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You Are Beautiful + You’re Going to be Awesome
Beauty ► August 22, 2018

You Are Beautiful + You’re Going to be Awesome

“Pretty nails,” my friend’s four-year-old daughter told me as she ran a finger across my fingernails one night. My friend lives a lot closer to my office than I do, so I periodically spend the...

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5 Beauty Products to Help You Get Ready Fast in the AM
Beauty ► March 14, 2018

5 Beauty Products to Help You Get Ready Fast in the AM

You know what it’s like: your alarm goes off earlier than you’d like and you slip one arm out from under the warm covers to hit snooze. Unless you’re one of those lucky ducks who...

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Let Your Inner Mermaid Shine! // Tips for an Everyday Mermaid Makeup Look
Adventures ► September 13, 2017

Let Your Inner Mermaid Shine! // Tips for an Everyday Mermaid Makeup Look

Can I let you in a little secret? Come a little closer, we can’t let everyone hear. … I’m a mermaid. Okay, so if you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, or kept an eye...

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3 Must-Have Beauty Products
Beauty ► February 23, 2017

3 Must-Have Beauty Products

It’s funny to write this post right now since I’ve mostly been make-up free since coming down with the plague. I finally put on a little bit of make-up toward the end of last week...

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Current Skincare Routine
Beauty ► January 19, 2017

Current Skincare Routine

Note – I purchased all of the products listed in this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. A few weeks ago I got ready to run some errands and after I brushed my...

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3 Liquid Lipsticks I’ve Tried & What I Thought
Beauty ► November 17, 2016

3 Liquid Lipsticks I’ve Tried & What I Thought

Note – I purchased all of the products listed in this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Remember when I used to write about make-up? Yeah, I do too! It’s a topic that...

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Travel Make-Up Bag // Colombia Edition
Beauty ► June 15, 2016

Travel Make-Up Bag // Colombia Edition

Note – I purchased all of the products listed in this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. No affiliate links were used in this post. I knew I wasn’t going to wear a...

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Fall Nail Polish // 2015 Faves
Beauty ► October 27, 2015

Fall Nail Polish // 2015 Faves

We are a month into fall and I haven’t written an ode to my favorite nail polishes of the season yet. What’s exciting is that I have two new ones to share with all of...

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The Perfect Lipstick for the Paulding Light
Beauty ► August 27, 2015

The Perfect Lipstick for the Paulding Light

Our trip to Wisconsin at the end of the July was actually a tri-state trip. We also journeyed out to Michigan one night to visit the Paulding Light. The Paulding Light is a light that...

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My Go-To Travel Palette
Beauty ► August 11, 2015

My Go-To Travel Palette

Note – I purchased all of the products listed in this post. I was not paid to write about the product. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I sat down to write this post...

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I'm Crystal, the storyteller behind Dreams, etc. I'm all about learning how to live slowly & sustainably, while also seeking adventure as we follow our dreams, etc.

May 2023. Savannah, Georgia. Lots of Mina. Lots of May 2023. Savannah, Georgia. Lots of Mina. Lots of new growth on plants.
The other day I realized that there is no Savannah The other day I realized that there is no Savannah on my feed and…well, Savannah is beautiful and needs to be there. These were taken in Lafayette Square on my second day in Georgia.
Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I d Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I didn’t go on my weekly dam walk earlier in the week when I was excited about it. On this day I was tired after a long week and my least favorite holiday. My bed was oh so comfortable. I forced myself to roll out of bed and journey to the dam. It was filled with people and I was pokey…taking my time to get there and even journeying down one of the other paths to avoid walking across the dam. (Which isn’t long.) I finally joined the crowd and walked across. And then came back, happy to have made my weekly journey. This is when the top layer of the water started to freeze.
From March: an old mini vlog from a bagpipe rock c From March: an old mini vlog from a bagpipe rock concert, which is mostly me trying the say bagpipe rock. Some word combinations are hard! 😂 There was a sign asking us not to film, which is why there’s no concert footage.
Some of my weekly dam walks have been therapeutic Some of my weekly dam walks have been therapeutic and while the walks haven’t fixed the problems, they’ve help me breathe and connect with the world and relieve stress. 💕
April 2023. We got more snow, but it also melted. April 2023. We got more snow, but it also melted. The dam was almost overflowing. The animals are beginning to emerge. Spring is here!
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! After a coffee st Happy Independent Bookstore Day! After a coffee stop (of course) a friend and I checks out two indie bookstores that we have never been to before. I definitely want to go back to Uncle Hugo’s and Uncle Edgar’s! Did you do anything for #independentbookstoreday

#indiebookstore #indiebookshop
After watching some shopping ASMR videos I had to After watching some shopping ASMR videos I had to try it.

#asmr #groceryshopping #groceryshop  #asmrvideos
I’m a little behind in weekly dam walk reels. Le I’m a little behind in weekly dam walk reels. Let’s go back to the third week in November when there was just a little snow on the ground and the footprints in the snow seemed notable.
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