by Jeanne Oliver | Jul 13, 2012 | All, Travel
Before I get started I wanted to let you know you only have through this weekend to get the discounted registration price for the retreat I am teaching at this coming February! I will be teaching with Mindy Lacefield in the Seattle area. Imagine waking up to a NIA...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jul 11, 2012 | All
I haven’t answered any of your questions on the blog for awhile. I asked for questions on our Facebook Business Page this week. Here are some of your questions and my answers. Keep your questions coming:-) Heather asked How do you handle blatant knock offs of...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jul 9, 2012 | All, Travel
I am sorry that I have been so absent here on my blog but it is summer and our days have been full of sun, company, the pool and creating. As you know from my last post my friend Kim was out for a visit. We wanted to do something really special while she was here that...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jul 4, 2012 | All
I remember reading the book, “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”. I think every book club was reading it in 2004. Who doesn’t remember all the moms on the beach drinking martinis, smoking cigarettes and lathering up themselves and kids in baby...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jun 27, 2012 | All
There may have been something to the verse, “Be still and know that I am God”. Be still! I guess 2,000 years ago mankind was too busy too:-) Yesterday I found myself in an unusually situation. I was taking Jack to a composition class and the other two were...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jun 25, 2012 | All, Travel
This will be the final photos from my trip to Paris in the summer of 2010. You can find the other posts HERE, HERE and HERE. I have loved reminiscing about my time in France. {I would like to point out that it was very windy…I am not really pregnant:-)} My final...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jun 22, 2012 | All
This is such a random post but I thought I would just dump out all the good stuff I have been wanting to share with you. We are still not finished with school. Â I know. I know. I am hoping by next week we will be done. I really need us to be done so then I will let it...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jun 20, 2012 | All
(all of the photos were taken by my phone in tons of sunlight..sorry) I live in Colorado as most of you know. We are known for our beautiful mountains, incredible weather, occasional wildfires, Tebowing and hiking. Not known for amazing shows. When my friends in the...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jun 18, 2012 | All
For the month of June I will be sharing photos from my trip to France in the summer of 2010. The photos from my Paris portion of the trip have never been seen. I am loving going back through the photos and how they are triggering my memories. I am also getting more...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jun 13, 2012 | All
Father’s Day is this Sunday and Kelly is always so cleaver and fun in how he helps the kids celebrate me. I sometimes feel like it is hard to surprise him and he buys the big things he wants anyways. I’m happy with new Burt’s Bees lip gloss:-)...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jun 11, 2012 | All, Travel
Today I will continue with my month long series Reflections of Paris. You can see last weeks post HERE. In 2010 I spent two weeks in the South of France with the end of my trip in Paris. Only three short nights in Paris but enough time to fall in love with the city. I...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jun 8, 2012 | All, Travel
First of all I would like to thank all of you that commented in my  Sometimes in the Pain post. I was overwhelmed by your response and also the countless private emails I received. I wrote that for me. I wrote that for my own family. To truth is that when I sat down...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jun 6, 2012 | All, Travel
We are busy trying to finish up school and most of me wants to just call it good and call it quits. I won’t. I swear. I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I am already drooling at the thought of creating art all summer and creating more with my kids. If...
by Jeanne Oliver | Jun 4, 2012 | All, Travel
I don’t know why I never shared with you all of my photos from Paris. After all of my photos from the South of France maybe I felt like you had seen enough and needed a break. I think I meant to show them after a few months and here I am almost two years later....
by Jeanne Oliver | Jun 1, 2012 | All, Travel
Opening my suitcase after coming home from France was like traveling back on my journey. As I pushed dirty clothes to the side I uncovered vintage silver, oil paintings, old French letters. My trip brought me overflowing treasures. A trip to France is not a regular...
by Jeanne Oliver | May 27, 2012 | All
I don’t usually write about my parent’s divorce. Coming home does that to me. Far away you don’t see the day to day pain. You don’t see the details. You don’t feel the details. It is easier where I stand back in Colorado. Far, far away...
by Jeanne Oliver | May 25, 2012 | All
My friend Jen has a fun link up today. I am pretty lazy with linky parties so I thought I would break out of my shy shell…hmmmm Jen’s post today is all about “Show Us Your Shoppe”. Because we have the whole shop on sale to make room for new...
by Jeanne Oliver | May 23, 2012 | All
Hello everyone! Welcome to the third week of “I Will Show You Mine”. The first week I showed you the makeup I use. The second week I showed you what I carry in my purse. This week I am showing you what I wore this past week. We are busy playing and...
by Jeanne Oliver | May 18, 2012 | All
(photo taken by my rock star, photographer friend Tiffany Kirchner-Dixon) I have left this summer wide open. I wanted to make sure that we had time to do more hiking (our favorite family activity), work on the house, work in the yard, read books with the kids and MAKE...
by Jeanne Oliver | May 16, 2012 | All
Each Wednesday in the month of May I will be doing a series “I Will Show You Mine {if you will show me yours}. You will also have the chance to link up and show “yours”. Last week I showed what makeup I use. This week I thought it would be fun to...
