March 2011

Enjoy Your Friends More: Recognize Their Role In Your Life

by ElizaFayle March 31, 2011

Friends can be a source of great comfort and joy in your life. They can also be a source of great frustration and disappointment.

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Biz Chick Site to Love: Shocolaate.com

by Tia Peterson March 31, 2011

There are a few simple pleasures in life – massages, pedicures, and chocolate. I’m pretty sure that if I had no other luxuries, I’d be absolutely fine with just those.

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Bellevue Collection Polyvore Contest – Enter Now!

by The Emerald Closet March 30, 2011

We were approached by The Bellevue Collection to enter a fashion blogger contest to display our styling skills. Using items from its new spring collection, we created a Polyvore set that highlighted our favorite spring picks and best exemplified The Bellevue Collection as a shopping destination. The marketing department chose its favorite fashion blogger’s entry [...]

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Traditional Tuna Sashimi, for #JapanLife

by Tia Peterson March 30, 2011

This post is part of the #JapanLife initiative to raise awareness about the need for assistance in Japan – Participate by posting an article about Japanese culture and tweeting to the hashtag #japanlife.

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what to wear: spring dresses for every body type

by Teresa Morisco March 30, 2011

With weather warming up, throwing on a dress not only makes getting dressed easier in the morning, it keeps you cool throughout the day. Here are my picks of reasonably priced dresses from Nordstroms that can be worn for work, play, or an upcoming wedding.

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The new way for your Kids to eat: An Interview with Kidfresh Founder

by Christina Linnell March 29, 2011

  Recently I had an opportunity to interview Kidfresh Founder & CEO, Matt Cohen. If you have not yet heard of Kidfresh, you need to pay attention! Kids’ meals these days… a lot of them are downright scary and often loaded with all sorts of artificial ingredients. As a father himself, Matt decided that he [...]

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3 Ways to Revitalize your Blog this Spring

by Sandy March 29, 2011

With spring upon us, it’s the perfect time to freshen up and inject new life into your blog. And SHAKE off those winter blues!

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My daughter is doing WHAT on Facebook?

by Catherine Lockey March 29, 2011

Why does your teen daughter eat, sleep and seemingly try to bathe with her phone? Why does she post pictures of herself “posing” on Facebook? This post about teen girls and social media is a summary of “Online Confidential: What girls Do Online, Why They Do It, and How to Parent Through it,” a presentation by educator, author, and speaker Rachel Simmons at the Millersville University Anna Funk Lockey Lecture.

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New Trend to Try: Spring Hats

by PattyJ March 29, 2011

When the good days of spring return, there are a few things we naturally gravitate towards. White frocks, long skirts, thin cardigans and peachy bags; but sometimes it’s fun to break the cycle and throw sometime new into your routine. Hat Tips Start small and work your way to larger varieties. A straw cloche hat [...]

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Today’s Question: Would you sleep less now for vacation later? (One Question Series)

by Tia Peterson March 28, 2011

On Hard Choices: Would you sleep two hours less each night and use them to work, if it meant that you could take an extra week’s vacation every year?

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Why Covert Branding Works Against You

by Catarina Alexon March 28, 2011

Would you do business with a ghost? Exactly, and you are not the only one. The same applies to the rest of humanity. So do yourself a favour by refraining from covert branding and instead display your photograph and name on social media.

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Counting Blessings

by Marie March 28, 2011

Amazing list of things one blogger is grateful for. How are YOU blessed?

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Chocolate Bread Pudding

by Alaine Rayburn March 28, 2011

Recipe for homemade chocolate bread pudding (with images). “I didn’t think I would like bread pudding. Can’t say that I had it while growing up…”

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5 Sensible Spring Looks for Toddler Moms Created with Polyvore

by Tia Peterson March 28, 2011

I am a toddler mom, so I know exactly what it’s like – trying to dress well when you know that at any second, anything from chocolate milk to boogers could be smeared across your top. Still, we like to look good, right? And with instyle.com’s tips for vibrant spring colors in indigo, tangerine, turquoise, fuschia, and chartreuse, I had a great plan to start with. I’ve decided that any shopping I do this spring will be based around those colors (see how easy I am)!

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