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April 2025 Moodboard (Desktop & iPhone Wallpapers!)

Fran Acciardo April 2025 Moodboard (Desktop & iPhone Wallpapers!)


Hello, April! How are we already through Q1?! I feel like the year just started! 


I hope you love this month's moodboard! Please tag me on Instagram if you download this month's moodboard -- I absolutely love to see it on your screens! The moodboard love really does make this so much more fun!

March 2025 Moodboard (Desktop & iPhone Wallpapers!)

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Good morning, March!! I am so excited for spring just around the corner - it was so cold here in NYC a few weeks ago and it made me very ready to swap out my puffers for my cropped trench, cashmere beanies for baseball caps, and boots for ballet flats again!


February was a fabulous month with a ski trip to Montreal with my dad, and celebrating my five-year (crazy!!) anniversary with Joe last night. I'm excited for a trip to Aspen this week (I've never been!) and another trip back to Vermont at the end of the month to wrap up my ski season. I can't wait for a little warmer weather and spring flowers, too.


Anyway, I hope you love this month's moodboard! Please tag me on Instagram if you download this month's moodboard -- I absolutely love to see it on your screens! The moodboard love really does make this so much more fun!

April 2024 Moodboard (Desktop & iPhone Wallpapers!)

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Happy April! Hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend! So excited to share a springy new moodboard for the month ahead - very pastel, floral, and fresh for spring! I hope you love it!


Hope you love this month's moodboard; apologies for getting it up a few hours later than usual! As always, please tag me on Instagram if you download it -- I absolutely love to see the mood board on your screens!

Easter / Spring Dresses (All Under $250!)

Easter / Spring Dresses (All Under $250!) - Fran Acciardo

Growing up, Easter was always one of my favorite holidays. I grew up in a family that went to church every single Sunday together, so we took Easter pretty seriously! It usually meant a new dress, an Easter egg hunt, brunch, and sometimes even seeing my grandparents (which, of course, was always special). I have such happy memories with my family on Easter Sunday; I always think of a sunny, spring day, with tulips, easter baskets, and dressing up for church before coming home and enjoying a delicious spread by my mom. It's a nostalgic holiday for me, and a day that I really look forward to celebrating when I have my own family.


Anyway, as I've gotten older, I feel like it's lost a bit of its sparkle... in college, and even now, it's not necessarily a "big enough" holiday to "go home" for, so I don't feel like I properly celebrate it how I used to, although I really wish I did!


This year, I am heading to Paris for Easter, *hopefully*. Since Easter is next weekend, it's creeping up quickly, and with all of the unrest in Paris right now, I'm just hoping we won't need to cancel our trip last minute. If we do make it, we have plans for mass, followed by brunch. I'm going with my friend Katie whose birthday is actually on Easter Sunday this year, too, so we of course have some fun evening plans as well!


While I'm not spending a traditional Easter with my family this year, I couldn't help but round up some pretty spring dresses for the occasion. I picked a variety of price points (including options under $100), but all of them are under $250. 

This Week's Top 10: So! Many! Exciting! Things!

Atlantic Pacific x LAKE Pajamas


1. Hello and happy Friday! What a week! I had two influencer events this week, tonight I have a joint birthday party for two of my fabulous friends, and tomorrow (drumroll please!) I am shooting my apartment with a fellow blogger. To say I've been a bit overwhelmed would be an understatement, but all good things!!!


2. The highlight of the week so far was undoubtedly the launch party on Tuesday night for the LAKE Pajamas X Atlantic Pacific collaboration. It was simply surreal to me that I was included in an event alongside so many of the bloggers I grew up following. Not to mention, the pajama collection could not be cuter! 


I have this pair of PJ's and this robe from the collection and I can't stop wearing them. Also, love this set for the pool/beach!


I just... I'm really at a loss to describe how excited I am about this. I actually made three tik toks exclusively from Tuesday night, haha! Blair could not have been nicer, more beautiful, or more humble in person. I really do check her blog every single day (there are very few blogs I check anymore!), so it was overall such a pinch-me opportunity.


3. I was pretty proud of my outfit on Tuesday night; I linked everything here, including these perfectly pink slingbacks (fabulous for spring!), my favorite feather bag, and this striped top (on sale!) that I purposely wore to match the collection!

May Moodboard (Desktop & iPhone Wallpaper)

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May is here!! This mood board is one of my favorites I've made in a while... this month just feels so exciting; I will be traveling quite a bit, for Mother's Day and then to a wedding, and I just feel so excited and happy about the warmer spring weather as well. I hope you all have a fabulous start to this new month and enjoy the mood board as much as I do!!

Spring Finds Under $200

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I've found so many cute pieces for spring, all under $200, and rounded them all up here for you!


Shop the collage:

April Moodboard (Desktop & iPhone Wallpaper)

fran acciardo April 2022 mood board spring pink and green bloom flowers nye desktop wallpaper iphone wallpaper aesthetic download love pastel easter springy floral vibes

Happy April everyone! As I've said every single month this year, 2022 is flying by! Easter is in just two weeks, and my puffer has already been put away! This mood board is kind of similar to the March mood board with the pink and green theme, I hope you don't mind... just couldn't help myself! This month's mood board is truly manifesting spring with lots of pink and green and flowers and sunny days... here's to hoping we all get a little warm weather and not too much rain!

Spring Wishlist

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Hello! I am back today with another fun round-up of spring finds. After posting 15+ spring dresses for any occasion last week, I found so many more pretty pieces I wanted to share with all of you to spruce up our wardrobes this season. 

