From the monthly archives:

May 2011

A day at the park with Jennifer Garner

by Allison May 6, 2011Travel
popcorn

I was invited to go spend the day with Jennifer Garner in Los Angeles again, and even though I’m up to my neck in work, it’s just not the kind of day I wanted to pass on.  The kids were invited to come too, so we booked a flight for Viktor and made a quick [...]

Read the full article →

back yard renovations part three

by Allison May 6, 2011Home
deck

I talked yesterday a little bit about our strategy with the back yard renovation, but I’m going to flesh it out a little bit today.  Here you can see the first part of the back yard renovations, and back yard renovations part two. Our first objective was to make the back yard look presentable, which [...]

Read the full article →

back yard renovations part two

by Allison May 5, 2011Home
Big K

Our entire back yard renovation came from Kmart.  Can you believe that?  Me either. Since our back yard has been so sketchy looking for so long, it really needed a little pick me up.  Our first priority in getting the yard into shape was to make it look presentable, which translates to: flowers. Flowers are [...]

Read the full article →

What’s in your purse series week forty six

by Allison May 5, 2011Bags
baby bag

This week’s What’s in your Purse Series purse is from Polly.  Thanks! –If you want to submit your purse to the series take two photos of your purse {nice, clean non-blurry ones} one of the outside, one of the inside, along with a listing of the contents to allisonATpetitelefantDOTcom Ahem . . . is it [...]

Read the full article →

how to remove your makeup with olive oil

by Allison May 4, 2011Beauty
olive oil

I’m really in love with olive oil,  I think it’s the 8th natural wonder of the world.  In addition to cooking with olive oil I use it for moisturizer, homemade bath bombs, homemade sugar scrub, natural deep hair conditioner, and yes I use it to remove my makeup. It seems really counter-intuitive to put oil [...]

Read the full article →

I’m in love with purple everything

by Allison May 3, 2011Style
purple everything

I’m in love with purple everything right now.  While it’s not the color of the moment {coral is whether it’s a good color on me or not. it isn’t}, I still love everything about it.  Purple gives just the right amount of punch to an outfit. HP sent me a Mini laptop in Lavender to [...]

Read the full article →

back yard renovations

by Allison May 2, 2011Home
backyard

Our backyard has taken a brutal beating this winter, what with all the snow and you know, freezing temperatures Utah has to offer.  Once the first snowstorm hits in about October it’s like the yard has been a victim of natural disaster.  Toys spend the winter entombed in snow exactly where they were dropped when [...]

Read the full article →

bad fashion week part 7

by Allison May 2, 2011Shoes
thick soles

It was all fun and games in the 90′s when we were being ironically sad and hopeless, wearing baggy flannel and worrying about our collegiate and suburban futures, but the gig is up.  Thick soled shoes are for people who legitimately need to wear them for health reasons {maybe you have one leg that’s shorter [...]

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Read the full article →
Page 4 of 41234
Improve the web with Nofollow Reciprocity.