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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If you live in L.A , watch out for the &lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000027808079&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt;Billion Dollar Babes&lt;/a&gt; World Premier Designer Sale on November 6-7,2009.&amp;nbsp; Sign up &lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000027808079&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to enjoy huge discounts on designer products up on sale on weekends.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-5077145139442870769?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/M_lf0NyWraQ/billion-dollar-babe-premier-designer.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0TScT7h0I/AAAAAAAAEZo/gGohZpMb3Jw/s72-c/billion+dollar+babes+premier+design+sale.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/11/billion-dollar-babe-premier-designer.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-3258533990611448011</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-02T03:11:12.718-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">home decor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">accessories</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gift ideas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">handmade</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Shop of the Week</category><title>Shop of the Week and a Giveaway: Kitty and Polly</title><description>&lt;div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Our Shop of the Week is &lt;a href="http://www.kittyandpolly.co.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;Kitty and Polly&lt;/a&gt;, an online store that offers handmade gift items.&amp;nbsp; This week's feature is exciting because Polly has offered to give one giveaway winner a $10 voucher to spend from her shop along with this cute birdy shopper bag.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Su6bPvPB1LI/AAAAAAAAEfA/HhBjT4Prjs4/s1600-h/cotton+shopper+bag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Su6bPvPB1LI/AAAAAAAAEfA/HhBjT4Prjs4/s320/cotton+shopper+bag.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;win a $10 voucher and this birdy bag:)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Please read the simple rules on how you can enter the giveaway below the Q&amp;amp;A.&amp;nbsp; Meanwhile let's get to know more about Kitty and Polly.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;What's the inspiration behind your shop's name?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Kitty is my mum's nickname, Polly is mine, so it made sense to bring the two together as mum has been a great source of support &amp;amp; encouragement in getting the shop up and running.&amp;nbsp; Sounds kinda sweet too...!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;How old is your shop?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;Kitty and Polly is approx two years old. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What inspired you to start your own home business?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I always relished the idea of running my own business, and having input into all aspects of it. As well at that, I've worked in industry for a long time and really wanted to do something more creative.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Su6a9dVyG8I/AAAAAAAAEeg/54bcxPWEuHw/s1600-h/craft+fair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Su6a9dVyG8I/AAAAAAAAEeg/54bcxPWEuHw/s320/craft+fair.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Polly, at a craft fair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style="color: #3d85c6;"&gt;How do you find products to sell on your store?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I do a lot of research online,&amp;nbsp; visit craft fairs and find new sources through the likes of Twitter and Facebook. There are lots of makers/craftspeople who get directly in touch with me as well.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What was the toughest challenge you faced so far? &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I work full time as well so the toughest challenge is finding enough time to dedicate to Kitty &amp;amp; Polly and make sure I focus on the priorities - it's very easy to get distracted by Twitter and all the lovely blogs out there (such as yours !)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;How did you get over it?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Not sure I have completely mastered this challenge, but I have developed a good routine which ensures I work on the business but also take time out to relax and enjoy life too !&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Please Name:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;the things you do when you're not busy in your shop -&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;walk my Basset hound Oscar, read (currently reading My French Life by Vicki Archer), a bit of cooking and gardening&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Su6bA1zy_lI/AAAAAAAAEeo/0dzd9o6Nn0E/s1600-h/IMG_0452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Su6bA1zy_lI/AAAAAAAAEeo/0dzd9o6Nn0E/s320/IMG_0452.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Oscar&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;aww, how handsome this guy! :)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;stuff inside your bag you can't leave home without -&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;my mobile, my hairbrush, any sort of pretty notebook (to jot any ideas that might come into my head!)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;your favorite shops -&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;tough one this but Plumo, Marks and Spencer, Avoca, vintage and charity shops&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;your top 3 favorite picks from your shop&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Black polka dot clutch,&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Su6a7OYC0VI/AAAAAAAAEeY/fiQgzHfzGYc/s1600-h/coco_spot_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Su6a7OYC0VI/AAAAAAAAEeY/fiQgzHfzGYc/s320/coco_spot_front.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Make Tea Not War sampler,&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Su6bCKFZNeI/AAAAAAAAEew/vkAcHwjYYUE/s1600-h/IMG_1295.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Su6bCKFZNeI/AAAAAAAAEew/vkAcHwjYYUE/s320/IMG_1295.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Star Earrings&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Su6bFBPAVSI/AAAAAAAAEe4/U1jMc2DD5no/s1600-h/silverlacestellastarearrings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Su6bFBPAVSI/AAAAAAAAEe4/U1jMc2DD5no/s320/silverlacestellastarearrings.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What tips would you want to share for aspiring home based entrepreneurs like you?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Go for it , believe in yourself, stick with it ! &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Any message to your customers and the people who support you?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;To customers, family &amp;amp; friends - a BIG thank you. It's always a thrill to get orders and happy customer feedback.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;~*~*~*~&lt;br /&gt;
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There are three ways to enter the giveaway or you can do all three and get 3 entries.&amp;nbsp; Let me know in your comment if you did all three:)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1.&amp;nbsp; Just hop over &lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kittyandpolly.co.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;Kitty and Polly&lt;/a&gt; and tell us which is your favorite item from the store by leaving a comment on this post.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;2.&amp;nbsp; Be a follower of The Shopbug.&amp;nbsp; Just click the Follow button on the sidebar.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;3. Help us spread the word about the giveaway by making a blog post.&amp;nbsp; Don't forget&amp;nbsp; to leave a comment with the URL of your post.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;As for me, these are my &lt;a href="http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/easy-peasy-october-competition-by-kitty.html" target="_blank"&gt;faves&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Thank you so much Polly for taking part of the interview and for hosting the&amp;nbsp; very first giveaway:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="cssButton" href="javascript:void(0)" id="publishButton" onclick="if (this.className.indexOf(&amp;quot;ubtn-disabled&amp;quot;) == -1) {var e = document['postingForm'].publish;(e.length) ? e[0].click() : e.click(); if (window.event) window.event.cancelBubble = true; return false;}" target=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;)&amp;nbsp; The winner will be drawn on Monday next week through &lt;a href="http://random.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Random.org&lt;/a&gt;. Don't forget to include an email add where I can contact you.&amp;nbsp; Thank you in advance to everyone who will join.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-3258533990611448011?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/xH4WohesRJ8/shop-of-week-and-giveaway-kitty-and.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Su6bPvPB1LI/AAAAAAAAEfA/HhBjT4Prjs4/s72-c/cotton+shopper+bag.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/11/shop-of-week-and-giveaway-kitty-and.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-6320578826574435361</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-30T01:22:47.358-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sale</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">make-believe shopping</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fashion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">clothing</category><title>Make Believe Shopping:   Flower Power and Stripes</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Suj_xHTHE5I/AAAAAAAAEeI/KHtQRsP8Jsw/s1600-h/ladies+tops+by+bennett+malibu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Suj_xHTHE5I/AAAAAAAAEeI/KHtQRsP8Jsw/s400/ladies+tops+by+bennett+malibu.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;One piece romper ; Baby Doll Top with pom pom detail in pink&lt;br /&gt;
Caftan style poncho ; Baby Doll Top with pom pom detail in yellow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Flower Power by  &lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000027808079&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt;Bennett Malibu&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Suj_ygA7vxI/AAAAAAAAEeQ/yqx2JzXBuuQ/s1600-h/Striped+Tops+by+Splendid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Suj_ygA7vxI/AAAAAAAAEeQ/yqx2JzXBuuQ/s400/Striped+Tops+by+Splendid.jpg" width="286" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Lightweight French Terry Zip Hoodie ; Rugby White Stripe Hoodie &lt;br /&gt;
