Monthly Archives: January 2010

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{Designer Spotlight: ZozoBugBaby & NuxieMade}

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Doesn’t this dress make you long for Spring?!  In this newest design by Julie of ‘Zozobug Baby‘ and ‘ZoGirl!’ the soft pinks, and sunny yellow go so perfectly for this style of dress.  The apron portion of this fabric is imported from Hollond so the this “Cotton-Candy Dress“  is a limited edition piece.  I love the flirty style with the mini-ruffle and the matching rosette at the top, coupled with the funky/fun apron front and the the halter back.  I was so giddy when I saw this dress and so was Brielle – she wanted to go on a photo session ‘RIGHT NOW’.  So funny :)   And that cute little matching headband (which Brielle insist on wearing every time we get into the car…did I mention that she’s a little stubborn?) is the hand-made design of Melissa of Nuxiemade.  Remember the knit hats I use all the time?  This is the same maker and I’m thrilled to see these new accessories!!  She’s brilliant!

Side Note:  I just converted from PC to Mac (woo hoo!!)  so bare with me on any bumps that may happen during this conversion.  I have yet to calibrate my monitor so you may be looking at pictures that are Purple – lol.  Hope not.  So even though I’m in sRGB colorspace I’m seeing that some of the images posted on these designers sites look like they are in Adobe RGB (but they aren’t) weird hu? Anyway this change is challenging at times – it’s fun, it’s scary, it’s new and I’m trying my hardest to dive in head first.  I also got myself a handy dandy little tablet to edit with so that too is ‘change’ and adds the many emotions mentioned ;-)   Change is good though right?  Thanks for stopping by!!

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{Happy New Year! 2010 has begun!}

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It’s a new year – already!!  A new decade!  Wow, it’s amazing how much life can change in a year and in a decade.  10 years ago I was a Corporate Financial Statement Auditor with Deloitte & Touche  LLC, and was breathing a sigh of relief that all my clients computer systems didn’t crash in the Y2K conversion (a major stresser/responsibility for my company at that time).  I wasn’t married, but was dating my now husband.  I was living in an apartment in West Seattle, with a beautiful view of Fauntleroy Fairy and walking distance to parks, food, and video stores (yeah, video stores that are now going extinct.  Crazy hu?).  I didn’t have a GPS, I didn’t even know what one was at the time.  iPhones were not a part of our language or a necessity to our lives and I didn’t even know what blogging was.   Isn’t that crazy?!  Now life is much different… I text my friends who live in other states just to let them know I’m thinking of them, I text my husband at work to see what he wants for dinner,  I have two kids who hog my iPhone to play games, secretly call grandparents and giggle as they are doing it (haven’t called to China yet, thankfully – lol),  we’ve lived in 3 different states in the past 10 years.  Life just keeps changing, evolving and moving on… so quickly.

So now that Christmas has ended and a new year has begun I’m still not ready to take down my Christmas tree – but today is the day. Time to clean the house and welcome the New Year with a clean house and a clear mind.  Happy New Year everyone!!

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I’ve attached our family Christmas Card from this year along with some fun out-takes from our photo session.  I was using a tripod so we had to make our session super quick (the kids only last about 15 minutes before they are done)

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