Year: 2009

by Allison

suave giveaway winner.

The Suave gift basket winner is: Stacy “I would LOVE to not have to buy hair products for a long time” Congratulations Stacy! Get in touch with me here: giveaways@petitelefant.com 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();

by Allison

make flower headbands.

Part of our back-to-school wardrobe for P always involves hair accessories. It’s just part of the deal with girls. We’re in a tricky spot though because P is too old for the pink girly stuff, and I don’t want to spend a small fortune on boutique hair gear that’s cool enough for school. Enter: dollar store headbands. I literally got everything in these photos from the dollar store. I figure by the time I do a bunch of headbands and…
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by Allison

september 1, 1939.

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the invasion of Poland. My father-in-law celebrated his 2nd birthday the day before. Can you even imagine? We’re glad you made it Dziadek; you’ve led an amazing life, and I can’t even imagine life without my Victor.

by Allison

for the love of nie nie.

I love Stephanie, I really do. Last week I had the chance to spend an afternoon with Stephanie, Rachael, Jyl, and Marie at Stephanie’s home in Utah. She won a BlogLuxe award from the SocialLuxe Lounge for *most inspirational* and wasn’t able to travel to Chicago to accept it, so we brought it to her. What’s killing me is that we didn’t have a winner swag bag to present along with the award. Stephanie’s not really all that materialistic, but…
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by Alma

Okay, Seriously This Time

So Mike and I would like to work on instituting a healthy lifestyle in our home. No, I don’t want to say diet, because that’s a dirty word, and it also I think doesn’t help much. I don’t need a “diet.” I need to change my whole lifestyle. For good. It’s funny. When I had gestational diabetes, it wasn’t hard to follow my meal plans. And I’m telling you—it was restrictive! Try limiting yourself to 45 carbs at dinner during…
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by Allison

giveaway winners: stella & dot, crayola, & cherish bound.

And the winners are: Stella & Dot: Whimsical CreationsCrayola: TaraCherish Bound: $100: Stacia $75: Stacey $50: Motherboard {If you didn’t win one of the three gift cards to Cherish Bound but are still interested in making a book, email me for a 10% off coupon} Congratulations! Get in touch asap with giveaways@petitelefant.com

by Allison

children’s bathroom remodel.

Shortly after C was born we gutted the second bathroom upstairs. We needed to renovate, bring the bathroom into the 21st century. A little more functional. In fact we just wanted function, period. You realize C just turned 5. FIVE. This bathroom has been a sore spot in our lives for several years, and finally, finally, FINALLY it is almost done. Victor is pretty handy with a tile saw, I’ll give him that. In fact, I can’t really think of…
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by Kimberly

I’m a believer

Here’s the ugly truth: about 3 months after I gave birth to each of my babies, my hair fell out. Alot of it. Every day. Catching up for the natural shedding that slowed way down during pregnancy I suppose. I didn’t go bald, or course, but the warp-speed shedding did make my hair situation more problematic than usual. And then it starts to grow back at warp speed. But that’s another problem for another day. I’d heard rumors that bumble…
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by Allison

blogher 2009, chicago i love you.

I’ve been sitting on this BlogHer post for several weeks because it’s taken me that much time to wrap my head around it. I’m still sifting and mulling in my brain, but it’s time to show you some photos. Of course at first there was the SocialLuxe kick-off party, which was fabulous. Worth the last 5 months of my life I spent working on it. When SocialLuxe was finished I was off to the races! This was my first time…
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