Stripe Loose Knit Henley ; Jersey Cropped Cardigan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Stripes by &lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000027808079&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt;Splendid&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;On Sale  &lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000027808079&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  Today Only. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-6320578826574435361?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/RNoybfERRcM/make-believe-shopping-flower-power-and.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Suj_xHTHE5I/AAAAAAAAEeI/KHtQRsP8Jsw/s72-c/ladies+tops+by+bennett+malibu.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/make-believe-shopping-flower-power-and.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-6984646506749215896</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-26T21:14:51.877-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">make-believe shopping</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fashion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">clothing</category><title>Make Believe Shopping: Warm Me Up This Season</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I am so&amp;nbsp; sorry for not being able to put together the Shop of the Week last Sunday.&amp;nbsp; I was feeling sick these past days but now I'm much better:)&amp;nbsp; There will be a new seller featured next Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The colder months are coming and I am craving for these:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0YIo8Jn3I/AAAAAAAAEaA/OZOFMzKFOPc/s1600-h/urban+outfitters+cardigans+collection.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394494465367449458" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0YIo8Jn3I/AAAAAAAAEaA/OZOFMzKFOPc/s400/urban+outfitters+cardigans+collection.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 293px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0ZNLA9XxI/AAAAAAAAEaI/Z1hSpNcILdI/s1600-h/urban+outfitters+cardigans+collection+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394495642745528082" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0ZNLA9XxI/AAAAAAAAEaI/Z1hSpNcILdI/s400/urban+outfitters+cardigans+collection+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 292px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0YIPi_sAI/AAAAAAAAEZ4/pe7vTeUtaH8/s1600-h/urban+outfitters+cardigans+collection+3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394494458551054338" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0YIPi_sAI/AAAAAAAAEZ4/pe7vTeUtaH8/s400/urban+outfitters+cardigans+collection+3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 295px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;  Sweaters from &lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplimage?lid=41000000020844001&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt;Urban Outiftters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-6984646506749215896?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/QREHGmuKy4w/make-believe-shopping-warm-me-up-this.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0YIo8Jn3I/AAAAAAAAEaA/OZOFMzKFOPc/s72-c/urban+outfitters+cardigans+collection.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/make-believe-shopping-warm-me-up-this.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-5629485042279709587</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-23T21:47:15.941-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">accessories</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sale</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">make-believe shopping</category><title>Make Believe Shopping:   Ethnic Bracelets by Cocobelle</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Ethnic Inspired Bracelets by Cocobelle&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/SuKFPaE1ohI/AAAAAAAAEeA/ynfoFc0xNKc/s1600-h/ethnic+bracelets+by+cocobelle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/SuKFPaE1ohI/AAAAAAAAEeA/ynfoFc0xNKc/s400/ethnic+bracelets+by+cocobelle.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Wrap Bracelet ; Sofia Bracelet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Price: &lt;strike&gt;$22.00&lt;/strike&gt;  &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;$4.50&lt;/span&gt; ; Price: &lt;strike&gt;$68.00&lt;/strike&gt;  &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;$20.00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Sofia Bracelet ;&amp;nbsp; Coral Bead Shell Bracelet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Price: &lt;strike&gt;$68.00&lt;/strike&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;$20.00&amp;nbsp; ;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Price: &lt;strike&gt;$20.00&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $6.00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
On Sale  &lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000027808079&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  Today Only.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-5629485042279709587?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/gBKb4ZFJnu4/make-believe-shopping-ethnic-bracelets.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/SuKFPaE1ohI/AAAAAAAAEeA/ynfoFc0xNKc/s72-c/ethnic+bracelets+by+cocobelle.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/make-believe-shopping-ethnic-bracelets.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-7328138223466355682</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-21T19:52:09.593-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">home decor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">contest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">interior design</category><title>This Is My Habitat Contest</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A few days ago, I learned about This Is My Habitat Contest from &lt;a href="http://decor8blog.com/2009/10/19/thisismyhabita/" target="_blank"&gt;Decor8&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(read her post, really worth reading) &lt;/span&gt;and Caroline of &lt;a href="http://patchworkharmony.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Patchwork Harmony&lt;/a&gt;.  I just wanna do a repost on this for those who may have not heard about it yet.  It is an exciting competition that I want to share.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habitat is a UK-based international home furnishing company with stores in France, Spain, Germany and retail partners in Turkey, New Zealand, Thailand, Iceland, and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As part of its new "This Is My Habitat" campaign, it gives one winner the chance to have their home featured online, star in a photoshoot, plus a trip for two to London, 2 nights in a luxury hotel with shopping money too!  34 runners up (one per store) will each receive a £100 Habitat gift card.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Here are celebrities featured in their homes with their own Habitat pieces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0S1HYAD4I/AAAAAAAAEZg/yk-VtXq6Pok/s1600-h/this+is+my+habitat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0S1HYAD4I/AAAAAAAAEZg/yk-VtXq6Pok/s400/this+is+my+habitat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394488632381804418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Grace Richardson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(check out the sofa, the ceramic vase and the large floor lamp)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0S0u-oYWI/AAAAAAAAEZY/uN9lNWo_CUg/s1600-h/this+is+my+habitat+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0S0u-oYWI/AAAAAAAAEZY/uN9lNWo_CUg/s400/this+is+my+habitat+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394488625832943970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ruth and Matthew Gore&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(check out the chest of drawers and the mirror)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0S0L9lBPI/AAAAAAAAEZQ/1OiSMYPEhvs/s1600-h/this+is+my+habitat+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0S0L9lBPI/AAAAAAAAEZQ/1OiSMYPEhvs/s400/this+is+my+habitat+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394488616433288434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Helena Christensen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(check out the Sofa and the nest tables)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If you live in the UK,  &lt;a href="http://www.thisismyhabitat.net/en/competition/upload" target="_blank"&gt;upload&lt;/a&gt; a photo of you in your home, featuring your favorite Habitat piece.  Don't forget to read the &lt;a href="http://www.thisismyhabitat.net/en/competition/terms-and-conditions" target="_blank"&gt;rules&lt;/a&gt; before joining.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-7328138223466355682?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/gXw1ioiOOTs/this-is-my-habitat-contest.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0S1HYAD4I/AAAAAAAAEZg/yk-VtXq6Pok/s72-c/this+is+my+habitat.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/this-is-my-habitat-contest.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-5734634696616878953</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-24T18:31:53.815-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sale</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">make-believe shopping</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shoes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fashion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">clothing</category><title>Make Believe Shopping:   $500 Gift Certificate at Talbots</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I wonder what I could buy if I have $500 worth of Gift Card to spend at &lt;a href="http://socialspark.com/metrics/click/post?slot_id=73442&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F4587L" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Talbots&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;Here are my picks:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5_PC3MS_I/AAAAAAAAEcQ/VCTdBTz_-4I/s1600-h/talbot+plaid+jacket+ballerina+shoe.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394889300079561714" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5_PC3MS_I/AAAAAAAAEcQ/VCTdBTz_-4I/s400/talbot+plaid+jacket+ballerina+shoe.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 274px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;plaid jacket ;  suede ballet flats&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;$149.00 ; $99.00&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;The jacket looks warm and comfortable to wear, so it's perfect for the up coming season.  I love the sweet pink checkered accent.  It can be worn over jeans, slacks, or dress and would look great for casual or semi-casual attire.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;The ballerina shoes is a wonderful pair to match this jacket.  And it looks super friendly for the feet.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Now, let's hit the &lt;span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"&gt;SALE &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;ecti&lt;/span&gt;on of the boutique:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5_OfXDJqI/AAAAAAAAEcA/H8f9wl0FoPw/s1600-h/talbot+tie+silk+dress.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394889290549503650" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5_OfXDJqI/AAAAAAAAEcA/H8f9wl0FoPw/s400/talbot+tie+silk+dress.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 298px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;tie neck silk dress&lt;br /&gt;
was: $159.00&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; now: $97.49&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St6Co6H3oCI/AAAAAAAAEcY/vZlW0Pc3Pw0/s1600-h/talbots+pants+skirt.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394893042945073186" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St6Co6H3oCI/AAAAAAAAEcY/vZlW0Pc3Pw0/s400/talbots+pants+skirt.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 308px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;woven stripe pants  ;  woven stripe skirt&lt;br /&gt;