This Week's Top 10: Podcasts, Apartment Updates, Summer Dresses

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1. If you follow me on Instagram or Tik Tok, you already know this and are probably annoyed with my (LOL sorry), but this week I elevated my morning routine to a whole new level and was truly thriving as a result. I've been waking up at 6AM, doing a 15-20 minute at-home workout (I like Mad Fit on Youtube!), and then walking for about an hour. 


2. I've switched up the podcasts I listen to on those morning walks and have been enjoying the super motivating Mindset Mentor (especially loved this episode) followed by The New York Times Daily to get caught up on what's happening in the world. Highly recommend both podcasts if you don't listen to them already!


3. Speaking of what's going on in our world, more specifically, our country, the Daily episode on Derek Chauvin's charges that came out this week was a great listen. I found it particularly interesting and engaging to hear about how things felt and went down (or up, honestly) in Minnesota on Wednesday.

April Moodboard (Desktop Wallpaper!)


Hello!! Happy April!! How are we already a quarter of the way through 2021? I am in my new apartment in NYC and so happy to be here. Can't wait to share everything with you all soon as I get more settled.  I switched it up a little with the mood board this month and I hope you love this one as much as I do, even though it's over a week late... I'm so sorry!!

March Moodboard (Desktop Wallpaper!)


Hello!! Happy March!! Apologies for my absence/lack of content lately, I've been... preoccupied ;) This month is going to be wild and I have spent the last two weeks crying both happy and sad tears and making lots of plans... if you follow closely, you probably know what's coming but if not, you're in for a surprise! Anyway, that said, this month I am trying to stay really positive, focus on myself, and curate good vibes to keep a positive mindset. March can be a dreary month, but it can also mean the start of spring and warmer temps, so green, positive vibes are what I am choosing to manifest!

April Moodboard + Mindset


Even though I have no idea what day it is most of the time, I'm surprised we are already almost a week into April. This month I want to focus on gratitude.

Spring Finds Under $100

photo via Brunch on Chestnut

Welcome back! In today's episode of "how I'm procrastinating my ~virtual~ homework by writing blog posts instead," I'm sharing a ton of cute spring things I've found under $100! I mentioned on Friday that I haven't been doing a lot of shopping for clothes... I have nothing to get dressed for these days (does anyone?!), but that doesn't mean that spring won't eventually roll around, and we might find ourselves craving a cute outfit to keep us sane. Maybe in a few weeks, we will even get a little Instagram photo while social distancing? I mean, the quarantine creativity is surely only going up from here.

March Moodboard


I've been on a big "good vibes" mission since getting back to school. I don't know exactly how to describe it besides that it is what it sounds like... everything I've been doing has been (mostly, or at least intentionally) pretty centered around how good the vibes are. For example, I've been surrounding myself with people who make me happy, switching up my workouts because it just makes me feel good, and shopping more intentionally to build a wardrobe I love.

Recent Purchases


There are a handful of great sales happening right now, so I want to share some recent purchases I've made to step up my spring wardrobe! I've been feeling uninspired and dissatisfied with my wardrobe recently, and my favorite pair of jeans actually ripped last week, sending me on a bit of a shopping bender...

This Week's Top 10: Easter Weekend

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1. Happy Friday and Easter weekend! It's been a minute since I shared a TWT10, so I have a lot to fill you in on!!!

2. I am home in Milwaukee this weekend for Easter and really enjoying it so far. This summer I interned with my close friend Koryn, who's boyfriend is in a great band in Milwaukee, so I went to their show last night. Koryn is an amazing photographer and took some of my best photos this summer (like these, these, and these!)! I am so glad I got to catch up with her! The show was at the cutest venue and I had a great time. 

3. One of my roommates (hi Coco!) and our friend who took us on spring break in Mexico are both coming over for Easter on Sunday. I'm so excited! My brother is also coming home for Easter and I can't wait to celebrate with him, my mom, and friends. I mentioned in my Easter outfit inspiration blog post this week that I will be wearing this dress!

Easter Inspiration + RTR Update


Happy Monday! This past weekend I was selecting my next round of pieces from Rent the Runway and got so inspired by the selection of Easter egg-hued styles. I decided to pull together a little roundup of pretty spring pieces that would look amazing for not only Easter, but any spring event! RTR has the fastest shipping, so if you're still looking for something to wear this coming weekend I would totally recommend checking out their available styles in particular! 

Spring Edit




I was looking through some old blog posts from last spring when I rediscovered this "spring edit" that I did. I find it really interesting to see how my style evolves year after year, but the basis of what I love typically remains the same. I'll always be partial to a great pair of jeans, classic sunglasses, and a cool pair of white sneaks. Although it isn't quite yet spring, the weather this weekend was so sunny and finally above 30 degrees (lol, literally felt like a heat wave!) and with spring break at the end of this week, I'm hoping to finally put away my parka once midterms are over!

Pretty in Pink




Happy Thursday! Exams are in full swing for me now; my first was yesterday, I have another today, two on Sunday (isn't that rude?!) and my last on Monday before I am done with half of my college career (!!!) and starting summer! This semester has been the most fun semester I've had at college so far and I can't even believe how happy I am with college at this point, especially in comparison to this time last year. Anyways, if you follow me on social media you might know I've been on a major pink kick lately. I can't wait to include more pink into my wardrobe this summer, especially because my current daily outfits consist 99% of neutral colors, like white tops, denim, and shades of blue.