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On my mind: Dangerous Accessories

2012-01-30T03:36:00.000-08:00

I don't know why, but I am slightly obsessed with"dangerous" accessories lately! I have this spiked bracelet, and whenever I wear it (which is just about daily) I get compliments, or funny comments on it. One lady taking my order at Starbucks noticed my bracelet, and said "Whoa, I'll be sure to make your coffee just right. Wouldn't want to mess with you!" Haha!

A few things I'm into lately....

Noir Jewelry Spiked Bangle {on sale!}

House of Harlow stacked rings

Guess "Pretty in Punk" necklace

Hot Topic stretch spike bracelet

Noir Jewelry Dagger Necklace {on sale!}

Sam Edelman Lorissa spiked heels

What do you think of these "dangerous" accessories? xoxox!

Hello, I Love You: Flowers

2012-01-28T08:57:00.000-08:00

{Hello, I love you!} A pretty, little collection of things I love. Served up fresh, every Saturday

Fabulous K

TomKat Studio

Aisle to Aloha

Hostess with the Mostess

Nail Nerd

Amy Butler

Fossil

Life in Phone Pictures

2012-01-27T02:45:00.000-08:00

If you read last week's update, you know Coco was in the hospital. Rip my heart into a million pieces.

On Wednesday Leila turned five. Oh my goodness. Where has the time gone?

I entered a nail contest. Will you pretty, pretty please vote for me?! In fact you can vote once an hour if you're so inclined...

Short and sweet. I'm tired this week. Next week will be better.

xo,
Heather

Linking up with Jeanett for InstaFriday

Color Loving: Blush

2012-01-26T03:47:00.000-08:00

1. Kendra Scott Carmella Earrings

2. Waterfall curtains by Urban Outfitters

3. Chloe sunglasses

4. Marc Jacobs quilted bag (swoon)

5. Steve Madden Karisma bow flats

6. Laura Geller blush-n-brighten (side note: these are my favorite blushes. Head to your closest Sephora, and try them out. You won't be disappointed!)

What colors are YOU loving right now?

A birthday interview

2012-01-25T16:08:00.000-08:00

Five.

2012-01-25T05:15:00.000-08:00

Today my sweet Leila Mia Bella (most commonly referred to as Lulu on this blog) turns five years old.

I swear, I blinked and she went from this....

to this.

photo courtesy of Gardner Photography.

She is amazing. Kind-hearted, genuinely sweet, an amazing big sister - Leila makes everyday a wonderful adventure.

I am so lucky to be her mama. Happy birthday, Lulu!

Awesome Giveaway: Plum Posh Boutique

2012-01-23T03:12:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Another great giveaway for you, from another great sponsor - Plum Posh Boutique. Tara of Plum Posh Boutique creates the most darling accessories for women and little girls!! {Coco is sitting on my lap as I type, and pointed to this gorgeous rosette headband and said "OOOOH, pretty!"}

A little bit about The Plum Posh Boutique in Tara's own words:

"The creative process has been a great outlet for me to explore the world of textile and fashion which is so near and dear to my heart.

Both of my Grandmother's are incredibly talented. One is an extraordinary painter that never ceases to amaze me with her work. The other produces the most beautiful, elaborate quilts and can sew just about anything in her sleep. I don't know what it is about that generation...but WOW!

My biggest source of inspiration at the moment is my daughter, Ava. Her bubbly little personality and her incredibly cute wardrobe have led me to create some fun, fashionable accessories that we have both truly enjoyed. "

Tara is generously offering one very lucky reader a $20 gift card to her beautiful shop!

Here's how you can win....

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Winner will be announced next week - good luck!

A health update on Gianna

2012-01-21T17:54:00.000-08:00

If you follow this blog, or follow me on Facebook I'm sure you've heard me mention that my little Coco has been sick for quite a while.

On Thursday night around 10:30 she cried out "Ow, mommy, ow!" I ran into her room and her stomach was distended unlike anything I'd ever seen. It looked like there were red stretch marks on her tummy and it was hard as a rock. She was hunched down in pain, and holding onto her tummy. I called the after hours advice line and they told me to get her into the ER immediately. Tony was working, but he left and met me there. We were at our local hospital where they ran all sorts of tests and x-rays on her.