was: $79.00 &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;now: $29.24 &lt;/span&gt; ; was:$69.00 &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;now:$25.49&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St6D7N9fHzI/AAAAAAAAEco/oH0ToBj56AQ/s1600-h/talbots+lace+trimmed+cardigan.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394894457019506482" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St6D7N9fHzI/AAAAAAAAEco/oH0ToBj56AQ/s400/talbots+lace+trimmed+cardigan.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 303px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;lace trimmed cardigan&lt;br /&gt;
was: $49.00 &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;now: $28.49&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St6D7HtOvZI/AAAAAAAAEcg/dlXRhv4lGRI/s1600-h/talbots+sundress+tunic+blouse.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394894455340711314" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St6D7HtOvZI/AAAAAAAAEcg/dlXRhv4lGRI/s400/talbots+sundress+tunic+blouse.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 279px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;tie strap sundress  ;  orange belted tunic blouse&lt;br /&gt;
was: $69.00 &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;now: $25.49&lt;/span&gt;  ;  was: $44.00 &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;now: $16.49&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;plaid jacket                         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;$149.00 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt; suede ballet flats             &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;$99.00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;tie neck silk dress&lt;/span&gt;         &lt;span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;$97.49&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;woven stripe pants&lt;/span&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;$29.24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;woven stripe skirt           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;$25.49&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;lace trimmed cardigan  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;$28.49&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;tie strap sundress&lt;/span&gt;         &lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;$25.49&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;belted tunic blouse&lt;/span&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; $16.49&lt;br /&gt;
____________&lt;br /&gt;
TOTAL PRICE:                             $470.69&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;I still have $29 left from my Gift Card, which gives me room to buy these Pin dot trouser socks.  At $9 each, I can take all three colors - grey, black and red.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St6IH4Se9-I/AAAAAAAAEcw/uGkp4rBokZA/s1600-h/talbots+socks.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394899072586807266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St6IH4Se9-I/AAAAAAAAEcw/uGkp4rBokZA/s400/talbots+socks.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 194px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I love my picks!  The pieces can be mixed and match and everything looks so comfortable yet stylish.  If you are looking for style inspirations, check out the "Outfits" section.  And don't forget to drop by &lt;a href="http://socialspark.com/metrics/click/post?slot_id=73442&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FGEktu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Red Chair Confessions, &lt;/a&gt;Talbots' new fashion blog.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-5734634696616878953?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/rHLbhaIFdH4/make-believe-shopping-500-gift.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5_PC3MS_I/AAAAAAAAEcQ/VCTdBTz_-4I/s72-c/talbot+plaid+jacket+ballerina+shoe.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/make-believe-shopping-500-gift.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-2489184867468253051</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-24T18:33:14.766-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shoes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fashion</category><title>Must Have Shoes: What's Your Shoe Type?</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On usual days, I'm a girl who prefers to walk in flats than in heels.  I love ballerina shoes and these comfortable walkers from OTBT.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5rSFaZi9I/AAAAAAAAEbo/C4-bwl9vwaw/s1600-h/shoes+by+otbt.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394867362071153618" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5rSFaZi9I/AAAAAAAAEbo/C4-bwl9vwaw/s400/shoes+by+otbt.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 222px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
These Madeline slip ons are so cute.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5rRuB_-LI/AAAAAAAAEbY/-sK_ooddb-k/s1600-h/slip+ons+by+madeline.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394867355794798770" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5rRuB_-LI/AAAAAAAAEbY/-sK_ooddb-k/s400/slip+ons+by+madeline.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 369px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 299px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;But of course, you can't be wearing flats all the time.  These shoes by Nicole have just the right heel and are a perfect wear to the office.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5rR69OABI/AAAAAAAAEbg/yd8O5I8f_00/s1600-h/shoes+by+nicole.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394867359264407570" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5rR69OABI/AAAAAAAAEbg/yd8O5I8f_00/s400/shoes+by+nicole.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 221px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I also like these fall shoes by Apapezza.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5rSt9DkeI/AAAAAAAAEb4/fi7odBOTUNs/s1600-h/fall+shoes+by+apepazza.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394867372953932258" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5rSt9DkeI/AAAAAAAAEb4/fi7odBOTUNs/s400/fall+shoes+by+apepazza.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 359px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Poetic License have a lovely mix of flat and heels.  I love these two checkered pumps with accents of bow and flower!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5rSUD26TI/AAAAAAAAEbw/dNSUkJ6qpF0/s1600-h/shoes+by+poetic+license.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394867366003140914" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5rSUD26TI/AAAAAAAAEbw/dNSUkJ6qpF0/s400/shoes+by+poetic+license.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 310px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If you're shopping for shoes, check out MustHaveShoes.com for easy choosing. This online customizable shoe boutique gives you the option to narrow down searches by simply entering the exact style, color and size that you're looking for.  If you have a favorite brand, you can also shop by designer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And because I like flats, I just enter the keyword "flats" in the huge banner search box and I get all the different styles of flats by various designers.   I love online stores that allow you to customize your search according to categories.  It eliminates all the extra hours browsing over stocks that you don’t really plan to buy.  &lt;br /&gt;
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What about you?  What's your shoe type?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-2489184867468253051?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/dBJaFFLm9uQ/must-have-shoes.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St5rSFaZi9I/AAAAAAAAEbo/C4-bwl9vwaw/s72-c/shoes+by+otbt.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/must-have-shoes.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-1758685017904092402</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-19T19:00:22.363-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sale</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">make-believe shopping</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fashion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">clothing</category><title>Make Believe Shopping:   Qi Cashmere</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Love these pieces from Qi Cashmere:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0O2IZHUTI/AAAAAAAAEZI/cJsCyflfMSw/s1600-h/qi+cashmere+cardigans+on+sale.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 332px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0O2IZHUTI/AAAAAAAAEZI/cJsCyflfMSw/s400/qi+cashmere+cardigans+on+sale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394484251788267826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;military jacket ;                        hoodie capelet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Price:                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="display: inline;font-size:85%;" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_RegularPrice2LB" &gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;&lt;strike&gt;$177.00&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;                &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_UnitCost"  style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span id="UnitCostSpan"&gt;$53.10             &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Price:                 &lt;span style="display: inline;" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_RegularPrice2LB"&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;&lt;strike&gt;$190.00&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                &lt;span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_UnitCost"&gt;&lt;span id="UnitCostSpan"&gt;$57.00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_UnitCost"&gt;&lt;span id="UnitCostSpan"&gt;back waisted duster ;             mesh ornate dress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Price:                 &lt;span style="display: inline;" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_RegularPrice2LB"&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;&lt;strike&gt;$243.00&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                &lt;span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_UnitCost"&gt;&lt;span id="UnitCostSpan"&gt;$72.90   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Price:                 &lt;span style="display: inline;" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_RegularPrice2LB"&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;&lt;strike&gt;$188.00&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                &lt;span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_UnitCost"&gt;&lt;span id="UnitCostSpan"&gt;$56.40&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_UnitCost"&gt;&lt;span id="UnitCostSpan"&gt;on sale&lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000027668638&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt; here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_UnitCost"&gt;&lt;span id="UnitCostSpan"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-1758685017904092402?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/z8zClJM50bI/make-believe-shopping-qi-cashmere.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/St0O2IZHUTI/AAAAAAAAEZI/cJsCyflfMSw/s72-c/qi+cashmere+cardigans+on+sale.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/make-believe-shopping-qi-cashmere.