Ten Ways to Fix a Bad Day

Hello friends; this is Amber from Laughing With Broken Eyes. There's been a death in Kate's family, so I'm stepping in with today's post.In the midst of this, I thought that a post of ways to improve a bad day would make for some simple and hopefully helpful entertainment.Ten Ways to Fix a Bad Dayfor those of...

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what's in my bag

I love this bag SO much! I missed out when it first went up on Modcloth, but then I was able to snatch one up about a month ago when someone returned theirs (seriously though, who would return this??) It came back in stock again earlier this week and I decided I'd buy another one as a back up in case this one...

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posh frock friday

dress - swap with Ambercardigan - c/o modclothbelt - old navyshoes - urbanogI wore this last Friday to go visit my Aunt Annie in the nursing home. I still can't get over how feisty she is for being 100 years old! She started telling us how many people had died since she moved in there and how she even saw one...

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star stuff // wishlist edition

I've been bookmarking a lot of things that could easily be included in wishlist wednesday or star stuff, but I kept putting off posting them because I couldn't decide where to include them (overthink much?) Anyway, I obviously ended up choosing to post them for Star Stuff because here they are! :)1. Gold dipped...

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citrus punch

cardigan - old navybelt - from another dressdress - c/o romweshoes - urbanogLime, lemon and orange! yum!! So many things about summer frustrate me (bugs, the heat, noisy lawnmowers, not being able to wear tights...) but one thing that I loooove is fresh fruit! There is nothing I enjoy more than a nice juicy nectarine...

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wishlist wednesday

1. Purple canvas laceups from Urban Outfitters // $18.002. Oversized bow clip from Topshop // $20.003. Lilac spot midi dress from Dorothy Perkins // $57.004. Spot print shopper from Topshop // $32.005. Opaque beaded necklace from Forever21 // $12.806. Lilac lace earrings from Branchbound // $20.007. Dreams of...

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my first thrifting find!

skirt - thrifted!shirt - h&mshrug - forever 21belt - from my grandmomshoes - klingSo many bloggers I love always find the most amazing things at thrift stores, so I've been going more often to try to find some of my own treasures, too. And I always fail miserably. I don't know if I'm just missing the "amazing...

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tardy to the science party

dress - modclothsunglasses - fred flareglasses chain - asosshoes - asosbag - modclothOn Saturday my family and I went to the Philadelphia Science Festival outdoor carnival. Unfortunately my "let's leave the house at 11am!" plan didn't work out so well, and we ended up arriving about 30 minutes before it was over....

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emerging thoughts

dress - c/o emerging thoughtstights - urban outfittersshoes - forever 21Lauren from Emerging Thoughts recently started using bloggers for her models, and kindly asked me to model the Kling pieces along with this beautiful Dainty June dress. Of course I said yes! It's such a cute idea, and I was so flattered to...

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Introducing: The Book Fair!!!

I've been working on this for weeks and I am SO excited to finally share it!!Remember the book fairs from elementary school? I looked forward to them so much! To a little bookworm like me, they were magical! I loved getting new books and fun school supplies that you could never find anywhere else but the book...

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the awkward call for sponsors

I can't believe it's already time for an awkward call for May sponsors!! If you're interested in sponsoring my blog next month, first of all, thank you! Second of all, you can check out the traffic, statistics and all that jazz over on my sponsor page. Third of all, you can buy a spot in my handy dandy super...

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social networking hiatus update

letterpress print by La FarmeIt's been a little over a month since I cut out twitter, tumblr and instagram, so I thought I'd give a little update on how it's going. I don't miss tumblr. at. all. I haven't had the slightest twitch to log on. I even removed it from my bookmarks, because I have no intention of ever...

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posh frock friday

dress - asossweater - h&mshoes - c/o baitMy hair is just long enough now that I can twist it into sort-of-milkmaid-braids with the help of an army of bobby pins. I can't wait for it to get longer so I can finally start doing buns again! I got tired of teasing it into a beehive but I might do it one more time...

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purrfect shoes

dress - modclothcardigan - old navytights - targetshoes - c/o pony chopsIs anyone else having a problem with scheduled posts not being published on blogger? I usually blog at night, then schedule my posts to go up at 9am and 6pm the next day but none of them have gone up this week. I've had to manually do it,...

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