The only thing that would keep her (somewhat) happy in the ER was watching YouTube videos of puppies and kittens.

Right after she was hooked up to an IV

On her x-ray the ER doctor saw lots of pockets of air (extreme gas) and also thought there might be a blockage in her intestines. Around 3:30 am he decided that we needed to be transferred to UCSF via ambulance. UCSF has a world-renowned children's medical team and they wanted us there.

On her way to UCSF, in the ambulance.

We arrived around 5am and were put in the children's critical care unit. They monitored her for hours, and around noon on Friday they moved us to the normal children's ward. (Much more cheerful-looking than the critical care unit.)

Poor Coco got only two hours of sleep Thursday night, and well into Friday. Once my mom got to the hospital late Friday afternoon she fell asleep within minutes. My mom has the magic touch.

After lots of monitoring, iv's, blood work, stool samples and very little eating for Coco they decided that we could go home around 5:30 pm.

The diagnosis (for now) is "post viral gastro". Basically since she was so sick for so long (over three weeks of vomiting and diarrhea around the clock) that her gut/intestines got exhausted and decided to slow way down. Therefore things aren't moving through her at the rate they normally would. We still don't know what caused her to get so sick for so long, and are waiting on one final lab result that could take up to a week to get back.

We had a follow-up doctor's appointment this morning. We are able to feed Gianna very, very small portions of foods hourly. We'll have another follow-up appointment in a few days to determine whether or not she needs further testing and imaging done with a GI specialist, as at this point the fear is that her intestines could be twisting. She's making good progress (had a solid poop - her first solid poop in almost a month!) and the vomiting has stopped. We're praying hard that her doctor will be confident that it's not the intestines twisting (there wasn't any evidence of that on the first x-ray) and that she was just being overly cautious in even thinking that it could be a possibility. Coco's in pretty good spirits today, and is hungry! All she wants to do is eat, eat, eat! It's hard to let her have just a little bit of food, but we know it's for the best.

Anyways, thank you again for your prayers. Please keep them coming!

Hello, I Love You: Vintage

2012-01-21T03:05:00.000-08:00

Burlap and Blue

Pinterest

Style Me Pretty

Bridal Guide

Etsy

Ruffled Blog

Cynthia's Cottage Design

Next week's theme: {Hello, I love you!} Flowers

Link up rules:

Please link to a specific post on your blog - not your blog's main page. You are free to link up a recipe, DIY post, something that made your heart happy or your own version of Hello, I Love You. I can't wait to visit your blog and check it out!
Link up is open to all, but I'd love you forever if you became a follower of this blog, and maybe even grabbed a button, designed by the fabulous Kimmie of Sugar and Dots. (left sidebar)
After you've linked up visit and comment on other blogs! Let's all get to know each other a little better!

Life in Phone Pictures

2012-01-20T03:12:00.000-08:00

She's STILL sick. It's been over three weeks. We're currently waiting on results from a full lab work up. Please keep her in your prayers.

A peek in my purse.

Tony 's been wanting a new TV for years. He won his work's fantasy football league, and his winnings paid for a nice chunk of his big new TV!

Another doctor's appointment for the peanut.

Child labor at it's finest.

Mint green + gold = my current color combination obsession.

This has been my breakfast/lunch just about everyday since Coco's been sick (over three weeks now.) Not exactly helping with my resolutions....

On Wednesday I got a fresh coat of blonde. It was nice to get out of the house for a while and get pampered!

Something that's been rare - a smile from Coco! Hoping she's on her way to being done with this terrible stomach bug.

Linking up with Jeanett for InstaFriday

What she wore Wednesday

2012-01-18T06:32:00.000-08:00

I'm a total slacker on WIWW this week again. My apologies. Coco is still sick, and it is draining all of us. She's getting a full lab work up so we can hopefully figure out what's going on once and for all.

