tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77497578322021490982024-03-14T09:25:35.451-04:00Chick's Picks by Hillary"Original, hip, vintage. Fashion & home accessories. For women, by women."Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-56204757584767845742011-05-25T06:38:00.014-04:002011-05-25T06:38:00.406-04:00Soooooo Many New Treasures...!<div align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Just click on the pics below & scroll!</span><span style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><em></em></span></span></div><div align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=keepbgcab&et=1105601913918&s=3&e=001_BlL42EO3BQTiA84TcndCB2BhxjWoe_8NwocudxRQ_3btnivgPUtBIDqVbhqQ6dNw6urks-pF2NoDuEh9Sl3ULmkChU9TFnv5UWuje-DykB93Aq0oreuvItiJmikqhYcpwKsqFQnn2W6OaXmmBntrifi66FaFeSHREJJTjtGC-RcIjEQIb-rVqHwsbcQjTxC2vfmcA7dTF4=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><img alt="DT Bracelets" border="0" height="411" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1777.jpg" vspace="5" width="477" /></a></span></div><div align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div><div align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> Summer Entertaining .. for you & your home </span></span></div><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong> Utensil, Makeup Brushes, Marker Caddy, Napkin Holders ...</strong></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=keepbgcab&et=1105601913918&s=3&e=001_BlL42EO3BTmEGmclgt7oEMNMCLgsVop_JuTZJ8l6tqBB2kzW034XEmSBs9tX0DNb9L41j3tVVzKdylka4YGvBXZtpuF-9fNZdFt_M8iTTNsYA9GeUsouEgHuG71FP3dM8hZRf-nQKSMNcG6fGlE9jiziClbegLh0P1SBZQ_GEqyOSRL6b-J_f4Wi6M0771T" shape="rect" target="_blank"><img alt="caddy" border="0" height="418" hspace="5" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1779.jpg" vspace="5" width="519" /></a> </div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Love the Adorable Tins of postcards to use as quick "Thank You" notes! </strong></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Then I use my empty tin for "girlie supplies" in the powder room!</strong></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=keepbgcab&et=1105601913918&s=3&e=001_BlL42EO3BQtGWkT2ekqALMFaDBbLFHUmjtiUFxDndKtuV_eZ-GNH-rsasRrgS1-C-UK0_eidhh0QaFKH4srpqnHkwIiPFwkiZv1q5Uh-Db0CjEEqE5iL96Rvh0FqO4FfE3g391hw81tRyQDH51Kb5sMomjIXqrpcGu62nr21fSW9YGvNp6-6xOmLiTm8_DaHtf_oSvzasW4DsKL9Z5bzLUmGkZvfWupO9BJxH3-cZc=" shape="rect" target="_blank"><img alt="napkin holders" border="0" height="234" hspace="5" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1778.jpg" vspace="5" width="284" /></a> <img alt="notecards" border="0" height="239" hspace="5" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1794.jpg" vspace="5" width="259" /></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><strong> </strong></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><strong> </strong></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Tons of New Belt Buckles!!</strong></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=keepbgcab&et=1105601913918&s=3&e=001_BlL42EO3BTPkalNrgNhgQBnh4JjZnUjkr8WCTfOAE45rCi-F5EqNcFKuTtm1eNlazhCUy5AoCTkHyaExYE-hb6VDrFEZ0aWG9gopeLAdbKV62GNk3VDjdtTFavRnNCXdhrkUK3SP7BQDHbB35qcvmLr7klDq7m3XeVVN_RsT7mSFZDcbDSr7_UiCww8mI3G" shape="rect" target="_blank"><img alt="buckle" border="0" height="356" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1793.jpg" vspace="5" width="458" /></a></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Find all these beautiful treasures (and many more!!) at </span></b></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=keepbgcab&et=1105601913918&s=3&e=001_BlL42EO3BQv9JKpjWCtKfnhgkDVo3mgu3PhootHcF9cnoZOTPowlZKGLBfwqp1w4GZPt22qZ-ML0X0poDfr0UHUmOvDaAD_ITns7zU-oim0Do9Dutbrr-Fb8LgADD8i" shape="rect" style="color: blue; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">www.ChicksPicksbyHillary.com</a></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">OR </span></b></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Get your June Boutique Show Invite <a href="https://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/#upcoming_events.cfm">here</a>! </b></span></span></div><div></div><div></div><div><br />
</div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-26522148160461395242011-05-24T06:43:00.001-04:002011-05-24T06:43:00.385-04:00Hospice, Humor, & Pearls...!<div align="center" style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"><img alt="hospice memorial walk" border="0" height="512" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1790.jpg" vspace="5" width="382" /></span> </div><div style="font-family: Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Had quite an experience the past few days ....</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> My mom's older sis, Bev, went into Hospice in Tampa, and my mom</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> wanted to be with her. Since mom doesn't fly alone, I flew with her</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> and we got there just in the nick of time! </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I hesitantly walked into Hospice with tear-stained cheeks, and </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">was amazed at the loving and respectful way Aunt Bev and we</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> were treated. Hospice is an amazing place that is truly calming,</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">restful and dignified. If you ever have to visit, don't be scared.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">(the photo above is the Hospice Memorial Courtyard ...</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">look at the Judge Judy, Cocktails stone! LOL!)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">BTW, this was my aunt whom I adored; she was a shopper, </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">social, extrovert ... life-of-the-party, glamorous lady. Auntie Bev and </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I had a memorable shopping weekend in Mt. Dora, Florida a few years back; </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> I gave out before she did!! </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">She was a generous soul and class act ... still sent Birthday, Easter, Christmas gifts to my kiddos and wrote long, lovely letters. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">She gave birth to a son w/ cerebral palsy, who lived to be in his 40s </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> because she was so dedicated and caring to him. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Beverly handled life with humor, grace, a well-set table,</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> and a gorgeous strand of pearls. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">She died this morning. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Thanks for letting me "think" about her aloud.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="bev" border="0" height="318" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1792.jpg" vspace="5" width="477" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> The Grant Girls -- Beverly, Patricia (my mom), Janet!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">xo, H</div></b></div><b></b></div><div></div><div></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-8907653241023002962011-04-01T17:53:00.003-04:002011-04-01T17:57:46.894-04:00Local highlights.. I Am Modern names me Royal Wedding Accessory Queen!!Quoted from<a href="http://www.iammodern.com/royal-wedding-boutique.html"> I Am Modern</a>:<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">"The Wedding of the Decade" is just around the corner. If your invitation for Prince William and Kate Middleton has not arrived, you can still celebrate in style!<br />
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Whether you are cozying up to watch the early am nuptials on April 29th, or recording for a "Watch Party" during the day, there are many products to commemorate this historic and romantic occasion. Our local Chick's Picks by Hillary has created a Royal Line of creative, chic, hip products that personify the feminine anglophile in us!<br />
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Hillary of Chick's Picks commissioned 20 of the designers that develop and manufacture products for her boutique shows and web site, <a href="http://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/" target="_blank">www.chickspicksbyhillary.com</a> , on January 1, 2011, to get royal and create. The result is tens of new products that are subtly regal, vintage funky, and many that incorporate the iconic crown theme that is currently popular in home and fashion accessories. Here is a sample of Hillary's Royal fare .....<br />
