The 2020 Blooper Reel
It’s safe to say 2020 felt like one big Blooper reel. So much of this hard, hard year was spent stressing or crying or mourning…so it’s about damn time we end it laughing, amiright? At…
View PostCYBER WEEKEND ROUNDUP – Best of Black Friday + MORE!
Wow, what a week. ICYMI, we’re still awaiting COVID test results (but I’ve lost taste + smell, so I’m gonna call it positive awhile) and Thanksgiving is going to look suuuuper different this year for so…
View Post10 Black-Owned Businesses to Support
Today’s post was originally scheduled to be a roundup of my personal favorite small shops to support right now, in the hopes of helping small business owners particularly affected by the pandemic. But in my…
View Post12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY WINNERS!!!
SAAAAANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN! Call me Santa’s Helper because I’m SO STOKED to announce all 73 winners of my 12 Days Giveaways! I had an absolute BLAST with this year’s 12 Days of Christmas…
View PostGIFT GUIDE: Gifts that Give Back
Finally time for one of my ~favorite~ gift guides each year: Gifts that Give Back. All of the gift ideas below have some sort of give-back component, where a portion if not all of proceeds…
View Post5 of the Best Labor Day Sales to Shop (+ my picks from each!)
Can we get a big fat CHEERS to Labor Day Weekend??? I swear nothing beats a long weekend! We spent it crossing all sortsa stuff off the family list: Olivia’s first trip to Homegoods (spoiler…
View PostThe Best MEMORIAL DAY SALES 2019
Happy Memorial Day weekend, everyone! Hopping in for a hot sec to share a few of the Memorial Day Sales I’m shopping – so I figured I’d help a sistah out if any of you…
View PostCOME HANG OUT + SHOP MY CLOSET!!! (Blogger Closet Sale Details)
If there’s one thing I lovelovelove, it’s a good party. And good people. And good wine. And good causes. And good spring cleaning. For SO LONG now, I’ve reaaaaaally wanted to throw a lil’ bash…
View Post2019 Reader Survey (+ $250 GIVEAWAY!)
Happy TUESDAY, friends. Today’s post is suuuuuuper short n’ sweet, justbecause I wanted to drop the 2019 READER SURVEY on ya – hollah! I like to do a survey every year to a.) get to know…
View PostTrend to Try: DENIM OVERALLS
Heyyyyyyooooo, Monday! Back at it again. THANKYOU all SO much for all of the absurdly sweet birthday messages + comments etc. that ya sent my way for my golden birthday over the weekend – y’all…
View Post12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAYS
On the 1st day of Christmas, my true lovelovelove gave to me…12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAYS! Today’s blog post is super short n’ sweet because a.) there are technically 5 posts this week, which is a bit…
View Post“I Will Raise My Vibe”
Good vibes – we all want ’em. We all send ’em. But unless we know what the heck we’re actually sending, we could be sending hot potatoes and no one would know for the better.…
View Post3 Strands Bracelets to End Human Trafficking
I’ve always been inspired by incredible stories – stories of bossladies following their passions and making dreams realities, stories of recovery and overcoming hardships, stories of strength and faith. But a story that really touches…
View PostOperation Beautiful #14
**Happy Sunday! I’m off to the shore. See you tomorrow. xoxo. (P.S. This giveaway ends today!) For 2015 and for always, you need to change. But I’m not talking about changing your weight or…
View PostThe Best Job for your Personality Type
**Thanks to Fifth Third Bank for sponsoring this post. As usual, all opinions and thoughts are solely my own. And thanks to you for supporting the brands that make Coming Up Roses possible. In…
View PostTreat Yo’Self: An Ode to March
Happy MARCH! It’s Tuesday, I’m swamped with work (#storyofmylife), and I’m already highly anticipating tomorrow morning’s hump day cup o’ joe. But I’m stopping to smell the roses for a sec (get it?), and acknowledging…
View Post“I own today.”
So you wake up on a Monday morning, groggy and maybe still hungover from Saturday night with the girls (although let’s hope not…). The last thing you’re feeling is on top of the world. If…
View PostWhen you’re trying to be blog famous… {+ WIN $40 to Ulta and more!}
…These ladies are already there! This post is to give a big, huge, fatter than fat THANK YOU to some truly incredible superwomen in the blogiverse. Introducing, some chicas who are fabulous on an extremo level.…
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