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Ohhhh, friends, this is a match made in ruffly heaven… *Click here to buy!* A little bit ago Ruthanne of Eclectic Whatnot [blog, shop] and I decided to combine our ruffles by offering y’all a combo set. Eeeeek! It’s probably the best idea we’ve had since we became friends *wink*. And now it’s time to [...]
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About a week ago I promised to send a letter back to anyone that wrote me a letter. And look {up} at what I received today!!! Mail — woo hoo :] Sitting here are letters from MI, CA, PA, LA and NC. Ohhhhhh yeah, I feel cool. And I’m sure I looked cool, too, as [...]
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My bloggy friend, Emily of Anderson Family Crew, and her family are in the process of adopting a little girl from Africa. I’ve been reading Em’s blog for probably a year now ~ she has such a zest for life, her husband and their 4 kiddies. I love to read her blog! Right now the [...]
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Helloooooo, darling shop. I’ve totally fallen in love with you. My friend Melissa mentioned we visit, and let me just tell you: it’s the cutest local shop ever {located in Stillwater, MN} and has such a fun downtown area along the river! Darn Knit Anyway has yarn, fabric, notions & handmade items, and I’m pretty [...]
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Yesterday I met the lovely Allison and handsome OBaby at the Minneapolis Sculpture Park for a picnic lunch. The weather was warm, the sky a little overcast, and you know we enjoyed chatting over sparkling juice, sandwiches and brownies. I’m learning really fast how important it is to have little friend dates throughout the week. [...]
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Saturday morning, a bunch of us girls met up at Cafe Latte for coffee, dessert and chatting. It was soooo great to put a real-life face to these girls — and I think everyone felt that way, too. We had fun talking about blogs and business, babies and our boys. If you’re in the Minneapolis [...]
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Remember this photo? You may remember it by the number of cupcakes sitting on the table compared to the number of people sitting at the table… Allison @ O My Family and I had met for coffee, cupcakes and chatting. I handed off a Gussy laptop bag and she was going to go home and [...]
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Last night, Allison @ OMyFamily and I met up for cupcakes, coffee and chatting. Ohh, I love those three words :] We’ve been getting together about every 2 weeks lately, and can I just say, Yeow?! It’s been so fun!!! Allison is my new friend, she is super fab and I am sew enjoying our [...]
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Happy Thursday! {Can you believe it’s Thursday?} {I can’t. Actually, I thought yesterday was Friday. Whoops!} {This ends my private conversation with myself.} Yesterday I met up with Allison @ OMyFamily. And OMyWord is she so darling. We met at Target and talked for nearly two hours over Starbucks coffee. Then we browsed the precious [...]
Read the full article →Holy Heavens, this post is the first personalized post I’ve actually written in like 3 thousand weeks. OK, fine, 2 weeks. Every post from Christmas on {maybe a few before even?!} has been pre-published. And I know, I know, they’ve been a little impersonal. I read your emails about the lack of Gussy stories and [...]
Read the full article →There’s been so much excitement over at the Whitley house, I don’t even know where to begin!First, our friend Luis stayed with us Friday night. He’s a college bud from Michigan and stopped in Minneapolis on his way home to visit family for Christmas. We went out to dinner Friday night at The Old Spaghetti [...]
Read the full article →Hello. Meet my friend’s son, Charlie. He is approximately 9-months-old. He’s super cute, loves to eat things, and {of course} is examining his mommy’s Gussy wallet. Only babies can put Gussy products in their mouths. Sorry. Charlie wants to open his mommy’s wallet and show her the inside. He thinks Gussy is so [...]
Read the full article →I am THE WORST at making myself take a break and relax.Two days ago I said I was going to do that, and what did I do that night? I made a sausage & potato skillet {with onions, bacon, spinach and a yummy sauce!}, apple crisp, and then 4 dozen chocolate chip + butterscotch cookies [...]
Read the full article →Sweet Megan made it to 100 sales on Etsy. And, she has figured out a way to celebrate. I’ll just quote her blog directly so I don’t mess up the translation ;) “from now until midnight (eastern time) on August 9, ALL JEWELRY IS 10% OFF!! if you buy a second piece of jewelry, it [...]
Read the full article →Wednesday I blogged about a bag that I had sold to a girl named N. Well, I didn’t tell you her name, but I did blog about a bag. Any hoo, today I have pictures of the ALTERED bag I just mailed to her today. FYI: If you want anything altered or custom made, most [...]
Read the full article →Who knew I could go nearly a week without posting on my blog? Certainly not me. I wasn’t sure that day would ever happen. However, the holiday’s have recently passed over us and so that means I have been super-duper busy. Zack and I spent five nights at my parents house, four nights at his [...]
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