Nicole was seen taking baby Harlow to the doctor, on Monday, March 3. She paired a black blazer with a black V-neck tunic, skinny jeans, flats and a scarf. Nicole made sure to protect her eyes from the flashing paparazzi lenses with a pair of Chanel sunglasses. 

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
A cute family
Monday, March 3, 2008
{happy March}
{silk/metal organza dress, Paul Hardy; photography by Max Abadian}

{flowers via All Things Bright and Beautiful}
{all other images: top, Flare; Scalamandré; 3 + 5 Vogue Germany 03/08
photography by Phil Poynter; house to home}
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Labels: inspiration, Scalamandre, Vogue
{m.j.m.}
{Chances are very high that I will click "add to bag" at this shop before the night is through . . . via perfect bound}
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Labels: accessories, jewellery, Melissa Joy Manning
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Link Love
I love a lot of links. Many of these I haven't visited in a while, but some are constant favorites. From etsy business tips, to graphic design, crafts interior design, fashion, children/parenting and faith... I've got a lot of interests.
Business Success Tips
- 21 Rules for Photography
- Craft MBA
- Decor8's Product Photography and Styling
- Design*Sponge Biz Ladies
- Digital Photography School
- Employment Resources
- Etsy Download Resources
- Etsy Hacks
- Etsy Seller Handbook
- Etsy Seller Handbook, All how tos about selling
- Etsy Seller Mentors
- Etsy Wiki
- Etsy's Guide to SEO
- Go To, Google Base Help Tips
- Heart-o-matic
- I Heart Faces- Photography Help
- MckLinky -blog & photo help
- Modish Biz Tips
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Photography Tips Tutorials
- Quit Your Day Job
- Rosie's Wholesale Advice
- Shop Makeover
- Street Teams
- Ultimate Newbie Guide
- Your Shop 101
Craft Related
Decor - Design -Inspiration
- 30 gms
- A Beach Cottage
- A Beautiful Mess
- A Cup of Jo
- A Soft Place to Land
- Ada and Darcy- Lovely Blog
- Alkemie
- All Buttoned Up
- All Sorts
- Ambrosia Girl
- An Apple a Day
- An Indian Summer
- Apartment Therapy
- aurajoon
- Blog Delanine
- blondie nsc
- Casa Sugar
- Concrete Honey
- Contrariwise
- Copy Cat Chic
- Cote de Texas
- Cpaphil Vintage Postcards
- Curious Sofa
- Daisy Cottage
- Daisy Pink Cupcake
- Darling Dexter
- Decor Fellow
- Decor Pad
- decor8
- Design for Mankind
- Design Mom
- Design Sponge
- Desire to Inspire
- Disdressed
- Eat Drink Chic
- Enchantresses 3
- Field Notes from an Evolutionary Psychologist
- Flea Market Studio
- Fresh Vintage
- Gillar Girl
- Gordon Gossip
- Grosgrain Fabulous
- House of Turquoise
- Jessica Jane Handmade
- La La Laurie
- Life in the Fun Lane
- Little Green Notebook
- Mabel's House
- Modish
- My House of Giggles
- Natural Historie
- Nesting Place
- Orange Beautiful
- Piewacket
- Poppytalk
- Remodelaholic
- Sadie Olive
- Say Yes to Hoboken
- sf girl by bay
- Simple Blue Print
- That Unreliable GIrl
- The Black Apple
- The Decorated House
- The Lettered Cottage
- The Painted House
- Unclutterer
- Vintage Ric Rac
- White Market
Graphic Design (& printable freebies)
- 3d Place
- A Print a Day
- Altered Bits
- Basic Photoshop
- Blogger Guide
- Cottage Industrialist
- Cute n Cool Blog Stuff
- Cutest Blog on the Block
- Dezign Us
- Each Pretty Penny
- Easy Custom Blogs
- EM Design
- Erin Leigh Photoshares
- Faerie Enchantment
- Feed Your Soul Art Project
- Free Paper Toys
- Free Scrapbooking Supplies
- Gift Wrap It
- Graphics Fairy
- House of 3
- How About Orange
- Just Something I Made
- Kevin and Amanda
- Kindred
- Lawny Designs Blog Tips
- Living Locurto
- Paint Shop Blog
- Paisley Cat Scraps
- Penniwigs
- Percy and Bloom (A Vintage Moth)
- Sarah's Scrap Blog
- Shabby Blogs
- Shabby Cottage Studio
- Simply Fab Blog Tutorials
- Smile Box
- Ukok's Place
- Vintage Glam
Weddings + Party Inspiration
Books + Movies + Writing +Travel + Food + Gardening
- Aggie Horticulture
- Bakerella
- Bobby Dupea (rpatz alias)
- Cake Journal
- Cake Wrecks
- Candy Jamamas
- Clover's Serious Writing
- Cuisine Nie
- Diamonds and Toads
- Enchanted by Josephine
- Feeding Our Families
- Foods Kids Will Love
- Grammar Girl
- Kevin and Amanda- recipes
- Little Brown Pen
- Live Smart
- Lovely Little Things
- Our Twilight Chronicles
- Parents Connect Recipes
- Pioneer Woman
- State of Denmark - Book Reviews
- Steph in the City
- Things Mean a Lot
- Twilight Lexicon
- Vegetable Duchess
- Weekend Gardener
- Whitney Inspired -Writing Blog
- Yellow Fish
Children & Parenting
- A to Z Teacher Lesson Plans
- Ask Dr Sears
- Baby Center
- Chasing Cheerios
- Child Costumes
- CJane
- Cookie Mag
- Early Childhood News Resources
- Family Home Evening Planner
- Family Night Ideas
- FHE Ideas
- Happy Hearts Mom
- Hello Kids
- Kids Craft Bits
- Mamasource
- Momversation
- Money Saving Mom
- Montessori Aids
- Montessori for Everyone
- Nie Nie Dialoques
- Oh Dee Doh Children Design
- Oh, Those Aarons!
