Author: Lauren
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(Things I Wish I Knew Before Studying Abroad) Week 1: What To Know After A Week In London
Back with “Things I Wish I Knew Before Studying Abroad” I’m a week in to my London trip and mostly feeling pretty comfortable even though I’m sure I stick out like a sore thumb as “those Americans.” Top Thoughts about Being in England Buy a SIM. For £15 a month you can have unlimited data – which…
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(Things I Wish I Knew Before Studying Abroad) Week 0: London Preparations
*announcers voice* Welcome back to another episode of “Things I Wish I Knew Before Studying Abroad,” or TIWIKBSA, for “London Preparations!” Yes but really, I am quite excited: I get on my first international flight today! Hours of flying and I’ll land in London around 1 am my time, 7 am local. So, before I…
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Etsy Blog Boutique!
Follow my blog with Bloglovin! I am so excited to announce that I’ve opened an Etsy shop that I am stocking in my free time! It’s exclusively for blog content (hence “Blog Boutique”) and right now I have seven WordPress themes along with some social media icon sets. Here are my top three most-liked themes:…
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(TIWIKBSA) Week -1: What I Think I Want to Know Before Studying Abroad in London & More About Me
A week out from my departure for London, I’ve had plenty of panic attacks. Luckily, most of them aren’t about the fact that I’ll be in a completely new place… probably feeling completely out of control of my life, and also living with other human beings – which I am notoriously terrible about (OK, self-proclaimed).…
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Sideways Dotted Nails
I was feeling tired and lazy this afternoon, so I did some sideways dotted nails. Completely unproductive, but absolutely satisfying. With a peach background and coral + gold dots I’m feeling top-notch trendy, on top of it all. In other news, only momentary panic attacks about going off to London in a week. It’s just…
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Organizing Jewelry: Bracelets (Pt. 3)
The last piece to our puzzle: bracelets! And keeping with my low budget plan, I immediately knew I wanted something I could just stack them on. So I grabbed the thinnest bottle I had stored in my apartment (there were really only two options: an old Yoo-Hoo or an old Jarrito). But the green wasn’t…
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Organizing Jewelry: Earrings (Pt. 2)
Day two of jewelry organization! Remember yesterday that I mentioned how my earrings are always just mixed up in a bowl, missing their partner, scared and alone? Well the first step was to take them out and pair them up. (Which obviously required admiring some of the more ‘fun’ earrings I have!) Step two was…
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Organizing Jewelry: Necklaces (Pt. 1)
Welcome back guys! And by that I mean it’s been a year since I created this “DIY Crown Molding Jewelry Frame” and yet my jewelry recently definitely isn’t organized. Actually, it looks like the below mess. So I spent an afternoon and about $2 to completely turn it around! Today I’ll show you how I…
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A Rainy Day Bun Photo Tutorial
Internet, you only love me for my rainy day bun photos! But whatever, that’s cool, as long as we forget about those awful first photos. Alright? So I’ve gone out of my way to make a better photo tutorial, and I hope we can just move forward from here. ;) So here we are. Hair…
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13 ways to DIY quotes on canvas or wood [repost from closed uncommonflock.com]
The following is a re-post from uncommonflock.com, an old blog Sara and I worked on: Feeling irrationally excited by our first post being accepted to craftgawker, all the girls and I can do is just refresh our pages and hope we’re getting more exposure. Not that we’re getting greedy… we just always want more! So…
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Trend Tuesdays: Colorful Pants
We’ve seen the colors getting brighter and bolder this summer. We’ve seen it taking over our Pinterest home pages. It’s time we embrace it! Here’s how I’ve been wearing it: Shirt: Banana Republic (Factory sale for $10!) Pants: Express: Stella Legging (currently on sale) Shirt: American Eagle Pants: Gap If you’re perusing Pinterst, you’ll see…
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Manicure Mondays: Lisa Frank Reminiscent Nails
It’s when I look at the photo of this nail polish that I can’t get the name “Lisa Frank” out of head. And honestly, I just don’t mind. I mean, who doesn’t want to be looking at so many neon colors they start to go a little cross-eyed? I picked up these two samplers, along…