Anyways, onto the one outfit picture I took this week.

Sunglasses: don't remember - sorry!

Dress: Matilda Jane

Shoes: Gap Kids

PS - congrats to the Top That! Designs winner, Monica! "Monica said...

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Tangerine Tango

2012-01-17T04:35:00.000-08:00

Tangerine Tango is Pantone's color of the year. I'm a fan.

1. Hayden by Julep {comes off much brighter than it appears in the picture}
2. Hot Orange patent Robinson clutch by Tory Burch
3. Kitchenaid stand-up mixer
4. Belmont roller bag by Z Gallerie
5. Kiss Me Coral lipstick by Revlon
6. Cordani wedges
7. Design Sponge at Home

What do you think of the color of the year? What's your favorite color?

Awesome Giveaway: The Elephant's Trunk

2012-01-16T04:35:00.000-08:00

Giveaway closed!

Hey everyone! Today I have a great giveaway for you from one of my newest sponsors: The Elephant's Trunk. The Elephant's Trunk is a blog and store owned by the very sweet Lauren.

A little bit about The Elephant's Trunk in Lauren's words:

"Growing up on a rainy day with nothing to do my sister and I always dug through my Mom’s craft trunk to find out what kinds of pipe cleaners, pom-poms, sequins, felt or other items we could put together to keep us busy for an afternoon. The trunk became a place of stimulation and entertainment for my sister and me. Thus when I decided to create my own business it was an easy transition to draw inspiration from this special place of my childhood, that trunk. Elephant’s as many of you know are a sign of luck, so I plopped the sign of luck in front of my inspiration and the Elephant’s Trunk was born.

The Elephant’s Trunk is a little bit of handmade wine accessories and a dash of creative canvases. Finding inspiration for products comes from everywhere and anywhere, from current events to a unique magazine or an inspirational quote. These are the things that stimulate me to create.

One of my favorite things about my business is special orders. Designing unique pieces catered to a customer’s specific needs is the best kind of interaction I could ever ask for with customers.

The Elephant’s Trunk has allowed me to take a variety of creative ideas from the back of my head and place them into physical form. I couldn’t be happier. I can only hope my customers experience this spirit of enthusiasm when they sample the Elephant’s Trunk."

~~Today Lauren is generously offering one of you a $25 gift certificate to her shop! To enter just fill out below. Winner will be emailed next week. Best of luck!~~ Giveaway now closed!

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Hello, I Love You: Blue

2012-01-14T04:00:00.000-08:00

Thank you all SO much for linking up last week! I loved checking out your blogs, and seeing your posts. I can't wait to see what you link up next week!!

Also, someone emailed and asked if we could know the themes a few weeks in advance, and I thought that was a great idea, so.....the next few themes:

Saturday, January 21: Vintage
Saturday, January 28: Flowers
Saturday, February 4: Candy
Saturday, February 11: Love

{Hello, I love you!} A pretty, little collection of things I love. Served up fresh, every Saturday.

Kendra Scott

House Beautiful

a vintage online

suzie beezie

ashley nicole catherine

paris xox

jessenia isabel

Next week's theme: {Hello, I love you!} Vintage

Link up rules:

Please link to a specific post on your blog - not your blog's main page. You are free to link up a recipe, DIY post, something that made your heart happy or your own version of Hello, I Love You. I can't wait to visit your blog and check it out!
Link up is open to all, but I'd love you forever if you became a follower of this blog, and maybe even grabbed a button, designed by the fabulous Kimmie of Sugar and Dots. (left sidebar)
After you've linked up visit and comment on other blogs! Let's all get to know each other a little better!

Life in Phone Pictures

2012-01-13T08:12:00.000-08:00

Coco watching "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers". She has great taste.

My favorite girls in the world.

Lulu asked for sparkly headbands so I went to Joann's and bought some fun, sparkly, stretchy trim and made her a bunch.

Mama's nail salon.

Lulu is super into glasses lately. These are 3-d ones from the movies with the lenses popped out.

Arm party.

