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Many times throughout the day, I sit myself down in this chair and work, work, work away. Do you SEE all of my yellow sticky notes?! * Also, please note that cream “thing” on the wall above the awesome green file organizer. That’s our light switch “button” — looooove! All our light switches in this [...]
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A week ago Sunday, Zack and I met up with another couple for brunch. We went to this cuuuute restaurant called Cafeteria, and hello! it was decorated just like a cafeteria inside. Loved it! :] It was so hard not to sit and think {quietly to myself, of course} about all of its darling-ness. So [...]
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Happy Birthday, sweet Jane!!! Your pal Walter emailed me recently and asked if I could write you a special HAPPY BIRTHDAY message since today is your day! Yeowwwwww, of course I said yes! :] So let’s do something fun! I’d love if the Gussy community could leave a comment to our sweet Jane reader, wishing [...]
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Our mom’s have been asking to see photos of our new house — and so have you all! When we have things the way we want them I’ll take more photos and share… It’s so exciting to be all moved in and working away. And cooking dinner… except that’s only happened 1 time this week… [...]
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This giveaway is now closed! Each month, Gussy sponsors have the opportunity to participate in a group feature &/or giveaway promotion. This feature is a great way for sponsors to show off new products and bring extra attention towards their shop. It’s always fun for me to see which items sponsors pick to showcase… This [...]
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{photo credits} This is the final post in my budgeting series. You can find the previous posts here: budgeting your family’s money, part I; budgeting your family’s money, part II; budgeting your business’ money, part I. *** I wanted to be sure and give you a few days to put your new budgets into practice. [...]
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I told you I’d be back with more Gussy customer photos — and here I am! Better late than never, right? Or no? Since so many of you have sent me photos of you and your Gussy item — and they are pure GORGEOUSNESS — I decided to create a photo set with my Flickr [...]
Read the full article →Hi all, Zack and I are in the middle of moving. Last night, while packing, there was a small kitchen fire in our apartment complex {NOT OUR UNIT}. Everything is now very hectic because water is turned off in the building and we’re busy packing. All Gussy business is on hold until Tuesday afternoon. Thanks [...]
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Tuesday night I hopped in the car with Allison of OMyFamily and we drove to Prior Lake, MN to meet up with dozens of other fabulous bloggers! The event was LoveFeast Table, hosted by Chris Ann & Kristin, and it was amazing and fun and encouraging to attend. Kristin is on the left with the [...]
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OUR NEW HOME!!! Zack and I are soooooo sooo sooo excited to be moving in to this gorgeous, built-in-1900 home! Can. Not. Wait! :] I’m in love with all the details: original hardwood floors {swoon}, original wooden built-ins, beautiful stained glass accent windows, the parlor, the living room with fireplace, the oversize wooden pocket doors, [...]
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A few weekends ago Zack and I hopped in the car and drove to a Wisconsin winery. Leading up to our summer vacation, and of course ever since we got back, we’ve been so eager to get out of the concrete city of Minneapolis. Thankfully we’re moving soon, but still unsure WHERE so don’t ask [...]
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The other day I shared some tips on organizing your family’s money {part I and part II} and it’s my biggest fear you thought it was a horrible idea and aren’t even reading my blog now. Today I’m doing a follow-up on how to organize your business’ money. This mini-series is my advice & my [...]
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Today’s post features some sweet shots of Gussy customers wearing Gussy headbands. A few days ago I tweeted that I was looking for photos of my headbands on customers and Erika quickly replied, saying her dad could take some of her over the weekend. Doesn’t that make these photos even more sweet? I LOVE that [...]
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{photo credit} Is that lady you? Maybe it’s you, but without the multi-colored neck skin? Confession: Some times I want to think like that lady — I think of how much easier it will be to shop or go out to dinner, or even take a nap without looking at our budget or checkbook balance. [...]
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{photo credit} This post is a continuation of part I, which is part of my mini-series on budgeting. *** “You can do anything you put your mind to.” Do you believe that phrase? I was reading a blog that was hosting a recent Gussy giveaway, and the author wrote about Gussy: The short version of [...]
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Budget, noun: an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time. No, don’t run away. Come back here — budgets are actually incredibly awesome and not that hard. Honest! Remember how I quit my day job 3 months ago to sew on Gussy exclusively? Yeah, that was because Zack and I made [...]
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