Chore Chart

I've been having a little trouble keeping track of all the things I need to help my kids with. I'm pretty good about keeping track of all their activities; Piano, Art class, cub scouts, etc.
But when it comes to reminding them to do their chores; practicing piano, reading in Spanish, trash duty and so forth, I'm not doing so great. So I googled "chore chart template", I found several,  this one is my favorite  I found it at "The Project Girl".
I like it because I can hand write on it, customize it to what they need each week and it's cute. I can also use it for my own chores and organize myself too.

Here you go:

You can download the chart here

Let me know if you use it!

Litlle Silk Dress Giveaway

I really love how this little dress turned out.

Thanks to my wonderful customers the Courtyard Collection 2010 has been one of my most successful lines so far. I only created a few pieces for this transitional line (between Summer and Fall).

I was a little nervous when I decided to design this line, most stores just stick to Spring/Summer and Fall orders, but I was out of Spring items and stores wanted more inventory. I tried many different colors before I settled on navy, steel blue, green and white, I added some ruffles for fun and gave it a bit of a bohemian vibe.
I only have a handful of dresses left, I didn't even get to sell them on my site :). If you are interested, you can play and win one of them. I have sizes 2/3 and 8/10 left (retail value is $50++)

To play:

All you have to do is follow this blog then to go to my site www.alejandrakearl.com-> Collections -> Look Book Fall 2010 and then leave a comment on this post letting me know what you think of the current Fall collection before Tuesday Sept 28th.

To double the chance of winning, please help me spread the word by writing a post about this give away on your blog, and then leave a separate comment. We will put your name in twice.

The lucky winner will be randomly selected. You will win one of the Steel Blue Silk Dresses (size 2/3 or 8/10) We will announce the winner of this give-away on the morning of Wednesday Sept 29th. So don't forget to come back and check! Free Continental US shipping only.

Travel Town

LA is full of fun and cheap places to visit. I know a few and I want to start sharing them with you, I would also love to hear about your favorite places in LA.

As a family we have many favorite spots, we visit them regularly and the boys love them. One of them is Travel Town, my oldest has had his birthday there a couple of times, we bring my parents when they are in town, or we just go get sandwiches at Giamela's, then eat and watch the boys play and always have a wonderful time. It is an outdoor train museum/park, there are lots of cool old trains kids can climb in, you can bring a picnic, watch the miniature train exhibition, ride the little train and shop at the gift shop.

Is Free to get in and only $3 to ride the train. This year we took our Holiday pictures there, Ashlee Raubach did a wonderful job, she was so nice and fun to shoot with. Here are some of my favorites:





What are some places you like to visit?

First Give Away!!

So today I woke up before the alarm went off, this happens a lot when I'm working on something new. At the moment I've been trying to get my Fall 2010 line finalized and I have a million ideas in my head that I can't turn off at night, so they wake me up! I know it sounds crazy, but is the truth. I'll give you a sneak peak soon of what's been keeping me up at night.

Anyways, I've been thinking of giving away some of the new Spring 2010 designs that are coming in and I decided to do it today; is early, I saw this beautiful sunrise from my backyard and it put me on a giving mode :), isn't that pretty?

Here is the deal: There are 5 outfits in the new Spring 2010 collection.

All you have to do is to go to my site www.alejandrakearl.com then to Collections -> Look Book Spring 2010 and pick 2 of your favorite outfits from my Spring 2010 collection (not summer 2010, that will be a later give away) and then leave a comment on this post with your favorite items and size before Sunday January 16th. If you win, you will get the outfits you picked!

To double the chance of winning, please help me spread the word by writing a post about this give away on your blog, and then leave a separate comment. We will put your name in twice.

The lucky winner will be randomly selected. We will announce the winner of this give-away on the morning of Monday January 17th. So don't forget to come back and check! Free Continental US shipping only.

P.S the gift box picture at the top is from Martha Stewart.com, I'm not really going to wrap the winner's box like that... wish I could ;)