Happy Small Business Saturday, friends! As has become a tradition around here, I’m thrilled to share a curated guide of local gifts from my current home state in honor of this day. Today’s carefully edited list features a variety of unique and beautifully made items that support North Carolina artists and makers that you should …
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The Best Travel, Style, and Home Sales for Cyber Weekend 2023
It’s here!: My annual roundup of all the best travel, style, and home sales for Black Friday + Cyber Monday. The sales this time of year are so fascinating to me – it’s been wild to watch the transition from waiting in line early on Friday mornings to week-long promos offered online. As annoying as …
How I’m Approaching Travel Differently in My Thirties
I recently celebrated my thirty-fourth birthday by doing the thing I love the very most: traveling. This number doesn’t signify a major milestone by any means, but it does mean I’ve just entered my mid-thirties – and it made me stop to reflect on how traveling at 34 looks far different than traveling at 24. …
Knitting on the Go: Three Portable Projects for Your Next Road Trip
Today’s blog post is an especially exciting one as it combines my passions for slow fashion and travel—and it involves getting a little crafty! It didn’t take me long to jump from casting on my very first knitting projects on my sofa to considering the possibility of traveling with my works in progress. As much …
A Review of Every Fragrance from Riddle Oil
My relationship with fragrance has always been a strong one. It’s always one of the last things I reach for before heading out the door—and if I find I’ve forgotten it, I wind up feeling almost a little bare in public. At the same time, my relationship with fragrance is also a little fleeting, lasting …
Setting Intentions for a New Year | 2023
Setting a series of intentions for 2023
2022: Year in Review
Although time marches on, (almost) as evenly as always, I feel as if I’m sitting down to write this post sooner each year. If you’re new around here, at the end of every year I like to sit down and reflect on the past twelve months in an exercise of gratitude and growth. Before moving …
2022 Holiday Gift Guide: Last-Minute Gift Ideas
Waiting until the last minute sometimes pays off – here are some great gifts you can give right away.
Sharing a Big Life Update: We’re Engaged!
Over the past year I’ve shifted most of my life updates to my newsletter, but this one is too big to keep confined within the walls of an inbox (and also to bury too far down in this post):
The Best Travel, Style, and Home Sales for Cyber Weekend 2022
A roundup of the very best travel, style, and home sales for Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2022.