Seriously. She's super duper into glasses. I went to the goodwill and bought a bunch for $1 each. Popped out the lenses, spray painted them and added butterflies to some and flowers to others. These have butterflies on the sides.

Another pair of Leila's "real fake glasses" We call these the librarian glasses:

Linking up with Jeanett for InstaFriday

What WE Wore Wednesday

2012-01-11T04:00:00.000-08:00

Friday

Top & Cardigan: Forever 21
Ring: Angel Face Designs
Necklace: Stella & Dot

Saturday. Stuck indoors (again!) with a sick baby. I had no makeup on, but put some lipstick on for the picture, and I'm now realizing how goofy I looked with no makeup except lipstick. Whoops!

Cardigan: Forever 21
Tee & Jeans: Old Navy
Slippers: Target (as seen here)

Monday:
Top, skinny cords and shoes: all baby Gap
Glasses: 3-d ones from the movie theater with the lenses popped out

PS - have you entered the awesome giveaway from Top That! Designs yet? Make sure to grab that free subway art too!

How to print Instagram pictures on the CHEAP!

2012-01-10T06:36:00.000-08:00

Instagram is an amazing, addicting app for the iPhone. Not gonna lie here - instagram was one of the reasons I wanted an iPhone so badly (my username is afdjewelry) I've taken lots of fun pictures with instagram, and was wanting to get some printed. I asked around on Facebook and lots of people recommended Postal Pix and Prinstagram. Both looked great. I ordered 30 prints from Postal Pix for a little over $11. Not terrible, but not cheap. The prints were 4 x 4 and pretty good quality. As much as I loved the thirty prints I ordered from Postal Pix I knew ordering all of my insta pictures at their prices just wasn't an option, plus I wanted smaller versions of the prints.

One night I was on Picnik, making a collage and I saw that there was an option to make a square-shaped collage with either 4, 9, 16 or 36 pictures, and an idea was born - I could make a collage of my instagram pictures!

Here's how you do it.....

1. Log into www.picnik.com and go to the "make a collage" section.

2. On the left you will see "Basic" for basic types of collages, and "Grid" (now, you do have to have Picnik premium which is $24.95/year but I have used it countless times to edit pictures and find the price well worth it. It's like photoshop for people who can't figure out photoshop!) Click on Grid, and you will see several options. Click on the third picture - the one with 16 boxes.

3. Under "grid" change the spacing from 10 to 5, so that there is more room for your pictures. I also change the color from black to white, but you don't have to if you don't want to.

4. On the bottom left, click "upload photos" (Be sure you've saved them to your computer first!)

5. Upload your pictures!

6. Save your picture.

7. Now log onto www.costco.com (if you don't have a Costco membership, you can do the same thing on www.winkflash.com) or any other site that offers 8 x 8 prints. Upload your picnik collage and order it as an 8 x 8.

Once you pick up or have you 8 x 8 delivered it will look like this:

Simply cut off the excess paper, and then trim each picture (if you have a paper cutter it would be super quick and easy!) and voila - a bunch of little instagram pictures for less than 10 cents each!

Here is a size comparison from the ones I ordered from Postal Pix and the ones I ordered from Costco. If you wanted bigger pictures, just choose a collage with 4 or 9 boxes (as opposed to the one with 16 boxes, like I chose.)

Great quality, super cheap instagram pictures that are easy to print. (Don't let the super detailed instructions fool you - once you make one collage, you'll be able to make more in just a minute or two!)

Enjoy!

Awesome Giveaway: Top That Designs

2012-01-09T06:04:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Today I have a fabulous giveaway from a great Etsy store, Top That! Designs. The owner is not only an amazing designer, but also a personal friend. Let me introduce you to her....

"Hi, I am Jennifer Leonardini, creator of Top That! Designs. One of my absolute favorite things to do is plan an amazing party! I will think of any excuse to have a get-together and being one of 4 girls in my family, it is never hard to come up with a reason. Someone is always having a graduation, birthday, engagement party, shower, or anniversary. Growing up, I felt that we were always having a party for someone! My mom always went above and beyond to make our parties special and I love being able to do that for my daughter, as well.

