Welcome to As Told By! We’re Ashley and Shelby Dunn aka Ash and Shelbs. We’re sisters and we currently live in New York City but we were born and raised in Texas. Together we own As Told By, a lifestyle website focused on providing inspiration for your daily life while sharing a piece of ours.
We’ve already shared our fall bucket list and our favorite things to do in New York City in the fall, but today I wanted to share some of the things that inspire us for this season. We always turn to…
I can’t believe this is my first lush haul on this blog, because I feel like I have been a lush connoisseur for years. The Christmas range is my favorite, but I popped in to buy a couple of the…
When the weather turns crisp, I want nothing more than to spend as much time outside as possible. So, on one of the first jacket weather days of the season, we headed up to the Bronx and spent an afternoon…
Yesterday was October 1st, which means three things. It’s now my favorite month of the year, it’s my birthday month (I’m getting old), and we owe you guys our September favorites. So, before we get full on into all of…
It’s October. You know what that means. Time to break out the scarves. Scarves are my go to fall accessory. I wear coats and scarves 8 months out of the year living in New York, so I tend to buy…
Did y’all know that we are on Instagram? We like to post beautiful behind the scenes pictures, quotes, and daily musings for you. You can follow us at @astoldbyashandshelbs or click here. Here are a few of our favorite pictures…
There is nothing quite like the State Fair of Texas. Oprah did a show on it a few years ago and Ellen did a segment on it last fall. But in the off chance you haven’t heard of it, the…
What’s even better than a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks!? None other than Pumpkin Spice Latte M&M’s put into cookies. I know I know, we are genius right? Every Christmas Ashley makes cookies with the red and green M&M’s so…
We heart Mindy Kaling. In fact, she’s a member of my imaginary girl gang, and someone that I would definitely invite to a dinner party. I read her first book, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (And Other Concerns) and…
Yesterday we gave you our general fall to do list, which by the way I am SO excited about. Give me apple picking, doughnuts, apple cider, cold air and I’m in heaven. Ashley and I are so fortunate that we…
To us, fall is the best time of the year. We love the chill in the air, the changing leaves, cozy sweaters and scarves, and of course pumpkin spice lattes. We are also big list makers so we decided to…