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Friday Favorites #477

by Kaylah Stroup August 10, 2018
This post contains affiliate links. Check out our disclosure policy for more details.

Pencil shirt! I actually bought this shirt this week. I’m so excited to wear it.

(via Modcloth)

This pin!

(via Justine Gilbuena)

I love a good gingham summer dress! It’s also super affordable.

(via Amazon)

This pet bandana is precious. All animals are cuter in bandanas.

(via Mason Days)

This pink film is tempting me back to the instax mini world!

(via Urban Outfitters)

Bike vase!!!

(via 3DMood)

LOLing at this tape!

(via Urban Outfitters)

This book! (You can find it a few bucks cheaper here!)

(via Urban Outfitters)

Forever swooning over all of Warby Parker‘s pretty sunglasses! PS. Don’t forget you can try their glasses on at home for free! They even have non-prescriptions one too for all you lucky folks with good vision!

(via Warby Parker)

Goodness knows I love a good face planter!

(via Pottery Lodge)

It’s definitely not jacket season yet but ugh, look how cute this one is!!!

(via Modcloth)

Link love…

  • This snake belt is everything!!!
  • Should I be kind today? The perfect flowchart tshirt.
  • A hip bone model aaaaand it’s affordably priced! Buy it before I do!
  • This pencil tote – so cute!
  • Lovin’ this black and white dress!
  • A shop full of bearded dragon costumes. You obviously don’t need to have one to browse. Go look because it’s painfully cute!
  • I’m just making it up as I go!

Happy Friday!
xoxo

PS. I have a ton more rad finds here! I recently found out that Amazon featured my rainbow list so I spent a good deal of time this week refreshing it and making it even prettier than ever!

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Friday Favorites #476

by Kaylah Stroup August 3, 2018
This post contains affiliate links. For more information on what that means, read here.

Ah! Look at this cat toy!

(via housecat club)

Shoot. I need this stupid lamp. It’s absolutely perfect for my apartment.

(via Urban Outfitters)

Pretzel pinafore!

(via annanemone)

Digging these earrings!

(via Modcloth)

These test tubes are actually meant to be used as a spice rack but I can’t help but think how cute it’d look with flowers in it.

(via Amazon)

You do you!

(via August Ink)

These tiny versions of the fisheye and Diana cameras that take 110 film are too cute!

(via Urban Outfitters)

How cute is this candle!?

(via ZOA concept)

This dress!

(via Paris Sunday)

Pizza for life!

(via Old English Co.)

Link love…

  • It’s bananas how cute this skirt and crop top set is.
  • Speaking of bananas, here’s a banana-shaped pet bed. I think it’d crack me up every time I saw it, especially if there was a cat laying in it.
  • Zulu has such cute socks!!
  • She’s extra…terrestrial. Aaaaand here’s another alien themed mug, for good measure.
  • Polaroid Originals just released rose gold frame film for their i-Type cameras!! I need to get some.
  • This tropical leaf print dress is giving off serious vacation vibes.
  • Loving this vintage-inspired t-shirt covered in flowers.
  • These mineralogy notebooks. So cute!
  • I don’t even remember the last time I used an eraser but suddenly I need these tea scented ones.

Happy Friday!
xoxo

PS. I have a ton more rad finds here! Four separate lists including a house plant themed one that got a major update this week!

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Friday Favorites #475

by Kaylah Stroup July 27, 2018
This post contains affiliate links. For more information on what that means, read here.

This lamp! Holy cow! I love it so much.

(via Anthropologie)

Probably the only nameplate necklace I’d ever wear.

(via Moorea Seal)

Loving this dress! The colors are fun. Plus it just looks so cool and breezy.

(via Modcloth)

I’ve always liked Bando’s circle bags but this color just kills me!

(via Bando)

Aren’t these earrings adorable!?

(via Malaforma)

Majorly crushing on these yellow Palladium Boots. It’s basically the only color boots I don’t own from them yet.

(via Palladium Boots)

Of course I like this shower curtain!

(via Urban Outfitters)

I’ve really been digging wrap dresses lately. The color of this one is perfect!

(via Moorea Seal)

Love these planters!

(via Urban Outfitters)

This hand vase is so so so awesome, and totally something I need!

(via lestrictmaximum)

Kind of shocking I don’t own these cicada earrings already, right?!

(via Modcloth)

Link love…

  • How cute is this turtle planter!?
  • Got these glasses from Warby Parker to try on at home a week or two ago and I still can’t stop thinking about them. Guess that means I should just go for it.
  • It’s a little pricey but I really dig the pattern on this button-up shirt.
  • This rainbow throw blanket is adorable.
  • Speaking of rainbows, check out this necklace!!
  • We’ve had a couple cool, rainy days the last week which has me all excited about fall. This year I reallllly want to invest in a weighted blanket. They just have such great reviews.
  • Way out of my price range for lamps but holy smokes, I love this one.

Happy Friday!
xoxo

PS. I have a ton more rad finds here! Four separate lists worth including one highlighting my favorite Amazon purchases!

