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5 Healthy Habits for Moms of Young Kids

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Interior Design, motherhood, Travel

Southwestern design Inspo: Tuscon, Arizona

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DIY With Me: Valentine’s Day Crafts

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Valentine Boxes for the ClassroomDon't you just love it when your kid's teacher sends a somewhat casual email asking you to do some elaborate craft at home for your child to bring into their classroom? Ugh. Cute in theory, but in practice 9 times out of 10 I have to find the craft inspo, gather the materials, and do 90% of the project myself. This Valentine's Day is no different, since both of my kiddos have to not only bring in Valentines for the class, but also make homemade mailboxes to collect them in. They both rushed in the other night asking me what I had come up with for their crafts, and of course, I ha[...]

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Beauty, Fashion, Gift Guide, Interior Design, lifestyle, motherhood, Style, Wellness

Surf Road Valentine’s Day Gift Guide

My Love/Hate With Valentine's DaySure, I love celebrating love just as much as the next girl, but the truth is I'm a little "loved out" by Valentine's Day! With our dating anniversary being in December, Christmas, and then our wedding anniversary in January, it's a loooot of lovey dovey cards to write. Usually we skip it all together, but this year I'm feeling extra grateful for my supportive husband, and in the mood to keep the celebrations going. Of course that means I rounded up a few things I wouldn't mind getting this Valentine's Day, but a lot would work as[...]

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Interior Design, motherhood

The Perfect Family Sofa: Our Roundup of RH Cloud Sofa Dupes

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Interior Design, motherhood

Get organized with stacy from half full organizing

We all have a scary pocket of our house that is completely overwhelming to think about organizing. From junk drawers to way-too-full garages, organizing your life Marie Kondo style, especially when you have a busy one, can be super daunting. Lucky for us, there are experts in the field ready to swoop in and rescue us with clear plastic bins and label makers charged and ready to take action. We reached out to our friend and home organizing expert Stacy, founder of Maine's own Half Full Organizing to help us make organizing our busy and cluttered lives a[...]

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Beauty, lifestyle, motherhood, Wellness

GRWM: Breaking down my basic skincare and easy makeup routine

Anybody else feel like when you work from home you end up by looking like a complete bridge troll 90% of the time? I saw a meme once, that I completely resonated with, that was something like "I'm either a bridge troll or a trophy wife, there is no in between", and ya, that's basically me. Don't call this a resolution, but I am committed to finding some middle ground. Even though I work from home a lot, there are a lot of "home" days where something will come up with a project and I have to run out. Then, as one does, I'll convince myself that I'm alre[...]

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lifestyle, motherhood, Wellness

What to do with your tree once the fun is over? Give it back to nature!

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If you're wondering what to do with that tree that just keeps shedding needles everywhere, there are options other than a dumpster. Trees are such a vital part of our ecosystem and it would be a shame to cut them down just to throw them away! Saco River Wildlife Center is a fantastic place to discard your temporary in home forest friend. "Saco River Wildlife Center is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide rehabilitative care to Maine’s ill, injured, or orphaned wildlife and to promote compassion and awareness through educational resources[...]

Fashion, lifestyle, motherhood

What to wear for the rest of the year: your end of year capsule wardrobe

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Whether it's the annual office gathering, a more sophisticated soiree with old friends or even a Sunday Mommy and me matinee, chances are the question of what to wear this holiday season has crossed your mind a time or two in the last few weeks. Since we've had all of the above already in December, we can promise we've scoured the usual spots. We've thumbed through Rent The Runway, we've looked at the Maine Mall, been downtown and in every store on Exchange, and we've spent too many hours on quick-ship shops like Revolve, Amazon and Lulu's. What we've come up[...]

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holiday, Interior Design, motherhood

10 Elf on the shelf ideas for the design minded mama

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Last year I made the mistake of introducing Elf on the Shelf to my kids. Don't get me wrong, it's cute and fun and they LOVE IT, but I can't tell you how many times either myself or my husband have shot up in bed at 5AM in a panic about whether or not the damn Elf was moved. While I truly do aspire to be design-minded in many things I do around my house, most of the time moving the elf consists of the very, very basics. A peek-a-boo from the house plant here, a "jumping" out of the cereal box there...you get the idea. At about this time of the month, the idea[...]