Bowtiful Life turned NINE this week! If you told me back in 2012 that the blog I created in my high school’s computer lab would still be going strong nine years later, I probably wouldn’t have believed you... But here we are & what a fun ride it’s been so far! I started Bowtiful Life after becoming a blog reader myself and falling in love with the content that Sarah of Classy Girls Wear Pearls & Carly of College Prepster were putting out. I loved the idea of styling and shooting …
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2020 Year in Review
Welcome to Bowtiful Life's 2020 Year in Review! Well... 2020 kinda sucked BUT there were still some good moments this past year. In this post, I've recapped my favorite blog posts from 2020 as well as some of my favorite memories and experiences. …
This is 25 – Celebrating a Quarter Century, Quarantined
This is 25. Quarantine style! On Friday, April 3rd, 2020 I celebrated my 25th birthday! Needless to say, with everything that's been going on recently, my birthday didn't really look anything like I'd planned. Originally, for my 25th birthday I was hoping to go to a nice dinner on Friday, have a night out with a larger group of friends on Saturday and then get brunch with some close friends on Sunday. Yep... Obviously, none of that was able to happen. …
Elite Eight – 8 Year Blogiversary
Today is my 8 Year Blogiversary! Yep, Bowtiful Life turned EIGHT years old today!!! …
2019 Year in Review
Welcome to Bowtiful Life's 2019 Year in Review! (I know that I'm a little late on this one, but the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit busy!) 2019 was QUITE the wild ride. This past year was filled with so many incredible opportunities. I had the chance to meet incredible people, travel to breathtaking locations, attend amazing events, make new friends, and have a LOT of fun while doing it! In this post, I've recapped my favorite blog posts from the past year as well as some of my …
Lucky Number Seven – 7 Year Blogiversary
Bowtiful Life turned SEVEN this week! (My official “blogiversary” was on January 20th!) It's absolutely wild to think that I started blogging back in 2012, when I was only a junior in high school. Since then, blogging has become a huge part of my everyday life and Bowtiful Life has grown in leaps and bounds …
2018 – Year in Review
Welcome to Bowtiful Life's 2018 Year in Review! 2018 was a crazy year, filled with incredible experiences and quite a bit of change. I met so many remarkable people, attended some amazing events, worked with awesome brands and had a ball …
10 Things I Learned From Working in Retail
The first "real" job I ever had was in retail, working as a seasonal sales associate. I babysat in high school and was already running Bowtiful Life, but the summer before I started college I worked at the J. Crew in my local mall! I had SO much fun that summer making new friends and learning more about a brand that I'd always loved! The people that I got to work with at that store were so kind and the management team was awesome. I will admit that the constant folding and re-folding wasn't my …
Winter Floral Fun – Six Year Blogiversary
Six years ago, on January 20th, 2012, I sat down at one of the computers in the basement lab of Loyola Academy (my high school) and published the first blog post to ever go live on Bowtiful Life. It was a very brief and simple introduction, just a few seemingly insignificant paragraphs. I had no idea as I pressed "publish" on that very first post that I'd be sitting here, 6 years later, still writing and creating content for Bowtiful Life. What a wild ride it has been!!! …
2017 – Year in Review
2017 was such an incredible year for me and I'm so grateful for all of the amazing experiences I had! Seriously, so much happened this year! I graduated from college, I started my first full-time job, met some of the coolest people, created memories with friends (both old and new), & lived life to the fullest! Here's a recap of my 2017 including favorite blog posts, some of the cool companies I got to work with, personal milestones, fun trips, & more! …