I’m trying to catch up on some long overdue reviews this week. It sometimes takes me a while to get to them since I try to make them at least a little more like posts with a story or a funny anecdote or something. Regardless of how great a product may be – nobody wants to read the equivalent of a press release!

So here are the first three I posted on my review & giveaway page:

Eleanor now has a lunch bag from simply – bags that makes her Disney Princess backpack look like even more of an eyesore (click HERE for post):

Our journey through the hell called “trying to take a good holiday card picture” and a promise to make it happen this year with Shutterfly (click HERE for post):

A tip from me on You Tube from Scotch-Brite’s BlogHer booth…more visual evidence of the reason why I wasn’t meant to be on any screen of any kind and should stick with blog products reviews (click HERE for post):

I have one more review coming up AND two giveaways – so I’ll alert you to those shortly! And now – back to our regularly scheduled programming (which would be a buzzing test pattern since I’ve been kind of MIA on the blog lately…hope to fix that soon too!)

Come see me at As Good As Cake today for a book review of all things. I have to say – this is a good one. Laura Bennett of Project Runway fame was one of my favorites and by far one of the most successful post-show.

She’s also a mother of six in Manhattan and her take on parenting and staying true to yourself is as insightful as it is irreverent. Click HERE for the review.

Tomorrow, I’ll be posting an interview with Laura here AND a giveaway on As Good As Cake. don’t miss it!

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On Wishing True…

I love Lonny – but more please!

Dianne Gall

Well – not really… But if I was a little girl – you’d totally be patting me on the back and telling me that I have a very bright future ahead of me at Fasion Week.

How fun is this?

Fashion Playtes contacted me recently about their super cool new design service for girls.

It’s a virtual design studio that helps young girls design and produce their own custom clothing. They can play fashion designer – but for real!

I thought it looked like so much fun that I set up an account and designed myself a t-shirt (oh yes I did!)

Visit me at As Good As Cake to see the full story.

*Just in case you were wondering – this wasn’t a sponsored review. I just thought it was adorable.

earrings from LuShae Jewelry

little girl clips from LadyBugsNButterflies