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Holiday Favorites, Home, Home Decor, Lifestyle

Charming, Cottage Style Valentine’s Day Home Decor Ideas You’ll Love All Year Round

I’m sharing my annual roundup of all the charming, cottage style, pastel and heart-print Valentine’s Day-inspired home decor and gift ideas I’m loving and lusting that will brighten up your abode all year round!

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Cute, Free Valentine’s Day Phone Wallpapers & Desktop Backgrounds for a Season of Love!

I am beyond excited to share our very first cute, fun and totally free Valentine’s Day phone wallpaper and desktop background set with you guys so you can spend the season of love enjoying all the hearts, kisses, flowers, pink, purple and puppy love your heart can handle!

Mulled Wine by popular Phoenix life and style blog, Love and Specs: image of a woman holding a mulled wine gift basket filled with mulled wine, cinnamon sticks, cloves, oranges, and a bottle of honey.

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Easy Last-Minute Christmas Gift: DIY Mulled Wine Gift Basket

Searching for easy last-minute Christmas gift ideas that are as fun and festive as they are affordable? Look no further than our super cute for DIY mulled wine gift basket that’s filled with tasty goodies your friend, neighbor or co-worker would love!

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Cute, Free Holiday & Winter Phone Wallpapers to End 2020 With Some Cheer!

Our cute, fun and totally free 2020 holiday, winter and Christmas phone wallpapers and backgrounds are here and all of the holiday/winter hits are included, like garland, pine boughs, bows, ornaments, Christmas trees, cozy mugs and presents galore! Come download and share your favorite now!

Virgin River Season 2 by popular Phoenix lifestyle blog, Love and Specs: image of a woman sitting outside by her fire pit and looking at her smartphone.

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Virgin River Season 2 on Netflix is Coming Soon, So Let’s Talk the New Virgin River Book!

In celebration of finally knowing the release date for Virgin River Season 2 on Netflix, we’re sharing our review of the new Virgin River book and sharing more delightfully romantic book series to love that are just like the Virgin River books!

Sparkling Ice Drinks by popular Phoenix lifestyle blog, Love and Specs: image of two gift baskets filled with Sparkling Ice drinks, cookies, drink mix in a mason jar, and pine sprigs with dried oranges.

DIY, Entertaining, Food, Holiday Favorites, Lifestyle

DIY Spiced Sparkling Ice Holiday Mocktail Gift Basket

We’re getting a head start on the holiday season by sharing an adorable DIY spiced sparkling holiday mocktail gift basket for friends or neighbors that’s as easy to whip up as it is fun to make!

Northern Michigan Cottage Tour: Michigan Cottages featured by top US travel and cottage lifestyle blogger, Love and Specs |Northern Michigan Cottage Homes Tour by popular Phoenix life and style blog, Love and Specs: image of a Michigan cottage.

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Northern Michigan Cottage Tour: Walloon Lake & Charlevoix, Michigan Cottages

Our 3rd and final stop on the Northern Michigan Cottage Tour takes us to stunning Walloon Lake, Michigan and its neighbor, Charlevoix, Michigan, and showcases some of my favorite cottage homes and cottage design details yet. Come dive into the clever, charming world of lakeside cottage design with us!

Listerine Mouthwash by popular Phoenix lifestyle blog, Love and Specs: image of a woman waring a blue and white stripe pajama set and using Listerine mouthwash.

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My Go-To Oral Care Routine For a Healthy, Bright White Smile & The Best Mouthwash for Fresh Breath All Day, Every Day

You guys know by now how much I love exciting new developments on the oral care front to help keep my smile bright, white and my mouth fresh and kissably clean, which is why I’m so excited to share all about my updated oral care routine and the new, super fun limited edition Listerine mouthwash I’m loving!

Northern Michigan Cottage Homes Tour: Michigan Cottages featured by top US travel and cottage lifestyle blogger, Love and Specs

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Northern Michigan Cottage Tour: Harbor Springs, Michigan Cottages

Next stop on our Northern Michigan Cottage Tour? The charming, historic town of Harbor Springs where these unique cottage homes tell the story of the town’s rich history as a lakeside vacation destination where family memories are made and cottage design delight takes center stage!

Northern Michigan Cottage Homes Tour by popular Phoenix life and style blog, Love and Specs: image of a Michigan cottage.

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Northern Michigan Cottage Tour: Petoskey, Michigan Cottages

We’re kicking off our Northern Michigan Cottage Tour with endless cottage design inspiration and charm thanks to one of the most adorable small towns in the region – Petoskey! So sit back, relax, and get ready to file these snaps away in your cottage dream home file!

