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Solo Day Trip to Seaside Heights
Solo Day Trip to Seaside Heights
about 2 months ago
Reframing a "Mundane Chore" as an Adventure: Visiting a New Grocery Store
Reframing a "Mundane Chore" as an Adventure: Visiting a New Grocery Store
about 2 months ago
Creating In Community
Creating In Community
about 2 months ago
A Sunny Sunday for the Soul in NYC
A Sunny Sunday for the Soul in NYC
about 3 months ago
Christmas Cookies 2024
Christmas Cookies 2024
about 5 months ago
5 Life Lessons From The Garden
5 Life Lessons From The Garden
about 8 months ago
Pet Portraits!
Pet Portraits!
about a year ago
3 Sustainable Christmas Crafts
3 Sustainable Christmas Crafts
about 3 years ago
New to the Shop: Vintage!
New to the Shop: Vintage!
about 4 years ago
Kindness Rocks
Kindness Rocks
about 5 years ago

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@AMYVENTURES
the most joyful + sparkly little shop I ever did see 😍 ty for existing @susan_alexandra 🥹💖🌈🌼🦋✨ #susanalexandra #nyc #nycshopping #lowereastside #les #thingstodoinnyc #orchardstreet #orchardst #charmjewelry #joyspotting
the matcha stop of the day was @12.matcha 🍵 (expect a line no matter what time you go, but I thought it was worth the wait) - quite possibly the best and smoothest matcha I’ve ever had 🥹 (zero clumps, not bitter, not too sweet, sooooo green)
still dreaming about this rose pistachio croissant from @libraebakery 🤤🥐🌹 (pretty sure the birds are too 😂) next time I’ll have to order a few more things to try so I can take them home in a cute butter yellow box 😏 (was trying to pace my
a little camera roll dump from last saturday morning’s walk up bowery in pursuit of sweet treat(s) & matcha 🙃 #nyc #igersnyc #bowery #eastvillage #noho #joyspotting
sunday reset by the sea with my best girl 🥹🐾🐚☀️🍦 had to visit one of our favorite places before the summer season fee kicks in mdw 🥲 - we walked nearly 10 miles (from lot c to the lighthouse and back + a bit of the bayside beach 😅) a much need
cake club last weekend at @reccreate_collective 🍰🌸🍓 with @sarabryn for ✨dog moms day out✨ got to decorate mini cakes in this hidden gem of a creative community space just a short walk from @prattinstitute (where I graduated 11 years ago) 😅 so mu
got matcha lattes from @matchaful 🍵 and ogled over the stickers and fun things at @greenwichletterpress 👀 and @bignightshop 🍅 (a few stops and sights along the way in the west village before heading to brooklyn to decorate cake 🍰) #westvillage
saturday at @unsqgreenmarket 😍 (forever one of my favorite farmer’s markets to walk through; it doesn’t get old) ✨ stopped to smell the flowers (duh) 💐 and then grabbed a chocolate croissant for breakfast 🥐 #unionsquaregreenmarket #un
some photos from saturday’s plant & seed swap at @thelilliehouse ✨🌱🌸 I made little origami seed packets to share some from my collection, and picked up some new things to add to the garden this year 👩🏻‍🌾 - I think I’m most ex
a recap of last weekend - where I spent saturday listening to and reading @thealiciacook’s poetry at @chapteronemendham and sunday in a cemetery in PA 🙃 I wrote a poem on grief (a glimpse of it written here on slide 3, but the whole thing didn
mentally still here 🌞 wrote a bit about this solo day trip over on my substack (icymi) - link in bio! 🍦 #seasideheights #jerseycollective #njisallgood #njisntboring #jerseyshore #islandbeachstatepark #boardwalk #seasidepark #southjerseyadventures
me going on a self directed ✨little treats✨ tour after a morning of minor inconvenience 🙃 🌮 - lunch at @centraltaqueriaofficial (I ordered the portobello and nopal tacos) 🇮🇹 - picked up a cannoli bombolione and loaf of fresh bread from @coniglio
always stopping to smell the flowers 🌻 (even if they are fake 😂) and yes, yes we were the most colorful girlies at the park today ☔️🌈💖🌧️🦄✨ (also, we were the only girlies at the park today 🤣) #rainyday #rainbowumbrella #ihavethisthingwithpi
stopped to check out @kasia.market after the shibori food scrap dye workshop a couple weekends ago ✨ had a lot of fun going up and down every aisle selecting different goodies to try (and then proceeding to make a collage out of the food packaging I
happy first day of spring! ✨🌷✨ some photos / videos from last year at @hollandridgefarms that I never got around to sharing (oops 😅) - better late than never! #spring #springflowers #happyspring #tulips #springequinox #tulipseason #tulipfestiva
friends who match(a) together 👯‍♀️🍵💖
saturday (back at @haricotvert 🙃) to celebrate @inthecraftnook 2.0 (an absolute play paradise 😍) I put together a couple collage spreads using charming things that caught my eye 👀🍬🐚🌸🐬✨ + sprinkled a few of my business cards onto the (very abu
