Makeunder My Life

DESIGN YOUR LIFE: crystal of plush palate and rue

This week’s DYL is a throwback from last year. I think it’s definitely worth revisiting my dear friend, Crystal’s DYL, as she is now the fabulous founder and editor-in-chief of the recently launched online shelter magazine, Rue. It’s fascinating for us to reflect on Crystal’s intentions from last year, pre-Rue, because they may have propelled [...]

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To me, one of the most personal ways to design a life with intention is to design a home with intention. Creating an environment which reflects our vision for our lives helps us fulfill those dreams everyday. I’m currently obsessed the retro-modern silhouette art which keeps popping up all over the home design blogs. So [...]

fall site update

As you may have noticed, I’ve been slowly doing some spring fall cleaning around MML. I figured it was time to put a fresh coat on MML as I moved into a new place myself. I’m so happy with how it’s turned out. The berry and camel colors are such a cheerful contrast to the [...]

the prize mentality

Good morning! I hope you had a great weekend. I myself got back from a quick trip to Ann Arbor, Michigan yesterday evening. A good friend got married (beautiful wedding!) and I also had a chance to catch up with my friends at Michigan. All in all, it was a great chance to reconnect with [...]

piper’s dream report: week nineteen

It’s official…I’m working for myself full time now!!  Long story short, due to some happenings at work that reminded me yet again why I wanted to leave Corporate America, my last day moved up a week.  So as of this Monday, I’ve been working from home.  And I have to admit – it’s pretty darn [...]

DESIGN YOUR LIFE: kendi of kendi everyday

The DESIGN YOUR LIFE series is back! After it’s vacation this summer, the DYL series is refreshed, slightly tan, and ready to start inspiring all over again. For those of you who are new, this series is where different people each Thursday share their intentions for their life and how they then “design their life” [...]

you’re invited to the diversey launch party

If you live in Chicago or can make it tomorrow, please come to the Diversey Launch Party at SG Grand! Details are below. There will be wine, nibbles, and other local designers as well! Bring a friend and make it a girls night.

meet the diversey collection

Thanks so much for such sweet, encouraging comments on the Diversey Lookbook! I’m happy to know you all love how it turned out as well. Design Inspiration: Paisley Of course if you’ve been following my twitter or MML, you know I’ve been inspired by paisley for this collection (some people have mentioned it looks like [...]

the diversey lookbook

Diversey is live! Here are some shots from the lookbook. It was so hard to pick a few to share, so go to the complete lookbook to see all the looks and locations! You can also start shopping the collection as well. I’ll be back later today to explain the collection in more detail and [...]

behind the lookbook

Man, oh man. I know I said that the Diversey collection would be launching today, but we have a few pesky product images to sort out this evening so the official launch will be tomorrow. In the meantime, I’d like to whet your appetite by giving you a bit of background on the experience of [...]

grandma’s macaroni and cheese

Good morning! I’m launching the Diversey collection on Jess LC tomorrow and have plenty of work ahead of me (lookbook, programming the online pages, uploading product shots, drafting an email blast, MML posts, and so on) so I have my little hands full of things to do. But in the meantime, I thought I’d re-share [...]

kelsey’s list: september dos and don’ts

credit After the awesome reception of Kelsey’s list last month, she’s back to share her list for September. Enjoy! First of all I would like to say thank you to all of you.  Because of your wonderful feedback, Jess would like me to contribute more often to Makeunder My Life and I couldn’t be more [...]

piper’s dream report: week eighteen

Thank you all so much for your lovely and supportive comments on my post last week.  Especially since as you’ve gotten to know me by now, I’m sure you probably know that I’m freaking out a bit!!  And by a bit…I mean A LOT!!  Of course I’m also beyond thrilled and excited to give my [...]

inoculations against setbacks

Good morning! I’m excited to say that this evening Susie and I will be at the FGI Chicago Rising Star Awards to find out whether Jess LC was named the rising star in jewelry this year. I have to admit, besides a dream I had the other night (in which I won the award), I [...]

designing a business with intention: PR

Given my declaration yesterday about the purpose of MML, I’d like to discuss why I chose to go with PR for Jess LC. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not here to tell anyone what to do, but I  can share my personal strategy. After years of selling almost exclusively via wholesale to boutiques, focusing on [...]

what i hope mml does for you

During the past month when I took some time off from writing on MML, I reflected on my life, MML, my purpose, and the feistiness that so many people enjoyed. And I now have some great new ideas to inject in MML this fall. One of which is a new color story and different blog [...]

my small business heroes

Happy Monday! This is the first day of September that resembles a somewhat normal schedule for me. I’ve been caught up in a tidal wave of work, travel, guests, and photo shoots for so long, I almost forgot what the dry ground of routine looks like. And I have to say, as someone who has [...]

lookbook sneak peek starring…

piper’s dream report: week sixteen

(Sorry, guys! I forgot to add the first paragraph of the post this morning (below). – Jess!) First of all, I want to say thanks for all your support each and every week – I seriously can’t tell you how much it helps reading your comments!!  I’m glad you’ve been following me through this.  A [...]

to be luminous giveaway winner

*Graphic by Melissa : )*

saying yes to life

Good afternoon! I got back from Denver last night and rolled in my apartment just before midnight. The entire experience was awesome, I had so much fun working with the ladies at American Express OPEN and the Score folks as well. I also made a new friend, Amanda, who was my social media co-panelist and [...]

apartment sneak peeks

Good morning and happy September! My oh my what a difference a few weeks of makes! I feel rested (sort of), fresh, and ready for new things to come my way! After doing the majority of the moving last Wednesday and Thursday, my friend Jess from college came into town and we had a great [...]