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Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken

June 4, 2013 by Ashley Hackshaw

It was my birthday this weekend. I recently bought one of my favorite movies from when I was younger to share with Boo and so Friday was movie night:

Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken

(more of my favorite horse movies here)

I think I cried over 10 times watching it. It was even better than I remembered. “Manure just happens to be my specialty.” I’m so happy Boo loved it….she cried over 10 times too.

I woke up Sunday morning to a jelly donut and a McDonald’s iced coffee…perfect! And my mom sent me an Olive Garden gift certificate….but on the way to Olive Garden we did something craaaazy and detoured to Red Lobster. None of us had ever been to one.

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…and for most of the weekend I enjoyed my favorite pastime: projects. Lots of projects.

I’m working on the Lil Blue Boo office and my office in the house. Re-organizing and re-decorating. Everything is in total upheaval right now but I’ll share some progress pics soon!

Today I painted a table…among other things. And yes, that’s a monkey in the background. (a chalkboard monkey….he’s our “guest book”)

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What’s in my bag?

July 6, 2012 by Ashley Hackshaw

When my friend Gussy asked me to be a part of her “What’s in your bag?” series I was so excited to show off my perfect purse life:

I rock!

Except that……

Ok, maybe I didn’t really “LIE” but I might have left a few things out. Actually, I did lie about the house key. We don’t have any house keys. We lost them all….so we have combination keypads now. Those were Lisa’s keys in the photo. Now let me break out the “SAW III” font for this next image……

*Just a note: Boo’s “fine china” isn’t always itchy. I don’t want her to be embarrassed later in life about this. When it’s 115 degrees here in the desert sometimes she gets a rash. I carry it with me so I’m not caught without it.

At school for a while she would be itchy at nap and wouldn’t tell the teacher how bad it was…..so I decided to call the school and mention it each afternoon so they’d ask her.

The first time I called, the woman who answers the phone yelled loud enough for the entire desert to pick up on: “WHO has a YEAST infection?”

My first reaction was all gangsta: “ME biaaaatchhh. I’m calling JUST to let you know that I have a yeast infection. What’s UP.”

Oh, I imagined that first reaction….nevermind, what I actually said was:

“Boo does…..could you just discretely check with her to see if I should pick her up? Thanks!”

Geez….I can never stay on track. This was supposed to just be a post about my friend Gussy’s awesome market tote.…but of course I had to go on a tangent. And now this post includes itchy fine china, rubber chickens, the movie SAW III, menopause, leaky pens, and yeast infections. I’m SO sorry!

The Li’l List – Cranberry Pom et al

November 14, 2010 by Ashley Hackshaw

My new favorite accessory? This rock and roll belt by My Baby Belts! I think I have to have them all…..and I hope they start making matching “mommy” sized belts too. I have the zebra print and the rock and roll one…..these would make great stocking stuffers (plus the owner Abby is super sweet and I love supporting moms in business)! Miss Elle rocked it during a game of Simon Says:

Speaking of accessories….here’s my attempt at a handmade headband….love how it turned out. I think I’ll be putting together a tutorial soon!

New in the shop for this week only (or until we run out of our botanical print)! The Cranberry Pom Collection….mix and match!

The Cranberry Pom Silk Screened Tee (short or long sleeved) and the Cranberry Pom Twirl Skirt:

The Cranberry Pom Jumper and Ruffle Pants (pants available separate too):

Amie sent me these fabulous photos of her daughter in a custom Lil Blue Boo dress featuring art by Stephanie Corfee. I’ve been looking for some boots like that for me!

And this fabulous photo by Olivia Hooper of her daughter in a Lil Blue Boo “Cherry Chinese Dragon” dress…….love it. I love the look of toddler wonder on her face!

Gasp! A boy in Lil Blue Boo? Oh yes, I’m working on more…..promise. One-0f-a-kinds coming soon!

Hope your weekend has been wonderful! I should have added a caution to my previous post on painting….if you give your child large canvases to paint on….they might start to expect them….this could be a VERY expensive hobby once my thrift store painting finds run dry: