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Empowerment Through LuLaRoe
LuLaRoe is actually doing a great job empowering women. Yeah, yeah, they've had some negative feedback and sometimes their outfits look like a bad Spandex dream from the 80's, but let's look at the flip side. One of my best friends was raised...
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The Fading Summer
It's hard to believe that the summer is almost over. Funny how the fading summer heralds a new chapter of our lives as the fall slowly begins to arrive. Hui.1 starts school, Hui.2 will be without his big brother for the first time, and we're about to welcome a new...
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Chainmaille in Fashion and History
Chainmaille has been all the rage in the fashion world ever since Michelle Obama walked out in a rose gold Versace chainmaille dress at her final state dinner. It's a shame most of us are too old to rock this at the local club. But if you look more closely at the...
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Thoughts on Turning 35
My thoughts on turning 35 are pretty mundane. Just a little bit older, a little bit wiser, and mirroring the time I turned 30 because I'm 8 months pregnant AGAIN. I'm so done being pregnant. 3.5 kids is going to be plenty. It's a good thing I upgraded my Costco...
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Tieks – A Brutally Honest Review
I know I said it would take a lot of effort to get me out of my Crocs, but the practical girl in me desperately needs some basic nice shoes. Enter Tieks. I bought the rose gold glam because I'm a sucker for all things rose gold. I also bought a black pair as...
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Increase Your Productivity with Bullet Journal
I'm an old fashioned girl. I like writing lists in longhand versus typing them into a computer. There's something magical about putting pen to paper, probably because my favorite store growing up was the stationary store. Enter Bullet Journaling. It's a system...
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What Does Freedom Mean To You?
As a child, freedom means buying whatever we want from the store, eating whatever we want, when we want, and staying up late. Once we're grown and on our own, freedom becomes a little bit broader and more defined. Sometimes those childhood wishes become prevalent in...
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Summer Projects 2017: Phase One
One of my summer projects has been to relocate my desktop computer up to the studio. This was a big step I never saw coming. If you recall here, I mentioned how I didn't want the buzzing whir of the computer distracting me as I created. But my business has grown as...
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Unchain Your Age
When I am an old woman, I shall wear whatever the hell I want. Oh wait, I'm going to be 35 in July. I can wear whatever the hell I want now. Age is just a number. Growing older, and hopefully a bit wiser, is something we should embrace and celebrate, not play...
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Perspective is Everything
Perspective is everything whether you like to admit it or not. Whenever I'm knee deep in kids, feeling like there's no escape, I think about the bigger picture. If I could have my dream job, what would it be? Would it be sending the kids to daycare and working full...
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Urban Adventuring
The METRO Gold Line is my new favorite way to get around Los Angeles County. I love that it stops in Pasadena, immediately north of Chado Tea Room, my new favorite tea shop for scones and loose leaf tea. It then proceeds towards Downtown LA with a stop in both...
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2017 Has Been Interesting
Oh the irony of having an identity crisis and how that angst fuels the artist's soul. 2017 has been interesting to say the least. In numerology terms, it's the beginning of a new 9-year cycle. We're sowing the seeds of the next 9 years, for better or for worse....
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