As most of you know, my office or technically my “cloffice” is set right outside of my bedroom. It has a separate entrance, and I recently hired my first true assistant to come work on this very blog with me out of my home-office! It can get super hectic in here, between shoots, steaming clothes, editing photos, and Claude running all around, so here’s…
If you’ve been following along on our home renovations, you may have noticed that the guest room that we just revealed has a bit of a nook off to the side. We were pretty tempted to forget about this space, or add a chair and call it a reading nook, but Matt fell in love with the privacy of the upstairs, and wanted it to…
Not only has this past week been incredibly painful, but it has been completely eye opening. George Floyd was killed by a police officer who kept his knee pinned on Geroge’s neck in Minneapolis, and that comes after the murders of Breonna Taylor in her own apartment, and Ahmaud Arbrey while jogging. The racism happening in this country is despicable, and while I have never…
One of the most interesting things about being a blogger is that on most days, you’ll find yourself being used as someone else’s verbal punching bag. When I worked 9-5 in an office, I was left to my own accord, and if I was to take the heat for something that I messed up, it was usually a very professional meeting that involved a write-up,…
BEFORE: I am SO so excited to finally share everybody’s favorite bathroom, our guest bathroom! It took me so long to finally style it and shoot it, mostly because it is frequently in use and does not look styled like this! But I really wanted to get the photos up before the baby comes, and talk about our process in renovating this space, since it…
I think it’s a mystery to many people what blogging actually looks like – it’s such a new field, and the workflow is so different for everyone, but I wanted to share a raw and unedited version of what a day in my life looks like. Hudson is in daycare 3 days per week, so this only applies to the 3 days I am at…
As I’ve mentioned before in other posts, while being a blogger has SO MANY plusses, and seems so glamorous on an instagram feed, it has it’s challenges as well. Compared to other industries, this industry is very secretive and hush hush, and I find that a lot of other bloggers out there enjoy not revealing too much of the behind the scenes, because it takes away…
Can you all believe it??? It’s been 365 days since I put in a two weeks at my 9-5 job. Until I dive into my first year, how it went, struggles and successes, let’s start at the beginning for those of you who are new around here. After a 5 month maternity leave from my job as Community Manager at the app letgo, I…
The other night, as I sat on the floor of my cloffice packaging DEPOP orders with my dad while simultaneously answering DM’s on instagram, I started to read some questions I was responding to out loud. My dad stopped me in my tracks and he was like “WAIT – you answer all of the questions you receive?” He was shocked that someone can ask me…
I love posting one of these per month, and I thought Valentines day is a great day to get real with ya’ll! Here’s 5 things behind the images! Latte in a cone and polka dots kind of day ☕️🍦❤️ Post a picture of your favorite polka dotted look, tag and follow @MinnieStyle + add #RocktheDotsContest2018 in the caption, to enter to win 2…
One of the biggest hot button topics right now in the world of instagram is “growth.” I’ve personally always been very growth focused, especially when I worked as a social media manager. Of course you want to stay creative, post consistently and keep the quality of your editing and images high, but in my eyes growth is the MOST important thing, and if my growth…
There’s this huggggge stigma revolving around bloggers claiming that the job is easy, it isn’t really work, it isn’t even really a JOB, etc. etc. Yes, I get it, walking around a mall and shopping doesn’t feel like work a lot of the time, and picking selects from line sheets is still REALLY fun, but there’s a lot of other aspects to the job that…
The weather has FINALLY been cooling off a bit, and the leaves are starting to change colors around these parts. We are headed Upstate this week to see some foliage and generally unwind and try to spend some time together after endless work + house renovation type stuff. It’s funny, when I had a 9-5 job I remember craving vacation, and feeling like I worked…
Even though I opt to skip NYFW (because let’s be honest, you’d rather see professional photos of the shows on Style.com than on here) I do enjoy mingling at some events and staying overnight in the city! We stayed at the W Hotel Downtown, and I am not going to lie, I did NOT want to leave. It made me deeply consider getting rid of…
Just in time to miss the upcoming blizzard, I am off to Miami for work. I do love the thrill of a great snowstorm, so I am a bit sad to miss it, but I am very excited to be able to work from our Miami offices, and catch up with family and friends! I will make sure to snap tons of pictures, but in…
So, the truth is that I haven’t really shared much about my work outside of blogging on here. I guess aside from personal privacy, I haven’t really felt like where I’ve worked has fit my “blog brand” .. if that is even a thing. It isn’t that I didn’t love where I worked or what I did, it’s just that my day-job never really made…
Last night was my office holiday party! After work I helped setup, changed into a festive dress with bows, and had such a fabulous time. I’ve gotta say, I often think how lucky I am to know, and have known such incredible people. I feel so blessed to find good people who inspire me– the people who are movers and shakers. It truly is an…
moving away can feel really gut wrenchingly lonely. i remember how this feeling once felt when i first moved to miami, before i even started my blog. i knew nobody (except matt), i had no car, and i worked in an office with only one other person. i spent a lot of time alone. after the excitement and dust has settled here in NY, i…
some of my favorite memories are with my girlfriends. it’s so refreshing to have people to do fun silly things with, and that is what i did all day with my friend kelsea on saturday. she lives in this beautiful farmhouse meets vintage chic apartment in greenpoint, and we spent the day making pumpkin spice (recipe to come!) and watching reruns of the office at…
it has been a beautiful week filled with endless adventures. life is in a happy place. here are some peeks! 1. we visited our best friends in ormond beach this past weekend for memorial day. the ferris wheel was sadly closed 🙁 2. i’ve been experimenting with different ways to wear my short hair. any ideas? leave links! 3. & 4. here are some peeks…