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2 tips for switching hair color easily

The Darkroom film developing review

FeatherSnap bird feeder review

7 tips for maintaining bright hair color

THE best overalls // duluth heirloom gardening overalls review

remaindered books?! // Book Outlet review

hornet’s nest shadow box

my four leaf clover collection

the abandoned Anasazi Inn

    found on the beach

    by Kaylah Stroup January 8, 2020

    30 minutes and one pass of the approximately 900ft beach. Just a quick arrangement because surprise surprise! it’s cold at the lake in January. Mostly broken shards of plastic today. Sometimes the larger, more interesting things seem to have been cleaned up but there are always tiny pieces littering the sand.

    I will forever love making a colorful little arrangement against the dark moody beach!

    Other fun finds from the day…

    Two pieces of pottery with lettering left on them. Felt like such a treat because I most certainly wasn’t looking for them. Certain beaches have certain treasures, this isn’t a normal place for me to find pottery so when I glanced down not once but twice to have letters looking back at me, it was a surprise. A wheel. The legs of a plastic soldier. Chuckie Finster’s head. Not my largest haul but any day I find a plastic soldier is a good one in my book!

    CHECK OUT MORE ‘FOUND ON THE BEACH” POSTS HERE!

    If you like my ‘found on the beach’ collections – prints, phone cases, and more can be found here.

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  • office tour 2020

    by Kaylah Stroup January 6, 2020

    At the beginning of every year, I like to completely clean my office. A fresh start! This little ritual first started as me just taking everything off my bulletin board and starting over but over the last few years has turned into cleaning out the whole room. It feels so good… even if I do …

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  • Friday Favorites #545

    by Kaylah Stroup January 3, 2020

    This post contains affiliate links. Check out our disclosure policy for more details. This siamese kitty pin! So cute! How cute is this fox dress!? This sweater! Love this bug print! I am very into this coat. The color and style are just perfect! The perfect patch for all you cryptid lovers! I’m obsessed with …

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  • A few of my favorite posts from 2019

    by Kaylah Stroup January 1, 2020

    2019 was a weird year. Easily my least favorite year ever. There were massive highs but the biggest low I can imagine, I lost my mom. I tried so hard to think of a way to avoid talking about it in this recap but what can I say? It definitely shaped my year. In 2019, …

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  • This year I…

    by Kaylah Stroup December 31, 2019

    reopened The Dainty Squid shop & made hundreds and hundreds of things! stalked dinosaurs and tiny aliens around my neighborhood. spent lots of time working on the bus with my family. found more four-leaf clovers than ever before! hi mom! spend lots of time wandering the beach and searching for treasures. baked more than ever. …

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I'm Kaylah! Renovating a 150-year-old home in Northeast Ohio. Likely found in my garden.

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    • explore everywhere
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