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by Kaylah Stroup September 29, 2015. Hi there! Welcome to The Dainty Squid! After ignoring this space for a while, I’m back! At least I’m trying to be. Back in September of 2020, my husband and I bought a 150-year-old mansion. Life has been busyand AMAZING. I want to get back to sharing all the fun stuff I’m up to (especially since it BLOG - THE DAINTY SQUIDCONTACTAFFILIATE DISCLOSUREABOUTREVIEWSTHE

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The Dainty Squid is a lifestyle blog based out of Northeast, Ohio. Renovating 150-year-old mansion and making every day magical.

STROUP MANSION

stroup mansion – drone footage! October 20, 2020. October 27, 2020. this post contains affiliate links. Last year for Christmas, Jeff surprised me with a drone! I had wanted one for a while but felt super overwhelmed by it all. Something I’ve learned over time is that when you start a new hobby, you should never buy the absolute cheapest THE ABANDONED ANASAZI INN Tears streamed down my face. Suddenly it all came rushing back to me. I could see her writing it. A moment nearly completely forgotten but clear as day now. I wasn’t looking for her but she presented herself. I sobbed. Took about four million photos and thanked all my lucky stars no one had covered it up yet. DUMP DIGGING TREASURES A few of the dump finds I’ve kept.. Since my first little foray into dump digging, it’s basically all I’ve thought about.There’s just something really spectacular about digging in the dirt and unearthing old things. That coupled with the fact that my nieces and nephew are

also super into it

HOW TO DRILL HOLES IN PLANTERS a drill. glass + tile bit (I’m using 5/16 inch) ceramic pot that needs a hole. rag to catch dust. occasionally, a water bottle. All you do is turn the pot upside down and start drilling. The key is to take it easy though. Apply pressure but not too much. I’ve found that some are super easy and go through like butter and others take a bit STROUP MANSION ARCHIVES It’s January of 2021 and this is my favorite room in the whole house. 3328 square feet and these ones are my favorite.. It’s not complete yet, I’m still hunting around for the perfect pieces of furniture (vanity, dresser, seating) to call my name.Still, this is the space I love to retreat to after a long day. BEAUTY, FASHION + HAIR ARCHIVES details glasses – Louise via Warby Parker sweater – Elsa Jumper c/o Blue Banana (also on Amazon with more sizes!) skirt – Modcloth (similar) shoes – Loly in the Sky My blogging schedule since moving has been erratic, to say the least. GHOST TOWN - WINTON, WY - THE DAINTY SQUID Throwing it back to June’s massive road trip again today. Check out the bottom of this post for links to previous posts. After a short stop at a neat old cemetery and some ooh-ing and ahhh–ing at wild horses, our next stop was the ghost town of Winton. Just to reiterate,

we really went into

HAIR DYE VS SALTWATER POOL! I think that each brand of hair dye has its good colors and bad colors. Maybe orange just isn’t Arctic Fox’s best dye but I definitely wouldn’t repurchase. (If you’re looking for a great orange – Special Effect’s Napalm is where it’s at!) At this point, even though I have a favorite brand of hair dye (Punky Colours) I do want to experiment since so many others have hit the market - THE DAINTY SQUIDBLOGABOUTCONTACTPLANTSFRIDAY FAVORITES #563ALL THE

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by Kaylah Stroup September 29, 2015. Hi there! Welcome to The Dainty Squid! After ignoring this space for a while, I’m back! At least I’m trying to be. Back in September of 2020, my husband and I bought a 150-year-old mansion. Life has been busyand AMAZING. I want to get back to sharing all the fun stuff I’m up to (especially since it BLOG - THE DAINTY SQUIDCONTACTAFFILIATE DISCLOSUREABOUTREVIEWSTHE

DAINTY SQUID

The Dainty Squid is a lifestyle blog based out of Northeast, Ohio. Renovating 150-year-old mansion and making every day magical.

STROUP MANSION

stroup mansion – drone footage! October 20, 2020. October 27, 2020. this post contains affiliate links. Last year for Christmas, Jeff surprised me with a drone! I had wanted one for a while but felt super overwhelmed by it all. Something I’ve learned over time is that when you start a new hobby, you should never buy the absolute cheapest THE ABANDONED ANASAZI INN Tears streamed down my face. Suddenly it all came rushing back to me. I could see her writing it. A moment nearly completely forgotten but clear as day now. I wasn’t looking for her but she presented herself. I sobbed. Took about four million photos and thanked all my lucky stars no one had covered it up yet. DUMP DIGGING TREASURES A few of the dump finds I’ve kept.. Since my first little foray into dump digging, it’s basically all I’ve thought about.There’s just something really spectacular about digging in the dirt and unearthing old things. That coupled with the fact that my nieces and nephew are