by Jeanne Oliver | May 14, 2012 | All
It is time to say goodbye…… to the Elaine, Louise, Betty, Gracie and Lila. {originally $89 now $38} Each of these dresses have been marked down for the last time. {originally $56 now $22} We just marked them down this morning! Not many are left....
by Jeanne Oliver | May 11, 2012 | All
While I was in California I received the most thoughtful gift. A woman that I had never met in person gave me a gift that I will treasure because without even knowing me…she knew me. We both have a love of vintage clothing and design. She gave me a collection of...
by Jeanne Oliver | May 9, 2012 | All
Hello everyone! I am back from teaching in California and my leg is healing beautifully! It is still bandaged but almost all of the infection is gone. Seriously….everyone that has ever known ANYONE with an infection has shared some horror story with me. Bottom...
by Jeanne Oliver | May 2, 2012 | All, Travel
First of all THANK YOU so much for all of the sweet comments and emails about my leg. It is has really come a long ways these past 10 days! Crazy, crazy accident but so thankful that the Dr was able to get the infection under control. I also think the Lord had a...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 30, 2012 | All
I would like to start off by telling everyone that I am not excessively clumsy. I was not drinking the day when this story begins (at least not excessively). I don’t usually jump up out of my chair to do yard work (at least not excessively). We can now proceed....
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 24, 2012 | All
We have been juicing since before we had kids. My favorite used to be carrots, apples and parsley. We have gone through a few juicers over the years and even the kids like it. Since finding out all about my food allergies we have gone back to juicing and basically...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 20, 2012 | All
If you would have peeked into our life this week you would have found us….. Juicing Getting tea in bed Enjoying peeks of spring through the snow Getting secret Morse Code letters Being a little goofy Kicking booty Working on the last book of the school year...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 16, 2012 | All
{image is mine} I love this quote. Today is proves very much true. I sometimes can be delusional that I can juggle a million things. The truth is I can’t. When I try I usually prove that all I accomplish is to do everything half way. When you really put...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 14, 2012 | All
As we are putting the final touches on the new course I wanted to share some of the quotes that we will be sharing. I love including words in my art and it is so fun to put these together for the courses. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do. Enjoy your weekend. And...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 13, 2012 | All
We are cleaning house. We have spring fever BAD and we are clearing out all of our winter merchandise and making room for the new items. Almost everything has been marked down in the shop. Many of the sale prices are below WHOLESALE! Most of our items can be worn into...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 11, 2012 | All
(our video…please pause the music player at the bottom first) I have some winners here! Here are the 10 people that are winning a spot in my Building a Creatively Made Business e-course. Come on down…. Heather Santos of Sparrow’s Journey Meghan of...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 9, 2012 | All, Travel
This past January I went to Alt with Kimberly, Mel and Estelle. I wrote about the weekend HERE. The last night of the conference we were all relaxing, talking and having a few drinks before we all went our separate ways the next morning. Around the table with me was...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 6, 2012 | All, Travel
A week ago today I was up at 4 am to get ready for my girl’s weekend in San Francisco. I don’t do mornings which shows how much I love these girls and San Fran! I am usually so focused on the kids, family and the business that I need a getaway like this or...
by Jeanne Oliver | Apr 2, 2012 | All
I have a heart for women. I am constantly amazed at the depth, quality, beauty, talent and strength of women. I had promised myself when I first started that if I ever figured this whole thing out (and I am still learning) that I would share how I did it. Along the...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 30, 2012 | All
I love clothes for littles. I am constantly seeing adorable clothes and realizing that my children are too big for the cute clothes. I will see a cute little dress and think about who I need to tell about the outfit and then proceed to tell them where they can buy the...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 29, 2012 | All
I have a closet full of purses, bags, totes….. I change out my bags all of the time according to what I am wearing. My obsession with bags makes it easy to want to design and manufacture bags that you will love too. Our ruffle tote started over three years ago....
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 28, 2012 | All
I love a piece of clothing that can be layered easily. The Louise is just that piece of clothing. It looks great over leggings, jeans, tights or bare legs. The Louise can be casual or dressy with just a change of accessories! This dress is amazingly flattering....
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 27, 2012 | All
Our camera bags are our most popular bag! We sell hundreds of them and nothing makes us happier than the sweet emails and letters we get when a customer opens their package from us and they love their camera bag. Today (for 24 hours only) we are offering our Natalie...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 26, 2012 | All
This is the final week of my “Get the Look” series. I have had so much fun showing you different women wearing some of my dresses and showcasing how THEY wear them. I hope you have enjoyed it too. I have three final women ready to show their own take on my...
by Jeanne Oliver | Mar 23, 2012 | All
(source) Creativity is everywhere and I am constantly in awe of the talent that oozes out of so many. Isn’t it absolutely breathtaking the music that gets composed, the fashion that is designed, the paintings that are finished and the photography that captures...
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