- Parents
- Passport Academy
- PBS Kids
- Pied Piper (amazing family photography)
- Progressive Pioneer
- Project 52: Date Nights
- Simple Mom
- Simply Modern Mom
- Starfall Learning
- The Friend Children's Magazine
- What Do We Do All Day?
- Zach Aboard
- Zero to Three
Fashion + Beauty
- Beauty is a thing of the Past
- Boho Market
- Busy Bee Lauren
- Casey Brown Designs
- Cats and Cardigans
- Clairol Pro
- Clever Nettle
- Clothed Much
- Delightfully Tacky
- Dust Jacket Attic
- Dwelling and Telling
- Elke Von Freudenberg
- Have a Cute Day
- Hello, Monkeyface!
- Kendi Everyday
- Killer Strands
- Kristine Machine
- la viepetite
- Paul Mitchell the School Newsletter
- Professional and Creature Make-up
- Renee Allison Design
- Righteous Republic
- Rose a la Mode
- Selective Potential
- Sincerely Jules
- Sisters 4 Say More is More
- Some Girls Wander
- Stop Stealing My Look
- Style Bubble
- Style Hair Mag
- Tands Daybook
- Ted Gibson Celebrity Stylist Advice
- The Cherry Blossom Girl
- The Sartorialist
- Tick Tock Vintage
- Totally Tessa
- Writing Rainbows
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- BYU tv
- iPrepared
- The Friend Children's Magzine
- Primary Mama Sharing Time Aids
- Jesus Christ the Son of God
- Mormon Q&A Official Page
- Book of Mormon online
- Bible online
- Joseph Smith, Prophet of the Restoration
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Official Page
- You Tube Mormon Messages
- Family Search
- Historic Nauvoo
- Emergency Essentials
- Sugar Doodle Lesson Aids
Blessing Day
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Today was our baby's blessing day. It's not the same as a christening or baptism, as we wait till the age of 8 as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, but the baby blessing serves to formally put the child's name in the records of the church. It is also like a father's blessing, totally inspired of blessings and promises of things to come in the childs life if they remain faithful.
His father gave him the blessing, as he did our first son, and it was beautiful. Some of the promises were that he would be "blessed with the sweet experiances of the Holy Ghost, that you may be able to walk in darkness having the light of the Lord one step in front of you." That means, that in times of hardship, that the Lord will be there guiding my son. This is just one of the beautiful promises said. My lovely aunt made his blessing outfit, complete with a little vest and tie!.jpg)
On another note... my oldest did his first ACEO !! I think it interesting he chose the markers green and blue to color on a card with the word "Yellow", and an image of a mustaced man holding yellow ballons below a big yellow square.
He is such a true mixed media artist, perhaps he used these color combinations to speak about art and function? The yellow card... he added a blue marker, and the green marker to show what happens when blue and yellow are mixed? The man holding the balloons under a square, could be like withholding freedom in a boxed in world? I especially love how he put his whole heart, soul, and face in this piece. (Anything is better than his poopoo paintings... I will spare you the pics this time).
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Labels: ACEO, baby blessing, faith, family, mormon, religion
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Something So Right
Forgive me, dear readers. I volunteered to do a 27 Dresses feature over on the Vintage Fashion Guild Blog and that project has pulled me away from my own writing here. All I can say is, "I'm back!"
Isn't this 1950's dress gorgeous? There are things about vintage dresses that make me smile, but it is rare to find so many of them in one dress. Let's see....
It's silk.
It's got a full circle skirt.
It's got pink roses.
It's got a pink lining to match the roses.
It's got a halter neckline that is sexy as anything!
Some of the pink roses are sprinkled with rhinestones.
And, to top it all off, some of the pink roses are quilted and padded for a 3-D effect.
Need I say more? See this dress and more at Couture Allure Vintage Fashion .
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