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-1581230464004573534</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-19T00:56:23.150-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">home decor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">art print</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">handmade</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Shop of the Week</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">paper products</category><title>Shop of the Week: Made By Girl</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This is not the first time that we're featuring &lt;a href="http://madebygirl.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Made By Girl&lt;/a&gt;.  A lot of posts on this blog included items from the shop. Yes, she is a fave.  Earlier this year, she was our &lt;a href="http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/02/march-shop-of-month-made-by-girl.html" target="_blank"&gt;Shop of the Month&lt;/a&gt;.  This week is different because Jennifer herself answered the questions for our readers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I thought it fitting because there have been changes happening in the shop lately.  Works from other talented artists are now available at the &lt;a href="http://madebygirl.com/shop.php?ncat=4" target="_blank"&gt;shop&lt;/a&gt;.   Jen is also selling selected items from her home and wardrobe.  Check out &lt;a href="http://madebygirl.com/shop.php?ncat=5" target="_blank"&gt;Jennifer's Closet&lt;/a&gt; and get some quality second-hand items at a good price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StwW8gly0EI/AAAAAAAAEZA/XrfKlu2IOoM/s1600-h/made+by+girl+online+store.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 208px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StwW8gly0EI/AAAAAAAAEZA/XrfKlu2IOoM/s400/made+by+girl+online+store.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394211682479427650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Made By Girl online store&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Here's the interview:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;What's the inspiration behind your shop's name?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I decided on MadeByGirl because it was catchy and I wanted to make it obvious that the products were madeby a girl.... (me).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;How old is your shop? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A little over 2 years old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsP06i9gVI/AAAAAAAAEYI/3QJSnsgDlvA/s1600-h/madebygirl+greeting+cards.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsP06i9gVI/AAAAAAAAEYI/3QJSnsgDlvA/s400/madebygirl+greeting+cards.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393922380449808722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;greeting cards that Jennifer designed herself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;What inspired you to start your own home business?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ability to work from home seemed like an attractive idea to me, so i pursued it. I had a friend who was in the same industry &amp;amp; her success inspired me to really go ahead and take the leap of faith into starting my own. I've always loved Graphic Design, drawing and being creative.....designing my products keeps me doing all that and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsP2FhQngI/AAAAAAAAEYY/N935NHDSTIE/s1600-h/jennifer+ramos+home+office.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsP2FhQngI/AAAAAAAAEYY/N935NHDSTIE/s400/jennifer+ramos+home+office.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393922400575331842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;her work station&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;What was the toughest challenge you faced so far? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marketing. It is very time consuming and can be very draining at times. You feel like your never quite done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;How did you get over it? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just take breaks &amp;amp; then give myself time to reflect on what I've done and what I have to tackle next.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;Please Name:&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;the things you do when you're not busy in your shop: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Travel, reading and spending time with my dogs at the dog park.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsQTmXvIbI/AAAAAAAAEYw/worH5ngXXD8/s1600-h/jennifer+ramos+with+dogs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 341px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsQTmXvIbI/AAAAAAAAEYw/worH5ngXXD8/s400/jennifer+ramos+with+dogs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393922907609964978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;with her two Boxers, Danny and Darla&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;stuff inside your bag you can't leave home without: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My iPhone &amp;amp; my Lancome juicy tube lipgloss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;your favorite shops:  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have so many....Forever 21, Zara, West Elm, The Mac Store &amp;amp; many more....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;your top 3 favorite picks from your shop: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;ABC Love print&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Stp8B7WY_CI/AAAAAAAAEXI/N-OP2A6krm4/s1600-h/madebygirl+abc+love+print.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Stp8B7WY_CI/AAAAAAAAEXI/N-OP2A6krm4/s400/madebygirl+abc+love+print.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393759876282907682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I love you, blogs &amp;amp; tea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Stp8CzdtkhI/AAAAAAAAEXY/5d4l9j892w0/s1600-h/madebygirl+i+love++you+blogs+and+tea.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 317px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Stp8CzdtkhI/AAAAAAAAEXY/5d4l9j892w0/s400/madebygirl+i+love++you+blogs+and+tea.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393759891346002450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;and any one of the Customized Kids posters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Stp8CXuMgpI/AAAAAAAAEXQ/q-o2H6M2n9Y/s1600-h/madebygirl+customize+name+abc+print.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Stp8CXuMgpI/AAAAAAAAEXQ/q-o2H6M2n9Y/s400/madebygirl+customize+name+abc+print.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393759883898946194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;What tips would you want to share for aspiring home based entrepreneurs like you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make sure you research the market for the item you want to sell. Get a decent website with some great photos of your products to start off with. Spend time building a blog which you can use to promote the items in your shop....I've learned that blogging is a terrific marketing tool!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;Any message to your customers and the people who support you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for the kind words &amp;amp; the ongoing support of my blog &amp;amp; business!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsQTaFhqYI/AAAAAAAAEYo/k3_13mxAHAg/s1600-h/jennifer+ramos.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 307px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsQTaFhqYI/AAAAAAAAEYo/k3_13mxAHAg/s400/jennifer+ramos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393922904312359298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Jennifer Ramos, designer/owner MBG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;~*~*~*~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And now for my picks:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsOpRFfShI/AAAAAAAAEYA/NG-DI1eiStc/s1600-h/madebygirl+peanut+butter+and+jelly.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsOpRFfShI/AAAAAAAAEYA/NG-DI1eiStc/s400/madebygirl+peanut+butter+and+jelly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393921080830151186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsOo2r0MVI/AAAAAAAAEX4/s4mT-8UphJs/s1600-h/madebygirl+customize+name+abc+print.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsOo2r0MVI/AAAAAAAAEX4/s4mT-8UphJs/s400/madebygirl+customize+name+abc+print.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393921073743147346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsOolE9_FI/AAAAAAAAEXw/OwKFVTLFhlA/s1600-h/madebygirl+i+love+you+blogs+and+coffee.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsOolE9_FI/AAAAAAAAEXw/OwKFVTLFhlA/s400/madebygirl+i+love+you+blogs+and+coffee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393921069016808530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsQXgdF2FI/AAAAAAAAEY4/65hXfx9MTiU/s1600-h/madebygirl+love+pattern+print.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 348px; height: 338px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StsQXgdF2FI/AAAAAAAAEY4/65hXfx9MTiU/s400/madebygirl+love+pattern+print.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393922974741289042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I'm sure that many of you have visited &lt;a href="http://madebygirl.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Made By Girl&lt;/a&gt; but if you haven't yet, I recommend for you to drop by. It's filled with lots of loveable things. She also has one of the coolest blogs in the blogosphere. Check it out &lt;a href="http://madebygirl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you so much Jennifer for taking part.  Continue to inspire other budding artists/entrepreneurs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-1581230464004573534?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/MZiuYkrzBEc/shop-of-week-made-by-girl.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StwW8gly0EI/AAAAAAAAEZA/XrfKlu2IOoM/s72-c/made+by+girl+online+store.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/shop-of-week-made-by-girl.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-6809390948752950385</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-19T01:39:12.826-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">home decor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">etsy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gift ideas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">handmade</category><title>Scrumptiously Delightful Cotton Candy and Marshmallows</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;These cotton candies are so cute, I want to take home one!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Stlre0OrNtI/AAAAAAAAEXA/dqtqnsHn6y8/s1600-h/scruptiousdelight+cotton+candies.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Stlre0OrNtI/AAAAAAAAEXA/dqtqnsHn6y8/s400/scruptiousdelight+cotton+candies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393460205913323218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My favorite one is the cotton candy with an open-mouthed!&lt;br /&gt;aww, sooo cute!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love the marshmallows too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StlreoIDelI/AAAAAAAAEW4/z3HRkPeYzPE/s1600-h/scruptiousdelight+marshmallows.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StlreoIDelI/AAAAAAAAEW4/z3HRkPeYzPE/s400/scruptiousdelight+marshmallows.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393460202664327762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;weee!  I want all!