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7 of the Best Winter Jackets

Hi loves! While I know spring has already sprung and we’re all over *way* over winter, I thought I would share some of the winter sale items that are in my shopping cart right now. We all know that winter jackets are almost always ridiculously overpriced, so I wanted to link some of my favorites that I’ve owned throughout the years that are currently on sale for the lowest prices they’ve ever been.

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How To Make Strawberry Sicilian Granita

Learn how to make authentic strawberry Sicilian granita at home, and enjoy one of the best Italian summer treats! Granita is also naturally gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan! Granita is a staple of Sicilian cuisine. Similar to sorbet, this refreshing frozen treat has a unique complex icy texture, and you can easily make it at home with just 4 ingredients, including your favourite fruit! Granita is also naturally gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan. So, if you're looking for the perfect summer treat to serve to your family and friends, look no further than awesome, refreshing Sicilian granita!

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6 Spring Trends you Need to Try + a Huge Giveaway

While the new season brings gorgeous weather, it also brings something very important: new clothes. As an avid shopper (i’m a #treatyoself kind of girl, yah feel?), I love to see my favorite brand’s new season collections. I lived for flipping through new lookbooks and seeing what kinds of amazing pieces are going to be all over in a few months.

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The Only Pants You Need This Summer

Hey loves! Happy Monday. Hope your week is off to a great start. I know Mondays can be a total drag but you know what makes them better? SHOPPPPPPING. Today, I’m bringing you the only pants you will need this summer at a steal of a price. You know ya girl is all about the bargains so I love to share pieces with you guys that I know are super cute + but also a great deal.

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How To Put Together An Elegant, Easy Christmas Table

How To Put Together An Elegant and Easy Christmas Table - An easy, chic and cost-effective table setting ready in minutes! Today, I am putting together my top tips on how you can put together an elegant and easy Christmas table that will wow your guests! The theme of my Christmas dinner table is rustic but elegant, with nice gold touches here and there. This year, I want to focus more on my Christmas menu, without putting too much effort into the table setting. So, I came up with a super simple setting that doesn't break the bank, but still looks chic and pretty. To make my Christmas table I used a mix of things I had at home, and I shopped the rest online.

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Is Stitch Fix Worth it? A Guide to Getting your Best Fix

SPRING IS FINALLY HERE. Even though it felt like winter would never end, the days are getting longer, the sun is getting hotter, and the warm weather is coming! As you guys know, i’m not a winter gal. Never have been, never will be. I don’t hate the snow/cold, I just think it’s a pain. Too many layers, too much work to do anything outside.

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Top 5 Tips for Shopping at Shein

Top 5 Tips for Shopping at Shein (What you Need to Know!) So, you’ve seen Shein.com ads all over the internet, and thought they were too good to be true…right? They have so many envy worth items, dupes from designer brands, and trendy pieces, for affordable prices. When I first saw Shein, I thought “there’s no way this isn’t a scam

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Why I Started My Blog – The Truth Behind Sincerely Katerina

As a kid/teen, I had a lot of digestive/stomach problems. I never knew why, I just knew that pretty much every time I ate, my stomach killed. For years I remember people would tell me “you’ll grow out of it”, or “it will go away”, etc, so I took that and ran with it. After almost a decade however, I realized that wasn’t going to hold true. As I was entering college and it seemed to be getting worse, I became really fed up and decided it was time to figure it out once and for all.

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Intimate Wedding Dinner at Greystone Inn Lake Toxaway

Today, I’m sharing photos from our intimate wedding dinner overlooking Lake Toxaway at the Greystone Inn. In my mind, it was exactly what I had dreamed it would be. Since it had been raining all day, the trees were extra green, the skies were purple, and fog hovered over the mountains. It was the most romantic spot! This wasn’t where we were initially going to have our dinner, but it was our backup plan since the rain decided to show up. But for a backup plan, it was surely beautiful!

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Our Wedding Ceremony at Greystone Inn Lake Toxaway

I hope you’re all staying warm during these January temps. We expect our first snowstorm in the South this weekend, and I am so excited! This will be Tux’s first time playing in the snow, and I can’t wait to see it. Before I log off for the weekend, I wanted to share my wedding photos from our outdoor ceremony at The Greystone Inn in Lake Toxaway! I have always dreamed of an outdoor wedding. Being obsessed with greenery and flowers, it couldn’t be more fitting. I was a little nervous since it had been raining all day, but just a half-hour before walking down the aisle, it stopped raining, and while Kyle and I were exchanging vows, rays of sunshine came poking through the trees. It felt so magical.

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How to Create 4 Easy Outfits for Spring Summer with 1 Top

How many times have you looked in your closet (full of clothes – might I add) and said to yourself “I have nothing to wear”. We’ve all been there. You feel like you recently shopped, and your closet is filled to the brim, but you can’t seem to put together an outfit you like. When this happens to me, I try to pull out some simple pieces that I know fit/look good, and start from there.

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Getting Ready on The Wedding Day + First Look With Dad

LIFESTYLE, Photography, Popular Posts, Uncategorized, Wedding · December 16, 2021 Getting Ready on The Wedding Day + First Look With Dad Wedding at the Greystone Inn Lake Toxaway NC | Photography By A Castle Photo Happy Thursday! I wanted to get another wedding blog up today. I’m only a few blogs away from finishing the wedding series. It’s so fun to go back and look back at all these photos. We had the most perfect day! Today, I’m sharing pictures from getting ready and the first look with my dad. Next, I’ll share all the ceremony photos!

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