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Friday Favorites #474

by Kaylah Stroup July 20, 2018
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This pin!

(via Lost Lust Supply)

Another day, another striped dress I’m lovin!

(via Anthropologie)

Nobody tells me what to do!

(via hello DODO)

This instax photo frame is also a jewelry holder! Each one of those columns flips around. How rad is that!?

(via Urban Outfitters)

Add these to the list of things I’d like to collect!

(via Vintage Archeology)

This sweatshirt! So cute!

(via Modcloth)

Welp, I bought myself a birthday present…

(via Anthropologie)

These earrings!

(via Urban Outfitters)

I love list pads.

(via Quill & Fox)

Hello, yellow nail polish! What a great color!

(via Moorea Seal)

Do I even have to tell you how I feel about this rug!?

(via Urban Outfitters)

Link love…

  • It’s way out of my price range but this ear model is so awesome! I have the matching eye version of it already.
  • 2019 planner covered in cactus! Way into it!
  • Socks for all you dinosaur lovin’ party animals!
  • I can’t be the only one who loves opossums! Look how cute this mug is.
  • Absolutely love this jumpsuit!
  • I don’t wear red (doesn’t look great with my green hair) but if I did, I’d be all over this tank top covered in moths.
  • Check out this cactus soap!!
  • These earrings! So good! Madewell consistently has the cutest earrings.

Happy Friday!
xoxo

PS. I have a ton more rad finds here! Four separate lists worth including one showing off all the prettiest plants you can buy online.

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Friday Favorites #473

by Kaylah Stroup July 13, 2018
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JvstYourType has pins for each letter of the alphabet made out of cactus! They’re soooo good!

(via JvstYourType)

Cactus dress!

(via Amazon)

Yes!!!

(via squidlicks)

Be Nice or Leaf!

(via Annie Dornan Smith Design)

Can’t write a plant themed Friday Favorites without including a link to one of my favorite dresses! This cactus halter dress is too good!

(via Modcloth)

Cactus dog toys! How precious!

(via Purplebone London)

Plant lady mug!

(via Rosalynne Love)

How cute is this notepad?!

(via Idlewild Co.)

Loving this monstera keychain!

(via Idlewild Co.)

Link love…

  • A friendly, smiling cactus bath mat!
  • 5 pairs of cactus socks!
  • I don’t feel like I could pull off this palm leaf dress without looking like I was just wearing a long tshirt but the customer review photos are so cute!
  • I never link to children’s clothes but holy cow, I love this dress. Why can’t it be in adult sizes?!?
  • Felt cactus brooches! SO cute!
  • I will never stop linking to planters with faces.
  • If you like cats + plants, I found the enamel pin for you.
  • Highly recommended – this listing of 12 air plants for a very reasonable price. I bought them over a year ago and most are still living! (Ones that died were my fault.) I’m not the greatest at raising air plants but I sure do love them.
  • Love love love this cactus vase.
  • Have a friend who loves plants + is going through a rough time? This card is perfect!

Happy Friday!
xoxo

PS. I have a list of more rad finds here + they’re organized by color! This week I added a whole bunch of green items. On top of that, I recently started a brand new list featuring some of the best plants I could find!

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Friday Favorites #472

by Kaylah Stroup July 6, 2018
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This blanket is so bright and fun looking!

(via Kristina Micotti)

Isn’t this bunny planter too cute?! I actually bought it earlier this week. I’m super excited to find the perfect tiny plant to go inside.

(via Amazon)

At the beginning of the week I also took advantage of Warby Parker’s at home try box! 5 pairs of glasses to try on at home for free. These are the ones I chose. I am very very excited to pick out a new pair.

(via Warby Parker)

Ca-yoot overalls!!!

(via Modcloth)

Digging this shelf / photo display.

(via Umbra)

Loving these shoes BIG TIME! Not sure which pair I like best but if polka dots aren’t your thing, they have some solid colored ones as well.

(via Dolce Vita)

I’m just cackling over this card. Such a silly pup!

(via sophiecillos)

How cute are these earrings!?

(via Rebecca Minkoff)

The print on this skirt! Love it!

(via Modcloth)

You guys. I don’t even know what to say about these ridiculous cat hats, except for the fact you need to go check out the other ones. The radish kills me. (Oh gosh, and these candy ones! Too much cute!)

(via Amazon)

You know I love when things have eyes! This matching backpack is pretty great too.

(via Sam Edelman)

Link love…

  • Really really love this rainbow kitty raglan shirt!
  • Very into this dress. The color and cut are perfect.
  • A sloth-shaped mug!!!
  • Feel like this dress might show a little bit too much cleavage for me but gosh, it’s so cute! Looks so comfortable.
  • I’ve seen it about one thousand times but I still think this bicycle pizza cutter is the bee’s knees.
  • I have a plant crush! I neeeeed one of these!
  • Pants covered in giraffes. YES!

Happy Friday!
xoxo

PS. I have a list of more rad finds here + they’re organized by color! I updated the color blue today + cleaned out the other colors so it’s looking extra pretty. On top of that, I started a second list ‘things I own + love!”

