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October 2011

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Halloween round up

by Allison on October 31, 2011 in Family, family_holiday

There are a million and one amazing things on the interwebz, many of them made by amazing friends with mad skills.  Here’s a Halloween round up of absolute fun for everyone.

Get excited, get very excited.

halloween potion bottle

{photo from Make and Takes via Little Birdie Secrets}

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Halloween craft roundup

by Allison on October 28, 2011 in Family, family_holiday · 2 comments

Looking for a few last minute ideas for a Halloween party this weekend?  I’ve got your back.  Need some treats for your: co-workers, roommates, kids classroom?  Did and done.

how to halloween treat bags

Treat bags for Halloween

how to make a pumpkin orange

Pumpkin craft for Halloween

And:

 

Have a safe + fun Halloween weekend!

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Home » Bags Style » what’s in your purse series week sixty nine

what’s in your purse series week sixty nine

by Allison on October 27, 2011 in Bags, Style · 1 comment

This week’s What’s in Your Purse Series purse is from Emily.  Love it!

If you love this series and want more of it, submit your purse. Take two photos of your purse {nice, clear, non-blurry ones} one of the outside, one of the inside, along with a listing of the contents to allisonATpetitelefantDOTcom

Here’s my purse: A white/grey Tano crossbody bag with a turquoise interior, scored on MAJOR sale at Anthropologie for $19.95 (marked down from over $100).

what's in your purse series

Inside I keep:

what's in your purse

purse contents

  • My red Hobo wallet, bought on a discount shopping site-great wallet
  • My Gap sunglasses
  • My “My” makeup bag (Joe Fresh lip gloss, powder, hand cream, ibuprofen inside)
  • My checkbook
  • A pack of gum
  • A hair elastic
  • My beehive birdhouse key-chain and keys
  • Pen

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how to make glitter pumpkins

by Allison October 26, 2011Family
how to make glitter pumpkins

Over the weekend the kids and I went crazy with glitter.  I forget how much fun it is to play with glitter until I do it, and then I’m looking for anything in the house that needs a little “sprucing up”.  Oh dear. Anyway, we crafted like crazy, and today I’m here to show you [...]

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Shoulder surgery is for suckers

by Allison October 25, 2011Family
spouse

Fifteen years ago when Viktor and I were just dating, he had shoulder surgery.  He recovered quickly because, well, he was a teenager.  {side-note: I was a child bride}  Over the passing years that shoulder has fallen apart, but his *good* shoulder has become a nightmare. When we went surfing last Fall, poor Viktor just [...]

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how to pumpkin mask

by Allison October 24, 2011Beauty
pumpkin facial

I’ve had this pumpkin mask in my arsenal for awhile, so I’m excited to finally whip it out for you. Whip it out! Get it?  Because you whip the pum….. Never mind. Are you here from StumbleUpon? Thanks so much for visiting! If you like what you see, I have plenty more where this came [...]

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must have travel kit for children

by Allison October 21, 2011Travel
traveling kit for children

We do our fair share of traveling, and over the years we’ve developed some systems that work really well for our family.  One of these is a travel kit for children.  No matter where we are, whether it’s a on road trip to California or on a train across Europe, we pack a little Zip-Lock [...]

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what’s in your purse series week sixty eight

by Allison October 20, 2011Bags
leather purse

This week’s What’s in Your Purse Series purse is from Cabesh.  Thanks you! If you love this series and want more of it, submit your purse. Take two photos of your purse {nice, clear, non-blurry ones} one of the outside, one of the inside, along with a listing of the contents to allisonATpetitelefantDOTcom My purse [...]

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how to: melting crayons

by Allison October 19, 2011Family
new crayon

Have you ever melted broken crayons?  My mom used to let us dump out our huge #10 can full of broken odds + ends to melt on the griddle about once a year, and let me tell you it’s one of the highlights of my childhood. There’s something magical about the smell of melting wax. [...]

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