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<img alt="royal3" height="250" src="http://www.iammodern.com/webimages/blogs/styleblogs/royal3.jpg" style="margin: 10px;" width="510" /> <b><a href="http://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/"><img alt="royal3" height="250" src="http://www.iammodern.com/webimages/blogs/styleblogs/royal3.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 10px auto;" width="510" /></a></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b><a href="http://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/"><img alt="royal4" height="334" src="http://www.iammodern.com/webimages/blogs/styleblogs/royal4.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 10px auto;" width="500" /></a></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b><a href="http://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/"><img alt="royal5" height="270" src="http://www.iammodern.com/webimages/blogs/styleblogs/royal5.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 10px auto;" width="507" /></a></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b> </b><img alt="hillary tattersall" height="123" src="http://www.iammodern.com/webimages/author/tattersall_hillary.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); float: left; margin: 10px;" title="hillary tattersall" width="100" /><b>Hillary Tattersall</b> is known as the Accessory Queen. And for good reason! As owner of Chicks Pick's, a pop-up boutique and web store (<a href="http://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/" target="_blank">www.chickspicksbyhillary.com</a>), Hillary works with hundreds of designers and magazine editors to create products that the hip & modern mom loves! She lives in Loudoun County with her family and will be giving I Am Modern moms weekly hints and tips to freshen up either their homes or their personal fashion style. She is also <a href="http://www.iammodern.com/modern-style-guru.html" target="_blank">Modern Style Guide Guru</a>. She welcomes your thoughts, comments, and questions.</div><i><br />
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If you haven't already, check out the Royal Wedding video highlighting only some of the original royal creations available both online at <a href="http://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/">ChicksPicksbyHillary.com</a> and at her boutique show April 14-16th. Get your royal wedding boutique show invite <a href="https://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/#upcoming_events.cfm">here</a>!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">~ Hillary ~</span></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-8469915762503813652011-03-10T20:46:00.001-05:002011-03-10T21:56:54.201-05:00Really ... THIS is how it all started.<div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5ZUVM9DfuXbqN52nQJn9q3MhnDCMzCfA4Sdc55A4ZkKQCPyX6Sxtt2KGqCUbx2D-LwPuDoQNfOJZr_TkUnudPEbgj5NDhKSNRGPsvfRjFd9grXfMst38sCIORtlKZqFFLNdmtFmqXS4/s1600/JAN+WEB+2011+265.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582609651446114754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5ZUVM9DfuXbqN52nQJn9q3MhnDCMzCfA4Sdc55A4ZkKQCPyX6Sxtt2KGqCUbx2D-LwPuDoQNfOJZr_TkUnudPEbgj5NDhKSNRGPsvfRjFd9grXfMst38sCIORtlKZqFFLNdmtFmqXS4/s320/JAN+WEB+2011+265.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 214px;" /></a> When asked how I started Chick's Picks, this is the needlepoint pillow I picture. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">My first handiwork ... ever. My MIL taught me her life-long talent, and she designed this "starter" project. This pillow got me through the 1st and 2nd grade homework table. See, when I left the corporate world, I had a REALLY hard time sitting still at that table. Teaching little crumb grabbers to read was NOT my forte. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I guess patience as a whole, is not my forte. (Of course not, for 15 years in the business world, I got raises for NOT being patient ... but that's a whole other article -- </div><div style="text-align: center;">I was actually interviewed for a book about this subject recently.)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Anyway, since one needlepoint pillow ended up taking a few years, that craft was not for me.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I took up knitting, and was able to finish a scarf a night. And then Jennifer Aniston wore a summer scarf with a sundress in "<em>What About Polly,"</em> and knitting scarves, and my new business, </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">became a year-round passion (BTW, it was called Tattered Shawls.)</div></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582609389399039730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3orljdvgEfcbXqtu1gBM3sJt7pdE8UvDJakFI3sPOhQ_cbjltJ66afEjWkI-E2Zs5y5FxWXGxYMfyReoEMZ8Owb0CsbYa7qE4THizqWD0tRnPErak_6e3wKAWsSaJH-PnK1a9S_-aVjA/s320/JAN+WEB+2011+261.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 214px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582609383920986594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3FgI6lrYDJ_kUpt5mXt0ye6GWyENvuPBfIRcXqOTAVcXQSr8z9O71ovOy6dFBOYiDKqOB9fB0Ke74NngIXVuMFxTqUeaixqXIEYh2I6N13FbMcQTpT82xyN6v0rTblw5aIrvWwX76mk/s320/JAN+WEB+2011+264.JPG" style="display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 214px;" />My second needlepoint project -- my son's monogram on a toddler Chippendale chair, complete with Tattersall plaid as the background. And look how he expressed his appreciation!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
<div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj257_m2lKCCZgjKS-IwvwdXcxWh_7Ig2GlFb9N04CT1FFHurBbLyTgi3jEiqGW0Lnxyz7f471tultqPgAhrvQZFdNFMOFlwDVbopqqiilCmeZHd3QRcYHOPMgPJZEgzd470wK_JWiSrXQ/s1600/JAN+WEB+2011+266.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582609377653683394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj257_m2lKCCZgjKS-IwvwdXcxWh_7Ig2GlFb9N04CT1FFHurBbLyTgi3jEiqGW0Lnxyz7f471tultqPgAhrvQZFdNFMOFlwDVbopqqiilCmeZHd3QRcYHOPMgPJZEgzd470wK_JWiSrXQ/s320/JAN+WEB+2011+266.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 214px;" /></a></div>My current project -- a copy of an Hermes scarf. Taking forever.</div><br />
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<div></div>My MIL now just needlepoints for me!! Look at these beauties. Can you see the beading in the middle? She is amazing. And I thank her always for starting me on this journey. She created a monster.<br />
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</div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-26072487748659789402011-03-09T14:25:00.002-05:002011-03-09T14:30:06.858-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzW6mRVwVFstS5crJ8kcMmnU0saTMXIhd1gJrdUw2KsE_ERaRIAnn9eB9OweFpudAAiUIgQd8ylCUUpIHAmjPZEqACA_HZ4oAtbBVsg6836HXudRn-0m6skY5JjSUeWeDC1zexDDlCacM/s1600/crown+%2526+signs+for+web+013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582164218257620866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzW6mRVwVFstS5crJ8kcMmnU0saTMXIhd1gJrdUw2KsE_ERaRIAnn9eB9OweFpudAAiUIgQd8ylCUUpIHAmjPZEqACA_HZ4oAtbBVsg6836HXudRn-0m6skY5JjSUeWeDC1zexDDlCacM/s320/crown+%2526+signs+for+web+013.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoXoknFa8tQnBLpC_A6yr5VTNXIhCcGFl6y8oROCbxTdpgEr8xW3gEjoFUkQ03aba-GRAzd17g9ieCDjEo9y3OEoy7xhjLrExOPpOWaxmkOUKLVe9Q1eRGs29xdKJ8ll9aYbVrTtkITM/s1600/pics+009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582164212095684098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoXoknFa8tQnBLpC_A6yr5VTNXIhCcGFl6y8oROCbxTdpgEr8xW3gEjoFUkQ03aba-GRAzd17g9ieCDjEo9y3OEoy7xhjLrExOPpOWaxmkOUKLVe9Q1eRGs29xdKJ8ll9aYbVrTtkITM/s320/pics+009.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_Lgu5SWvkrCWsERPM5s_o6TUstHhyphenhyphenb9pBnvMs8iQ1n0II6sOGq5b5GSNuhdZlVWBX38CKMAWWthkS6-gN_sqLmzOSuRg64LLEt56jiIkjwmEjgrT0acSQXZRMAdB86l1wTvs5hTcveg/s1600/crown+%2526+signs+for+web+009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582164200780921602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_Lgu5SWvkrCWsERPM5s_o6TUstHhyphenhyphenb9pBnvMs8iQ1n0II6sOGq5b5GSNuhdZlVWBX38CKMAWWthkS6-gN_sqLmzOSuRg64LLEt56jiIkjwmEjgrT0acSQXZRMAdB86l1wTvs5hTcveg/s320/crown+%2526+signs+for+web+009.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>This is the most beautiful gift I have ever been given. Thank you Dara for my real-life, vintage, rhinestone encrusted Parisian tiara. It stands 9 inches tall. I wish it could talk and tell us where it's been!! xoxo Dara!!!<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">~ Hillary ~</span></div></div></div></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-68075943045489531622011-02-14T06:42:00.003-05:002011-02-18T23:36:03.114-05:00Shhh... 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margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;" ><strong> </strong></span><span style=";font-family:Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;" ><a rel="nofollow" track="on" shape="rect" href="https://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/#decorate_you/accessories/114_1633_1634_a_girlfriend_secret__clutch_wallet_black/d/catalog.cfm" target="_blank"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1623" alt="wallet" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1623.jpg?a=1104470870572" vspace="5" width="255" border="0" height="383" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" track="on" shape="rect" href="https://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/#decorate_home/living__decor/jc001_cord_covers/d/catalog.cfm" target="_blank"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1624" alt="cord covers" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1624.jpg?a=1104470870572" vspace="5" width="255" border="0" height="382" hspace="5" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;" ><strong> </strong></span><span style=";font-family:Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;" ><strong>10) THE wallet that every CP cashier uses -- try it ... you'll love it!</strong></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;" ><strong>11) Cover your unsightly electrical cords with dupioni silk!