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Easy 4th of July Entertaining, Decorations and Food Ideas for Fuss-Free Holiday Fun!

4th of July may look a little bit different in our household this year thanks to baby boy’s impending arrival, but we’re still celebrating our favorite summer holiday by sharing this year’s festive 4th of July decorations and food spread for easy entertaining!

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Easy Summer Entertaining, Tablescape & Food Ideas You’ll Love

Summer is here… well unofficially at least! And to celebrate we’re sharing our annual fun, easy, pretty summer backyard entertaining setup in hopes that we can inspire all your summer 2021 outdoor hangouts, with a little help from our favorite festive summer treats, Peanut M&M’S® Red White & Blue Mix and SKITTLES® America Mix! Come see all the summer entertaining, tablescape and food ideas you’ll love!

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Our Husband vs. Wife Battle for the Best Easy Summer Cocktail with Q Mixers & Albertsons

To celebrate the summer season the best way we know how we’re mixing up not one, but two tastier than tasty summer cocktails, inspired by two of our favorite Q Mixers flavors from Albertsons! Come see the easy recipes for Chris’ refreshing Basil Lime Gin & Tonic and my bright, delicious Blood Orange Mezcal Mule and vote for which Carter cocktail is your favorite summer sipper!

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My Favorite Cottage Style Summer Entertaining Ideas & Decor + Memorial Day Sales Galore

I feel like the name of the game when it comes to cottage style decor in the summer is outdoor entertaining. Am I right? When I think of the cottage […]

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Sunny Cottage Style Summer Decor Ideas to Love

Those summer scenes we daydream about during the winter months may look a little bit different this year, but the arrival of the punchy, peppy summer decor I love so much is giving me seriously happy summer feels from behind my keyboard! I’m sharing tons of my favorite cottage style summer decor finds and ideas from around the web in hopes that it might inspire some fun summer decor daydreams of your own or just inject a little summer sunshine into your day!

Holiday Favorites, Lifestyle, Men’s Favorites, Style, Summer

4th of July Outfit Ideas for Him & Her

Join in our family’s obsession with 4th of July style with our roundup of the best 4th of July outfit finds from around the web for both men and women! 4th of July clothes for all that are all under $150 and will all arrive in time for the big day!

Best His and Hers Sneakers Under $100 for Summer featured by top Phoenix life and style blog, Love and Specs.

Men’s Favorites, Style, Summer

The Best His & Hers Summer Sneakers Under $100

When summer hits and adventure and travel begins, we’re always on the hunt for the perfect sneakers to wear with any and every casual outfit in our closet, so we’re rounding up all of our favorite men’s and women’s summer sneakers under $100 from around the web and showing you how to wear them!

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Cute Headbands for Spring & Summer

Today is all about one of my favorite accessories for spring and summer, the headband! Channel your inner Blair Waldorf and check out all of my favorite headbands of the moment from across the web, and see how I style a headband with an easy, casual outfit.

Style, Summer

Summer Shorts: The Battle

Breaking down my battle with shorts, how I overcame my fear of this summer style staple and why the current trends in shorts freak me out!

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Beat The Heat: His & Hers Summer Style Staples

The heat wave has officially hit Phoenix, which means we’re pulling out all of our favorite summer style staples to stay cool and look perfectly polished all summer long!

Style, Summer

Budget-Friendly Summer Style

Today’s post is all budget-friendly summer outfit ideas featuring a fun, under-$30 Zara tie-shoulder top and affordable white denim options. We’re also revealing one of our biggest goals for the summer!

Style, Summer

Summer Date Night Dress

Talking about our vacation withdrawals, our post-vacation date night and the summer dress from the Who What Wear collection at Target that I can’t live without!

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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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#Ad The perfect celebratory cocktail! Chris is whipping up his special NYE cocktail, the Pomegranate Paloma Spritz with his favorite tequila, @lobos1707 Joven as the star of the show! Screenshot the end of the vid to save this recipe that I 100% think you need in your life, or find it below.  You can find Lobos 1707 Tequila & Mezcal at your local @totalwine or buy online with link here: https://bit.ly/ShopLobos1707 (linked in bio) #Lobos1707Holiday #Lobos1707NYE
POMEGRANATE PALOMA SPRITZ
To cocktail shaker add:
1 oz grapefruit juice
.25 oz pomegranate juice
1 oz simple syrup
1.5 oz Lobos 1707 Joven Tequila
ice
shake vigorously
rim glass with black salt
add pomegranate seeds to shaker
add mixture to glass
top with sparkling Rosé
garnish with dehydrate grapefruit wheel
Put on your party hat 🥳
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Our NEW fun, totally free 2022 Holiday Phone Wallpapers in collaboration with the incredible @rhianawni are on the blog ready for you to download, share with friends & enjoy & I hope you love this vibrant, festive set as much as I do! Happy holidays, friends!🎄
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Making a beautiful, moisturizing soap at home is almost TOO easy using the method I shared on the blog & it makes such a fun holiday gift idea for friends, neighbors, fam, teachers & anyone else in your life who likes a good pamper sesh. Head to the link in my bio if you need a fun, easy, zen holiday craftivity in your life rn 🧼🫧 #holidays #christmasdiy #diygifts #homemadesoap

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