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Kentucky Derby Wedding Inspiration

Fairly SouthernApril 30, 2014December 20, 2020

This upcoming Saturday, May 3rd, marks the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby. This horseContinue reading

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Classically Carolina: Hydrangeas

Fairly SouthernApril 29, 2014December 20, 2020

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Currently balancing between my two busiest weeks o Currently balancing between my two busiest weeks of the year and taking a brief pause for breath! I haven’t had a chance to post about it here in my feed yet, but I’ve been adding ethical + sustainable Black Friday//Cyber Week deals to the ‘Black Friday’ highlight in my bio all week! Most of these sales are still active! I included direct links to each brand’s website. 😊 Has anyone already scored a great deal on an ethical or sustainable item?? I’ve snagged a number of furniture/decor pieces for our new house! Wes and I were on the road this week visiting family for the holidays and finishing up some work projects. Lots of fun and also lots of busy - I’m exhausted in a good way! This upcoming week we close on both our current and new houses and start moving!! Eek!! And then maybe just maybe y’all will finally get to hear me talk about something other than our move. Maybe. I’m sure I’ll have fun pics of the new house to share though...so perhaps not off the hook just yet...😉 #sustainableliving #sustainablefashion #ethicalfashion #consciousconsumer #blackfriday #ethicallymade
Who else is getting super excited for BLACK FRIDAY Who else is getting super excited for BLACK FRIDAY shopping?? Back in the day when Black Friday was literally just one day, and before I developed ethical purchasing habits, I would head out as soon as the clock struck midnight after Thanksgiving day and shop ALL NIGHT at the mall for cheap 💩for Christmas presents (and stuff for myself). The crown jewel of Black Fridays for me was one year when I shopped from midnight until 8 AM, came home to nap and shower, then worked a retail shift from noon to close. Dang, that was an exhausting yet exhilarating day. My relationship with Black Friday is more complicated now. As someone who tries to be a conscious consumer and buy less but buy well, the greedy consumerism of cheaply made stuff that Black Friday promotes is 🥴. At the same time, many ethical and sustainable brands also offer sales and deals during Black Friday week and Cyber Week, which I absolutely look forward to and want to promote so they get more business! Typically starting in the summer each year, I delay making personal purchases until November so I can try to score a discount on items I plan to purchase anyway. This year I have a BIG shopping list of stuff for our new house and am soooo excited to finally start making these purchases that I’ve been saving up for! Each year, I try to round up Black Friday/Cyber Week sales from ethical and sustainable brands and post them in a thread on the Fairly Southern FB page. Now that I can add links to stories, would y’all also want me to share those sales here on Insta too? 📷: @mickschulte #ethicalfashion #sustainablefashion #consciousconsumer #blackfriday #sustainableliving
Struggling my way through fall as usual (but at le Struggling my way through fall as usual (but at least doing it in some cute, sustainably sourced secondhand sweaters that I 💙). The world feels dark and dying to me this time of year. The sad leaves on the ground, the daylight disappearing over the horizon just as I clock out at work and enter my personal time for myself. And idk if it’s just some aftershocks of the pandemic finally catching up to me, but things just feel even more cold and lonely this year. Honestly super jealous of y’all who love this season. And for my fellow peeps struggling to transition - solidarity. At least we get holiday pie and Christmas lights soon. And we will appreciate and love the sun and warmth so much more when they return. 🍂 #fall #sustainablefashion #sustainablefashionblogger #secondhand #sustainableliving
Really not feeling the frigid, blustery winter wea Really not feeling the frigid, blustery winter weather we’ve jumped into here in NC, so my feed’s gotta stay tropical. 🌴 Gosh I miss the sun on my skin and the salt in the air SO MUCH!! I’ve got my ethical and sustainable swimsuit guide still linked in my bio in case some of y’all are lucky enough to be headed somewhere warm soon. If you are, please share where you’re traveling so I can live vicariously! #ethicalfashion #sustainablefashion #hawaii #blacksandbeach #sustainableliving
