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What a crazy + busy + awesome + relaxing few weeks we’ve had! Zack, Bauer and I drove to Michigan two weeks ago and spent nearly a full week with both sides of our families. It was so wonderful to be with them… so refreshing! Just what we needed I think :] Today I’m linking [...]
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The Holiday Gift Guide is a fabulous online resource for selecting the perfect gift for the people in your life. If you haven’t had a chance yet be sure and click over ~ there are over 30 vendors participating and nearly all of them feature handmade items. The guide is organized by category: home decor [...]
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The Holiday Gift Guide is a fabulous online resource for selecting the perfect gift for the people in your life. If you haven’t had a chance yet be sure and click over ~ there are over 30 vendors participating and nearly all of them feature handmade items. The guide is organized by category: home decor [...]
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With the winter holidays almost here I thought it would fun to share this super cute list of ten 10-minute crafts ♥ — some are silly, some are tasty — enjoy! What do your holiday party plans look like? Share with us below… XO
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This week’s Inspiration Workshop! prompt is Holiday Decor. I’ve been *waiting* for this prompt for weeks now, even though we decorated just last weekend. Decorating for Christmas makes me super happy… bringing up the boxes from the basement, rotating fall decor for winter decor. Living in Minnesota ~ and growing up in Michigan, we experience [...]
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I started the Inspiration Workshop! in June as a way for this community to share ideas and the pretty things we find online with one another. Since starting it I think we’ve all found a handful of amazing new blogs friends, too, which is awesome ;] If you’re new to the I.W. I encourage you [...]
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The Holiday Gift Guide is a fabulous online resource for selecting the perfect gift for the people in your life. If you haven’t had a chance yet be sure and click over ~ there are over 30 vendors participating and nearly all of them feature handmade items. The guide is organized by category: home decor [...]
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DIY: make a fall-inspired wreath This year, for Thanksgiving, we’ll be celebrating with my parents, my big bro and his two little boys. They’re driving out here — about 600 miles, and I’m so excited to spend the weekend with them. It’ll be a full house, that’s for sure!, but it’s going to be cozy [...]
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BRRR! The weather has definitely been chilly here in Minneapolis, which makes Christmas feel like it’ll be here so quickly! Lisa, one of my assistants, said she saw snowflakes last week. But I don’t know if I believe her… tee hehe. Last week we launched our Limited Edition Christmas Stockings — did you see them? [...]
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It’s been a little bit since I wrote a 7 pretty things post {eeek!} but I’m really excited this morning because TODAY I have some amazing finds to share with you!!! I have been collecting them in a special folder on my computer just for you, and now it’s time — yay! Something I need [...]
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The Holiday Gift Guide launched on October 15th {H O O R A Y!} and features over 30 adorable + amazing handmade vendors. Be sure you take a look at the vendors sites being featured, they’ve all worked so hard at building their fabulous shops and I’m so proud of them! There are hundreds of [...]
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Every winter season we introduce a limited edition holiday collection to the Gussy shop, and I can’t believe it’s already time to share it with you, yeow! I’m SEW excited to show off our 2011 holiday collection of Christmas Stockings. This year we have six unique designs, all in limited quantities. Don’t wait ~ once [...]
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Fa La La… are you ready for Christmas?? –wink! Now that it’s NOVEMBER Christmas will be here in just 7.5 short weeks, yay! Inside the Gussy Sews shop we’re B-U-S-Y cutting, sewing and packaging holiday orders, which is sew super exciting! If you’re wishing & dreaming for a Gussy this year, now is the time [...]
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The Holiday Gift Guide launched on Saturday {H O O R A Y!} and features over 30 adorable + amazing handmade vendors. Be sure you take a look at the vendors sites being featured, they’ve all worked so hard at building their fabulous shops and I’m so proud of them! There are hundreds of gift [...]
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{squeeeee} The holidays are ALMOST here, and to get ready for the cozy season I’m putting together my second annual Holiday Gift Guide. In about 6 weeks I’ll launch the guide ~ which is so exciting {hooray!}. This is the perfect blog “event” for me because since I started blogging I’ve loved learning about & [...]
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Lately I’ve been feeling like I need to share more of my personal thoughts, so below is a super random “list” of the things I’m thinking of right now. Most of the time I pre-write my posts and/or take a few days to compile my thoughts before publishing. Not this one, baby! Some of my [...]
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