</strong></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;" > </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style=";font-family:Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;" > <a style="color: blue; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" rel="nofollow" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/" linktype="link" target="_blank">Check all the Picks at www.chickspicksbyhillary.com</a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;"><span style=";font-family:Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;" ><a style="color: blue; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" rel="nofollow" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/" linktype="link" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p size="14pt" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;" > </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"> </p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1621" alt="birthday picture w/ dawn" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1621.jpg?a=1104470870572" vspace="5" width="373" border="0" height="365" hspace="5" /></span> </p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >True Confession Time</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >The pictures of myself that I use in Chick's Picks' marketing, Facebook, the blog, postcards </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >were all done professionally.<span> </span>I am talking professional photographer, lighting, hair, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >makeup, even a stylist on set.<span> </span>I had many outfit, setting, prop and accessory changes!<span> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span> </span>Photographers have stood on chairs & ladders for shots -- still not sure if it was for an </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >artsy angle, or to hide the over-forty chin situation? Who cares? It worked.<span> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >However, today I am writing about the photo above ... a candid taken at a</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > 5</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >0th Birthday party I went to Saturday night. A professional camera man shot the photo ... </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >but I got dressed and posed all by myself.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >What you don't know are all the GIRLFRIEND secrets that are involved in this photograph.<span> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span> </span>And I just gotta share:</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >- the Disappearing-Double-Chin Trick:<span> </span>Extend your neck up straight and tall </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >(like almost an inch), then stick your face out (an inch), then drop your chin ever so slightly.<span> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >You'll feel feel like a chicken, but I promise it works!<span> </span>My LA sister-in-law Sarah,</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > who is in the "industry," taught me this; we have laughed so hard as we practiced</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > that we actually added chins.<span> </span>Try the mirror first!</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >- I am wearing an Invisibelt so my jeans are not slipping down over</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > my muffin</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > top during the photo;</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >- the<span> </span>black shell and jacket are slimming.<span> </span>Not just because they are black --</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > works for lots of colors -- just make it monochromatic, so </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >the outfit isn't choppy;</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >-a scoop or V-neck is elongating;</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >-same with a long necklace;</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >-same with a front crease in your jeans or trousers, pointy toes, and nude or high heels;</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >- I got a new leave-in conditioning hair product, Moroccan oil at </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >Hair Harmony in Sterling (or click on image), that allows me to </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >style & wear my hair down!!<span> </span>Friends don't even recognize me if my hair isn't up -- </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >lack of time, know-how, and product.<span> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span> </span><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >Between this miracle stuff, and the big-brushes-left-in-your-hair-when-drying trick, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >I have never been happier with a hair picture.<span> </span>And last Saturday it was drizzling! </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >And I had to walk blocks because I got to the party late; </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><a rel="nofollow" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://www.luxuryparlor.com/molioiltr.html" target="_blank"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1625" alt="oil" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1625.jpg?a=1104470870572" vspace="5" width="235" border="0" height="353" /></a> </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >-and finally, stand next to a thirty-something hot chick!<span> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >Thanks Dawn - who is a longtime CP customer & friend!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >These vanities may not be for you, however with the prolific camera phones and</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > Facebook uploads, we have to be ready 24/7.<span> </span>Feel free to share your photo tips with me too!<span> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span> </span>Now, go practice looking like a chicken!</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;font-size:14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">~ Hillary ~</span></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-43480156882978100652010-09-16T07:12:00.022-04:002010-10-06T02:43:35.072-04:00I WON! 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margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 254px; display: block; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517503210093940066" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRvfcShmbGGB1YVm44aWUlSawgBntn5H8JcZS1eu5oTyA_tTLnZqUSmqcxG2f2RLx_f8qv16qQLs9dc0LOQyr2CgQQU0l78iplCQ6aMBroTIQwpepqxYxqjeRC_jL_apkSGuxagwWj4g/s320/Chicks+Picks+Quarter+Page+Ad.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 258px; display: block; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517501403230222770" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-ikDeJI3upB9GsHnxltPH9g3hFfJGpynUtvmtbKoOkDNZw_f2_e9zb8DsbyDEv_IiH-cbzO7yP39DnoBZ8LRZHsBoZk-akZyvu3jkNTMzshkBKJZ-MJFD0oqjdqv9EzilQwXu-XgUyY/s320/ex+220.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div align="center">I was just told by a Facebook buddy (thanks Julianne!) that I was the</div><div align="center">WINNER of Matthew Mead's </div><div align="center">product contest he held for his soon-to-be published AMAZING </div><div align="center">book-azine, <em>Holiday ... with Matthew Mead</em>, coming out in October. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Matthew Mead is the male-version Martha Stewart. He produces the new <em>Flea Market</em> <em>Style</em> magazine, was the style editior for <em>Country Home</em>, and has worked with Target, Pottery Barn, Dove Chocolates on national ad campaigns. He also has 2 fabulous blogs, and is continuing with these Book-azines -- cheaper than a book, more expensive than a mag; serious coffee table piece -- for major holidays. Pre-order on his site!</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">These days I find I go into a magazine marketing idea with one intention, one focus, and I come out the other end with a completely different concept. The magazine manipulates my input to fit their needs. Fine with me ... usually works out better. I contacted Mathew Mead to give him decorating ideas for a blue Christmas -- my vintage jewelry tree, Trina's spool trees, my holiday decor. Instead I was selected as having the winning hand-craft item -- the birdy cake plate. I also am trying an ad to promote my web site in this publication -- I have never tried that before!</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Here's the link .. and have a ball on his site!<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.holidaywithmatthewmead.com/2010/08/announcing-our-winning-advertisers.html">http://www.holidaywithmatthewmead.com/2010/08/announcing-our-winning-advertisers.html</a></div><br /><div align="center"><br />xo, Hillary<br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-71267819675417015622010-09-02T16:04:00.013-04:002010-10-02T01:32:03.951-04:00post-Haiti -- Story of my travels & returning HOME<img src="file:///C:/Users/Katt/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-5.png" alt="" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:0pt;"><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic Medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img style="width: 447px; height: 332px;" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1242" alt="Haiti Mission Group by Bus" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1242.jpg?a=1103640690382" border="0" contenteditable="false" /> </span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Since returning from Haiti,</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> I am having a hard time processing our amazing,</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">yet excruciatingly difficult week, as well as re-enterin</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">g the cyber-sports-work-commitments-back-to-school-phone-calls-doctors-appointments-$300-grocery-trips excessive land I call home. Not to mention, I was proud of my strong stomach in Haiti, especially as 8 of my 20 teammates were sick there .... but, I spoke too soon, and upon my return, I have had to call the doctor, eat bland foods, and really rest.