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These guys have chocolate and sprinkles on them!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StlreKyTo0I/AAAAAAAAEWw/qWbp0UPgM_8/s1600-h/scruptiousdelight+marshmallows+with+chocolate+sprinkles.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StlreKyTo0I/AAAAAAAAEWw/qWbp0UPgM_8/s400/scruptiousdelight+marshmallows+with+chocolate+sprinkles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393460194788483906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's not forget the pickles!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StlrdgSF7JI/AAAAAAAAEWo/IIoshWvjQk8/s1600-h/scruptiousdelight+a+jar+of+pickles.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StlrdgSF7JI/AAAAAAAAEWo/IIoshWvjQk8/s400/scruptiousdelight+a+jar+of+pickles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393460183379078290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Drop by &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5511418" target="_blank"&gt;Scrumptious Delight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s Etsy to find other treats and creatures.&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;via: &lt;a href="http://lovarevolutionary.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Lova Revolutionary &lt;/a&gt; blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-6809390948752950385?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/kAp9VZGlCQk/scruptiously-delightful-cotton-candy.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Stlre0OrNtI/AAAAAAAAEXA/dqtqnsHn6y8/s72-c/scruptiousdelight+cotton+candies.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/scruptiously-delightful-cotton-candy.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-5726786581662571241</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-16T19:33:08.170-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">home decor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vintage</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">furniture</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">interior design</category><title>Vintage French Grain Sack Furniture</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I've just been at &lt;a href="http://patchworkharmony.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-sofa-cover-star.html" target="_blank"&gt;Patchwork Harmony&lt;/a&gt; and read about her post about her french grain sack sofa being the exact one on the cover of Homes &amp;amp; Antiques magazine (nov 2009).  I visited &lt;a href="http://www.theoldcinema.co.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;The Old Cinema&lt;/a&gt;- where Caroline bought her sofa and found these pieces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StkpuzftDCI/AAAAAAAAEWY/3m37brLp8FA/s1600-h/the+old+cinema+french+grain+sack+sofa+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StkpuzftDCI/AAAAAAAAEWY/3m37brLp8FA/s400/the+old+cinema+french+grain+sack+sofa+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393387912826784802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StkpvcnXGtI/AAAAAAAAEWg/mXoa88h9IiI/s1600-h/the+old+cinema+french+grain+sack+sofa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 228px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StkpvcnXGtI/AAAAAAAAEWg/mXoa88h9IiI/s400/the+old+cinema+french+grain+sack+sofa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393387923864754898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StkpucdBYwI/AAAAAAAAEWQ/3n1m6t1aSDw/s1600-h/the+old+cinema+french+grain+sack+chair2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 358px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StkpucdBYwI/AAAAAAAAEWQ/3n1m6t1aSDw/s400/the+old+cinema+french+grain+sack+chair2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393387906641519362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It is amazing that the covers are made out of old French grain sacks and that they are recycled into something new.  Would you like one in your home?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-5726786581662571241?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/EkEUHSNToaY/vintage-french-grain-sack-furniture.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StkpuzftDCI/AAAAAAAAEWY/3m37brLp8FA/s72-c/the+old+cinema+french+grain+sack+sofa+2.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/vintage-french-grain-sack-furniture.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-1195743851148546074</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-16T18:14:45.295-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sale</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fashion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">clothing</category><title>Make Believe Shopping:   Single</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Loving this blue dress from Russian Designer Galina Sobolev&lt;br /&gt;Sweet and Sophisticated&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StkZCxgVROI/AAAAAAAAEV4/R5SHMTsbjsc/s1600-h/Galina+Sobolev+Single.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 385px; height: 369px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StkZCxgVROI/AAAAAAAAEV4/R5SHMTsbjsc/s400/Galina+Sobolev+Single.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393369564192261346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;This Donna Dress is on Sale Today&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check Out &lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000027808079&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt; SINGLE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-1195743851148546074?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/_IN_4_U9cjw/make-believe-shopping-single.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StkZCxgVROI/AAAAAAAAEV4/R5SHMTsbjsc/s72-c/Galina+Sobolev+Single.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/make-believe-shopping-single.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-3361266481407127544</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-20T18:00:03.365-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sale</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fashion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">clothing</category><title>Sale Dresses from Urban Outfitters</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Dresses are on Sale at &lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000029057791&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt;Urban Outfitters&lt;/a&gt; for $39 from now til October 18.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are my picks:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000029057791&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StfGQViYITI/AAAAAAAAEVw/frFEx7hafiI/s400/sale+dresses+urban+outfitters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392997062760997170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000029057791&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 308px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StfGQBgeoJI/AAAAAAAAEVo/UWK2kOOjkto/s400/sale+dresses+urban+outfitters+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392997057384325266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-3361266481407127544?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/U54o-htqTik/sale-dresses-from-urban-outfitters.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StfGQViYITI/AAAAAAAAEVw/frFEx7hafiI/s72-c/sale+dresses+urban+outfitters.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/sale-dresses-from-urban-outfitters.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-1585599578691071286</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-19T01:37:55.662-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">home decor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gift ideas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">interior design</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">book</category><title>Sherry on the Cake : La Cerise Sur Le Gateau</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I fell in-love with this online shop, the moment I took a peek.  Thank you Holly of &lt;a href="http://decor8blog.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Decor8&lt;/a&gt; for sharing this amazing shop.  The name is &lt;a href="http://www.lacerisesurlegateau.fr/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;La Cerise Sur Le Gateau&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Sherry on the Cake).  This French shop is owned by Designer Anne Hubert and offers a mix of screenprinted household linen - tea towels, laundry bags, pillows &amp;amp; cushions, duvets, tee-shirts (for kids), aprons, and other lovelies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't get enough of their online store's wonderful presentation.  The product shots have been done artistically that product browsing becomes an enjoyable experience.  Looking at the photos give you that lighter feeling.  It makes you smile.  It inspires.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Sta9emu1WII/AAAAAAAAEVQ/8GeENFqMsbs/s1600-h/la+cerise+pillow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Sta9emu1WII/AAAAAAAAEVQ/8GeENFqMsbs/s400/la+cerise+pillow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392705937313454210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Sta9dhMNmuI/AAAAAAAAEVA/X-llz6MHXTE/s1600-h/la+cerise+tea+towels.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Sta9dhMNmuI/AAAAAAAAEVA/X-llz6MHXTE/s400/la+cerise+tea+towels.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392705918646196962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Sta9cq7sGHI/AAAAAAAAEUw/p9gzcT7DeGI/s1600-h/la+cerise+cushions.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Sta9cq7sGHI/AAAAAAAAEUw/p9gzcT7DeGI/s400/la+cerise+cushions.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392705904081377394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Sta9dCHCjlI/AAAAAAAAEU4/XNYvq0BSh44/s1600-h/la+cerise+laundry+and+shoe+bags.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Sta9dCHCjlI/AAAAAAAAEU4/XNYvq0BSh44/s400/la+cerise+laundry+and+shoe+bags.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392705910303002194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Sta9eEOf_YI/AAAAAAAAEVI/WeJMbcH__90/s1600-h/la+cerise+kids+tee+shirt.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Sta9eEOf_YI/AAAAAAAAEVI/WeJMbcH__90/s400/la+cerise+kids+tee+shirt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392705928051031426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Sta-3emm5rI/AAAAAAAAEVY/CA7LBwgOyeI/s1600-h/la+cerise+pouch.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Sta-3emm5rI/AAAAAAAAEVY/CA7LBwgOyeI/s400/la+cerise+pouch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392707464139826866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;all photos via: &lt;a href="http://www.lacerisesurlegateau.fr/" target="_blank"&gt;lacerisesurlegateau.fr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Anne Hubert also published &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0823099067?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=squishedbugsm-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0823099067" target="_blank"&gt;The Left Bank Look: Easy Parisian-Chic Projects for Your Home and Clothes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=squishedbugsm-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0823099067" alt="" style="border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" border="0" height="1" /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StbA_9YpZpI/AAAAAAAAEVg/Lvn3zFg3j9g/s1600-h/the+left+bank+look+anne+hubert.