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A Very Colorful Christmas

By Mercedes Santana on December 21, 2020

I needed to revamp my holiday decor this year and because I have a pink Christmas tree I wanted to lean into something really bright and fun. A Small World Holiday meets a toddlers dreams. I actually got a lot of my inspiration for my color scheme off a holiday mug I bought at Marshall’s […]

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Cricut Crafts | Lifestyle

Christmas Craft: Clear Travel Ornaments

By Mercedes Santana on November 26, 2020

I saved some save or pebbles from beach trips because I knew I wanted to make these. I also usually keep tickets and other memories for scrapbooking so I had items for some of the other countries. Maybe I’ll start collecting real ornaments when travel opens again, but for now these match my pink tree. […]

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Passport to Orange County | Travel | Weekend Getaways from LA

Carlsbad Mini Trip: Recharging in a COVID World

By Mercedes Santana on October 18, 2020
Cliffs at South Carlsbad Beach | Mercedes Santana, PassportsandPapers.com

Or course, all our major plans for 2020 were canceled. Like our June trip to Peru and a family visit to Paris to see Henri’s grandparents. But, what really led us to the beachside town of Carlsbad? A restaurant called Cold Beers and Cheeseburgers. A basic name? Yes, but the burgers are so good! We […]

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Cricut Crafts | Lifestyle | Scrapbooking

Past Papers: Quarantine Scrapbook Pages

By Mercedes Santana on October 4, 2020

One silver-lining of quarantine has been that I have more time to craft and I’m okay with that. It also gave me time to reorganize my craft supplies, I love my improved little craft corner. I also finished all my pages from our trip to Greece and France last year! To view those European pages, […]

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Passport to Orange County: Victoria Beach

By Mercedes Santana on September 11, 2020

You may have seen Victoria Beach on Instagram or in a bridal magazine. I had it saved in my bookmarks on Instagram for so long that we finally planned a day to visit it. Victoria Beach is in Laguna Beach, just a bit passed the downtown area. We go to Laguna often and more recently […]

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Travel | Weekend Getaways from LA

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park: COVID Edition

By Mercedes Santana on August 15, 2020

Like the rest of the world our travel plans for 2020 were canceled. I couldn’t take much more of being home and to be honest, I was feeling major burnout from working remotely. I knew I needed a few days to disconnect and get outside. Luckily for me, I live in California which is home […]

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International Vacations | Travel | Weekend Getaways from LA

My Wanderlust Wish List

By Mercedes Santana on July 1, 2020
Santorini Sunset | Mercedes Santana Passports and Papers.com

I’ve always been obsessed with maps and learning more about the world. I’m still proud of the fact that I was the only second grader in my class to get 100% on the US maps test. After college Henri and I started planning an internal trip each year. First we went to Mexico, which I […]

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Lifestyle | Recipes

Recipe: Weeknight Kielbasa Skillet

By Mercedes Santana on June 5, 2020

This weekend kielbasa skillet is another recipe that tends to get a lot of DMs anytime I post it on my Instagram stories. So I finally put it to a poll vote last time I made it and it was a 100% “Yes” you all wanted this recipe. Again, like most recipes, I adapted it […]

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Delightful Italy Food Photos

By Mercedes Santana on April 28, 2020

If you needed another reason to add Italy to your travel list.

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Cricut Crafts | Lifestyle | Scrapbooking

Inside my Scrapbook: 2019 Greece & France

By Mercedes Santana on April 5, 2020

Which scrapbook page from my Europe trip is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below!

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The first hike of 2021 complete with great views ( The first hike of 2021 complete with great views (and trying to quickly take a non-masked photo before other hikers show up!)
Havana helped me craft, was my model, and edited m Havana helped me craft, was my model, and edited my blog post. Check out all the colorful Christmas DIYs I did, what inspired my theme, and what went sadly wrong. #LinkInBio please read!🎄
Thanksgiving week was mostly too much food, empty Thanksgiving week was mostly too much food, empty beaches, and lots of puppy cuddles. 🍁
Low tides and Catalina view sunsets ☀️ Low tides and Catalina view sunsets ☀️
Lol back in 2019 when this was a mood 😎Now the Lol back in 2019 when this was a mood 😎Now the mood is 😬 #TBT
Finally posted about our mini trip to @visitcarlsb Finally posted about our mini trip to @visitcarlsbad! It’s incredible how one night made us feel like we had gone to a faraway land. Check it out, leave some comments, show some love. Thanks! 💛
It’s officially fall which means it’s official It’s officially fall which means it’s officially Havana beach season again! ☀️
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