Gabrielle and I had a wonderful mommy and me trip out West to visit family – and ended up extending our stay for an additional week so she could get over her slight cold before the return flight home. Our home away from home was first at my sister's house in Eugene, Oregon, and then…
Monthly Archives: February 2010
My nephew Simon has a new fan club member! "She really likes me, Jessie."
Gabrielle is just now partaking in a much needed nap after such a wonderfully fun week and weekend with cousins and auntie/uncle and grandma!
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awwwwww….that’s what I said out loud when pulling your post up..jessica..she is SO precious..just another lovely capture
so peaceful…love the cardigan!
she’s just too-too sweet.
I've been hearing good things about this book. And this gumball a day idea makes me happy.
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Catherine!
Thank you so much for the list.
I love recommendations from the locals.
Cheers – and thanks for visiting!
Jessica
Hi Jessica- I have been following your blog for awhile now, after I stumbled upon it via your sis’s blog. I love it!! Just wanted to say hi after lurking for a bit. Also, I see that you are going to London with your sweet babe in a few weeks. We lived there for a year, and now live in Bath, UK and I just posted a Top Ten of traveling in London with a child. It is on my blog, I think on Fridays post..
http://cupcakesandcoffee.blogspot.com
Have a safe trip and again–great blog!
Did you see THIS now? Not sure what to think about it – except I wonder if they would work on paper too????
http://www.chanel.com/en_US/fragrance-beauty/Makeup-Accessories-LES-TROMPE-L%27%C5%92IL-DE-CHANEL-89753/WT.mc_id=02182010TATTOO_FACEBOOK
I just finished that book … and it was WONDERFUL. Really inspiring, and full of incredible ideas, research and quotes.
The sweatshirt. Restyled. Love it.
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Hi Jessica – I came across this online vintage shop and thought of you… you might enjoy it.
http://www.fn92shop.com
Cheers!
80s-style sweatshirt meets casual luxury 
love the tie..and sweatshirts are so comfy but pretty blah on the style side..I love this too jessica
Little lovelies for Valentine's Day. Happy to have had this Loved by Us image created by Kal for sweet Gabrielle. Oh how I love her so. Jeffrey's new Ace of Sales program can help you create your email magazine. Check it out! Sweet little tea bags. Delightful Hammond's ribbon candy. Beautiful detailing on Max Azria's…
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Hope you had a good valentines day! that pic of gabrielle is so precious
Happy Valentine’s Day. Have you seen this? Sigh!
http://www.chanel.com/fashion/ebrochure/gift/9274Z
We had a great dinner at Altlanta Fish Market with the public seminar staff for Jeffrey's birthday. Cheers! Jeffrey got to have his favorite – dungeness crab. And I had salmon – prepared Hong Kong Style, served over spinach and white sticky rice. Since it was a bit late for Gabrielle, we employed the video…
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Oh my goodness, those cheeks are to DIE for. Glad you three had a sweet day.
haha I love that pic of her with the ear phones on and we do that too! Still and my kids are much older! LOL
One of my faves in Atlanta. I hope you had a good time, you caught us on a bad weekend. Southerners can handle snow!
In Atlanta this week for Jeffrey's seminars. We stopped in for some BBQ at Pig-N-Chik. I had pulled pork with mac and cheese and corn – and got to share it with Gabrielle. BBQ makes you thirsty!
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They actually catered a wedding I was in last year!!
She is growing up so very fast, isn’t she?
Her hair is so so so cute!
Oh she’s so sweet, look at that hair!
This is one of my favorite pictures of you, Jeffrey. It is an image that I will savor forever. It is what I see sitting across the room or across the table from you. It is you – in think mode. Your brilliance is inspiring. I'm celebrating you today. And I'm so proud and lucky…
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Happy Belated Birthday Jeffrey!!!!
I can see exactly what your saying with that capture of him..in his honor tell him we had his “jeffrey roll” at Nikkos last night for our early valentines day dinner, it was so good..heres to many many more wonderful birthdays jeffrey!
Best wishes to the grizzled sales guru — if Jessica hadn’t spilled the beans on your age, no one would ever have guessed! Hope to be reading another best seller from you 64 more years hence.
Cheers.
~DON
Happy Birthday to Jeffrey! and what a resemblance between dad and daughter!
