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💓💓💓 Do you hear about all these great things people do and wish you had time for them, but feel like it’s just never going to be possible? Do you wish you could work on your personal development, especially when it comes to making time for yourself and expressing yourself, but you never seem to be able to follow through in a consistent way? 🦄 Do you like self-love, creativity, personal development, bad ass babes, and oh yeah.. free stuff? You should probably head over to reserve your spot for @magicaldaydream's and my webinar scheduled for this 📅Saturday at 1 PM EST / 5 PM GMT all about turning self-love and creativity into daily routines! Let’s get down and dirty with habits, self-care, creativity, and more. Plus, we’re doing a live Q&A 🗣 at the end and giving you a free worksheet! 📝 Ready to sign up? Let’s do this! Sign up here: 💻 bit.ly/happyhabitswebinar #uncustomarylove

👜 This is my summer purse. It's an alpaca. To be honest with you, I got a little cocky telling people it was an alpaca because so many people said, 🦄"I love your unicorn purse!", so when someone said, "I love your llama purse" and I told them it was an alpaca and they asked what the difference was and I realized I didn't know... Hahah. 💕 So I researched and am certain that this is an alpaca, not a llama, and then this huge curve ball gets thrown in! I go to @scrap_bmore and they go, well is it a Suri or a Huacaya? And I'm like ok clearly I need to do some *more* research... So, I would like to introduce you to my purse for the summer... 🥁 dum da da dummmm... Felix, the Huacaya type of alpaca. Did you stop reading yet? // 📷: @maurahousley #uncustomarylove (at Baltimore, Maryland)

💖 If you don't know you're a part of the Pretty Squad, imagine I'm currently shaking you by the shoulders and shouting, "YOU'RE PART OF THE PRETTY SQUAD! YOU'RE PART OF THE PRETTY SQUAD!" 💖 Cuz you gorgeous, yo. // 📷: @maurahousley #uncustomarylove #uncustomaryselflove #uncustomarybopo (at Baltimore, Maryland)

Momento from my favorite day this summer so far, with my favorite people at Laura and Darian's Handfasting ceremony. 🤝💘 Joe helped me decorate the altar, we swam, stared at the stars, lounged in a double king sized bed cuddle puddle, ate the best barbeque of all time, laughed, and partied till the middle of the night. 🎉 PS - We all accidentally are wearing our favorite colors in this photo.

I try my best to tell whoever will listen that Baltimore is more than soft shell crabs and The Wire. If the fact that this is the name/storefront 🎪 is one of the joints on The Block in the red light district doesn't want to make you want to come to 🌆 Charm City, I'm running out of incentives to try to get you to come here in the first place. 😋 // 📷: @maurahousley #uncustomarylove (at Circus Bar)

I know I haven't been around a lot lately, and I promise I'll share why soon. Damnit, I missed Sunglasses Day on the 27th! 😎You can totally still celebrate though, here are some ideas! 🕶 Spend the day outdoors on an adventure, giving yourself a reason to wear sunglasses 🕶 Get your eyes checked (and order prescription sunglasses if you need them so you’re super safe!) 🕶 Answer the question of if you fit the statistic that people born between 1965 and 1980 wear sunglasses more than anyone else 🕶 Make a sunglasses sun catcher craft 🕶 Listen to songs about sunglasses, but don’t pull a Corey Hart and wear your sunglasses at night 🕶 Splurge on a pair of prism/rainbow/kaleidoscope sunglasses that will totally alter the way you view the world 🕶 Post a selfie of you in sunglasses with the hashtag #SunglassesSelfie and/or #NationalSunglassesDay 🕶 Purchase an accessory for your sunglasses like a pouch or a chain 🕶 Get a cheap pair of sunglasses and spruce them up with a DIY like drawing, painting, or gluing on charms 🕶 Bone up on some useless sunglasses trivia 💻 more pics, resources, etc. on my blog! // 📷: @maurahousley #uncustomarylove (at Baltimore, Maryland)

