{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. D.I. {short for Deseret Industries} is a thrift store operated by the church I belong to, and it. is. enormous. And as far as thrift…
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Happy 30th Birthday, I love you.
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, the smartest man I’ve ever known. He and his buddy Harvey Fletcher started the engineering program at Brigham Young University, he designed unbelievable bridges all…
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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"); pageTracker._initData(); pageTracker._trackPageview();
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 a memory game for myself {because I’m selfish like that} even though I have no trouble at all remembering Alma and her awesomeness, but hadn’t…
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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 next week: Melanie, who said: Ooh! Count me in! & Annie: Brilliant giveaway! Hanes is such a great company! Congrats ladies. Email giveaways@petitelefant.com so you…
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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 that were *outside the box* just a bit, to give as gifts for all the parties throughout the school year. The craft box is my…
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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 primping their eyelashes. It’s been a lot of fun to hear the feedback. Go see my post on how to create a smoky eye here,…
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You know, I was never the best at anything in high school. Or college for that matter. I always had loads of friends and loved to dress up, accessorize, and play with makeup. I’ve always loved to read. In fact, in college I was the worst librarian ever because I always read books in the stacks instead of shelving them like I was getting paid to do. I loved every writing class I’ve ever taken, and felt like I excelled…
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