Erin, Author at The Sunny Side Up Blog

Favorite Things

11.24.16

2016 FAVORITE THINGS! (Gift Ideas for everyone on your list!)

Happy Thanksgiving friends! We made it over the river and through the woods. I’m always relaxed at my mom’s house! Plus we all know I’m a much better assistant than head chef when it comes to Thanksgiving. ;) I’m so excited to be sharing a post I get excited about every year.. my annual FAVORITE THINGS post! For those of you who are newish to my blog (hi and welcome!), every November I share a round-up of my very favorite things from the year and then later follow it up with favorites from a friend’s annual Favorite Things Party. My friend decided that this year just to mix things up she is going to have her party in the Spring, so those favorites will be coming later. But don’t fret, I’ve got lots of fun favorites for you this year. It was hard to choose my top picks, but I think I’ve done it! These are truly the things I love most of all. I also added some family favorites as well so hopefully this post gives you lots of fun holiday gift ideas! Ready for this monster of a post? It’s a long one. Grab a snack and let’s go!

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xoxo, Erin

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Fashion

11.20.16

Friday Fashion/Favorites (on a Sunday.. again) :)

Happy weekend everyone! I hope yours is going well! My kids get the whole week off of school for Thanksgiving and I honestly look forward to this week all year. Thanksgiving and Christmas prep are the best! I shared this picture on IG last week when our tree went up. We were all fanning out the branches on the tree when one of my kids decided to turn on “Yes Virginia There Is a Santa Claus” and there went my help. Ha! I have to admit, I love that movie too so we all took a mini break from the decorating. :)

Then back to our Christmas music and we picked up where we left off!

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xoxo, Erin

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Fashion

11.17.16

My favorite kids’ clothes and toys from Nordstrom!

I embrace and love things in every stage my kids go through, but if I had to pick a favorite stage – one I could lock my kids in forever – it would be age 5/6 (Kindergarten/First grade). It’s not as physically demanding as the baby/toddler stage, but they are still so little. They say adorable, hilarious things. Their curiosity and excitement for life is unmatched.

And they love their mom. :)

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xoxo, Erin

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Home Decor

11.16.16

Reader Favorites!

Friends. I have a fun post today! Not long ago in this Friday Favorites post I added this:

K.. this is totally off the subject, but if you have a picture of something that was inspired from my blog (something you bought/did in your home that I’ve done, clothes you bought from my fashion posts, something you do with your kids I suggested, etc…anything!) I would love to see it and share the picture! I get so many fun pictures e-mailed to me of fun things you are all doing that were inspired by my blog and they make my day. I thought it might be fun to start sharing some of your pictures in a post here and there! So e-mail me your pics! Can’t wait to see them. :)

Your e-mails started rolling in! They have all been so much fun to read! I’ve been getting e-mails with pictures like this for years and I’m so excited to share some of them with all of you! It makes my day to see spaces/purchases/anything that has enhanced your life that was inspired by my blog. Here are a few of your pictures.. (most of them were snapped quickly with cell phones which I love. Real life!)

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xoxo, Erin

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Fashion

11.11.16

Friday Fashion/Favorites

Happy Friday friends! Man. I’m tired this week! I don’t know if I’m still recovering from the time change (Kole has been up by about 5:15 am every morning this week) or from staying up so late watching election coverage the other night. Either way, I’m excited to sleep in tomorrow. My kids have the day off of school for Veterans Day and they all have strict instructions to wake up, turn on the TV and leave mom alone. That should give me until at least 7:00 am.

Beggars can’t be choosers. I’ll take it. ;)

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Speaking of my lovely kids, my girls are joining me for today’s post sharing their favorites from Nordstrom! (Then I have some new favorites of mine at the end of the post!) My girls were clearly not in the mood to hold still when I snapped these pics before school. Some sort of dance move is going on here and I’m pretty impressed with myself that I caught El’s smile mid move. Clearly I’m well trained in the art of pre-teen photography. ;) Regardless, this “I’m only here for the SNACKS” shirt is a favorite around here. And couldn’t be more true regarding most events we attend.

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xoxo, Erin

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Home Decor

11.09.16

Fall decor – in and out!

