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DESIGN YOUR LIFE: rebecca of the pink orange

19. November 2009

Good morning! As you read this I am busy getting ready for another Macy’s Chicago Desginer Trunk show from 11-5 today and tomorrow. If you are around State St. this afternoon and want to say hi- please do! Today’s DESIGN YOUR LIFE is brought to you by our newest MakeunderMyLife sponsor, Rebecca of The Pink Orange. [...]

DESIGN YOUR LIFE: jessica of jessicagonachaswift

12. November 2009

As I mentioned on Tuesday, three lovely ladies and I are starting a new video conversation called Spring where we will talk about passion, intention, and many ideas shared on these DESIGN YOUR LIFE interviews each week. Carolyn and Michelle have already shared their intentions in previous DYL interviews, so I’m excited to share the [...]

DESIGN YOUR LIFE: michelle of when i grow up

5. November 2009

Good morning! Welcome to a brand new DESIGN YOUR LIFE. This week Michelle of When I Grow Up is sharing her intentions and some amazing ways she’s designed her life around them. I’m going to let our first meeting remain a mystery (to be revealed in the weeks to come), but I’ve loved getting to [...]

DESIGN YOUR LIFE: jessica of polished sense

29. October 2009

Finally, I have a new DESIGN YOUR LIFE to share! Thank you for your patience with this segment as I was travelling the past few weeks. Today I’m excited to share the intentions of my friend Jessica, of Polished Sense. We first met online via our blogs and Twitter. But we soon decided to meet [...]

DESIGN YOUR LIFE: rebecca of loving living small

8. October 2009

Happy Thursday! Today’s DESIGN YOUR LIFE participant is Rebecca of Loving Living Small. Some of you might also know her as the co-founder of Blog Out Loud, a great blogger resource. A few weeks ago, Rebecca asked me to do an interview for Blog Out Loud and I was delighted to be a part of [...]

DESIGN YOUR LIFE: brooke of the new dorothy

1. October 2009

Happy Thursday! Today I am excited to bring you the intentions of Brooke from The New Dorothy. I love what she’s said below almost as much as her Niner Project (her plan is to complete 99 goals in 999 days). This Kansas lady is also serious about travel. I can only imagine what her passport [...]

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. [...]

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 me [...]

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 [...]

DESIGN YOUR LIFE: stefanie of brooklyn limestone

27. August 2009

Oh how small the Internet really is. Kind of like Chicago, it’s a big city with a lot of tiny neighborhoods. Recently I ‘bumped’ into an old Internet friend who long, long ago designed the logo for Jess LC. She is none other than Stefanie of the blog, Brooklyn Limestone, and design company, Sonic Stef [...]

DESIGN YOUR LIFE: erwin!

20. August 2009

Oh boy. I’ve been excited about this DESIGN YOUR LIFE for a while now. Erwin (my boyfriend) generally stays behind the scenes of MakeunderMyLife, but he’s agreed to be interviewed for DYL following a reader request (thanks, Danny!). Though some of you may not know much about Erwin, I can tell you that we definitely complement [...]

DESIGN YOUR LIFE: melissa of ’so about what i said’

13. August 2009

Recently I got a very nice email from Melissa of So About What I Said. Of course I promptly responded and checked out her site. I immediately found myself in awe, inspired, and excited to invite her for this week’s DESIGN YOUR LIFE. As you will read, Melissa has overcome incredible adversity with grace and a [...]