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August Random Loves

Hello and Happy Monday!

In the past month I’ve had lots of new readers stop by, so I’ll introduce this feature a little bit. Just about every month, I post a few of my favorite items from the month and do a little write-up about each product. The items can vary from beauty products, household items, specific foods, occasionally a craft product and there are sometimes surprises along the way. Before I continue, I will note that I don’t just post anything in this feature- an item has to be pretty fantastic to make it into one of these features.

August-1

I truly am a sucker for lip products and I found a good one! Recently I’ve seen these neon colored Maybelline Baby Lips lip balms quite a bit on YouTube and I decided to give into the hype. I purchased the purple one and I love how it adds slight color and moisturizes like crazy. Going to keep my eyes out for the other shades when I go out to the store next!

August-4

nail polish can be found HERE

I’m infatuated with the color coral and I was beyond thrilled when I found the Cute As A Button color a few months back. I don’t often purchase polishes, but I knew I had to have this one. I’ve already had my nails done countless times in this color {in fact, my nail person says “You’re doing this color again?!” every time} and I’m far from tired of this pretty shade.

August-2

The Summer here in Seattle has been absolutely gorgeous and sunny. I’ve always been a sucker for wearing flip-flips and sandals and couldn’t resist getting a pair of these. I got the tan ones last year and wore them almost everyday and I’ll admit, I’ve been doing the same with the black ones this year. I find them to be fairly comfortable and they’re so easy to dress up or down. Plus, it allows my coral toes to be shown off. ;)

August-3

stamp set can be found HERE/ dies can be found HERE

If you watch my videos, you know that I recently got this stamp set and the matching dies. I hadn’t gotten to play with it much {yet}, but I think I may have fallen in love. Wow, this set is just gorgeous! And while it does take some time to layer the different images, I’ve found it to be so therapeutic and I love seeing which new color combos I can create! Stay tuned for some cards with this set soon!

August-5

follow my Pinterest boards HERE

I make a conscious effort to never list an item twice in this feature, but I think Pinterest deserves this exception. I simply adore the Pinterest app for my iPhone and the countless hours of insomnia are a tad bit more bearable when I can browse the app. I’ve been adding lots of pins to my current boards and I even started a few new ones! So many creative ideas and eye candy in the beautiful world of Pinterest.

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What are a few of YOUR random loves at the moment? It can be drinks, shows, clothing, movies, etc…. whatever products you’re loving, or have on your wish list, I’d love to read about them!

April Random Loves

Oh goodness, this week has been so rough. I debated on whether I wanted to do a post about everything that’s been going on, but I decided to refrain and keep with my scheduled Random Loves post. However, I will let you all know that I had to go to urgent care and my health hasn’t been doing very well lately. I’ve been a little slower in responding to emails, comments and may not be able to schedule as many posts in advance as usual, but I’m going to try my best to keep things running as smoothly as possible. Just a little heads up.

If you have followed my blog for some time, you know that each month I host a Random Loves feature. I always enjoy getting to share what I’ve been using and the new products I’m eying. It’s been so much fun to see YOUR lists over these months and check out the items you are listing. I’ve been introduced to many new things thanks to your suggestions!

Let’s get started on this month’s feature….

april-1

plate can be found here

You all know I’m a huge fan of the items in the Re.Served Etsy shop. Each month it seems like Victoria comes out with even cuter items {which I’m not sure is even possible} and this new plate is one of my absolute favorites. It highlights a few of the iconic Seattle locations and who could resist those adorable colors?!

april-2

sequins can be found here

Can you believe that I haven’t spotlighted sequins in a Random Loves feature yet? There really aren’t any words to describe how happy these small sparkly embellishments make me. I will admit that I have pulled out all of my sequin packets and spent hours playing with the color combos and different ideas on multiple occasions. Speaking of which, there just might be another sequin card coming to the blog later this week. *wink*

april-4

paper pack can be found here

I try hard not to feature more than one craft product in a feature, but I couldn’t resist on this one. I am IN LOVE with this Echo Park Dots & Stripes paper pack. I ordered this one a few weeks back and have been carefully rationing out the sheets. The colors in this pack are divine and definitely can be used outside of baby cards.

april-5

I fell in love with this nail polish color the moment I saw it online. The sad thing? Every store that I have gone to has sold out of this color! It’s such a pretty shade of aqua/ seafoam green and all of the photos I have seen on Pinterest with people wearing it has made me in desperate need of owning this color. Hoping I can somehow track one down before it’s out of season!

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What are a few of YOUR random loves at the moment? It can be drinks, shows, clothing, movies, etc…. whatever products you’re loving, or have on your wish list, I’d love to read about them!

I’ll see you all tomorrow for the 10 Minute Craft Dash #16 Highlights and info on how you can get an exclusive peek at the upcoming challenge!