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Ya’ll are so great. Not just because you let me sew my ruffles and then show you a million photos, but because you encourage & inspire me daily. :] Now, if you could do me a little favor in return {pretty please?!}, please complete this survey on who you are. It’s a quick, 10-question anonymous [...]
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Last weekend, Zack and I made a flying trip from Minneapolis to Chicago to surprise his BFF for his birthday. Ohhhh yeah. While in Chicago, I tweeted and Danielle / the Design Girl quickly responded… Next thing I knew we were having dinner together! :] I’ll be back later with lots of pics from our [...]
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This giveaway is now closed. Yeowww, it’s that time again! Each month, Gussy sponsors have the opportunity to participate in a group feature &/or giveaway promotion. With the feature option, sponsors can highlight their shop by showing off new products. By offering the Gussy community a giveaway item, sponsors draw even more attention to their [...]
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Last week I thought, Gussy, you need to make a few new items for your shop. Turns out I made 12+ new items! I usually gather new prints and lay them out, trying to vision them as something sassy :] Last week I must have been on a roll because I made way more than [...]
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This giveaway is now closed! Here at Gussy has a lot to say {and sew} we love to look at all things beautiful. Beautiful items that reflect childhood, love, and a joyful spirit; beautiful items that we can share with others. Today is week #30 of my series on Featured Artists, which is a bi-monthly [...]
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Celebrate the Season of Giving with a holiday gift guide. Hosted here on the Gussy blog, this is a 3-day feature showcasing the most darling handmade shops. Yeowwwwww! {photo credit; design by me} The handmade community is such a gorgeous community, which makes shopping {for others & ourselves} that much more fun! Many people have [...]
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Where does the time go? It was one month ago today that we were officially moved into our new home {above photo}. Zack and I had been searching dozens of rental homes to make our own and nothing seemed to stand out, until one Sunday afternoon while on a walk outside with friends. We stopped, [...]
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A “hey, it’s Tuesday so let’s have a sale!” sale. Shopping is so fun. When I was little I remember my mom would take me shopping with her to Roger’s Department Store. They had a little display area in the girls department with Hello Kitty make-up and chapstick, hair accessories and smelly perfume. I would [...]
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Jessica, me, Lisa, Mique, Emmy, Megan, Lindsey & Allison. Blog BBFs. I just spent the last five days with these amazing women {+ Melissa!} at The Creative Connection and I already miss them. Pout. I am sitting with a stack of business cards and an abundance of new ideas and encouragement. TCC was definitely the [...]
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I love the little details of my table. Most of the time I see my products as they’re in a package on their way out the door, or stacked in little piles, but never have I seen my products in a setting like this. It’s so great and makes me love what I do even [...]
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Yesterday was just so amazing. Not only did The Pleated Poppy and I have a sleepover at my house, but we are also bunking with Lisa Leonard at the hotel and I’m having so much fun hugging people in real life that I have known online. For weeks I’ve been gathering baskets and vintage patterns [...]
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Congrats to… Gen, please email me! You’ve won a Gussy Tote! This giveaway is now closed. *** HEY BLOGGERS! Have you noticed the bajillion blog conferences that are being talked about on the interwebs? Of course you have. Silly me for asking. The Creative Connection happens this week {actually, tomorrow!}, and Type-A Mom is in [...]
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*** Blog friends — today, on this fine Monday morning, I’ve got a monogram shop feature & giveaway for you. I know… Amazing! Perfect. All things wonderful ;] Some times Monday’s can be “blah” days, but not when we have monograms to gawk at… Hillary and I first laid eyes on each other at Blissom [...]
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We’ve had some pretty chilly weather here in Minneapolis — chilly like I wore a sweater recently. And I now keep a robe on the side of the bed because BRRRR! we have chilly mornings, too. {Maybe I just like the idea of being cold? Our last apartment was nothing but hot! hot! hot!} On [...]
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This giveaway is now closed. Here at Gussy has a lot to say {and sew} we love to look at all things beautiful. Beautiful items that reflect childhood, love, and a joyful spirit; beautiful items that we can share with others. Today is week #29 of my series on Featured Artists, which is a bi-monthly [...]
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