery. DaVinci’s commitment to quality and affordability ensures that their products not only last, but also offer maximum style and function without breaking the bank.

You can find all the decor sources and design details for everything you see in Tilly’s nursery (including those magical art pieces) at the link in my bio! #davincibaby #davincibabystyle #nursery #babyroom #babygirl #babyroomdecor
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I still can’t believe she’s here and she’s all ours @olcartier ! Theophilia “Tilly” James, may you have your mom’s spunk & your dad’s level head. That should keep you sticking to only the good kinda trouble 😉 Let this be your sign that the baby-in-a-bucket photos are absolutely equal parts ridiculous & adorable & 100% worth the effort it takes to drag everyone out of the house 1 week postpartum 🥰 @taq.photography.llc I love you to the moon for always filling these first months with so much joy! #newbornphotography #babygirl #babyphotography #momlife #cottagestyle

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