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New Clothes For Free

March 24, 2010 by dailygnome 4 Comments

I attended a Naked Lady party last week at the coast. If you’re not familiar with the concept, you get a group of girls together, bring along your gently used clothing that for whatever reason you no longer wear, and spend an evening swapping clothes and accessories, drinking wine and hanging out. I’ve attended a handful of these events and at the majority of them everyone just dumped their clothes out of a grocery bag into a pile for others to rummage through.

At this one the host set up her home like a chic boutique, clothes were organized by rack according to style, and everyone brought their articles wrinkle-free and hung on hangers. And the selection was amazing. It helped that many of the other girls were around my same size and had similar style. I walked away with about 10-12 pieces of clothing that are now staples in my spring/summer wardrobe. All for free. Among my favorite new finds:

My new go-to jeans for the season:
A brand new never worn Nike jacket (perfect for walking the kids to school on chilly mornings)

A J.Crew skirt (that doubles as a dress) + shoes:

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It’s Lonely In The Modern World

March 2, 2010 by dailygnome Leave a Comment

Spent the last hour thoroughly enjoying this new blog. Adding satirical captions to the photographs of hip homeowners featured in Dwell (and one random pic from Portland Monthly). The magazine that always makes our house feel cluttered and cramped after reading. And leaves Jason pondering the possibilities of prefab.

Photos via Unhappy Hipsters

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All About The Wordplay

May 21, 2009 by dailygnome 6 Comments

I stumbled upon this site and have been having so much fun. Playing around with words and fonts, colors and layouts. Creating word clouds.

My blog. As a word cloud:


My day:

Print them out. Frame them up. Get Creative. Create your own now.

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What A Lovely Name

March 4, 2009 by dailygnome 2 Comments


The perfect site to turn to when you’re contemplating a name for your baby. Or pet to be. 

After you’ve chosen the name you can take it for a test ride with various fonts and logos. Then place an order for custom merchandise ranging from organic onesies to postage stamps.
Thinking of turning to this site when it comes time to find a baby gift for my expectant friends. Or a personalized mousepad with my name spelled Amiee.  Visit site

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