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 370px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StbA_9YpZpI/AAAAAAAAEVg/Lvn3zFg3j9g/s400/the+left+bank+look+anne+hubert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392709808864978578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-1585599578691071286?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/B4_c6MBmeWs/cherry-on-cake.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Sta9emu1WII/AAAAAAAAEVQ/8GeENFqMsbs/s72-c/la+cerise+pillow.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/cherry-on-cake.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-5327421748441900135</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-14T21:06:42.767-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">home decor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">product reviews</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">garden</category><title>What's Your Mailing Address?</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Mailboxixchange is offering a Sale and Free Shipping on some of its items.  This online store  sells &lt;a href="http://www.mailboxixchange.com/" target="_blank"&gt;mailboxes&lt;/a&gt; for both residential and commercial purposes, mailbox accessories and a selection of curbside decor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StadgzmEs4I/AAAAAAAAEUo/PZOwctGHgqo/s1600-h/mailbox+post+numbers.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 168px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StadgzmEs4I/AAAAAAAAEUo/PZOwctGHgqo/s400/mailbox+post+numbers.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392670790754022274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Contemporary Numbers for &lt;a href="http://www.mailboxixchange.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Mail Boxes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Stab63lHRRI/AAAAAAAAEUY/ZUpnsAIqx08/s1600-h/mailbox+plaque.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 168px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Stab63lHRRI/AAAAAAAAEUY/ZUpnsAIqx08/s400/mailbox+plaque.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392669039477081362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Acrylic Plaque &lt;a href="http://www.mailboxixchange.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Mail Box&lt;/a&gt; Sign&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Stab6S4c3LI/AAAAAAAAEUQ/XfDE5Ln0I7U/s1600-h/mail+box+hanging+plaque.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Stab6S4c3LI/AAAAAAAAEUQ/XfDE5Ln0I7U/s400/mail+box+hanging+plaque.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392669029626076338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Two Sided Arch &lt;a href="http://www.mailboxixchange.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Mailbox&lt;/a&gt; Sign&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Check out the Rewards Point Program which gives customers the privilege to enjoy 5% off on their next purchase. The Gift Certificates are a great way to send a customizable gift to your family friends who may be moving a new place or have just bought a new house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To ensure 10% customer satisfaction, you may return or exchange your purchase within 30 days if you are not happy with it. Visit the website to see the full range of products. If you need help on product information, you may call their Toll Free Number at (800) 448-2870.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-5327421748441900135?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/wunCeFr4FLk/whats-your-mailing-address.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StadgzmEs4I/AAAAAAAAEUo/PZOwctGHgqo/s72-c/mailbox+post+numbers.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/whats-your-mailing-address.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-2349852514479199585</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-14T20:02:18.872-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">credit cards</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">money</category><title>Ten Tips for First Time Student Credit Cardholders</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Thinking about getting a credit card for college?  Check out these ten tips:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;1.    Don’t sign up to get the freebie. &lt;/span&gt; Offers like free shirt, free cap, or free lunch may entice some young people to sign up and send an application.  Before you know it, you could be stuck with a &lt;a href="http://www.nextstudent.com/" target="_blank"&gt;student credit card&lt;/a&gt; that does not match your needs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;2.    Opt Out. &lt;/span&gt; Credit card companies may solicit names and contact information from campuses.  If your mail box or inbox is flooded with marketing offers from various credit card issuers, you can minimize the number of offers you receive by calling (888) 5-OPT-OUT, or (888) 567-8688.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;3.    Shop around.  &lt;/span&gt;You want to compare the rates, fees and the terms that each card offers.  Use credit card comparison sites for easier evaluation.  Choose a &lt;a href="http://www.nextstudent.com/credit-cards/" target="_blank"&gt;student credit card&lt;/a&gt; that will report your payments to the three major credit bureaus.  See to it that it complements your lifestyle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;4.    Watch out for misleading teaser rates.&lt;/span&gt;  The interest rate may start out low or you may be offered 0% APR for the first few months, but what happens after that?  How much will the regular interest rate cost you?  Are there hidden charges?  What’s the catch?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;5.    Study the fine print. &lt;/span&gt; Many people are lured to sign up for the “wrong” credit card because they do not take time to examine the Terms &amp;amp; Conditions.  The small font and the length of the Agreement may be discouraging but it’s the only way you can know for sure if you made the right choice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;6.    Keep it low. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt; Going over your credit limit is bad.  But if you want to stay out of bad debt and maintain good credit history, you need to keep your credit usage minimal.  Do not charge more than 40% worth of debt to your credit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;7.    Avoid the extra fees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;You can avoid additional costs such as over-the-limit fees, late penalty fees and interest rates by being a responsible payer.  Submit your payments on time.  Make it a goal to pay off your charges in full each month or each billing period.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;8.    Pay more than the minimum. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;There may be times when you can’t pay off your full balance.  In such instances, be sure to submit your payment on time. Instead of paying only the minimum due required, try to pay more so you can complete the rest of your payments more easily next time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;9.    Think thrice.  &lt;/span&gt;Before using your &lt;a href="http://www.nextstudent.com/credit-cards/" target="_blank"&gt;student credit card&lt;/a&gt; for any purchase, ask yourself, “Do I really need to buy this item now?”, “Can I afford to pay it back on my due date?”  If you have any hesitations, it’s best to put off the purchase.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;10.    Look out for changes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Credit card issuers can change their rules and increase their fees at any time they wish as long as they provide an advanced 15-day notice.  You need to be alert about the billing statements or notices sent to your mail.   Review the fine print regularly.  If you noticed some changes, call your issuer right away.  Most companies will lower their rate or adjust their terms if you make the request, especially if you’re one of their best customers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-2349852514479199585?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/W3JJMFDSc-E/ten-tips-for-first-time-student-credit.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/ten-tips-for-first-time-student-credit.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-8489007419737660553</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-19T01:36:45.611-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bags</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">handmade</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">contests</category><title>Easy Peasy October Competition by Kitty and Polly</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I got an e-mail from Polly today of &lt;a href="http://www.kittyandpolly.co.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;Kitty &amp;amp; Polly&lt;/a&gt;, an online shop that sells a lovely mix of all things handmade from designers/makers across the UK.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This October, get a chance to win a £25 worth of voucher that you can use to buy any item from their shop at any time up until December 31st.  All you need to do is drop by the store, pick out your favorite item and tell them why.  Check out Kitty &amp;amp; Polly &lt;a href="http://kittyandpolly.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; to know more about the contest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for me, these are my faves:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StPgQS5BA9I/AAAAAAAAEUI/4a8GvGaab5c/s1600-h/kitty+and+polly+handmade.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 364px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StPgQS5BA9I/AAAAAAAAEUI/4a8GvGaab5c/s400/kitty+and+polly+handmade.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391899749446124498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;"Do the Dishes" Tea Towel ; Corduroy Clutch with Chiffon Bow&lt;br /&gt;Vintage Lavender Birdie ; Pair of Lovebird Bowls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-8489007419737660553?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/TD8c5cRB3oA/easy-peasy-october-competition-by-kitty.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/StPgQS5BA9I/AAAAAAAAEUI/4a8GvGaab5c/s72-c/kitty+and+polly+handmade.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/easy-peasy-october-competition-by-kitty.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-4778971022058900561</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-19T01:36:23.968-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">videos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">music</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">contests</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">concert</category><title>Brandi Carlile Fall Concert Tour Series</title><description>It's another day when I wish that airplane tickets doesn't cost like a year/s-worth-of-salary.  Oh, how I wish I could see one of Brandi Carlile's gig.  She's going on a Fall Concert Tour Series across the US.  If you live near, click &lt;a href="http://ideas.thenest.com/so-random/fall-concert-series.aspx?cm_ven=Responsys&amp;amp;cm_cat=Nest&amp;amp;cm_pla=Newsletter&amp;amp;cm_ite=October%2012,%202009&amp;amp;MsdVisit=1" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to enter the contest and win free tickets to the show.  Runners-up will win a copy of her latest album "Give Up the Ghost".