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Increase Your Social Reach

I’m a Pinterest lover so naturally, I started thinking {and testing} ways to really make Pinterest a fun and informative social experience. After all, there are so many great boards, pins and ideas waiting to be discovered {including your blog posts}. Check out a quick list that will inspire you to strategize your Pinterest efforts and increase your social reach.   01. REVIEW your last four pins. The last four pins you pinned will be next to your lovely mug when...

Waking Hours

We take our Sunday mornings slow. The 3E’s put forth the effort to just say “relax,” and sit down on the couch for another rendition of Winnie the Pooh or yesterday’s Pioneer Woman. Between the singing and cooking, Mads plays with her dollhouse as I sip on my bottomless cup of coffee, staring at her little curls and stealing glances from my bubbs. It’s just us. And I couldn’t be happier. When we decide to slowly peel ourselves from the comfort of...

Thankful Thursday // 07

Crazy week for anyone else? Oy. I’ve actually been day-dreaming of an ocean escape – somewhere with teal-blue water and white sand. And tropical drinks for days. And days. And days. Since this is a distant reality, I attempted to satisfy this urge with tropical inspired goodness. The main ingredient? Coconuts. Thank you, LaCroix for this beverage. And thank you, Internet gods, for the rest of these coconut finds…   // coconut pancakes, please. // coconut week on leaf.tv! what,...

The Mix Tape

Fun fact Definition for those of us that didn’t know the exact, technical version of the word “ode”: An ode is a lyrical stanza in praise of, or dedicated to someone or something which captures the poet’s interest or serves as an inspiration for the ode. Instead of a single lyrical stanza, I wanted to compile a myriad of lyrical stanzas … in the form of a song, well, several songs … written by others, not me … for this particular...

Scenes from Yesterday // 05 // Summer Days

I decided to free up some space on the phone and share a few pictures of recent summertime goodness with family and friends. From day trips to Kimmswick with a few favorite people to lazy evenings as a threesome, date nights with the bubbs to alone time with my mama thoughts, July has been a sweet one. Sorry to see it end so soon {but then again, August brings my 30th birthday AND September brings us M’s SECOND BIRTHDAY!!}. I...