Archive | September, 2009

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taking a daily “happy” vitamin

30. September 2009

I’ve been meaning to write about this topic for quite some time. In fact, I have a little memo in my Blackberry where I keep ideas for future posts, and this topic has been sitting there since May. The idea came from an article I read in Body + Soul written by Cheryl Richardson (one [...]

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past intentional obsession: the big gold watch

29. September 2009

Last winter I was intentionally obsessing over big, gold watches. And few weeks ago I finally decided on a style from Fossil. I wasn’t thrilled with the giant Fossil logo, but for half the price of a similar Michael Kors style, I let it slide. Now that I have it, I am still obsessed. I [...]

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san fransisco stores + things to do?

29. September 2009

As many of you know, I’ll be running the Nike Women’s Marathon in three weeks (October 18th) in the great city of San Fransisco. I’ve always wanted to visit California, especially San Fran. I decided the best way to make sure I see the city within the decade was to run there. So that’s what [...]

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new sectional

28. September 2009

Last Friday the sectional was delivered! Here it is in the living room. You’ll also notice the disarray and mismatched furniture since our apartment is still in transition from the move. But the couch itself looks great. It is big. You can get a sense of the scale comparing it to the blue couch (no, [...]

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end of the week exfoliation

25. September 2009

Good morning! I hope you have a great weekend lined up for yourselves. I will be relaxing tonight and running the longest run (20 miles) of my training on Saturday morning. After this run, it will be downhill… towards the San Fransisco Marathon on October 18th. We got a call earlier this week saying our [...]

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DESIGN YOUR LIFE: sarah of haute design

24. September 2009

Happy Thursday! I hope you have had a good week so far. I’m happy to turn today’s DESIGN YOUR LIFE interview over to Sarah of Haute Design. I found out about Sarah from Crystal of Plush Palate (check out her DYL interview). With such a warm recommendation, I knew I wanted to hear Sarah’s intentions. [...]

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advice on working from home?

23. September 2009

Today I thought I’d turn the tables a bit and get some advice from you. As you know, I moved three weeks ago and in the process moved my studio into a second bedroom. When Erwin and I contemplated this move, he was apprehensive about me working from home. He was afraid I was going [...]

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bongo room, brilliant brunch

22. September 2009

Last Saturday before my trunk show, I scheduled date “night” at the Bongo Room. Last week my friend Amy mentioned the restaurant made pretzel pancakes covered in white chocolate and caramel. Needless to say, with my three favorite ingredients in the title, it got my attention. I dreamed about that dish all week long. The [...]

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last week’s end of the week exfoliation

21. September 2009

This post is actually from last Friday, but didn’t get posted in time. I will still post as usual on Friday as well. And since I haven’t decided on a Giveaway Giveaway prize for September (have I?). I am going to make this month’s prize a $40 Jess LC gift certificate. End of the Week [...]

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perfect vs. good enough

21. September 2009

Good morning! I hope you had a great weekend. I myself took a few days off from blogging and reading, and spent Saturday at Macy’s for a trunk show and ran my long run on Sunday morning. So this weekend was a bit off for me in terms of rest and relaxation. But I did [...]

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new sponsor, lovely clusters

17. September 2009

Good evening! I’m excited to introduce Rachel’s (of Design Lovely) new site, Lovely Clusters. Earlier today she shared her intentions in a DESIGN YOUR LIFE interview and now I’m excited to share her newest project. Lovely Clusters is a great way to browse all things lovely, adorable, and handmade. I kind of think of it [...]

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DESIGN YOUR LIFE: rachel of lovely clusters

17. September 2009

Today’s DESIGN YOUR LIFE is featuring the newest sponsor of MakeunderMyLife. Rachel is a co-founder of the adorable site, Lovely Clusters, and has a blog called Design Lovely. I’ll be talking more about Lovely Clusters later today, so stay tuned. But for now I’d like to share Rachel’s intentions. After reading her interview, it struck [...]

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divine caroline nomination

16. September 2009

First, let me start off by saying thank you for all the kind words about the new Madison and Wellington collections yesterday. It’s so much fun to hear your feedback about the styles I create. It’s hard to believe that a year ago I rarely sold directly to customers – especially online. It was all [...]

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off the chain update: madison and wellington debut

15. September 2009

Madison and Wellington are online! As I mentioned earlier, my inspiration for these fall collections was a striped scarf. Not a typical launching point for jewelry by any means, but I think the result is fresh, unique, and sophisticated. Below I’ll explain how I intend for these pieces to fit in any woman’s wardrobe. And [...]

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give me a break, every ninty minutes

14. September 2009

Good morning and happy Monday to you! I’m happy to announce that Wellington and Madison are going to be making their full debuts tomorrow on Jess LC. To celebrate I am offering free shipping on all domestic orders from September 15th-22nd. This weekend was a good one. Erwin and I finally tackled the last of [...]

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end of the week exfoliation

11. September 2009

The weekend is here! Erwin left this morning for a half day of work followed by a weekend in Ann Arbor for the Notre Dame football game. So it will be a quiet, decorating filled weekend. I will be staying in Chicago and running one of the longest runs of my training for the San [...]

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DESIGN YOUR LIFE: cassandra of coco+kelley

10. September 2009

I’m sure most of you, like me, are familiar with Cassandra’s design inspired blog, Coco + Kelley. She was one of my first reads when getting into the world of blogs. She’s also remained a favorite. Her posts and the photos she finds are always inspiring and have a distinct point of view, a similar [...]

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new snack and fabulous blog award

9. September 2009

Today I was going to mention my new obsession from Trader Joe’s, and then found out I was tagged by Rebecca with a Fabulous Blog Award (more on that below). The food crush is a new one I discovered yesterday at the T.Joe’s sample counter (who doesn’t love a good sample counter, really?). While shopping, [...]

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madsion and wellington: inspiration and a sneak peek

9. September 2009

I’m getting close to launching Madison and Wellington online. Very close. So I think it might be a good idea to give a little bit of background about how I went about creating these new collections. An introduction, if you will. First, I will share what inspired both the Madison and Wellington collections: A scarf [...]

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real life makeunder: simone’s closet

8. September 2009

Good afternoon! I got an email last week from a Simone, of Skinny Dip. She’s a MakeunderMyLife reader and she recently completed a closet makeunder and shared the process on her blog. Of course the first thing I did was hop on over to her site and read about her new perspective on buying (it’s [...]

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giveaway giveaway winner

8. September 2009

This Tuesday finds me back to work bright and early. With my move last week, I felt out of sorts with all of the disorganization. But Erwin and I were able to get some key pieces from Ikea and assemble them over the long weekend. Well, he assembled them with our friend Mike.  While I [...]

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end of the week exfoliation

4. September 2009

I hope you have some awesome Labor Day plans lined up for yourself. I will be spending half of today completing a long training run so that the next three days and evenings are mine to spend with friends however I like. Which will include watching the Michigan game, enjoying the new roof deck, and [...]

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the apartment: a work in progress

3. September 2009

Hi, welcome back. My name is Jess, remember me? I now have Internet and moved into the new apartment. It was quite an undertaking to say the least. Since we moved exactly one block south, we (and by “we” I mean mostly Erwin, Danny, and Mark) used grocery carts and muscles to transport all of [...]