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Jessica Sturdy

United States

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Hi there! My name is Jessica Sturdy and I’m a twenty-something currently living in the Gold Coast in Chicago. I grew up in a small town in Illinois, but prior to moving back to the midwest, I spent a good chunk of my post-grad life living in New York City. While NYC and the East Coast will always hold a special place in my heart, it feels nice to be home. Bows & Sequins is a fashion-focused lifestyle blog where you’ll find posts about my personal style and current sartorial inspirations, my two cents on beauty products, ideas for decorating a small space, and adventures from my everlasting wanderlust.

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The big purchase we're making for our living room... 💸 https://bowsandsequins.com/2023/02/23/tolle-cabinet/ https://twitter.com/bowsandsequins/status/1628945558735060992/photo/1
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Decor plans for our living room... https://bowsandsequins.com/2023/02/23/tolle-cabinet/ https://twitter.com/bowsandsequins/status/1628781145751015424/photo/1
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Wowza! #MyTwitterAnniversary https://twitter.com/bowsandsequins/status/1614817505255505920/photo/1
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Sparkly party shoes with a sensible heel under $50 - linked in my stories! ✨ #holidayoutfit #partyshoes #founditonamazon #amazonfashion #sparkle #bowseason #shinyponies
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It’s giving… card catalogs and the Dewey Decimal System 📚🤓 Swipe 👈 saw this meme as I was wearing said outfit and realized 𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 might just be my entire...
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🚨 GIVEAWAY CLOSED! Congrats @beckaroo89 & @thekelleycate — DM me and I will send you your codes!! 💌 If you’re feeling overwhelmed with all of the gifts and shopping, I’ve got some pret...
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These pecan bars have become my go-to Friendsgiving dish for the last four or five years! They are SO good and so easy to make! I can’t take credit for the recipe, both from @addapinch. 𝙨𝙝...
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AD: If you’re not already a @dunkin Rewards member, download the app to join in on the fun! Every Monday in November, Rewards members get a FREE medium coffee with any purchase. Happy Monday, fam...
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My latest nail art obsession… VELVET! ✨ It’s even prettier than chrome, less messy, and sooo sparkly for the holidays! You’ll never believe how they do it (with a magnet! 🧲) — I’ll ...
4 months ago
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AD: From walks in the park to winding down on the patio, nothing is cozier than @cuddlduds 🥰 Cozy, warm, and comfortable. ✔️✔️✔️ They’re the perfect layers to mix into your fall an...
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Got to check out the new speakeasy @fschicago last week! 🍹Mile High Cocktail Club on the 46th floor… ✈️ Such a swanky space with gorgeous views, especially at sunset. (Which is now unfortu...
4 months ago
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AD: All about a morning routine over here! ☕️ Now that the seasons are changing, it all starts with @cuddlduds. The coziest layers that take you from inside to out! The first task on my to-do...
4 months ago
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Holding on to fall just a little bit longer over here… 🍂🍁 Chicago is having the most luxuriously long fall so far, the best that I can remember since I moved back from New York. Save for a...
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All outfit links can be found on my blog! www.bowsandsequins.com #octoberoutfits🍂 #falloutfits #realoutfitgram #chicagoblogger #outfitoftheday #outfitchallenge
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Happy Halloween! 🎃 Here’s a little look at how I decorated our back patio for October… We don’t have a front porch, so I may have went a little overboard with mums and pumpkins consideri...
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For those mornings when you can’t figure out what to wear… #octoberoutfits🍂
5 months ago
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Welp, finally feels like fall is here to stay so I’m just fully leaning into it 🍂🍁 It’s always way too fleeting (at least in Chicago!) so making time to soak it all up before these pretty...
5 months ago
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Never enough, tbh 🌼🍂🍁🎃 #mums #pumpkins #falldecor #bridesmaids #itooknine #porchdecor #porchpumpkins #patiodecor
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Pumpkin spice and everything nice 🎃🍂🍁 I’ve been loving this take on chrome nails that @legendarynailsbykota and I came up with! It’s a light orangey brown with silver chrome powder on...
5 months ago
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If you feel like you’re in a little bit of a wardrobe slump, you’re not alone. My girlfriends and I, as well as a lot of my styling clients, have been talking about the struggles we’ve been f...
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One of the trends I’m loving the most lately… #tenniscore 🎾⛳️ All links can be found on my blog! bowsandsequins.com (currently three posts back - published 9/15) #countryclub #golfgirl...
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And two years ago today, we had our first date @parsonschicken 🍹🍗
