Thanksgiving Weekend Specials 2012

The holiday season is here again. To many people this means spending time with family and friends, buying and giving gifts, and stuffing your faces with delicious food. 

But to many children, it only means more hunger, loneliness and not a thing under the tree.

In an effort to make a difference to children in the San Diego area, I will be using 10% of my sales from this upcoming weekend to purchase books and toys for South Bay Community Services.

You can help by purchasing from my shop between 

12:00 AM on Friday Nov. 25 and 11:59 PM on Monday Nov. 28.  

To make these purchases even easier on your wallet, I'm offering some pretty spectacular deals this weekend. 

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND SPECIALS

Everything is 25% off with the code THANKSGIVING

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Spending $65 or more? 

Use the code EXTRA5 to save 30%

total purchase must be $65 before tax & shipping. only one code can be used per purchase, so orders over $65 would use the code EXTRA5 instead of THANKSGIVING.

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All Ornaments are Buy Four - Get One FREE

add any four ornaments to your cart. type your free ornament choice into the ”message to seller” box during checkout. free ornament must be of equal or lesser value to the ornaments in your cart. 

Please place your orders before Friday December 2 for guaranteed Christmas delivery. 

I sincerely hope that you and your family have a joyous holiday season. 

 

I was 17, a senior in Mrs. Caraway's English class in Clay, Alabama. 

This boy I knew named Rusty was down the hall in a different class, already planning to join the Navy after his birthday the next week. 

I remember thinking that night that my 7 year old sister would grow up in a different world than I had. I was scared and angry and confused. I'm pretty sure my parents were too because I don't remember us ever really talking that night, just watching the footage and crying. 

In the days and weeks that followed, story after story came out about the nearly 3,000 people that died that day:

Heroes entered the buildings when everyone else was running out. 
Forty brave men and women aboard Flight 93 lost their lives in a field in Pennsylvania while saving the lives of countless others. 
Friends and family members joined the military to fight back against the violent extremists that attacked us. 

Our country banded together and tried to move on. 

Some say it hurts a little less each year. For me, I don't know if there's less hurt, but it's certainly a different hurt. 

Because 10 years later, that baby sister is a senior in Mrs. Caraway's English class in Clay, Alabama. She'll be starting her adult life in a few short months, just like I did back then. I'm still scared for the world that she's growing up in. 

And that boy I knew from high school? Well he is sitting on our couch here in San Diego, exhausted after working through the night. 

He stood watch this morning on his base at the exact moment the attacks began 10 years ago today. I have never been prouder to be his wife. 

It comforts me to know that he and so many others have dedicated their careers - their lives - to making sure that the victims and heroes of September 11, 2001 are not forgotten. I feel a little bit safer knowing that they devote every day to protecting our country from such heinous events as the ones that happened that day. 

But it still hurts. 

And I will never forget.

Holy Crap. I vlogged.
Make sure you watch the whole thing ;-)

Click here for new Fall/Gameday Clutches! 

Pssst...

It's A Super Awesome SALE

To Make Room For Some New Fall Stuff!

The Sophia Handbag

*Everything is Ready To Ship*

The Suzanne Mini Pouch

**There are only 1 or 2 of each Limited Edition product available**

The Ruthanne Foldover Wristlet Clutch

***Sale Ends August 26***

The Kate Wallet

****HURRY!!!****

Holy Conference Specials Batman!!

With BlogHer 2011 coming up soon, I have taken it upon myself to make sure that each of you are properly equipped for the conference (or for whatever conference or event you're hoping to go to this summer or fall). 

Since this is obviously my responsibility, let's go over the materials that you'll be needing: 

1. An oversized tote bag to hold all the swag. 

2. A cute little wallet to hold all the zillions of business cards you'll be swapping.

3. A roomy zipped pouch to keep your beauty products close by. I'm sure you'll have plenty of photo opportunities that require lip gloss or something like that.

4.  A handy little clutch (with or without a wrist strap) to take to the ballin' parties every night. 

5. When your tote bag gets too full, you'll probably want to swap it out for a handbag. (This is basic if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie theory.) 

Now, again, it's my job to make sure you're prepared so I've made it super easy for you. First of all, you get to pick your own coordinating fabrics from any of the ones that I use in my shop. 

Did you hear that? 

YOU GET TO PICK YOUR OWN FABRICS.

Secondly, I've grouped everything into cute little discounted bundles. You pay ONE flat rate (plus ONE shipping charge). Here are the deets:

Summer Conference Special #1:

An Alena Tote + A Lindsay Laced Pouch + Kate Wallet (with Key Ring)

A $95 value for only $80!

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Summer Conference Special #2:

An Alena Tote + Kate Wallet (with Key Ring)

A $79 value for only $69

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Summer Conference Special #3:

A Ruthanne Foldover Clutch (with Removable Wrist Strap) + a Kate Wallet (with Key Ring)
A $41 value for only $30!

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Summer Conference Special #4:

A Sophia Handbag + a Kate Wallet (with Key Ring)
A $56 value for only $44

Now it's up to you to make sure that I do my job. I can't get you all prepared unless you snatch up one of my super awesome conference bundles! 

And don't wait because this offer only lasts through next Tuesday Friday!