2020 Summer Bucket List featured by top US cottage lifestyle blogger, Love and Specs

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Our 2020 Summer Bucket List Progress Report & Our Fun Family S’mores Night

We’re sharing a little progress report on our fun summer bucket that we shared earlier this summer & one of our favorite activities on said list – a fireside s’mores hangout with the family – with help from our go-to neighborhood grocery store Albertsons & the summer-perfect drink we stock & sip all summer long, Sparkling Ice!

Cute Backgrounds & Wallpapers, Lifestyle

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

They’re HERE! Our fresh, fun, super cute and totally free summer phone wallpapers and Zoom backgrounds are here and we hope the pretty sunset-inspired color palette and playful designs put a smile on your face while you’re hanging out at home or connecting virtually with friends, co-workers and loved ones!

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Instagram post 17857398488397697 Everything is starting to bloom here again in Phoenix & thanks to some much needed rain the last few days, I see a pretty pretty spring on the horizon! Obviously, another spring Arcadia tour is in order 🥰 This snap is from last spring & I was just positively smitten with this rose-covered fence with that bloom-lined walkway in the background. Swoon!
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Instagram post 18144143809141458 Ok ok ok since everyone clearly loves @bridgertonnetflix & it seems to be a nice little introduction to the world of romance novels for a good chunk of you like @virginriverseries was for me last year, would you guys be interested in a roundup of my very favorite romance novels/series to read if you loved it & want more of it?! I’m gonna be honest - I read 140 books in 2020 & watched very, very little TV because I was positively enthralled with the wonderful world of romance novels! Seriously... it saved my sanity in 2020 with its endless happy endings, loved-up storylines & spicy characters. It was honestly the best escape from reality in my downtime. I had surgery in September & I was 0% nervous or anxious while I was waiting to go in because I was so engrossed in my book & barely even noticed when they wheeled me into surgery 🤣 My doctor came in to chat with me & go over the procedure before we went in & I was like “yeah yeah cool cool but can you leave so I can get back to Ryder & Sammy because they’re at a pivotal moment right now.” 😂 So let me know if that would be of interest & I’ll get a blog post up ASAP! 💗
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Instagram post 18027559984291140 Oh snap! New shutters (the DIY tutorial for these is on the blog)! Also you can catch a glimpse of the new light we installed a while back here. It’s a sage barn light with a black metal arm & base by @progressltg progressltg & we’re obsessed! It was such a good swap & I’m so glad we just dove in & figured out how to make it work. Totally worth it. Also can we just talk about how awesome a stained wood Dutch door would be here?! It’s happening... someday. It has to! 😂
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Instagram post 17915557696547572 What. A. Day! Today has been pretty thrilling to say the least, so I thought I’d keep the good vibes rolling & share a super fun DIY project over on the blog that we finished last year. Im so happy that we’re finally getting around to sharing one of the many DIY home improvement projects we’ve tackled during our time at home this last year & I think there’s no better way to kick it off than by sharing one of my very favorites - our DIY shutters! Well decorative shutters, that is. This project is SO easy to execute & will save you a bundle compared to buying prefabricated shutters or having a carpenter make them for you. We have a few more things we’ll be changing & adding to our front porch over time, but it’s coming along! Hop to the link in my bio to get the full tutorial on how to make your own shutters at home & before & after pics of the project! Exterior Paint Color: @sherwinwilliams Alabaster & Shutter Color: @sherwinwilliams Agreeable Gray
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Instagram post 18092369944221655 Just when I think my love of pink is of the casual variety, I start looking through old photos & realize that I spent most of summer 2020 finding & snapping pretty pink houses in Northern Michigan 🤣 No wonder I love this time of year so much - it’s a pinksplosion! If you missed all 3 of the Northern Michigan Cottage tours on the blog last summer/fall, you can see all of the pink prettiness & a ton of other amazing color combos at the link in my bio if you just go to the category “Home” & then “Michigan Cottage Tours” in the drop down menu. So many inspiring, charming homes to get lost in! The first image here in the carousel is of one of my very favorite historic Victorian homes in Petoskey, MI - you can admire it right from the main drag that drives through & out of Petoskey & the details always leave me drooling!
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Instagram post 18116494060171676 Citrus season & the lead up to Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite times of year to be a Phoenician. 🍊 It’s starting to get pretty dreamy around here right now & I feel like I reeeally needed this. I was startin’ to lose it a little bit I think being so cooped up inside. 😬 You guys know I’m a serious sucker for all things V-Day & especially love all of the pretty pastel, romantic, happy home decor that hits shelves right now, so if that speaks straight to your design feels head on over to the link in my bio because I shared my annual roundup of ALL the V-Day inspired decor I’m loving this year that would be awesome additions to your abode all year round. And bonus, they’re perfect for gifting, too! 💗

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