Happy Birthday Jeffrey!!
What a wonderful way to celebrate and appreciate your partner in life, Jessica. I can tell that your words come from the heart. Please pass along my best wishes to Jeffrey for a very happy birthday!
What a lovely tribute to Jeffrey. Happy Birthday!
Wish you many more lovely years together… Happy Birthday Jeffrey. 
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Wow I can really see the resemblance to your baby in this shot.
Happy birthday!
That’s really sweet. Hope the two of you share many more birthdays together.
p.s love your “style” today!
What a great song – glad you remembered it this year. Henry just shipped a special treat to Jeffrey that the three of us worked on this morning. Happy Day!
Happy Birthday Jeffrey!
You both are so fortunate to have found each other…and to have such a beautiful baby in your lives.
Cheers!
Sending lots of lots of sweet wishes to our niece/cousin Anna Edwards on her first birthday!
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so sweet ..your sister is going to love this
so cute!
Little yum yums for sampling at Dean and Deluca. Feta and pink peppercorn bread dip (amazing and it comes from the Pacific Northwest – yahoo!) and Larzaroni Bruschette chips. And two of my favorite confections.
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mmmm…..the bread dip is calling my name,
gotta try that
My mom sent me a link to NPR's story on Can you tell your life story in six words?
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easy one for me…
Bill
GG
Sammy
Greyson
Winston
Kylie
that pretty much sums up my life story…
I love yours
I like your visual interpretation of it. I think I will place mine in a layout too,
http://gracehester.typepad.com/weblog/2010/02/whats-your-six-word-memoir-npr-podcast.html
Blessed more than I thought possible.
Happy Super Bowl Sunday! Show me your Post Its!
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cuuuute! love the daily pictures of her! buuut, do i spy plastic bags in your cart, in the latest shot of her?! 
i could be mistaken, but if so, may i whole-heartedly recommend switching to reusable (or at least paper for the time being)?
BAGGUs are my personal favorite: http://www.thegreenlifecostore.com/m8_view_item.html?m8:item=621 Ochre, Peacock, Chocolate and Berry would look perfect on the arm of a fashionista like yourself!
just too too cute jessica!
This is funny, we were walking somewhere the other day and I looked down at Lucy and she had a post it on her rear. These two are obviously related.
I picked up a circle scarf from our neighborhood American Apparel last week. Great concept. So many options. If you don't love the colors they offer, here is how you can make your own. And here's another delightful idea – a super chunky cowl from Thrush Vintage.
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I LOVE this! Great! Now I have to get one!! Miss you!
love those! what color did you get?
these are so popular lately..I bought my 1st one from target and wore it to death..my mom got another one for me for Christmas and I wear it around the house all day..so warm around the neck and they don’t make me feel like I’m being choked around the neck like a regular scarf..I really love these!
There is something so special about making purchases on Etsy. I love when the package arrives and you can tell the thought that went into packing the item up and sending it to a new home. Case in point here. I ordered a vintage Astro label maker from Swoonantiques and the seller created a label…
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seriously…i love packaging, i am a complete sucker for it, and there is something incredibly thoughtful about the time people put into giving you the gift of their product…love it
That was an awesome thing to do! I’m going to go check out her etsy shop! Thanks for sharing.
Tina J.
How sweet! It’s the little thoughtful details like that make me appreciate a business even more…that make me feel like they care about more than just selling something. =)
Hope you have fun using the label maker.
Milky white cake plates. I love you.
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I too love milk glass cakeplates. I have all my perfume bottles displayed on one in my room.
I LOVE that everyone loves white cake plates! I’m thinking I need to do a cake plate giveaway. But then I realized that would be too difficult to not keep it for myself!
Cheers everyone!
Jessica
I love them too! I have one that was my Non’s – it’s a treasure.
I love these too..don’t know why but every time I see one I go right to it .They’re just so pretty
I love milk vases, but now…I’ve gotta have at least one of those!
I really love them also. I’ve been searching for just the right one and haven’t found it yet though those bottom two in the left column might be close!
oops, was so blown away by the beauty of those cake plates I typo’d…meant: those ARE gorgeous!
oh those or gorgeous!