Anything you can do, I can do bleeding 💁🏻‍ Anything you can do, I can do bleeding 💁🏻‍♀️ I tried out period underwear from @shopproof and have my review up on Fairly Southern! I’ve seen so much hype lately of people saying period undies had changed their lives, so naturally I had to see for myself! I was also very intrigued by the sustainability aspect of a reusable period solution. Very honest review at the link in my bio, including answers to questions y’all sent me here on IG! Are they soggy? Does it feel like wearing a diaper? No question was off limits! #gifted #proof #period #periods #periodunderwear #periodundies #sustainablefashion #sustainableliving #ecofashion #sustainablefashionblogger
Throwback to last fall because right now my life i Throwback to last fall because right now my life is just packing up moving boxes! Kinda missing Wes’s long pandemic hair and wondering if I can convince him to bring it back. Are y’all team long hair or short hair on your partners? Hope everyone is OUTSIDE this weekend enjoying this gorgeous sunny weather we’re having in the south! #fall #itsfallyall #thesouth #sustainablefashion #raleigh
Which of these beauty products would you choose to Which of these beauty products would you choose to try?? It’s giveaway time, y’all! To celebrate Fair Trade Month, I’ve partnered with @beautyologie to gift one of you a $100 Beautyologie gift card! Keep on reading to enter... I am so excited about Beautyologie because they are the FIRST fair trade beauty website! I am passionate about clean beauty products made without harmful ingredients as well as fair wages for the workers who make our stuff....and all products on Beautyologie are BOTH - clean and fair trade! My full review of Beautyologie and my own favorite products from their store (as well as the ones I’ve still got on my wish list!) are up on the blog! And, I’ve got a discount code for y’all. 😉 Link in bio. Okay, so are you ready to enter to win the $100 gift card? Just comment on this post letting me know which Beautyologie product you’d most like to try! You can also comment on the blog post or the corresponding Facebook post for additional entries. For bonus entries, go follow @beautyologie on Instagram or Facebook, then leave me a comment letting me know you followed! AND, you can get unlimited bonus entries by tagging friends in the comments here on Insta or on FB! Each separate comment with a tagged friend counts as an additional entry. A winner will be randomly selected from all entries at 4:00 PM Eastern Time on Sunday October 24, 2021, and notified by email or social media direct message, depending on method of entry. May the odds be ever in your favor, beauties! 💋 #fairtrade #ethicalbeauty #cleanbeauty #fairtradebeauty #fairtrademonth #sponsored
Spent approximately 70% of my waking hours this pa Spent approximately 70% of my waking hours this past week trying to frantically figure out house stuff and another 30% at work which left me with a full 10% for...wait...🤔 ah yes, a full 0% for anything else. 😜 Overall building a house has been a really amazing experience but here at the end when we’re fixing issues, dealing with delays, and figuring out whether we’re actually going to have a home to move into come closing date at our old house...it’s a leeeetle stressful. 😬 I AM super excited to be finalizing ethical + sustainable furniture and decor picks for our living room with @gratify_home!! If you’ve been following that design process, you’ll be excited to know we are approaching the finish line and should hopefully have a final product to show y’all soon! And, just as exciting, I am now working with Kelly to design my home office space as well! Eek! So much exciting stuff on the way if we can just make it through the thick of it right now! 📷: @sacredspacesphotography #sustainableliving #sustainablehome #sustainableblogger #consciousliving #homedesign
Cold, rainy fall has arrived here in NC today and Cold, rainy fall has arrived here in NC today and I am NOT HERE FOR IT. May this photo stand in protest amidst the pumpkin patches and PSLs. 🌞 🌊 Sustainably made swimmie is from Summersalt! #summer #foreversummer #summerlovin #hawaii #kauai #tunnelsbeach #hanalei #northshore #northshorekauai #sustainablefashion #sustainablefashionblogger #summersalt #travel #travelgram #instatravel #sustainableswimwear #ecofashion #sustainableliving #ecofriendly #sustainableblogger
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