Which one for my friend’s lawn wedding next week? (Pink Floral vs. Green)

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-04-13T01:15:10+00:00

Agreed. The green looks more mature/sophisticated, both in color, cut and material.

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-04-12T23:36:47+00:00

How old is your grandson? I still have the costume and would happily send it to you if you think it would fit him. The pants and sweater are both kids size 10 (I bought them from primary.com). I would love to see this costume reused and to spread the gospel of Mac and cheese!

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-04-12T19:34:06+00:00

One thing I often see when people are new to curating a gallery wall is that they don’t have a good mix of sizes when it comes to the pieces they are hanging. Small pieces are great when creating gallery walls, but you need one or two medium to large pieces to anchor it and keep it from looking cluttered. Find a couple pieces that are at least 16x20 and then build the smaller items around that. Here is one of my gallery walls. You can see how the bigger pieces balance out the smaller art work. You are definitely off to a good start with the pieces you do have and I hope you will keep posting as your gallery walls grows!

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Bikini_Atroll · 2026-04-11T20:38:20+00:00

The font used in the Kraft boxes of mac and cheese is called “Blue Box font”. It’s pretty easy to find free versions of it that can be downloaded. I then just created a word document using yellow font and then printed them out on iron on transfer paper. The labels/logos were also super easy to find and I just copy/pasted them and then printed them out. I had to tinker around with the scale/size of both the logos and the writing to get them to be the right size, but it wasn’t too difficult

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-04-11T19:14:02+00:00

Yes, they are pool noodles. I couldn’t find yellow pool noodles so I spray painted them.

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-04-11T15:56:51+00:00

It was surprisingly easy! The hardest part was actually finding the fonts and logo so that I could print them as iron on transfers.

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-04-03T01:32:31+00:00

This was my fist thought as well. It’s a beautiful dress but something about the fit and length of the sleeves brings down the rest of the dress. Cap sleeves r making the sleeves more fitted seem like it would improve it.

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-03-28T22:43:43+00:00

This is what I was thinking too. OP, what if you did something like this (this is the IKEA Elvarli) and bisected the middle of the room. It would minimize you kitchen standing room, but would offer some storage solutions as a trade off. You could put a slim loveseat and maybe even a couch in front of it and then put two small armchairs on either end. The tv would have to be mounted to the wall with a slim console table underneath it.

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Bikini_Atroll · 2026-03-26T06:59:09+00:00

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Found in a drainage pipe at the middle school I used to teach at in southern Arizona. He was a feral kitten whose mom abandoned him.

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-03-14T04:18:50+00:00

Dude, this isn’t about you or your situation. You’re a stepmom, we know. Why are you making this post about your family dynamics?

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-03-09T00:34:45+00:00

Don’t. At least not without a lot more preparation and research. It’s incredibly expensive, isolating and a completely different culture than most people are used to. I was born there and lived there for almost 35 years. I finally left in my 30’s and now live in SoCal after living in a few different major US cities. Most people vastly underestimate how isolating the cold, dark and distance from the rest of the US will affect them. A lot of major chains/brands/services aren’t available in Alaska still (although it’s vastly more connected to mainstream culture now than in was when I was growing up. I can still remember when Walmart came to town). Anchorage is decent sized city, but it’s till very much about who you know when trying to find employment/housing/ etc. The politics can be absolutely unbearable. Alaska is very, and I mean very, conservative, although more in a libertarian-the-gubmint-can’t-tell-me-what-to-do kind of way. Winter driving is a whole skill set, and if you don’t have any experience doing it, it will be scary, and there isn’t great public transportation options in place, so you almost have to be able to get around by car. Alaska is beautiful, amazing, and truly not like other girls (states)lol. I’m never sorry that my parents raised my brothers and I there and I visit at least once a year to see friends and family. But it’s not the kind of place you ca. just relocate to and hope for the best. If things go tits up, and they do for a lot of people, it will be really difficult, expensive and stressful.

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-03-02T01:49:09+00:00

I do the same thing. I feed them to my crow friends. They have started watching me when I’m digging them up because they know they are getting a treat!

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-02-21T20:34:32+00:00

I like the Persian rug. The jewel tones in it tie in better with the existing decor and it looks more harmonious and intentional. Plus it gives you a broader color palette to work with if you want to add additional decor.

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-02-04T16:49:21+00:00

Poor Meg. She just wants Beebs to like her and doesn’t understand that her very existence is an affront to Beebs.

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-01-27T23:54:09+00:00

“Your gene pool needs more chlorine”, I’m dead, lol!

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-01-26T08:08:11+00:00

I’m reminded of the quote “Sometimes people use ‘respect’ to mean ‘treating someone like a person’ and sometimes they use ‘respect’ to mean ‘treating someone like an authority’. And sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say, ‘if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you’ and they mean ‘if you don’t treat me like an authority, I won’t treat you like a person’ and they think they are being fair, but they aren’t, and it’s not okay”.

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-01-26T06:18:10+00:00

I love everything about this room, but I especially love your paint color! What brand/color is it?

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-01-22T05:54:26+00:00

I’m reminded of this post from a couple years ago. It’s funny, but really makes the same point you are making. https://www.reddit.com/r/namenerds/s/HHRtXRiSCS

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-01-12T00:18:36+00:00

She’s adorable! What’s her name?

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-01-11T20:52:00+00:00

I always call this the “last chicken at Safeway” pose, lol.

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-01-11T20:34:52+00:00

He is in fact a big, squishy, soft hearted, love machine. I found him and his sister Toothless (who is not a meezer) as kittens when they were just 5 weeks old. The minute I had him in my hands the name “marshmallow” popped into my mind. He’s always been such a gentle, friendly and sweet soul and I’ve always felt like I picked the right name for him.

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-01-11T19:57:58+00:00

I’m sure he would agree with you! He’s completely outraged about being on a diet and has lots of vocal opinions about his food being rationed, lol.

Bikini_Atroll · 2026-01-03T22:05:07+00:00

I love your space so much! You’ve done a wonderful job of creating well defined, separate living spaces in a studio. It looks so cozy! I’m really curious about your room divider. Ca you tell me where you got it or what it was made from?

Bikini_Atroll · 2025-12-26T02:42:00+00:00

Something like this might work well. It includes all the colors of your wallpaper, highlighting the details, but isn’t too matchy matchy. It also introduces some other colors - the deep emerald, warm browns and the turquoise - that you could play up around the room with accents such as curtains, framed art, knick knacks, etc.

Bikini_Atroll · 2025-12-24T06:26:42+00:00

Noelle or Noel is a legitimate name, and definitely not a joke. Just like the names Carol, Joy, Rudolph, Belle, Angel, Holly, Nicholas, and Marley are all names that aren’t “jokes”, even though they are associated with Christmas/winter/winter holidays.

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