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >Many of you followed my preparation</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> for the Haiti Mission trip, sponsored by the St. Matthews Episcopal Church in Sterling, Virginia, through my Chick's Picks emails, the I am Modern article, or Facebook posts, and I want to give a HUGE thank you for your notes of encouragement, humorous messages, and the many, many prayers. I can truly tell you that I actually felt wrapped in love and support, and you gave me the strength to face my pre-trip anxieties ... right up to boarding the plane!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">(Read </span><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="http://www.iammodern.com/my-bucket-list-mission-trip-to-haiti-really.html">I Am Modern pre-trip article</a><span style="font-family:times new roman;">)</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">______________</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >Upon arriving in Port au Prince</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">, we were immediately bombarded by the stifling humidity, the shoving, Creole-yelling Haitians in the hot warehouse they called the arrival gate. I accidentally separated from my group and ended up in a customs line surrounded by Haitians 30 deep in either direction pressing into me trying to cut the line and push their way through. As the perspiration started dripping down my back, I was not only scared for my safety, but I was already confused about how to handle my presence in Haiti -- they had been through so much, shouldn't I just smile, and let these poor people through, or should I stand tall, look determined and start inching forward. I took a deep breath and realized the experience of a lifetime was starting. And I was already way out of my comfort zone.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;font-family:times new roman;"> </div><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:12pt;" ><span style="font-size:0pt;"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1247" alt="trash2" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1247.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="280" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="209" /></span></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:12pt;" ><span style="font-size:0pt;"> <img style="width: 280px; height: 210px;" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1243" alt="street" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1243.jpg?a=1103640690382" border="0" contenteditable="false" /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:12pt;" ><span style="font-size:0pt;"><img style="width: 320px; height: 179px;" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1249" alt="shack" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1249.jpg?a=1103640690382" border="0" contenteditable="false" /></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:0pt;"> <img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1245" alt="trash" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1245.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="240" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="179" /> </span></span></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:12pt;" ><span style="font-size:0pt;"><br /></span></span><div face="times new roman" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">There was nothing that could have prepared us</span> --- 20 Northern Virginia missionaries --- for the sites we saw driving through Port au Prince that first day. It was a never-ending video loop of hell. We were surrounded by wretchedness ... dirty, gray filth, extreme poverty, shanty shacks of tarps, cardboard and tin, massive trash piles everywhere, visible exhaust, rotting city smells, large black pigs and dogs trash picking, public urination, and often-barefoot, forlorn, poor, poor Haitians selling scraps of whatever. Internally, we were overwhelmed with feelings of sadness, helplessness and hopelessness ... not to mention our anxieties of how to manage the heat, our stomachs, the impending sleeping and bath conditions. One man got sick 10 minutes into the ride. We all wanted to. The sensory overload had begun.<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >The shocking part was what we were seeing had nothing to do with January's earthquake.</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> The rubble, cracked palace, and tent cities were alarming, but the street filth and poverty has always been a backdrop for Haiti -- the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. I met a nurse who spends her vacation weeks in a Haitian hospital treating, not earthquake injuries, but gunshot and machete wounds. The most telling was when on the plane, I sat amongst 10 nuns from Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity returning to serve the poorest of the poor in Haiti. These sisters had been serving in Haiti for 20 years.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:12pt;" > <img style="width: 455px; height: 161px;" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1246" alt="palace" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1246.jpg?a=1103640690382" border="0" contenteditable="false" /> </span><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div> <span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:12pt;" > <img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1244" alt="tents" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1244.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="280" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="209" /> <img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1254" alt="palave upclose" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1254.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="279" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="209" /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >Our lodging compound included a church, </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">a 3-story school building (that stood empty because the children were scared to return to a large concrete structure) and a courtyard of UNICEF tents, used for school and bible classes.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" > </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The surrounding, tall concrete wall, as well as our sleeping and bathing facilities made me think of a prison in an inner city. We slept on a concrete floor, with cement walls, bars on the window and a single dangling light bulb that we had to unscrew for "lights out." We had one sink and 2 toilets for the 70 missionaries that were being housed (2 other church groups). The showers, when water was available, were drippy and ice cold coming out of a single lead pipe. The electricity was equally sporadic, and would often go out in the middle of a shower. (I have to make a silly reference to the first Sex and the City movie .... remember when Charlotte accidentally opened her mouth while showering in Mexico... that's what I felt like ... momentarily forgetting and immediately spitting out the water .. YUK! But, I did get a little giggle!)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >Sleeping was tough. </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">We put on deodorant before bed since the night air was so hot and heavy. We should have been exhausted from our grueling days of construction, but the late night and very early city noises -- cats fighting, music, yelling, barking dogs, crying, roosters -- made sleep nearly impossible. We were usually awake by 4:30am. At night, we had torrential rainstorms, complete with lightning and the loudest thunder I ever heard. One bolt shook so hard, I sat up and thought it was an earthquake. That was so scary. Our room got flooded with rain water; my dear friend Beth awoke to a soaked bed roll, pillow, self. The only benefit was that we used the standing water in our "cell" to help drain the toilet that was not working. This was seriously hard living conditions. But no one complained. How could we, when our living hell was so far superior to Haitian street living? How did they handle the rain, the noise, their bodily functions, did they even have a bed sheet?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic Medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1250" alt="sleeping" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1250.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="360" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="270" /> <img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1251" alt="sink" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1251.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="153" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="272" /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >Our food,</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> as is often the case on mission trips, was provided by the local church. Breakfasts of hard-boiled eggs, white hard rolls, PB and the sweetest grapefruit marmalade -- oh, and even spaghetti -- was fine. We were told: never eat fruit that was not peel-able, never to bite our nails and never drink the water (needed a sign in the shower!!) Lunch and dinner was the same, and included beans and rice and a local protein -- whole fish with heads still on, conch, GOAT, baby soft shell crabs, chicken legs. That's when people's stash of energy bars, cheezits and beef jerky came out. I tried everything because I wanted to experience the local flavors. I am a big believer of, "when in Rome ..." But I have no desire to ever eat goat again.