Spice Up Your Life

My girlfriends from high school can COOK. All of them. When we get together for dinner, we usually skip the restaurant. We do a pot-luck evening. I cannot get a recent birthday dinner out of my head. Click on this link for the amazing shrimp that Nellie made. Her friend from college dreamed this yummy creation up.

This is perfect for Labor Day weekend grilling.

love the name bubbles

We got our name bubbles in the mail just 5 days after ordering them. And, they turned out really cute. The kids and I put name bubbles on everything this weekend - tap shoes, sweat shirts, coats, and folders. Here is Maggie's favorite snoopy folder that she added a "fun sticker" name bubble to -- right on the surf board. They are easy to apply without getting air bubbles (except the very biggest fun sticker, which is probably 4 inches long - we used them on their pencil boxes), even for my kids. I have not washed any clothing with a name bubble yet - need to wait 24 hours before washing after applying. I'll keep you posted. So far, we are excited about the purchase!

Give Away - maggie delaney zebra skirt

Enter the maggie delaney give away on facebook. Post a picture of your favorite girl in her favorite maggie delaney on the facebook wall for maggie delaney, and you will be eligible to win a zebra skirt featuring either alien flowers blue or alien flowers cocoa.

On our model: zebra skirt in Tammy blue, alien flowers blue, Lexie blue, size 8, $32.

If you don't do facebook, you can email the photo of your girl in her maggie delaney to Erin at: erin@maggiedelaney.com

We will choose a winner for the zebra skirt give away on September 15, 2009!

labels for school days

So, I secretly want the label making machine on that episode of Seinfeld... but then I never buy one because I just really want to be that organized and am not. However, I'm really tired of my dear Maggie losing her sweatshirts at school. They never reappear in the lost and found, either. Last week, I was packing for our family lake vacation, and I couldn't find her favorite sweatshirt anywhere. The answer: labels. Cute labels. I figure it's kind of like me and my reusable grocery sacks. I use them all the time because they are cute:

http://www.envirosax.com/products/graphic_series/

If I want Maggie to label her clothes, lunch box, water bottle, and all her school gear, I must go for cute. I found cute at Name Bubbles: http://www.namebubbles.com/labelpack/school-labels.html

I just ordered them this morning. She went with the "aren't I bright" color series, not this one. Looks like she will even be able to label her tap and ballet shoes with these. I'll let you know how they look and work when they arrive.

Happy back to school preparations, everyone!

fashion design on line

maggie delaney lets you design your own dresses and skirts online without fear (check out the new maggie delaney return policy). And, did you know you can design your own fashion magazine? Totally just came across this site on the New York Times website when I was procrastinating this morning. It's called Polyvore.com and you can look at fashion magazine pages designed by others and you can also design your own. Too much fun -- cannot get started this morning or I will never get anything done!

maggie delaney size chart

We posted the maggie delaney size chart under the "info" section of the maggie delaney website yesterday. The measurements are of actual maggie delaney skirts and dresses and are given in inches. The range on the skirt waists shows how far the skirt will stretch at a comfortable fit. Please remember that every maggie delaney garment is custom made, so if you need something tweaked to make it fit your little girl, just contact one of us:

kelly@maggiedelaney.com

erin@maggiedelaney.com

summer at maggie delaney

It's hard to believe it's summer. In our house, summer does not start with the solstice, it starts after Henry's birthday (a Super Mario theme this year for turning 6). The kids have been on summer break here for two weeks already, but I know Chicago area is just getting out and NY has a couple of weeks left.

Kelly and I mark summer by the twirl of maggie delaney sun dresses. Put away your t-shirts and cardigans and throw on your maggie delaney sun dress! Check out these beautiful images from our photographer, Heidi Peters....