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You can take the girl out of Italy, but she’s still going to spritz 🍹 (even though it turned to fall in Chicago — both literally and figuratively — while she was there 🍂🥴)
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#ad Always runnin’ on @dunkin ! 🏃🏼‍♀️☕️ Celebrate National Coffee Day with Dunkin’ on September 29th - this Thursday! DD Perks Members get a FREE Medium Hot or Iced Coffee with ...
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The coziest outdoor nook for morning coffee and a glass of wine at sunset 🖤🤍 All links on LTK (JessicaSturdy) or my website — www.bowsandsequins.com 🏡
6 months ago
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Sharing photos of our back patio and links to the outdoor furniture/decor I chose on the blog today! 👉🏼 www.bowsandsequins.com
6 months ago
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Hanging onto summer with one more bright mani, my favorite striped short set (linked in stories!), and savoring what’s left of hydrangea season. 💅🏼🌸💘
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🚨 Denim Trend You’re Going to Want to Try! 👖 Barrel pants, balloon jeans, this style of pant has a bunch of different names. Essentially, they’re a wider leg denim that tapers in at the ...
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When you know *exactly* what you like, but you like wayyyyy too many things, you bring in the professionals: thehavenly — Can’t wait to work with a designer to figure out a way to make our bedr...
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*goes all in on white after labor day* 🎰 Can’t believe this was pretty much three years ago to the day… Feels like yesterday and a lifetime ago all at the same time. Always the best of time...
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The *best* dessert on a summer night 🍑🌶🍦 #peaches🍑 #peachesandcream #summervibes #summernights #grillporn #summerrecipes #talenti #mikeshothoney
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𝑺𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 … What the what?! They say August is the Sunday of summer, which kinda makes my birthday (yesterday, the 31st!) the Sunday 𝑺𝒄𝒂...
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such a special weekend in 𝕊𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕒 𝔽𝕖 📍🏜🌵🍹🥰 #jetsetJRS
7 months ago
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Spending the evening hearing from local women founders and networking with other entrepre-curious minds… #𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 ⚡️ This past Thursday night was time well-spent...
7 months ago
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summer sunset appreciation post 🙏🏼😍🌅
7 months ago
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Just realized I have soooo many more pictures from Miami that I never posted! 🙈 Miami was the other “calm before the storm” because the week I got back, we decided to go to a few open houses...
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C H R O M E ✨ My last appointment with the 🐐 legendary_nails_by_nataliia before she left us to go open legendarylashandnail MIAMI later this year 💅🏼🌴
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Photo dump just sounds vulgar, so we're going to go with Lolla photo 𝑫𝑹𝑶𝑷 🤪 PS: when you see the last video… 😂🐄🐮
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We’re 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 thanks to midasofficial! #ad We made the #TripBeforeTheTrip to Midas for a total car check-up before road-tripping to Michigan this m...
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I’m bACK 😉 Took an accidental little Instagram hiatus for the better part of the last two months… 😬 But the dust is finally settling a bit and I'm getting into my new groove! 😅 But ...
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Had to do it… 😂🐶 #spoileddog #labsofinstagram #blacklab
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I’m embarrassed to admit just how many times I’ve worn this jumpsuit so far this summer 🫣 But it’s SO CUTE! (Swipe for the full length view… Need to adjust my mirror pic angle so I can g...
7 months ago
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Honey, we’re HOME! 🏡 I can’t believe it’s been a MONTH since we moved… 😱 It’s been a busy summer, but it feels like the dust is finally settling. It’s been a journey (to say th...
7 months ago
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Moves uptown and immediately starts acting sporty… What the big dill?! 🤪 The tennis courts at the park by our new place don’t have pickleball lines or lower nets (yet?!), but I picked up a s...
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Spent last week mostly offline at a lake house in Wisconsin with some of our friends and their kiddos! It was a fullllll house with five adults, four kids, and two dogs. 🥰👨‍👩‍👧‍�...
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Life’s better at the lake 🛶😎
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My Top 5 Must-Haves for Summer https://wp.me/p2uA5D-bfs https://twitter.com/bowsandsequins/status/1529186605533110272/photo/1
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🧊 dunkin Iced Coffee Day is Wednesday, May 25th! #ad 🧡 $1 from every Iced Coffee sold will benefit the JoyInChildhood foundation! #SipIcedBringJoy #IcedCoffee #dunkin
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Best week in Miami with the coolest crew! 💕 #jgcontentretreat #miamibeach
10 months ago
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Miami nights 🌈✨ Wore this sparkly saylorny dress to the most incredible (and fun!) dinner thesetaimiamibeach - highly recommend making a rez next time you’re in town. Great music, lots of e...
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