some more photos from sunday in hopewell ✨ after the workshop, I walked over to @hopewellfare in pursuit of @sourland_bread 🍞 it was nearing their eod, so I wasn’t expecting there to be any sourdough loaves or much of anything left 😅 but I en
the most joyful + sparkly little shop I ever did see 😍 ty for existing @susan_alexandra 🥹💖🌈🌼🦋✨ #susanalexandra #nyc #nycshopping #lowereastside #les #thingstodoinnyc #orchardstreet #orchardst #charmjewelry #joyspotting the matcha stop of the day was @12.matcha 🍵 (expect a line no matter what time you go, but I thought it was worth the wait) - quite possibly the best and smoothest matcha I’ve ever had 🥹 (zero clumps, not bitter, not too sweet, sooooo green) still dreaming about this rose pistachio croissant from @libraebakery 🤤🥐🌹 (pretty sure the birds are too 😂) next time I’ll have to order a few more things to try so I can take them home in a cute butter yellow box 😏 (was trying to pace my a little camera roll dump from last saturday morning’s walk up bowery in pursuit of sweet treat(s) & matcha 🙃 #nyc #igersnyc #bowery #eastvillage #noho #joyspotting sunday reset by the sea with my best girl 🥹🐾🐚☀️🍦 had to visit one of our favorite places before the summer season fee kicks in mdw 🥲 - we walked nearly 10 miles (from lot c to the lighthouse and back + a bit of the bayside beach 😅) a much need cake club last weekend at @reccreate_collective 🍰🌸🍓 with @sarabryn for ✨dog moms day out✨ got to decorate mini cakes in this hidden gem of a creative community space just a short walk from @prattinstitute (where I graduated 11 years ago) 😅 so mu got matcha lattes from @matchaful 🍵 and ogled over the stickers and fun things at @greenwichletterpress 👀 and @bignightshop 🍅 (a few stops and sights along the way in the west village before heading to brooklyn to decorate cake 🍰) #westvillage saturday at @unsqgreenmarket 😍 (forever one of my favorite farmer’s markets to walk through; it doesn’t get old) ✨ stopped to smell the flowers (duh) 💐 and then grabbed a chocolate croissant for breakfast 🥐 #unionsquaregreenmarket #un
spring in the garden state 🥹🌷🌸🌿✨ #spring #newjersey #jerseycollective #njisntboring #njisallgood #locallivingnj #flowers #april #northjerseyadventures #gardenstate
some photos from saturday’s plant & seed swap at @thelilliehouse ✨🌱🌸 I made little origami seed packets to share some from my collection, and picked up some new things to add to the garden this year 👩🏻‍🌾 - I think I’m most ex a recap of last weekend - where I spent saturday listening to and reading @thealiciacook’s poetry at @chapteronemendham and sunday in a cemetery in PA 🙃 I wrote a poem on grief (a glimpse of it written here on slide 3, but the whole thing didn mentally still here 🌞 wrote a bit about this solo day trip over on my substack (icymi) - link in bio! 🍦 #seasideheights #jerseycollective #njisallgood #njisntboring #jerseyshore #islandbeachstatepark #boardwalk #seasidepark #southjerseyadventures
the only place I wanna to be on a 75 and sunny saturday is down the shore 🌞🍦🍭🎡🍕🌅 #seasideheights #jerseycollective #njisallgood #njisntboring #jerseyshore #islandbeachstatepark #boardwalk #seasidepark #southjerseyadventures
me going on a self directed ✨little treats✨ tour after a morning of minor inconvenience 🙃 🌮 - lunch at @centraltaqueriaofficial (I ordered the portobello and nopal tacos) 🇮🇹 - picked up a cannoli bombolione and loaf of fresh bread from @coniglio always stopping to smell the flowers 🌻 (even if they are fake 😂) and yes, yes we were the most colorful girlies at the park today ☔️🌈💖🌧️🦄✨ (also, we were the only girlies at the park today 🤣) #rainyday #rainbowumbrella #ihavethisthingwithpi stopped to check out @kasia.market after the shibori food scrap dye workshop a couple weekends ago ✨ had a lot of fun going up and down every aisle selecting different goodies to try (and then proceeding to make a collage out of the food packaging I happy first day of spring! ✨🌷✨ some photos / videos from last year at @hollandridgefarms that I never got around to sharing (oops 😅) - better late than never! #spring #springflowers #happyspring #tulips #springequinox #tulipseason #tulipfestiva friends who match(a) together 👯‍♀️🍵💖 saturday (back at @haricotvert 🙃) to celebrate @inthecraftnook 2.0 (an absolute play paradise 😍) I put together a couple collage spreads using charming things that caught my eye 👀🍬🐚🌸🐬✨ + sprinkled a few of my business cards onto the (very abu some more photos from sunday in hopewell ✨ after the workshop, I walked over to @hopewellfare in pursuit of @sourland_bread 🍞 it was nearing their eod, so I wasn’t expecting there to be any sourdough loaves or much of anything left 😅 but I en

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