I inherited all of my grandmother’s milk glass and use it regularly (mixed in with the Fiestaware) as it reminds me of her. Love it!
I have that exact one on the bottom right. My granny gave it to me and I love it! 
Such wonderful pieces to own. Works for any party you host since they can be for a shower, holiday, etc. Love it!
Me three!
Me too!
Totally excited to have (and inspired by) the chance to participate in and Kal and Elise's go/venture2 and the challenge to come up with something from the prompt: PERMANENT. Definitely had me thinking for several days. I love that. I love the creativity that abounds when you dedicate the time to roll with it. I…
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i have my daily blog reads which include yours, kal’s, elise’s, ali’s, among many others, but i was so EXCITED and DELIGHTED to see that you also participated in the challenge. it made my day. i love you optimism. stay strong.
very cool take on the prompt!
Jess- I just had a flashback, of you and I in the last row of the MCD suburban headed to one of the infamous swim meets… I’m so fortunate to have gotten such a package deal with your family and how our roads have intertwined all these years… looking forward to the road ahead. Love you!
Wow – this is deep! Really cool Jess. PS, I got the pillows yesterday…will work on those soon!
great image..I really like how this came out..very creative..you definitely thought “outside the box” as they say on this one..nice job
Hi Julia,
Great! You should attend.
Yes, I will be there.
Hope to see you!
Jessica
My sister developed scoliosis when she was 17 years old. They did surgery on her where they put two steel rods on either side of her spine, and fused in some bone fragments taken from her hip. She had to wear a body cast for six months, and then a brace for a few more months. This was done 40 years ago, and she has had a healthy, straight spine ever since. ( The steel rods were removed about 5 years after the operation ). Did your doctor ever consider doing this for you?
Hi Jessica – I just got an invite to one of your husband’s seminars here in Italy. Are you coming too?
this is such a cool take… thanks for joining us!
so true in my life too…the letter c in my spine
Took an afternoon walk to Phat Burrito. Gabrielle is now at the stage of eating where she can share meals with mama. Lucky her!
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her eyes are so gorgeous!
Denim on denim used to be my ultimate pet peeve. But I think in the above Shop Bop styling instance, it looks great! A few more takes on the look. Thanks The Swelle Life
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remember when they called it the denim tuxedo? lol
I think the problem with denim on denim looks is that people forget that you still have to be thoughtful about it…that you can’t just throw any denim together and have it look good. Because these pictures? Are lovely examples of how the combination can really work. But I cringe a little inside when I think of the many other real-life examples I’ve seen when this didn’t work.
Love the bottom right look – the jacket-and-vest combo are fun! =)
I love the top one as well and think the “shades” are the key to the look..maybe I won’t be saying “no you can’t do that” so much anymore..just looks so comfortable yet stylish especially if you pair that 1st look with some high heeled stappy sandals
LOL @ Anne – I grew up near the boarder on the East coast and we too called this look Canadian Tuxedo.
I do like the top one the best.
Still not a fan, but I do like the rolled up jeans with the t-strap heels in the lower right. I have the perfect gold Cole Haans for that look. Sadly, that will have to wait for spring up here in the north.
I agree – denim on denim was a pet peeve of mine, too. But maybe the key that makes it look good is the same shade/color of denim. Thanks for sharing!
We used to call the all-denim look the “Canadian Tuxedo” (I blame my college years in Bellingham). Looks like those folks up north were just setting a trend.
Congratulations to Kelly Jo – winner of Michael Jackson's This Is It DVD.
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Jess - So cute Jess. She is getting to be such a big girl!
robin - sweet…
Kim - absolutely sweet:)
Kath - I love these photos! She looks absolutely mesmerized by him. My niece is two years younger than my son. She was a fan from the get go…and eleven years later, she still thinks he is pretty awesome. Cousins are the best!
lmkarlins - How cool for both of them!!!
Patti - Great photos..love the expressions on their faces! Simon looks so much like his Daddy!:)
denise c - Way too cute!!!!
What great cousins.
denise
Danielle - What a great shot! Love the expression on Simon’s face
elizabeth - this is so cute!
Ali - Man – did I get this one?
Kal - Such an awesome shot. So cool.
kelly - both of their faces are adorable!
Kyra - So precious…
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Liz - Of course she does dude, you are the coolest!