I love this space. I created it 10 years ago when I was in college hoping to learn more about social media and eventually secure a marketing job post-graduation. Through this blog I have been introduced to some of my best friends, learned how to negotiate contracts and work with big brands on a myriad… [Read More]
6 (Last Minute) Father’s Day Gift Ideas
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 Does anyone feel like time is absolutely flying lately? I think it’s being social and having plans and doing things again after over a year of not doing anything. Somehow I blinked and Father’s Day is next Sunday! If the holiday snuck up on… [Read More]
My experience getting the Moderna COVID vaccine
Before I get into my experience with the Moderna COVID vaccine, I have to say: writing this post feels surreal. This past year has been long, hard, and incredibly scary. To be sitting here typing this, vaccinated and seeing our society be so close to reaching the light at the end of what sometimes felt… [Read More]
A Holiday Date Night During Quarantine
Josh and I have had to get a little creative with dates recently. We normally love to be out and about and doing all the things. But for the last nine months we’ve been laying low and staying home. While we’re now home all the time, I thought it would be fun to plan to… [Read More]
27 Recent Amazon Purchases I Love
I have been doing some damage on Amazon recently. Partly holiday season shopping. Partly bored and stuck at home shopping. 😉 You can’t beat the absolute random assortment of items you can find within just a few clicks. I wonder if the Amazon algorithm can make sense of it because I would love some help… [Read More]
13 life lessons from someone who’s 30, flirty, and thriving
Wow. How am I even writing this post you guys? I feel like I should be introducing a guest poster who’s old and wise and can tell me about life. But it’s somehow ME who’s sharing the life lessons of a 30 year old. I remember so clearly going to the movies and watching 13… [Read More]
5 unexpected positives to come from Corona
Lately I’ve been thinking about how much I’ve learned these last six months. I hate the pandemic and the loss of life, loss of jobs, and loss of stability it has brought to the world. To those it has not hurt physically or financially it has most definitely hurt mentally. Everyone is struggling in some… [Read More]
Six ways I’m surviving quarantine
Life has changed a lot in the last few weeks. Josh and I are both working from home. I haven’t been around people in a month. We get all our groceries delivered to our front door. I half cover my eyes before loading news websites, scared for what the latest headlines are. I feel like… [Read More]
Life Updates
It’s crazy to me to think that I started this blog at 20 years old and here I am nearly 10 years later, still writing and sharing my life with you. You guys have been with me through some of my biggest life moments and changes. (Getting married! Moving to the Midwest!) I am so… [Read More]
How to whitewash a brick fireplace (for under $50)
Josh and I are almost two months into homeownership. We are generally loving it, but oh wow is it so much work. We’ve had some awesome highs (moving in and celebrating our first Christmas here) and already some lows (discovering mice in the basement and going through 300 million leaf bags thanks to trees with… [Read More]
Gift Guide: Erin’s Favorite Things + Gifts for Her Under $50
Pin me! Strong women: may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them. And may we spoil them with Christmas gifts! This gift guide is chock-full of Christmas gift ideas for her. They also happen to be some of my very favorite things. And they’re all under $50!! (Not only are they… [Read More]