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >We traveled via these crazy, colorful buses</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> that often broke down, got lost, stuck in potholes and had near misses with cars, bikes, pedestrians. We spent hours every day on these buses, or "tap taps," which had very loud horns, broken windows, low ceilings, exhaust fumes pouring in and hard seats (awful with a tailbone or back injury). We even traveled with a Haitian security man riding in the open door to avoid locals from jumping on. Although a young boy did hold onto the window, stood on the bumper and held onto our speeding bus for 10 minutes. He wanted a dollar. We were horrified. Once, on a rainy day, we drove so near a mountain cliff, that tears just started rolling down my cheeks as I envisioned us rolling off the cliff, down the mountain. We were going to die, in that bus, in Haiti, and just be a slight mention on the 6pm news back home. The man next to me held my hand the rest of the ride. I now truly understand faith, and letting go of all control.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic Medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1252" alt="bus" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1252.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="271" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="202" /> <img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1253" alt="in bus" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1253.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="300" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="199" /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >Our days consisted of hard physical labor </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">-- like the chain gangs (yes, another prison reference). We were helping to rebuild a school, and at a rural site, dig a level area out of a steep hill so the pastor could construct his home --- I guess he didn't own any flat land? The country site did not have a bathroom, and the school site had a "fancy" hole in the ground (thank goodness for those boot camp squats). We were inches away from tarantulas, black widows, bulls, roosters and goats on these sites. We also saw the most delicate, lovely yellow butterflies. They always seemed to appear right when I was feeling low. As we shoveled, pickaxed, made cement, bent re-bar, and wheelbarrowed thousands of pounds of rubble in the desperately hot sun, we were hoping we were helpful. One of the local church leaders told us that our presence was priceless -- that working side-by-side with the barefoot Haitian construction men meant more to them than we could imagine. Despite language barriers, intense humidity and our lack of construction know how, we became one big unified work team. The workers even sang for us -- imagine that in America? They actually helped US get through the day by teaching us, asking our names, relaying Creole to English words, and vice versa. I remember once shoveling for what seemed like hours, twice wringing out my sweaty neck bandanna, taking many breaks to drink water & replenish my electrolytes and looking at my watch ... it was only 8:37am. These men did this 6 days a week, 10 hours a day -- same smelly clothes, dribbles of water to drink, for just a few dollars a day. And they were the employed Haitians.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >One truly bright spot</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> was working alongside a 12 year old boy named Fiddler Cherie. He would literally run with the heavy wheelbarrow we filled with concrete debris, show us the best way to use a pickax, found us shovels, and laughed at our exaggerated "whews" when one job was "fin-e," or finished. I rarely saw him take a break, never saw him drink water, never saw him with a father, and really don't think he was being paid. We were motivated and forever touched by his huge, beautiful smile, his eyes, his industriousness. My friend Paige and I were especially fond of Fiddler Cherie as we had 12 year old sons at home. I have come to realize this is the way to help Haiti. By touching one life, by holding out one hand, by giving a piece of yourself so one person could have a better day and be hopeful of humanity. Our group talked a lot about Haiti's economy, the corruption, the poverty and how we could possibly make a difference? Now we knew.</span><br /><br /><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: times new roman;"><img style="width: 441px; height: 170px;" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1255" alt="team" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1255.jpg?a=1103640690382" border="0" contenteditable="false" /></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman;"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman;"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1256" alt="pick axe" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1256.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="270" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="179" /> <img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1257" alt="fiddler" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1257.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="320" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="180" /><br /></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman;"> </div> <div><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic Medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1258" alt="rebar" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1258.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="177" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="267" /> <img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1269" alt="tom" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1269.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="179" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="269" /> <img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1259" alt="singing" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1259.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="150" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="267" /><br /><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1260" alt="bathroom" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1260.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="191" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="255" /> <img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1268" alt="rob" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1268.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="155" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="255" /> <img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1270" alt="brenda" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1270.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="174" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="263" /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Sunday was a day of mixed emotions. Sitting in a sweltering church made of tin for two and a half hours on a hard bench listening to the Creole prayer was trying. Watching the children sneak us smiles while they sat still in their Sunday best was heart-warming. Sharing communion with the Haitians was special. But the music was the true equalizer. You just could not sit still during their hymns. After the service, I took pictures of the children and they loved to gather around to see themselves on the digital screen. This was my favorite moment in Haiti.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">We then traveled to an entirely different scene, one that will forever pull at our hearts. We visited an orphanage of 28 girls. Don't you picture a building when you hear "orphanage"? When the metal door was pulled away from the long cement wall, there stood 3 tents on a dusty plot of land. One for sleeping, one with a big table, and one with supplies. No blackboards, no toys, no dressers, no books, no kitchen, no toilets, no beds. They were bathing in a distant stream. I hoped it was not polluted like every other body of water we had seen. When they saw us they ran over. The little ones were laughing and trying to get dressed as they ran. We brought crafts, soccer balls, beanie babies. A Chick's Picks designer had given me earrings to share. I wondered, however, if they thought we were there to adopt. The local pastor's wife who cared for them said they need toothpaste, soap, hygiene supplies. (I got her address -- although I am not sure a package would really be delivered. Worth a try.) We played with the girls for hours -- drawing on dry erase boards, blowing bubbles, coloring, playing hand games and kicking balls. It was wonderful for those girls to be surrounded by the kind, thoughtful adult men in our group. The girls sang for us in their pillow case dresses that had been made for them by another church group. We were all thinking about our own children, and their never-ending comforts. What a contrast. What an injustice. Leaving those 28 girls was just heart breaking.</span><br /><br /></span><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: times new roman;"><img style="width: 435px; height: 326px;" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1262" alt="orphans" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1262.jpg?a=1103640690382" border="0" contenteditable="false" /></p> <div style="font-family: times new roman;"> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman;"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1263" alt="mark" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1263.