From the monthly archives:

September 2009

coach wristlet giveaway.

by Allison September 17, 2009giveaways

In honor of my birthday today {I’m 32, wohoo!} I’m giving something away. When I went to the thrift store the other day I found a Coach Wristlet. I know. It really doesn’t mean much to me, and I don’t have the energy to look into whether or not it’s a fake, but I thought [...]

Read the full article →

great thrift store bargains.

by Allison September 17, 2009Home

{Stack of melamine strawberry plates for a cousin of mine who’s obsessed with all things strawberry? .50 cents each} I’m a thrift store junkie. I blame it on a childhood deprived of the finer things in life. I learned early on to find things on the cheap, led my my father, the King of D.I. [...]

Read the full article →

happy 30th birthday to my foxy little sister.

by Allison September 16, 2009family_remembering

Happy 30th Birthday, I love you.

Read the full article →

with love, from grandpa.

by Allison September 16, 2009Family

There are a handful of people in my life who’ve shaped the woman I am today: spiritually, intellectually, emotionally. My mother’s parents are on the short list. Both my grandfather and my grandmother contributed, each in a very different way. But today I’m thinking about grandpa. He’s on my mind. My grandfather was an intellectual, [...]

Read the full article →

cozy babies

by Kimberly September 16, 2009Baby and Kids

with all the sweater love going on all over the place, here’s a smattering of my favorite cozy looks for the wee ones. gap, $34.50 gap, $29.99 j. crew, $58 ouef, $80 boden, $48 var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-3347741-1"); [...]

Read the full article →

make a homemade memory game.

by Allison September 15, 2009Family
memory game

Before we headed off to BlogHer, Alma wanted to come up with a different take on the business card. And because she’s so clever she created a memory game with a handful of her patterns to hand out to people. Seriously. My brain doesn’t work that way but it worships people who do. I snagged [...]

Read the full article →

hanes gift card giveaway winners!

by Allison September 15, 2009giveaways

Two things are clear to me after the Hanes giveaway: 1. Hanes knows how to rock it; it’s not all socks and underwear at Hanes these days. 2. Everyone needs more socks and underwear in their lives. That being said, here are the two luckies who get a $50 Hanes gift card in their mailbox [...]

Read the full article →

make a homemade craft birthday box for kids.

by Allison September 15, 2009Family
craft birthday box

I love the creative birthday presents my kids get once in a while from their friends. Last year P got all the ingredients necessary to make cookies including: Ziploc baggie with sugar cookie mix, an apron, chef hat, wooden spoons, frosting, and cookie cutters. It was her favorite present. We started thinking of fun things [...]

Read the full article →

final posts on design mom.

by Allison September 14, 2009Family

I finished off my last couple posts for Design Mom on Friday. I didn’t know there were people in the world who don’t play with makeup for hours every day and pore over fashion magazines to see how eyeliner is being worn this season. Apparently though, there are women out there inventing things instead of [...]

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Read the full article →
Page 3 of 612345...Last »
Improve the web with Nofollow Reciprocity.