When I am not planning parties, I am teaching young minds! This is my 8th year as an elementary school teacher in Pleasanton, CA and this year, I am teaching a 4/5 combination class. Very challenging, but amazing too. I have a wonderful husband of 5 years and a beautiful baby girl, who will be 2 in April. I am already brainstorming her party!"

Jen did *the* cutest ladybug-themed party for her sweet daughter last year!! Every detail was perfect, and (of course) designed by her! Jen also created the most gorgeous printables for Leila's upcoming fashion party - I can't wait to share them with you all!

Today Jen is generously offering a $20 gift card to her shop! That gets you quite a few party printables! (Hey winner - I'd love to see how you use them!!)

To enter:

Go to the Top That! Designs shop and tell me which your favorite printable is. My current favorites are the Olivia ones - the girls (combined) family birthday party will be Olivia themed!

For additional entries:

Top That! Designs to your Etsy favorites. (click the "add to favorites button on the right of the page - just look for the heart icon.)
For another additional entry tweet: "I'm entering to win some awesome party printables over on @afdjewelry's blog! www.afdjewelry.com" As always, giveaway is open to public followers of this blog only.

Giveaway will be open for one week, and winner will be emailed January 17, so please make sure your email address is attached to your comment(s)

BONUS!!!

Jen is generously offering her adorable Valentine's subway art printable for FREE to readers of this blog! Just right click and save the image below. Thank you so much, Jen!

PS - congrats to the winner of the My Memories digital suite - Ceci!

Hello, I Love You: Kitchens (first ever link up!)

2012-01-07T04:00:00.000-08:00

Can I tell you something? I've been nervous for today. I'm scared no one will link up and I will feel like a total dork. Please prove me wrong. Please link up. Please? :) And if you wanted to grab one of the beautiful buttons that Kimmie made (left sidebar) you would make my heart SO happy!

Anyways, {Hello, I love you!} A pretty, little collection of things I love. Served up fresh, every Saturday.

design is mine

houzz.com

hearth and home

tumblr

candy trip

pinterest

shelterness

If money were no object, what would your dream kitchen be like? Mine would be retro-inspired for sure! I am obsessed with this line of appliances - wowza!

Next week's theme? Hello, I Love You: BLUE.

Link up rules:

Please link to a specific post on your blog - not your blog's main page. You are free to link up a recipe, DIY post, something that made your heart happy or your own version of Hello, I Love You. I can't wait to visit your blog and check it out!
Link up is open to all, but I'd love you forever if you became a follower of this blog, and maybe even grabbed a button, designed by the fabulous Kimmie of Sugar and Dots. (left sidebar)
After you've linked up visit and comment on other blogs! Let's all get to know each other a little better!

Life in Phone Pictures

2012-01-05T21:22:00.000-08:00

Another week has flown by, and it's already time for another Life in Phone Pictures Post. Yowza!

Coco and Leila got super sick this week and Tony was working for the first part of when they were sick, and then came home and he got sick too. That means lots of all-nighters for yours truly. I gave up caffeine over the summer, but am now on the caffeine bandwagon again. Big time.

What to do when you're stuck at home, and bored? Paint your nails of course! One coat of "Charlotte" by Julep, with OPI's "Serving up Sparkle" on my ring fingers.

Even though Lulu was sick she still wanted to accessorize. She requested I made her look like a "fashion pirate"

I'm drinking emergen-c like crazy, chugging water like it's going out of style, popping zinc, vitamin c and Trader Joe's "very green" (thanks for the suggestion, Julie!) like no one's business and I'm the only one who hasn't gotten sick, thankyouverymuch.

Bored on New Years Eve, so I painted my nails. Again. One coat of "Holly" by Julep, with some dots of OPI's "Glitzerland" on my ring fingers.

Eight days later and my girls are still sick. No bueno. At least they're still cute, right?

Tiny girl drinking out of a tiny teacup.

Linking up with Jeanett for InstaFriday

Resolutions.