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="287" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="214" /> <img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1266" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1266.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="288" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="215" /> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman;"> </div> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: times new roman;"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1265" alt="teagan" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1265.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="304" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="202" /> <img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1271" alt="lacey & madison" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1271.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="270" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="196" /><br /></p><br /><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic Medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">So as it turns out, the Haitians we met were patient, hard working, spiritual people. They looked deep into our eyes as they spoke. Their smiles were generous. They praised Jesus often. They did not appear bitter or hopeless. We met a beautiful family with 5 happy children. We saw newborns with knit booties. We saw a funeral procession with a crying widow. We hiked over lush pastures, and dipped our toes into their Caribbean turquoise water. Fiddler Cherie even wants to be a doctor. And they gave us what they had -- song and prayer. I know in any society there is evil, but they are people just like us, they live on the same earth, pray to the same god (at least the Haitians we met). Some will still risk their lives on a crowded boat to come to America. I wonder if I would?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Finally, there was an unexpected dimension of my Mission trip to Haiti. I had not considered our group dynamics. I had not thought through what would happen when 20 people were thrown into third world hell together -- working, living, talking, being scared and uncomfortable 24 hours a day. Picture yourself red-faced, dripping with sweat, truly at your worst, (ugliest), working so physically hard, sleep deprived and even getting sick. So many of life extremes happening simultaneously, with "strangers" to lean on. An unbelievable bond came over us. Not like college, not like a camping trip with friends, not even a big family adventure. More like solders in a platoon -- like a "band of brothers." Every single one of us mattered. Every single one of us contributed something that was vital -- motivation, profound thought, experience, prayer, energy, quiet resolve, a loving partner (2 married and 2 mom/adult child couples), leadership, compassion, and much, much humor. We shared something that only the 20 of us will ever understand.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Many debate whether a mission trip is categorized as "humanitarian outreach," or "personal spiritual growth." Anyone that has ever volunteered knows it is both. I know I experienced both. Also, I can finally put into words why traveling to Haiti was on my bucket list. I know I wanted to challenge myself. But mostly, I needed balance in my life. I am so blessed with my surroundings, health, wealth, happiness, freedoms, choice ..... I needed to see, touch, live the world's reality.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">80% of the world's population lives below the poverty line --</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">living off less than $10 a day*. No wonder I feel off-balance!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Albeit a fleeting glance, visiting Haiti will change my life view forever. Now that I look back, we all mentioned at various times missing home. Now that we are here, we realize that we also left a piece of our hearts in Haiti ... and we want to go back someday.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="font-family: times new roman;"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1272" alt="goofy" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1272.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="201" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="244" /> <img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1273" alt="bull" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1273.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="177" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="259" /> <img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1274" alt="beth" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1274.jpg?a=1103640690382" width="138" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="257" /></div><br /><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic Medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Post-script stories ... I am sure you can imagine the details ...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">what the children wore -- boys in women's sandals</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">toothpaste works as clearasil at night</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">12 of us huddled under a little shade tree ... positively goofy</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">the pastor walking through a huge cow paddy</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">to kill or not to kill the tarantula</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">girls, please don't come out of the showers in just your towels, it IS a mission trip</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">a love letter from a Haitian Construction worker</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">2am ... if we throw a battery down, think the door will stop barking?</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">"It takes a village to get to a village" -- how one 10 minute TapTap ride became a 2 hour journey</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">baby powder is your friend</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">giving away our shoes, clothes, gloves, watches -- and a pencil</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">having lower GI problems in a 3rd world country</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">HOT cabbage soup for breakfast?</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">our young team member having the courage to explain her tattoos</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">children's lottery for the soccer balls</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">yoga moves with the 6'6" construction worker who looked like a Haitian Tom Selleck</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">how close can a UN truck come without hitting us</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">the lovely notes from home we read each night</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">If my luggage falls out of the TapTap enroute to airport, do I really care?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">(*source: World Bank Development Indicators 2008)</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic Medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img style="width: 426px; height: 334px;" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1276" alt="hillary and kiddos" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1276.jpg?a=1103640690382" border="0" contenteditable="false" /></span><br /><span style="font-family:Franklin Gothic Medium,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> Thanks for staying with me during article ...</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">since Chick's Picks funded this trip, I felt I owed you the story !</span><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thank you!</span></span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicks-Picks-by-Hillary/249821994871?v=photos#%21">Haiti Photo Album on Chick's Picks Facebook </a></span></div></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-62882657126652142942010-09-01T15:20:00.015-04:002010-09-02T16:04:30.602-04:00pre-Haiti -- packing my bags & saying my goodbyes<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Mission Trip to Haiti August 7-13</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >This article was written for I Am Modern, the award winning</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >No. Virginia magazine & website for the Modern Woman!</span><br /></div><img src="file:///C:/Users/Katt/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="file:///C:/Users/Katt/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.png" alt="" /><span style="color: rgb(177, 224, 1);font-family:Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 51);"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1191" alt="haiti" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1191.jpg?a=1103592119871" width="300" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="199" /></span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(177, 224, 1);font-family:Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 51);"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="file:///C:/Users/Katt/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.png" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/Users/Katt/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-3.png" alt="" /><span style="color: rgb(177, 224, 1);font-family:Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 51);"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1192" alt="babies" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1192.jpg?a=1103592119871" width="300" align="center" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="168" /></span></span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We will be working construction & in an orphanage.