On Saturday we dyed Easter eggs with the kids.  It was fun to see their designs, and also to see that the dyeing process really hasn’t changed much over the past couple decades.  I love the pretty colors – they make me happy:) On Easter…

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Sometimes I like to just check-in on my own blog…just so you don’t think I’m dead or anything.  You’re welcome. I’m not really sure what happened this week.  I had a meeting on Wednesday night and then went to sleep fairly early because I’ve been…

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1 year ago, I told you about a new project I was working on:  FIBBIE!  I can’t believe that it’s been a whole year – it went by really quick. My very first listings were put up on April 4th 2011.  And my first sale…

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Christian Siriano is definitely one of my favorite designers from Project Runway.  He won Season 4, and I’m so happy to see that he is still producing beautiful work.  These dresses are part of his Spring 2012 Collection.  I love the color and silkiness of…

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This: Is always a good sign.  And it means one thing – birthday time! Even though my birthday is 2 weeks away (eeeeeek!), my sister Tara and I were going to Ikea tonight anyway, so we stopped by Anthropologie to use my birthday gift from…

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Yesterday Gemma got a pair of kid’s scissors and clipped the front part of her hair off. Apalling as it may be, she is actually my 3rd  child (out of 3) to cut her own hair without us knowing.  Now, I know what you are…

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It’s Friday evening (okay, technically ‘night’ since it’s about 10PM)…finally. This day.  This day was LONG.  I was ready to crawl into bed as soon as I got home from work but decided to grab coffee instead so I had enough energy to do a…

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We started our Listing a Day Challenge on March 1st, and we only have 2 days to go!  So far, we’ve done 29 listings in our MayDae shop, and I’ve done 29 listings in my Fibbie shop.  It’s been hard to keep up (especially on…

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I’m clipping along at 65 mph this morning on my way to work, minding my own business – and a bird comes out of nowhere and hits my windshield.  It just barely didn’t clear the top of my car.  For a split second I wasn’t…

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Today Tristan and I took the kids to Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.  It’s almost 2 hours from our house, and I hadn’t been there since high school.  It’s such a pretty place – huge rock formation in beautiful shades of red, and…

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