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Handmade Holiday giveaway: winner’s choice!

December 16, 2010

This is it! Today is the final day of our Handmade Holiday giveaway. And it’s going out with a bang, thanks to Erin from Hot Pink and Sequins. She’s offering up a winner’s choice! You can pick from a gorgeous ruby red hair clip (or lapel pin) made from repurposed satin OR these too-cute-for-words teeny [...]

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Handmade Holiday giveaway: trim the tree

December 15, 2010

Becky from Emma Dear Vintage Goods does the most amazing things with tweed. I especially love how she repurposes men’s suit jackets to make everything from funky pillow covers to this darling little stocking ornament. The patchwork detail and lace trim make it even more unique. Wouldn’t it be lovely on your tree? Emma Dear [...]

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Pen to Paper Challenge: Letter #2

September 8, 2010

This week’s Pen to Paper Challenge letter is in the belly of a plane (or truck?) somewhere in the middle of the country right about now, on its way to my good friend Jeff. That’s him up there, holding Small Fry when she was about 12 weeks old. An aside: Those rolls! How I miss [...]

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BlogHer Lite

August 4, 2010

I just let Small Fry fall asleep on my chest in the rocking chair. Which I never do, because you’re supposed to put the baby into the crib partially awake and blah blah blah. I’m a big believer in following this rule. But today, I wanted the extra time. To feel her chest rise and [...]

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Happiness is: Slow & Steady Wins the Race

June 15, 2010

Next up in our guest blogger series is my friend Ann. Ann is a runner. A runner training for a marathon. Which, in my world translates into CRAZY LADY. Yeah, I’m just jealous. Ann is pretty amazing. One of her first races, just last year, was a half-marathon. Now she’s gearing up for a full [...]

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Modern Bird Studios giveaway WINNER

June 8, 2010

Katherine (@katb687) is our winner! Congratulations, lucky lady! Thanks so much for playing, y’all!  I absolutely loved reading all of your creative ideas for celebrity Modern Bird art. Don’t forget, from today through June 15, Modern Bird Studios is giving pretty*swell readers a 15% discount off your purchase! Use the code: PRETTYSWELL. Yay!

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Better than bald

June 4, 2010

I’ve had long hair for so long I was just about ready to shave it off. Summers in the South will make you want to do crazy things. Like walk around naked. Bathe in ice. Or the aforementioned head-shaving. Nothing is more refreshing down here right now than a glass of lemonade and a mohawk. [...]

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Winners!

May 21, 2010

Yay!  I’ve been looking forward to this all week!! Here are the winners of the Great Big Bacon Giveaway: 1. T Rex Dreaming of Bacon shirt OR or tote bag: Sarah (#46) 2. Breakfast play food set: Lab Mom (#49) 3. Sunny Side Up bodysuit: Blair from The Heir To Blair (#5) 4. Bacon is [...]

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Group hug?

March 23, 2010

I’ve done it. I’ve officially coughed so hard that I’ve blown blood vessels in one of my eyes, which is now a frighteningly delightful shade of red. Perfect for work today! Can’t wait for lunch so I can creep out the cashier at Panera. Where I will vainly attempt to taste my salad. Because, along [...]

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Giveaway winner!

March 17, 2010

Ooh, this is the fun part! The winner of a bottle of Episencial’s Playful Foaming Wash from SproutBaby is … (drumroll, please) … Ann from Slow & Steady Wins the Race. Yay Ann! I can’t figure out how to drop the screen capture from randomizer.org into this blog post, so I present you with this [...]

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As if I needed another reason to love Tina Fey

March 15, 2010

She had this to say, in the March issue of Vogue: “I don’t weigh myself. I just go by if my clothes fit. I try not to participate too much in the incredible amount of wasted energy that women have around dealing with food. I just feel like being healthy is sort of a job [...]

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I survived middle school — again

March 11, 2010

I was more nervous this morning than I’ve ever been for any other public speaking engagement. Ever. You’d have thought my audience was an elite society of astrophysicists. Nope. Worse. SIXTH-GRADERS. And it sure didn’t help that the heat was blasting right over my head. Shaking AND sweaty. Nice. But wow, those kids surprised the [...]

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