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Bucket List ... Mission Trip to Haiti ... Really?</span></span><br /><br />Right in the middle of James Taylor & Carole King singing "Shower the People You Love with Love," my diva sis-in-law said she could now take a JT concert off her bucket list. Made me think about mine. Was that why I wanted to go on a mission trip to Haiti in the middle of August? I know why I signed up on the church bulletin board 5 months ago. I had just heard Father Robb of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church deliver a sermon about "Taking the easy, and happy route in life. That was ok, but not really the life for which we were intended." I also had one of my best friends and fellow parishiners, Paige Fishel holding my hand. She was the last name on the list. 6 more openings. So easy to sign up when it was 5 months away. A few weeks later another BFF would take a spot, Beth Cascadden, and then a Chick's Picks customer, Sharon Adams, asked if she could join. She is a yoga and fitness instructor; great skill set to have on the trip too! Yep, this IS right .... it was MY payback time.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> My time to "take the hard road," to challenge myself, my faith. To get OUT OF MY BOX!! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I do live a charmed, wonderful, happy life. </span> Don't get me wrong, we have experienced our share of cancer, divorces and deaths in our family. But overall, I am an extremely fortunate person. I live in the United States with a great husband in a lovely home with healthy, joyful kiddos. I am an entrepreneur with a thriving business filled with beautiful, girly eyecandy. I promote women and their art, I am able to help and contribute to charities. We live close to my mom, we travel and see John's parents a lot, I have a loving, spiritual group of friends that I meet with weekly, I say hi to someone everywhere I go. Heck, I even have 695 friends on Facebook!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">So when I was attending Haiti Mission prep meetings, looking over packing lists, getting Hepatitis shots, reading FYI articles from my mom about criminals running loose , Haiti was still ... in the future. Now it is REALLY time to go. That's different.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Signing up is noble. Actually going is terrifying.</span><br /><br />Maybe terrifying is extreme? How about anxiety-riden? I am anxious about quite a few things ....<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">sleeping</span><br />We are on a floor in a church, on an air mattress, for 6 nights. I usually get 8-9 hours, and use 2-3 pillows.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">the heat</span><br />Even with a July birthday, summer is still my least favorite season. I detest the heat.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">saying goodbye to my son & daughter</span><br />Enough said.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">straight bangs</span><br />Even with my first Brazilian Keratin treatment ... my bangs can look funky in the humidity!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">packing light</span><br />I love options, choices, having my favs with me ... this will be hard.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">pulling my will out of the file</span><br />When is the last time I looked at it? Ever?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">communicating with the Haitians</span><br />I don't speak French, or understand Creole. But I really want to connect with the locals.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">being w/o my blackberry</span><br />With a 24/7 web-based business, 350 designers, children's doc appointments, sports team announcements, invitations, new high school updates ... HOW can I be w/o emails for 7 days? reading the bible<br />Born a christian, go to church, but will I be the only one who has a hard time navigating The Book?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3 hour church service</span><br />Yep, that's what we will sit through. And that's when my 14 year old broken tailbone injury is so painful.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I am too high-maintenance</span><br />Not in the mani/pedi/latte/nordstrom way. In that some ladies in my group barely wear make-up to church. I kinda want to bring a lipstick. Will they look down on me?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">dehydration</span><br />I drink soooooo much water these days, will we be rationing? How DARE I complain!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">walking away from my business for a week</span><br />It IS named Chicks Picks BY Hillary for a reason. National magazines give me 24 hour deadlines. I work with hundreds of designers, have 5 sub-contractors and am planning 4 promotions for the fall. Can I really put this on hold?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">perimenopause</span><br />Will I have night sweats on top of sweating at night?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">interacting with the orphans</span><br />How, how, can I help them the most in just a few days? How can I leave them ?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">being strong</span><br />I am a crier. Good thing my BFFs are there. They already know this about me.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">seeing the devastation</span><br />I am so curious about this. How will I live in Northern Virginia with those images in my mind?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">can I really go a week w/o accessories?</span><br />Sorry, but this is my passion. My business. I write articles about wearing lots of jewelry on the beach. Hard to shake.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">taking pictures respectfully</span><br />I will want photos for me, and to share. I want to do it right.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">being with my blonde buddies</span><br />My husband who is trying to find humor to alleviate his anxieties, calls us "Pretty in Pink does Port au Prince" ... my mom says, "You girls are attractive. Wear baseball hats, sunglasses, dress down, don't be too friendly." She is seriously worried about the gangs running loose since the prisons were destroyed.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">the mosquitoes</span><br />To bring or not to bring the mosquito netting? I already have the lotions to protect --- same stuff that our pets are sprayed with. But what if one buzzes by my ear all night long?<br />not knowing my other group members<br />This is going to be a profound, life-changing, as well as physically, pyschologically and spiritually challenging trip, and I am going with 16 strangers. I want to know their anxieties so maybe we can relate. Will they discuss theirs?<br />I wish my husband was going<br />John has been my beyond-capable adventure guide for 17 years - he has taken me rock climbing (he proposed in Joshua Tree), canoeing, scuba diving, spelunking, deep sea fishing, camping, bike touring, skiing, boating. I am scared to go with out him.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">will I feel helpless?</span><br />so much destruction, poverty, orphans ... what can one person do??<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">coming back to reality</span><br />will I be feel differently about my life when I return? will I want to give up my business? my accessories? my nice house?<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">But then I remember the human body is resilient. I can do anything for a week. The Tattersalls are an adventure family. I have a great husband and a Chick's Picks assistant who will hold down the fort. I trust our leaders, Father Rob and Richard Leach. I did get a blow up mattress. I will communicate with the Haitians using my eyes and hands. As Paige reminds me ... "We have to do this, this happened on OUR watch." I will bring one lipstick. I will be better because of what I have seen. I need to get out of my comfort zone. This is on my bucket list. I have faith.</span><br /><br /><img src="file:///C:/Users/Katt/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-4.png" alt="" /><span style="color: rgb(177, 224, 1);font-family:Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:Papyrus,Comic Sans MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 51);"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1193" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs045/1101861982346/img/1193.jpg?a=1103592119871" width="371" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="271" /></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> My Women's Group of 5 years who will be sending us off & praying for us!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Standing: Jan Haugen, Jennifer Chugg, Hillary(Haiti),</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beth Cascadden (Haiti), Theresa Tirella, Paige Fishel (Haiti);</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sitting: Lynne Miller, Karen Dalton, Denise Longo, Lane Bolyard</span><br /></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-46811270805830486442010-08-06T09:00:00.004-04:002010-10-02T01:28:25.118-04:00When Trina visits ...