If you live with someone, take advantage of being able to leave them handwritten notes! 📝 You can use a dry erase marker on a mirror or empty photo frame, get a tiny chalkboard, or leave slips of paper in random places for them to find! It's so nice for someone to let you know they're thinking of you and they appreciate you. 💌 // 📷: @maurahousley #uncustomarylove (at Baltimore, Maryland)

Falling more in love with Baltimore every day. 💙 PS - The New Chris D'Elia special on Netflix is fantastic. // 📷: @maurahousley #uncustomarylove (at Charles Village, Baltimore)

How are you making your mark on the world? 💚 // 📷: @maurahousley #uncustomarylove #uncustomarystreetart (at Baltimore, Maryland)

🌸 Yesterday I had to go to the ER to get my finger glued together because I sliced it open on a vase at work really badly; they were impressed I didn't pass out from how much blood I lost 🌸 I posted a Q&A video on my blog, answering a bunch of your questions on a variety of topics 🌸 It's 4:45 AM and I haven't been to sleep yet 🌸 I'm pretty sure it's not a coincidence I have the same birthday as @studiodiy and Chris Pratt 🌸 I haven't heard some good new puns in a while... if you have any, I want em 🌸 When people don't know who SARK is I dont know how to accurately describe her 🌸 I just found out you can organize your Amazon wishlist by priority 🌸 Two online sexuality spectrum tests told me I'm strongly homosexual the other day which I disagree with 🌸 It makes me really happy every time someone posts in the Uncustomary Babes group 🌸 I like when Nick Miller buys a portapotty that was going in the trash and starts calling himself a small business owner in New Girl // 📷: @maurahousley #uncustomarylove (at Baltimore, Maryland)

There's no reason kids pools have to be just for kids. 🎈 You can fill them up with balls, balloons, water mixed with glitter to perform a mermaid baptism... It anything sitting in a kiddie pool makes you feel like you're utilizing the resource fully because you take up more space. 😉 // 📷: @maurahousley #uncustomarylove (at Baltimore, Maryland)

To celebrate Pink Flamingo Day, I flocked April's yard with almost 50 flamingos. 💞 I was so psyched to prank her and have her not catch me and just as we were taking photos she pulled up to the house. Maura and I grabbed everything and ran in the car and sped away while I yelled, "THIS STILL COUNTS!" hahha. I also taped up pink posterboards that said "You've Been Flocked!" just to circumvent any confusion. // 📷: @maurahousley #uncustomarylove #uncustomarystreetart (at Baltimore, Maryland)

I tried to do @aww.sam tutorial for a this rainbow sign board, but the letter didn't end up sticking on there, so I decided on doing more permanent messages with sticky letters. That means I have to come up with sayings that are extra important since they last longer, hence All Colors Are Equal. 🌈🌈🌈 // 📷: @maurahousley #uncustomarylove (at Baltimore, Maryland)

Leave a trail of glitter wherever you go. ☄// 📷: @maurahousley #uncustomarylove (at Baltimore, Maryland)

If you want, you can let your birthday spill into the next day by continuing to eat cake. 🍰 // 📷: @maurahousley #uncustomarylove (at Baltimore, Maryland)

It's my Schmidt birthday! 29! 29! 🎈🎉🎁 // 📷: @maurahousley #uncustomarylove (at Baltimore, Maryland)

"I'm not going to lie, this month has been really hard for me. Infighting between my husband and my parents, unfulfilled promised by both parties, being spread too thin at work and even thinner at home ... A favorite blogger of mine (Jenny Lawson, The Bloggess) has an amazing thing she does every so often with Amazon wish lists. ☄ You create a wishlist with one book, and share your link on her blog. One book that you've wanted - that you believe will change your life. I chose Mary's book because I've wanted it for so long. ✉ Today - a day when bad news just kept coming, and the temperature kept rising ... When the social and racial tensions on campus hit a new level - today, when I returned home from the grocery store - where I made the decision to have ice cream sundaes for dinner (a decision my 10 yr old daughter thinks is just amazing) - I found this package waiting for me. ❤❤❤ A person who will likely never know how much I needed this and how much it means to me." -- Get your copy of my book at Uncustomary.org/Book 📚 // 📷: @maurahousley #uncustomarylove #thisisaboutyoubook (at Baltimore, Maryland)