2012-01-05T07:09:00.000-08:00

Do you make New Year's resolutions? I usually don't, but this year I jotted down a handful.

Make more meals from scratch. I don't mind cooking, but it's the clean up afterwards I hate. This hinders me from making more meals from scratch, but this year I'm going to try to power through the clean up.
Wear red lipstick. This is kind of a silly one, but I love seeing women in red lipstick. I feel like women who wear red lipstick are generally more put-together and ooze confidence. I want to be one of them.
Smash book. I bought a smash book a while ago, and really want to start doing it. I used to scrapbook before I had the girls, and this, along with My Memories seems like a great way to easily scrapbook the simple everyday moments in our lives.
Get healthier. Pretty self explanatory.
Walk the dogs more. It's hard to go on a walk with two kids, and two dogs but we need to try and get the pups out more. They love it, and it is so good for them.
Be more patient. This is a big one for me. I am desperately trying to be more patient, not only with my children (and husband) but life in general.

Do you have any resolutions this year? xo!

What she wore Wednesday

2012-01-04T05:30:00.000-08:00

So......I've been super bad about taking WIWW pictures. Sorry about that. Life has been hectic.

Anyways, the one picture I took was a quick one snapped of Leila with my phone. Lovin' her sassafrass outfit!

Dress: Gen Marie
Boots: Old Navy
Ear Warmer: Forever 21

While you're here, how's about entering the My Memories giveaway? So far your chances are really good.....

Have a great day, everyone! xoxo!

Awesome Giveaway: My Memories Digital Suite

2012-01-02T07:09:00.000-08:00

Giveaway now closed.

Hey Friends! Have you recovered from New Year's yet? Do anything fun?? We had a chill evening at home. My, how things have changed. Anyways, onto the good stuff...

Today I have a great giveaway for you from My Memories. Before I had my girls I had free time and extra money. I used some of that free time and money scrapbooking all of the fun things myself, Tony our friends would do, and I have a handful of really great albums and memories to look back on.....now, two kids, two dogs and a mortgage later there's not a whole lot of extra money or time. My Memories is a fabulous company that specializes in digital scrapbooking software, and is going to be my new way to scrapbook our family time. With their digital software suite you can create scrapbook pages, add on embellishments, cute fonts and more. If you don't scrapbook, though it's also great for adding some fun to pictures for your blog, Facebook page - you name it! You can make blog headers easily, and quickly whip up graphics for a blog button.

Look at this cute guy I made up in just a few minutes!

The complete digital software suite is awesome, and you could win it! How? It's easy. First - the giveaway is only open to public followers of this blog. Go click the "follow" button if you haven't already. Mandatory entry: go to My Memories and tell me your favorite digital scrapbook kit. Optional entries: "like" My Memories on Facebook (one entry) and/or tweet the following: "I'm entering to win @MyMemoriesSuite on @afdjewelry's blog - www.afdjewelry.com" (one more entry) Giveaway will be open for one week. Make sure your email address is attached to your comment so I can let you know if you've won!

As a bonus, Angel Face Designs readers get $10 off the full My Memories Digital Suite to when you enter the code: STMMMS30090 at checkout and a $10 coupon to the digital software store.

Giveaway now closed.

2011 in pictures

2012-01-01T08:00:00.000-08:00

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Hello, I Love You: See You in 2012

2011-12-31T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hey friends! I am taking a break from Hello, I Love You this week but wanted to remind you that starting next Saturday, January 7th Hello, I Love You will be a link-up. I hope you'll join me and link up a Hello, I Love You of your own!

I'll leave a theme prompt of what my HILY will be for the following week, but you are free to do your HILY post however you want - link up a craft, a recipe, something that made you smile, or your very own version of Hello, I Love You! I'd love it if you grabbed a button designed by the amazing Kimmie of Sugar and Dots (left sidebar)

Prompt for the first HILY link up: kitchens. Can't wait to see what you guys link up!

PS - Happy New Year!! xoxoxo!

PPS - Last chance to lock in 2011's sponsorship rates for all of 2012!