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Friday Favorites #471

by Kaylah Stroup June 22, 2018
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I think it’s already been well established how much I love inanimate objects with faces. This planter is just too cute.

(via Group Partner)

How cute is this strawberry romper!?

(via Urban Outfitters)

This sticker!

(via Moorea Seal)

These vases are so incredibly pretty.

(via Anthropologie)

Did you know that there’s a new instax camera that shoots square film!? The film is pretty affordable too compared to other instant films currently on the market. The camera even lets you preview the image before you print so you don’t waste film on bad photos. I’m super intrigued!

(via Amazon)

Digging this snake catch-all tray!

(via Urban Outfitters)

I’ve shared a link to this dress before but it’s worth mentioning again because I love it so much! Took it on our wedding road trip and could have easily just worn it all week.

(via Amazon)

These earrings!

(via ColourWork)

These backpacks are so darn cute, and they come in so many colors!

(via Nordstrom)

Your face is like sunshine!

(via Nordstrom)

Way into this duvet cover!

(via Anthropologie)

Link love…

  • Cactus shaped mason jars!
  • Just a simple, comfortable looking striped dress. Perfect for summer!
  • Ooooh! This throw blanket covered in plants!
  • Another day, another striped dress.
  • LOVING this plant stand.
  • This rainbow tote by Dear Drew (Drew Barrymore!) is super cute. It’s not your typical rainbow colors. I really dig it!
  • This dress! That color! Those sleeves!
  • Uh oh, yet another adorable throw blanket. This one has a big eye!!
  • Polka dot romper! Yes, yes, yessss.
  • Just a cute little polka dotted planter.

Happy Friday!
xoxo

PS. I have a list of more rad finds here + they’re organized by color! Each week I update a color. This week – purple! On top of that, I started a second list ‘things I own + love!”

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Friday Favorites #470

by Kaylah Stroup June 15, 2018
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These bookends! So cute!

(via Indigo Trade)

I discovered Katie Kimmel’s work recently (thanks to Sara – who is definitely worth a follow!) and I’m in love! Her dog planters are so ridiculously silly!

(via Katie Kimmel)

These socks! So good!

(via Jimmy Buffalo)

These cactus mugs!

(via Pottery Lodge)

This brass beetle ashtray is so awesome! I have a fly shaped one and could easily see myself starting a collection of them.

(via Little Secret Room)

This shirt + those pants would look so darn cute together.

(via Modcloth)

Lomography’s newest camera is THE cutest!

(via Lomography)

Etsy shared a tutorial on how to make DIY rainbow cookies! So pretty!

(via Etsy)

LOOK AT THIS MAP DRESS. My goodness! Comes in sizes XXS-4X!

(via Modcloth)

Link love…

  • This dress! The colors and patterns. So pretty!
  • Cactus hooks!
  • In my dream home, there’s a whole room devote to my oddities. I’d definitely take out the door and put this beaded curtain there instead.
  • I found a fancy-ish looking dress covered in bees and I’m in love!
  • Diggin these funky pillows.
  • Love this green romper!
  • Just a simple blue and white polka dotted dress. Perfect for summer.
  • These candles look so lovely. Plus lavender, olive, and rosemary? Yes, please!

Happy Friday!
xoxo

PS. I have a list of more rad finds here + they’re organized by color!!! Each week I update a color. This week – yellow + gold! On top of that, this week I started a second list ‘things I own + love!”

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Friday Favorites #469

by Kaylah Stroup June 8, 2018
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Everything is better with a face!

(via Atelier Stella Ceramics)

Look at this lil cutie!

(via Berkley Illustration)

This necklace!

(via Uncommon Goods)

Always a fan of a cute notepad!

(via Papermint Studio)

These keychains by Idlewild Co! So cute!

(via Moorea Seal)

Love the texture of this blanket!

(via Urban Outfitters)

Love the colors of this card. The Paper Pony Co has such a cute illustration style.

(via The Paper Pony Co)

Bando’s new planners are out!! I love this one!

(via bando)

Aren’t these socks so much fun!?

(via Zulu Zion)

I’ve built up quite a collection of fun earrings already but I definitely don’t have enough studs. Aren’t these ones so pretty?

(via Amazon)

Purritos!!

(via Striped Cat Studios)

Link love…

  • These custom paper doll portraits are the absolute coolest.
  • Never gonna stop crushing on this bag!
  • Love this flamingo wallet.
  • Guys, enamel pins that are fruits with butts. Fruity booty. They’re just so silly!
  • Definitely digging these earrings.
  • I really love Blue Q’s sassy socks.
  • LOVING this dress! It has stripes, floral and ruffles!

Happy Friday!
xoxo

PS. I have a list of more rad finds here + they’re organized by color!!!

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    • all the posts!
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    • some of my favorite posts
    • plants + gardening
    • beauty, fashion + hair
    • reviews
    • window shopping
    • explore everywhere
  • about me
  • contact
  • shop