Well! Feeling like we need a happy little distraction today from all things election. Let’s talk decor shall we? See.. we’re in a happy place already. ;) In September I shared my family room decorated for Fall along with a few decorating tips that work for any season. Then I sort of left you all hanging and didn’t share anything else.. ha! To be honest, I didn’t go all out with Fall decor this year. Our Better Homes and Gardens photoshoot was early Fall so I was more focused on making sure my kitchen was organized and ready for that. For a few weeks my house was comical! I had Fall in the family room, Spring in the kitchen, and Summer decor everywhere else. :) By the time I took Summer stuff down we were well into Fall and I just wanted to keep things simple. Here are a few Fall touches I added but never got around to sharing…

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xoxo, Erin

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Fashion

11.06.16

Favorites on Sale!

Happy Sunday friends! I don’t usually post on the weekend but I was doing a little on-line shopping yesterday {shocker I know.. ;)} and I realized that a LOT of my favorite things/clothes I’ve shared over the past few months are marked down big time right now. So I’m sharing a quick round-up of favorites that are on sale today! One thing I was going to share sold out while I was typing this post! Ha! There are a lot of Fall sales this weekend and things are going fast. Here are a few of my favorites that are marked down.. (affiliate links used)

{CHUNKY WOOL JUTE RUG} You all know the love I feel for my Chunky wool jute rug in my family room. I love it when it goes on sale! I wrote all about this beloved rug in this post. I know a lot of you have bought it based on my recommendation and love it too! That always makes me so happy to hear. I can’t say enough about it, in fact, I love it so much I’m getting another one. You’ll see what I’m up to with it soon!

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xoxo, Erin

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Favorite Things

11.03.16

Friday Favorites from Nordstrom Home

Happy Friday friends! This week felt a little off starting out with Halloween, didn’t it!? I don’t quite know if I’ve recovered yet. What I do know is that I need to get all of the lingering Halloween candy OUT of my house. My kids leave for school in the morning and then it’s just me and the candy..

and the candy wins every time. :)

My kitchen has a couple of new accessories! The Nordstrom bags go quite nicely don’t they? :) I did some early Christmas shopping at Nordstrom with a friend earlier this week and we were honestly GIDDY hitting the home decor section. You guys! Christmas decor is out in full force! Love it. They have so many cute things right now. They always have so many cute things! And they are having a huge sale right now! I’m excited to show you my favorites. (affiliate links used)

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xoxo, Erin

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Halloween

10.31.16

Happy Halloween

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xoxo, Erin

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Organization

10.30.16

An after school schedule and an amazing resource for bloggers!

When my girls were little they could entertain themselves for hours. They both loved to just play play play. Of course they also had each other to play with which made it easy. This isn’t the case with my 6 year old little buddy. :) Aside from not having a sibling close in age, he also struggles with independent play time. Some days he plays with friends after school, but when we don’t have a playdate going on he finishes his homework in 10 minutes and then instead of coming up with something to play with, he finds it much more fun and amusing to bother his sisters while they are trying to do their homework. Go figure. :)

So lately I’ve been giving him a little after school “schedule.”

I’m sharing this trick today in case any of you have a child (maybe age 4-7) who could benefit from this too! It has been working so well for us.

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xoxo, Erin

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Home Decor

10.28.16

Simple, Neutral Thanksgiving Tablescape

Thanksgiving friends. Let’s do this! I’m so excited to be joining a group of 29 talented bloggers who are all sharing unique and beautiful ideas for Entertaining this Thanksgiving. This tour has been going on all week and I have loved seeing all of the stunning table decor! So many different styles – you’re sure to find something that speaks to you. Huge thank you to Lory from Designthusiasm for rounding us all up and organizing this tour!

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xoxo, Erin

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Fashion

10.27.16

Fashion Friday (on a Thursday)

Happy Thursday friends! I’m sharing my Fashion Friday post a bit early this week because I’m joining a fun group of friends for my post tomorrow. SO excited to share a few new Fall favorites from Nordstrom with you all! If you missed my first round-up of Nordstrom favorite Fall clothes you can check them out here. They seriously have so many cute new things in this year! Now before you all roll your eyes at another striped top.. this new one is different. Because it’s long. So clearly I needed it. :) I’m sharing two different ways to wear it. Above I have it tucked in a bit in the front with my favorite jeans and this cute infinity scarf I shared last week. I love the stripes with this plaid!

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xoxo, Erin

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