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fJa-KazVMYU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fJa-KazVMYU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of these lines across my face&lt;br /&gt;Tell you the story of who I am&lt;br /&gt;So many stories of where I've been&lt;br /&gt;And how I got to where I am&lt;br /&gt;But these stories don't mean anything&lt;br /&gt;When you've got no one to tell them to&lt;br /&gt;It's true...I was made for you&lt;br /&gt;I climbed across the mountain tops&lt;br /&gt;Swam all across the ocean blue&lt;br /&gt;I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules&lt;br /&gt;But baby I broke them all for you&lt;br /&gt;Because even when I was flat broke&lt;br /&gt;You made me feel like a million bucks&lt;br /&gt;You do&lt;br /&gt;I was made for you&lt;br /&gt;You see the smile that's on my mouth&lt;br /&gt;It's hiding the words that don't come out&lt;br /&gt;And all of my friends who think that I'm blessed&lt;br /&gt;They don't know my head is a mess&lt;br /&gt;No, they don't know who I really am&lt;br /&gt;And they don't know what&lt;br /&gt;I've been through like you do&lt;br /&gt;And I was made for you...&lt;br /&gt;All of these lines across my face&lt;br /&gt;Tell you the story of who I am&lt;br /&gt;So many stories of where I've been&lt;br /&gt;And how I got to where I am&lt;br /&gt;But these stories don't mean anything&lt;br /&gt;When you've got no one to tell them to&lt;br /&gt;It's true...I was made for you&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-4778971022058900561?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/ewX2y5mRTog/its-another-day-when-i-wish-that.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/its-another-day-when-i-wish-that.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-3888560428674820545</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-19T01:35:28.033-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sale</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fashion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">clothing</category><title>Make Believe Shopping:   Hale Bob and LAmade</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;LOVE THESE:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Silk tunic blouses and short dresses in print&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;from &lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000028907564&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt;Hale Bob&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ss1XzrorsJI/AAAAAAAAEUA/bkv3FKpph_4/s1600-h/Hale+Bob+clothing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ss1XzrorsJI/AAAAAAAAEUA/bkv3FKpph_4/s400/Hale+Bob+clothing.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Black Flutter Sleeve Tunic  ;  Blue Short Sleeve Tunic&lt;br /&gt;Price: &lt;strike style="color: red;"&gt;$224.00&lt;/strike&gt;  $112.00  ;  Price: &lt;strike&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;$193.00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;  $78.00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dress w/ Waist Tie  ;  Kimono Sleeve Dress &lt;br /&gt;Price: &lt;strike style="color: red;"&gt;$303.00&lt;/strike&gt;  $122.00  ;   Price: &lt;strike&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;$303.00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;  $122.00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;LOVE THESE:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These knitted sweaters from &lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000028907564&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt;LAmade &lt;/a&gt;are perfect for the rainy days&lt;br /&gt;and the coming cold season.  The tops can be worn with jeans or over a dress!&lt;br /&gt;Check out the green double breasted hoody - so cute!&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ss1XyGKKzlI/AAAAAAAAET4/-poXRyYsv1w/s1600-h/Lamade+Knit+Sweaters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ss1XyGKKzlI/AAAAAAAAET4/-poXRyYsv1w/s400/Lamade+Knit+Sweaters.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Cable Jumper  ;  Pretty Pleat Sleeve Pullover&lt;br /&gt;Price: &lt;strike style="color: red;"&gt;$81.00&lt;/strike&gt;  $32.40   ; Price: &lt;strike style="color: red;"&gt;$213.75&lt;/strike&gt;  $85.50&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Double Breasted Sleeve Hoody  ;  Hidden Belt Cardigan&lt;br /&gt;Price: &lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strike style="color: red;"&gt;103.50&lt;/strike&gt;  $41.40     ;   Price:&lt;strike style="color: red;"&gt; $101.25&lt;/strike&gt;  $40.50&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All items on sale &lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000028907564&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for today ONLY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-3888560428674820545?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/ZuJee0-5OdI/make-believe-shopping-hale-bob-and.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ss1XzrorsJI/AAAAAAAAEUA/bkv3FKpph_4/s72-c/Hale+Bob+clothing.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/make-believe-shopping-hale-bob-and.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-2373579609744542269</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-07T19:25:18.801-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photography</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">contests</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">book</category><title>Shoot for Shoot! Contest at Urban Outfitters</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;UNUSUAL, INTENSE, INTRIGUING, BEAUTIFUL,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If you're into this type of photography, earn the opportunity to be one of 30 winners and have your photography featured at the "Shoot"exhibit - opening November 14th, 2009 at Space 15 Twenty.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ss1MzrClGjI/AAAAAAAAETw/-nl2i2vnhlU/s1600-h/Photography+of+the+Moment+by+Ken+Miller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ss1MzrClGjI/AAAAAAAAETw/-nl2i2vnhlU/s400/Photography+of+the+Moment+by+Ken+Miller.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Need inspiration?  "Shoot," which features photography of the moment&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;-arresting images created with the use of basic photographic tools&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;and an eye for the dynamic, authentic and extraordinary.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Contest runs now through October 26, 2009!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000029010199&amp;amp;pubid=21000000000202125" target="_blank"&gt; ENTER HERE &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-2373579609744542269?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/aXmzoCNTmTo/shoot-for-shoot-contest-at-urban.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ss1MzrClGjI/AAAAAAAAETw/-nl2i2vnhlU/s72-c/Photography+of+the+Moment+by+Ken+Miller.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/shoot-for-shoot-contest-at-urban.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-7442932000705050049</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-19T01:34:43.677-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wall art</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">events</category><title>Industtrees Presents: "The Royal Family" Gallery Showcase</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I got an e-mail today from Aprile Elcich, I'm sure you remember her.  She owns the nostalgic collage shop &lt;a href="http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/06/shop-of-week-you-are-what-you-love.html" target="_blank"&gt;You Are What You Love&lt;/a&gt;.  She is going to have a solo show from October 16th to November 12th, 2009. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Gallery showcase is presented by&lt;a href="http://industtrees.com/" target="_blank"&gt; Industtrees&lt;/a&gt;, with the theme "The Royal Family".  Aprile will be displaying her artwork- a series of mixed media collages inspired by a pair of scrapbooks she found at the St. Lawrence antique market (&lt;i&gt;read more of it on her &lt;a href="http://www.whatyoulove.net/2009/07/the_royal_family.html" target="_blank"&gt;post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/SsvyoiAYHII/AAAAAAAAETI/0czTNo3eghQ/s1600-h/royal+family+poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/SsvyoiAYHII/AAAAAAAAETI/0czTNo3eghQ/s400/royal+family+poster.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Industtrees presents:  "The Royal Family" exhibit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/SsvvHF2pVmI/AAAAAAAAES4/KxaA-dfCVD0/s1600-h/royal+family+mosaic+industtrees+exhibit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/SsvvHF2pVmI/AAAAAAAAES4/KxaA-dfCVD0/s320/royal+family+mosaic+industtrees+exhibit.jpg" width="320" border="0" height="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;vintage scrapbook delicately dissected&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/SsvuCNKo8LI/AAAAAAAAESw/cvMUTmY8fnA/s1600-h/thequeen+and+royal+family+scrapbook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/SsvuCNKo8LI/AAAAAAAAESw/cvMUTmY8fnA/s400/thequeen+and+royal+family+scrapbook.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;scrapbook: &lt;/b&gt;newspaper clippings of Queen Elizabeth and her family &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;during the 50s and 60s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ssvv5DrpguI/AAAAAAAAETA/Zn11rga20PM/s1600-h/Industtrees+gallery+map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ssvv5DrpguI/AAAAAAAAETA/Zn11rga20PM/s320/Industtrees+gallery+map.jpg" width="320" border="0" height="272" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Where to go: the &lt;a href="http://industtrees.com/about.html" target="_blank"&gt;Industtrees Gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;If you live in Toronto, come by at 1234 College St. and share English drinks and cheeses and of course, a taste of royal things on the opening night. Visit Aprile's &lt;a href="http://www.whatyoulove.net/2009/09/royal_related_things.html" target="_blank"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; to get in touch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-7442932000705050049?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/-vI4F6a0uCA/industtrees-presents-royal-family.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/SsvyoiAYHII/AAAAAAAAETI/0czTNo3eghQ/s72-c/royal+family+poster.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/industtrees-presents-royal-family.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-2562528080875047123</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-19T01:34:25.749-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">recycled</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">accessories</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">etsy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">jewelry</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">handmade</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Shop of the Week</category><title>Shop of the Week: Leoravon</title><description>&lt;div  style="color:purple;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Our Shop of the Week offers fashion accessories that are made out of reclaimed or recycled things.  Her shop was recently featured at Etsy's top picks for the Fall.  Leora is offering 10% discount for everyone.  Just enter&lt;b&gt; "shopbug"&lt;/b&gt; on your checkout.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;i style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color:purple;"&gt;(thanks, Leora!) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color:purple;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Read on below to find out more about &lt;a href="http://www.leoravon.etsy.