This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Land of Nod, but love for Land of Nod runs deep and wide. #PMedia #NODinCA   http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO Last week one of my most favorite online places to shop opened a dream retail location literally 5 minutes from my house. I [...]

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I’m sure that by now many of you are aware of the changes happening over at Google, including the passing of Google Reader. RIP. After spending a lot of time searching for a reader that works for me, I’ve finally settled on one. Feedly. I absolutely love how clean + easy to navigate Feedly is + [...]

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I’m a huge advocate of sponsoring other blogs each month to drive new traffic + readers to your own blog. With that said, sponsoring even 2-3 different blogs means that you’ll, most likely, need different sized buttons for each. When I started blogging back in the dark ages of 2007 I had no idea how [...]

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The Wall Street Journal wrote an article a couple weeks ago that wholeheartedly mocked mommy bloggers. It went on to share graphics of how women behave at conferences + how they use them as a way to escape the reality of their lives. Screw carpooling, school drop off and cooking and cleaning and trade it [...]

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This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Transparent Productions, but I love Chris Tomlin and any excuse to worship God with thousands of people. #pmedia #BurningLights   http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO. Last weekend, Kyle + I got to sneak away for a fun date night with two of our friends [...]

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Well, its Wednesday and I wish I could tell you that I’ve recouped from being gone last weekend, but that would be a lie, lie, lie. haha. I’m exhausted + I totally fell asleep with my computer open and my phone in hand on the couch during my kids nap time yesterday because my eyes refused [...]

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This past weekend, my Virtual Assistant, Skye + I spoke at SNAP Conference about how to hire a Virtual Assistant. We discussed how to know when you’ve hit your tipping point, how to figure out the areas you need to hire help in and what to look for in a Virtual Assistant. It was such [...]

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Photo taken by Kate Mackley at Blissdom {Top + Necklace – Anthropologie} I feel like I’ve learned a lot about myself over the last year. It’s a crazy sensation to go from blogger/handmade shop owner to Co-Founder of my own company. I think other people must be surprised by this too because I tend to [...]

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Do you have that local spot that’s your go to for a great meal with friends? One where your delicious meal involves great conversation over deep dish pizza followed by a delicious pizza cookie, also known as a Pizookie, but also comes with a great ambiance and a friendly atmosphere. For us, BJ’s Restaurants is [...]

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