also super into it

HOW TO DRILL HOLES IN PLANTERS a drill. glass + tile bit (I’m using 5/16 inch) ceramic pot that needs a hole. rag to catch dust. occasionally, a water bottle. All you do is turn the pot upside down and start drilling. The key is to take it easy though. Apply pressure but not too much. I’ve found that some are super easy and go through like butter and others take a bit STROUP MANSION ARCHIVES It’s January of 2021 and this is my favorite room in the whole house. 3328 square feet and these ones are my favorite.. It’s not complete yet, I’m still hunting around for the perfect pieces of furniture (vanity, dresser, seating) to call my name.Still, this is the space I love to retreat to after a long day. BEAUTY, FASHION + HAIR ARCHIVES details glasses – Louise via Warby Parker sweater – Elsa Jumper c/o Blue Banana (also on Amazon with more sizes!) skirt – Modcloth (similar) shoes – Loly in the Sky My blogging schedule since moving has been erratic, to say the least. GHOST TOWN - WINTON, WY - THE DAINTY SQUID Throwing it back to June’s massive road trip again today. Check out the bottom of this post for links to previous posts. After a short stop at a neat old cemetery and some ooh-ing and ahhh–ing at wild horses, our next stop was the ghost town of Winton. Just to reiterate,

we really went into

HAIR DYE VS SALTWATER POOL! I think that each brand of hair dye has its good colors and bad colors. Maybe orange just isn’t Arctic Fox’s best dye but I definitely wouldn’t repurchase. (If you’re looking for a great orange – Special Effect’s Napalm is where it’s at!) At this point, even though I have a favorite brand of hair dye (Punky Colours) I do want to experiment since so many others have hit the market THE BEETLE + THE MOURNING RING the beetle + the mourning ring. by Kaylah Stroup March 5, 2020. March 5, 2020. You know how I have science-based beliefs regarding life and death, how I know that my mom is gone. Dead. Cremated. Mixed with the dirt and the earth. Currently sitting on a shelf, growing into a tree and now swirled into a piece of jewelry I wear. HOW TO DRILL HOLES IN PLANTERS a drill. glass + tile bit (I’m using 5/16 inch) ceramic pot that needs a hole. rag to catch dust. occasionally, a water bottle. All you do is turn the pot upside down and start drilling. The key is to take it easy though. Apply pressure but not too much. I’ve found that some are super easy and go through like butter and others take a bit BLOG - PAGE 2 OF 125 - THE DAINTY SQUID The Dainty Squid is a lifestyle blog based out of Northeast, Ohio. Renovating 150-year-old mansion and making every day magical. FRIDAY FAVORITES #557 How to Raise a Plant (and make it love you back.) This book looks super cute. Looking like a snack while looking for a snack. My husband’s second book, Abandoned Northern Ohio, was released this week! I’m so so so proud of him. He worked super hard finding great locations for it. Happy Friday! FRIDAY FAVORITES #555 Friday Favorites #555. March 14, 2020. March 14, 2020. this post contains affiliate links. Okay but just imagine this cabinet filled with skulls, medical models and all the other wonderfully weird stuff I have! Gah, it’d be amazing. This Frank Reynolds pin is perfect. This mug! Love love love this dress.

PSYCH BLUES #4

It’s a regular 35mm film so you can use it in any camera (that takes 35mm film, of course) and it can be developed anywhere the processes film. We were just about to leave on June’s epic roadtrip so I used that as my excuse to splurge. I bought two rolls, #3 and #4. Although all their films look really neat, I was most excited about #4. ONE YEAR OF THE DAINTY SQUID Today marks one year since I reopened The Dainty Squid shop!. Looking back, I kind of feel like my reopening of the shop was a spur of the moment decision. It just took one email and all of a sudden I’m buying the supplies.

GRIEF & ROAD TRIPS

Before I lost my mom, I didn’t realize how messy grief was. I knew people were sad after they lost a loved one but I didn’t understand the extent of it. I honestly feel really guilty about that. I think as a culture we could do better about talking about death and helping the

grieving

GIRL IN BLUE

While browsing I found a post about the girl in blue. “For sixty years, the young lady who had been hit by a train near aboarding house in Willoughby was simply known as “The Girl in Blue.”. No one knew who she was, where she was going or who to contact about her death on

Christmas Eve 1933.

HAIR UPDATE

The little streak of cosmic sunshine that was in my bangs is poppin now. My hair, which was undeniably red for a week or so after dyeing it, is now finally matching the color on the bottle of sunset orange. To quickly sum up my thoughts on Arctic Fox so far, I’d definitely use it again for a big change.

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