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Leoravon&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What's the inspiration behind your shop's name?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"&gt;It's a combination of my first name, and the last name of my German ancestors, VonBublitz. I always thought VonBublitz was a funny name and it kind of stuck. But now I can't stand my shop name and it's too late to change it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"&gt;I think I was being lazy when I came up with it, and now I really wish that I would have gone with something different. Oh well, live and learn. I learned a lesson in thinking things through.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div color="purple" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;How old is your shop?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: justify;"&gt;I opened it in March, so I suppose that makes it just about 6 months old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What inspired you to start your own home business?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;My dissatisfaction for having to working for The Man!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What was the toughest challenge you faced so far?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"&gt;Self-doubt. Wondering if I'm doing it all right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;How did you get over it?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"&gt;I think that I will forever be working on that one. However, it helps when i reach out to other sellers and business-owners for advice and reassurance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Please Name:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;the things you do when you're not busy in your shop. . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"&gt;roam around thrift stores, put on ridiculous outfits, learn about food as medicine, yoga, try to figure out what I want to be when i grow up&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ssc0KPvt2uI/AAAAAAAAER4/xLDJ5yKB-3s/s1600-h/Leora%26Adam+silly+times.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ssc0KPvt2uI/AAAAAAAAER4/xLDJ5yKB-3s/s400/Leora%26Adam+silly+times.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; Leora and a friend, dressed up in silly outfits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;stuff inside your bag you can't leave home without. . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"&gt;at least 10 bobby-pins, my Sigg bottle, vitamins &amp;amp; chocolate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;your favorite shops. . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"&gt;urban revisions, violet folklore, big brother vintage, snoozer loser&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;your top 3 favorite picks from your shop.   . .&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div color="black" style="text-align: center;"&gt;coral bullet necklace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ssc0MGcbbCI/AAAAAAAAESA/voJhPNCmNvQ/s1600-h/coral+bullet+necklace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ssc0MGcbbCI/AAAAAAAAESA/voJhPNCmNvQ/s400/coral+bullet+necklace.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; text-align: center;"&gt; two- tiered gypsy feather earrings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ssc01XqKb-I/AAAAAAAAESI/cm7v-Pq0oU0/s1600-h/gypsy+fetaher+earrings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ssc01XqKb-I/AAAAAAAAESI/cm7v-Pq0oU0/s320/gypsy+fetaher+earrings.jpg" width="320" border="0" height="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; text-align: center;"&gt; raven claw necklace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ssc05NUcrrI/AAAAAAAAESY/x6_bVTcBd6E/s1600-h/raven+claw+necklace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ssc05NUcrrI/AAAAAAAAESY/x6_bVTcBd6E/s320/raven+claw+necklace.jpg" width="320" border="0" height="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What tips would you want to share for aspiring home based entrepreneurs like you?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"&gt;I still feel like i'm clumsily stumbling my way through all of this. the thing that has helped me the most, is often being reminded that not everything has to be perfect. there is no right or wrong way to start and maintain a shop. certainly don't blindly jump into it, but don't over think and over-plan. there are all kinds of great surprises and unpredictable insights along the way, so it's important to stay open and flexible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; text-align: justify;"&gt;also, utilize all of the amazing free resources that etsy has to offer sellers! I have learned sooo much from their articles and videos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Any message to your customers and the people who support you?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: black;"&gt;I never cease to be absolutely amazed by my customers' and fellow shop-owners' genuine kindness. there is such a warm and supportive sense of community on etsy. i owe a huge, heartfelt "thank you" to all of the amazing people that i've encountered since i've opened my shop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ssc02oVayBI/AAAAAAAAESQ/176AWKWOs7s/s1600-h/nerd+alert+%282%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ssc02oVayBI/AAAAAAAAESQ/176AWKWOs7s/s400/nerd+alert+%282%29.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Leora Holbann, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:purple;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.leoravon.etsy.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;shop owner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: purple; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;~*~*~*~&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, here are my personal faves from the&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:small;color:purple;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.leoravon.etsy.com/" target="_blank"&gt;shop. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ssddk1Yvh3I/AAAAAAAAESg/kzYLq_Zme9A/s1600-h/feather+necklace+and+earrings+by+leoravon+etsy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ssddk1Yvh3I/AAAAAAAAESg/kzYLq_Zme9A/s400/feather+necklace+and+earrings+by+leoravon+etsy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Natural Long Feather Earrings ; Feather Bullet Necklace&lt;br /&gt;Feather Hair Barette (vintage) ;  Vintage Flaming Orange Feather Earrings with Floral Beads&lt;br /&gt;Luxurious Fur Tailspin Necklace (Vintage); Old Fashioned Bicycle Necklace (extra long patina chain) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Thank You Leora for a great interview and thank you for offering a discount.  I'm inviting everyone to check out the Fall Sale at &lt;a href="http://www.leoravon.etsy.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Leoravon&lt;/a&gt;, and don't forget to use your 10% off.  Tell her you found her through theshopbug :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-2562528080875047123?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/9XzVU66ufl4/shop-of-week-leoravon.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/Ssc0KPvt2uI/AAAAAAAAER4/xLDJ5yKB-3s/s72-c/Leora%26Adam+silly+times.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/shop-of-week-leoravon.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-5359489467115970173</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-07T20:15:49.621-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sale</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bags</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">clothing</category><title>Sale Goodies for Moms and Kids</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;For mommies :-)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-5359489467115970173?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/Dpml8mRx4Xo/sale-goodies-for-moms-and-kids.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zW2CWpcTojw/SsRH5P3h_VI/AAAAAAAAERY/Jw2L1KrDt7c/s72-c/baby+clothes+by+egg+kids+clothing+by+LA+made.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/10/sale-goodies-for-moms-and-kids.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971405541402186006.post-3241481105376683327</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-19T01:33:35.994-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">videos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">music</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><title>We Spoon Like No One Else. . .</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ingrid Michaelson will have a free show, full band acoustic,12 pm Fingerprints Music, Long Beach on Sun. Oct 4.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OvMVCHhwTPs&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OvMVCHhwTPs&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;don't you worry, there my honey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;we might not have any money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;but we've got our love to pay the bills&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;maybe I think you're cute and funny,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;maybe I wanna do what bunnies do with you,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;if you know what I mean&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Oh, let's get rich and buy our parents homes in the South of France&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;and teach them how to dance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;let's get rich and build our house on a mountain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;making everybody look like ants&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;from way up there, you and I, you and I&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;well you might be a bit confused&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;and you might be a little bit bruised&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;but baby how we spoon like no one else&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;so I will help you read those books&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;if you will soothe my worried looks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;and we will put the lonesome on the shelf&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;oh let’s get rich and buy our parents homes in the South of France&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;and teach them how to dance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;let's get rich and build our house on a mountain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;making everybody look like ants&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;from way up there you and I, you and I&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;oh, let’s get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;and teach them how to dance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;let's get rich and build our house on a mountain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;making everybody look like ants&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;from way up there you and I, you and I,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6971405541402186006-3241481105376683327?l=theshopbug.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theshopbug/~3/2sJGZCdqEzw/we-spoon-like-no-one-else.html</link><author>speckledmoth@yahoo.com (Rachel)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://theshopbug.blogspot.com/2009/09/we-spoon-like-no-one-else.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>
