So, I had the best intentions to post these Cinco Things on Cinco de Mayo as I’ve done in previous years, but then I gorged on chips and salsa and sorta lost motivation. Consider this a belated Cinco de Mayo celebration….or another excuse to whip up a pitcher of margaritas. These are a few things […]
Categories: Fashion,Favorite Things,Food
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- May 8, 2014 – 9:45 pm
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- By Shayla
One of my claims to fame is that I’m a notoriously light packer for trips. Case in point, I once traveled to Europe for the summer and took only what I could fit in a backpack. On another trip abroad, I packed everything in a carry-on suitcase for our two week honeymoon to Italy. (The […]
Categories: Fashion,Organization,Travel
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- August 24, 2013 – 7:00 am
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- By Shayla
¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo! As is design finch tradition, today I’m sharing five of my most favoritest things. I’m writing this as I sit here sipping a margarita, so consider yourself warned. Uno. Old Navy Compression Active Wear I first learned about the awesomeness of Old Navy’s compression active wear from one of my favorite […]
Categories: Fashion,Favorite Things,Holidays,Pets
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- May 5, 2013 – 7:50 pm
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- By Shayla
Gah! The weather the past two days has been absolutely gorgeous here. It’s hard to imagine that just last Monday it was bitterly cold, windy and snaining (snow + rain) sideways. In fact, it was so pleasant today that I took my laptop to the local coffee shop and worked outside on the patio for […]
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- March 7, 2013 – 6:33 pm
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- By Shayla
Finally, it’s beginning to feel like fall here and I couldn’t be more excited! I just want to put on a big, cozy sweater and curl up in a pile of leaves with a Pumpkin Spice Latte while watching the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band perform their half time show. Now, that would be perfection. And maybe […]
Categories: Fashion,Inspiration
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- September 9, 2012 – 12:25 am
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- By Shayla
Well, we’re back in the flatlands. Our trip home from Montana wasn’t nearly as eventful as the trip getting there. Thank goodness there were no tow trucks required this time around! By the time we pulled into our driveway in Oklahoma, we had put almost 5,500 miles on Susie and her new car smell had been […]
Categories: Fashion,Favorite Things,Gifts,Montana,Travel
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- August 26, 2012 – 3:49 pm
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- By Shayla
Happy Cinco de Mayo, amigos! Today I’m popping in to share 5 things I’m loving right now. Appropriate, no? Ménage à Trois California Red Wine I rarely meet a wine I don’t enjoy, but this one is muy delicioso. It’s a blend of Zinfandel, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon that costs around $10-ish dollars, which means […]
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- May 5, 2012 – 4:46 pm
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- By Shayla
It’s fall, y’all! Now that the beloved Pumpkin Spice Latte has reappeared on the menu at Starbuck’s, I am officially ready to dig out the cozy clothes from the back of my closet. In fact, this morning I did a little window shopping with latte in hand just to check out the latest eye candy…..all […]
Categories: Fashion,Inspiration
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- September 10, 2011 – 6:22 pm
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- By Shayla
With two knitting posts back-to-back, it may seem like I’ve just been knitting up a storm. Oh, how I wish that were the case! While I haven’t had time to cast-on many new projects lately, I finally managed to squeeze in the Loops 202 class I’d been looking forward to since completing the first class […]
Categories: Fashion,Freebies,Knitting
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- March 5, 2011 – 11:01 pm
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- By Shayla
Y’all, check it out! I finally learned to knit!!! Despite several failed attempts at teaching myself, I decided to give it one more shot and signed up for lessons at Loops, a fabulous yarn store here in Tulsa. My knitting guru, Gina Y., was incredibly patient and ENTHUSIASTIC as she taught us to cast on, […]
Categories: Fashion,Freebies,Inspiration,Knitting,Tulsa
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- November 21, 2010 – 8:19 pm
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- By Shayla