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3UguIC1IH52LdvEOL2fX6gkdNDwNCSEeC5NX83whKpziT0CpI06p8jm33MQmC40D7lnhTrTgWFCv1JX6eoRRHjGyj4oGSqmzKlOJJsvI561HXhyphenhyphenVM9Db3UlDI7UA-sieUHlV744CYPw/s1600/003.JPG"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 134px; display: block; height: 200px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502300868908371026" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3UguIC1IH52LdvEOL2fX6gkdNDwNCSEeC5NX83whKpziT0CpI06p8jm33MQmC40D7lnhTrTgWFCv1JX6eoRRHjGyj4oGSqmzKlOJJsvI561HXhyphenhyphenVM9Db3UlDI7UA-sieUHlV744CYPw/s200/003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbx-Mjf1a4sL7kZu8sCf8f5DoBk3KRzYPRgGRChCuztCO5LEwpyIug1VH7hTEDClqoClSxpsGGQ3UNZR9SExLHfSBXrq8Dopxso1fE3yRYNe_q4u94jHg84QDSUQTb-OUiZ9xc2fffDZM/s1600/001.JPG"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 134px; display: block; height: 200px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502300863936246530" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbx-Mjf1a4sL7kZu8sCf8f5DoBk3KRzYPRgGRChCuztCO5LEwpyIug1VH7hTEDClqoClSxpsGGQ3UNZR9SExLHfSBXrq8Dopxso1fE3yRYNe_q4u94jHg84QDSUQTb-OUiZ9xc2fffDZM/s200/001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzi9uja5Sm9pdCC9KW67-gmK5M93u9XkTev1cdz0_Pwj671MuPrFf4gPkNsCZixzKJ2fQQS7C0sC0RRc18_cr7JRsWrzRHo42Cevk0JfO_pk6J7bE7eOcodSXdmdJFmX99SqU7_ojTkIc/s1600/005.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRb3sv-WS12ueo-JyDeFrX4Viz1hy-AhNeOfq73eKqPdjPwNPwUWNhtqAXwHQ12WHZi4iiceA6FB8vjrvlhMqc83g-edoFsMLQBoxc80XGKw0IOc93dZDev894-AXxL5Fwt_2ysSRdVIU/s1600/003.JPG"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 134px; display: block; height: 200px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502300391601828146" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRb3sv-WS12ueo-JyDeFrX4Viz1hy-AhNeOfq73eKqPdjPwNPwUWNhtqAXwHQ12WHZi4iiceA6FB8vjrvlhMqc83g-edoFsMLQBoxc80XGKw0IOc93dZDev894-AXxL5Fwt_2ysSRdVIU/s200/003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45K_9VnXgCEIWDg2dN8HJepNyBKAD1t50bO9trG_6ihkPMTPJ9TkRRsLOMRxiq8ptoG1cFcNnd3JJluWXpFfgZ5cJsC_P5o59M32JdA3Tnmh8MPKq8MWT_ggy3bYIt450NcG3Catxqg8/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 134px; display: block; height: 200px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502300385034823986" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45K_9VnXgCEIWDg2dN8HJepNyBKAD1t50bO9trG_6ihkPMTPJ9TkRRsLOMRxiq8ptoG1cFcNnd3JJluWXpFfgZ5cJsC_P5o59M32JdA3Tnmh8MPKq8MWT_ggy3bYIt450NcG3Catxqg8/s200/004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Trina is the fabulously creative, eclectic indie designer of MANY CP products -- ruffle totes, the watch bracelets that were just featured in <em>Country Living</em>, the zipper flower jewelry, the scrabble decor, bookmarks, the snowmen in jars and one of my favs ... the spool Christmas trees, featured in <em>Somerset Home</em>. But even after all that, my true Trina favorite is her own style! Everytime she comes by (almostly weekly) I get to see her fabulous accessories -- look at the bird ring and those measuring tape bangles!!! Truly a treat to have a tete a tete with Trina!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><span style="font-size:130%;">~ Hillary ~</span></div></div></div></div></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-30177839791244812352010-07-30T15:42:00.005-04:002010-08-01T23:04:56.339-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqidZJ3GD5Q6CglyFb5VG75SeMiDaRqbbh4kWY4pnmovEdLkCBYB0XdnYF2Fmf0_WydoeYpTfxAAwCiRUcTU-HVHCnVpIR7CN6pUeBZAS9h6q1B0E8MAfPgF_-Xy_0Wz4_wQWISGTork/s1600/CL+cameo+%281%29+-+Copy.JPG"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 164px; display: block; height: 200px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499787897982702834" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqidZJ3GD5Q6CglyFb5VG75SeMiDaRqbbh4kWY4pnmovEdLkCBYB0XdnYF2Fmf0_WydoeYpTfxAAwCiRUcTU-HVHCnVpIR7CN6pUeBZAS9h6q1B0E8MAfPgF_-Xy_0Wz4_wQWISGTork/s200/CL+cameo+%281%29+-+Copy.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xULXy0wOtjiZnlhXzD11eIb2Kjj7CRMu8HJJJrYhlxDo2nbq3OTaOceW7qS8Dq8oO9OX2oTrKnedfnkIiIjh0C9YKq0cz16sRiSL8jPFKEejrYIocfBx0lP1FinZqp3Lz2dH_HVOGbI/s1600/CL+cameo+%282%29.JPG"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 134px; display: block; height: 200px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499787683934461074" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xULXy0wOtjiZnlhXzD11eIb2Kjj7CRMu8HJJJrYhlxDo2nbq3OTaOceW7qS8Dq8oO9OX2oTrKnedfnkIiIjh0C9YKq0cz16sRiSL8jPFKEejrYIocfBx0lP1FinZqp3Lz2dH_HVOGbI/s200/CL+cameo+%282%29.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcfz6daCSq9yivZpURituQKK4BPi-JAKGAiqIAPBLBcAEctQmG9e12qCG5TN2MZ2B4WhJK7T__Z3NsyeEfsoyeqc-xnB-zDf_pYzCdhA6VyWQcecT5h3jx4r-kcaHVUkxnAt-qJLeF6s/s1600/CL+cameo+%283%29.JPG"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 134px; display: block; height: 200px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499787518841031970" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcfz6daCSq9yivZpURituQKK4BPi-JAKGAiqIAPBLBcAEctQmG9e12qCG5TN2MZ2B4WhJK7T__Z3NsyeEfsoyeqc-xnB-zDf_pYzCdhA6VyWQcecT5h3jx4r-kcaHVUkxnAt-qJLeF6s/s200/CL+cameo+%283%29.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>This <em>Country Living</em> product feature is really special. The designer Shelley White, lost her father days prior to being accepted as a <em>Country Living</em> September issue "Fresh Pick" -- that's usually where the Chick's Picks products are highlighted. Shelley truly had received the worst news in her life, to be immediately followed by some of best news she ever received. I really want to dedicate this to Shelley's pop! I think he may helped the stars align.<br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">~ Hillary ~</span></div></div></div></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-50082194060631275312010-07-22T16:07:00.018-04:002010-07-23T12:09:23.183-04:00International Chick's Picks' Shipping Department<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kbCD_QfqQrICLKEljteewsO7v7mSWOzRnJc0rTtKPBaucAC4TwgJZWdQTUuL4YQpano-_8fJIOJl9B8E8xcCex1fGE1sT588MRgmva_Gmfno7dVEx1TQZWyefRUBXBve0g5mkvgawyI/s1600/shipping+003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496826328701050434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kbCD_QfqQrICLKEljteewsO7v7mSWOzRnJc0rTtKPBaucAC4TwgJZWdQTUuL4YQpano-_8fJIOJl9B8E8xcCex1fGE1sT588MRgmva_Gmfno7dVEx1TQZWyefRUBXBve0g5mkvgawyI/s320/shipping+003.JPG" /></a> Asked 12 year old son to assemble boxes. They were stacked beautifully</div><div align="center">until beagle pup did her bowling ball impression.<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0ToJ704PEUgcsZS2SjwMtBVmN-6BRpH4CtJ5drVTnX2wZvY9-VoXKpGnQW4MpNl5PEam3QqLEBKuasavRWkn0IplGHh2ahyphenhyphenuEgR4Ej_eQrbDd_H_7fskwpBvsCcuWl6ImhUTyFHyR1g/s1600/shipping+001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496826215817393602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0ToJ704PEUgcsZS2SjwMtBVmN-6BRpH4CtJ5drVTnX2wZvY9-VoXKpGnQW4MpNl5PEam3QqLEBKuasavRWkn0IplGHh2ahyphenhyphenuEgR4Ej_eQrbDd_H_7fskwpBvsCcuWl6ImhUTyFHyR1g/s320/shipping+001.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>Never-before-seen photographs ... inside the International Chick's Picks' Shipping Department.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7u2Lp8Rj46BJsf6vRhnlaOETJQsG1syIJAX5QOgD2cSYkvGl4Nzi6lHXC1Y-9xS7WAa9d9V73WVVoAej0kjAeAh0X7bhCHMifPgMwHGcT53UfHJzx4-CGhiZuws43AtiKqcOnouijQQ/s1600/shipping+002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496826033195739314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7u2Lp8Rj46BJsf6vRhnlaOETJQsG1syIJAX5QOgD2cSYkvGl4Nzi6lHXC1Y-9xS7WAa9d9V73WVVoAej0kjAeAh0X7bhCHMifPgMwHGcT53UfHJzx4-CGhiZuws43AtiKqcOnouijQQ/s320/shipping+002.JPG" /> <p align="left"></a><br />Yesterday was an educational day for me. My assistant, Christy, is on vaca (in Hilton Head!)<br />and I am in charge of shipping out CP web orders. Christy is hyper-focused. I am, well ... not so much. First of all, I knew I would be in my office for awhile, so I found the online music site, <a href="http://www.pandora.com/">http://www.pandora.com/</a> and designed a music "station." Then got a huge glass of ice tea and<br />checked my facebook pages, CP & personal. Ok, NOW I am ready .... started pulling product, packaging, weighing, writing little thank you notes ...<br />I now realize I may also have OCD?<br /><br />put customer # 200467856, Mrs. Mathews' silver necklace in box (wonder if it needs more padding?)(yes)(tissue or bubble?) tied tulle bow crooked (do again)(would raffia look better?) did i accidentally put a gold necklace in? (undo bow and open box ... ok, it was silver)(check facebook). type address for shipping. was the house # 9812 or 8912? (put on magnifying glasses) (reread house #)(comment on facebook). think about street that Mrs. Mathew's lives on ... does Fountain Drive (or was it street, double check) really have a fountain? how beautiful. (maybe I should call her and ask? ... you know, get to know my customers) (no, working under deadline) did I select Iowa or Indiana (double check)(post on facebook. both pages) is the tape going to hold? (triple wrap box)(worry about my carbon footprint w/all these shipping materials) weigh package (is 6oz the same as .6lbs?) print label and attach to box (check facebook, tweet ashton) yeah, box ready for mailing (omg, why is the thank you note sitting outside the sealed box) write "thank you" w/ sharpie all over outside of box (is that even professional? mom would say better to say thank you, in any format)(upload picture to facebook)<br /><br />Now, onto the second package.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~ Hillary ~</span></span> </p><p align="left"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicks-Picks-by-Hillary/249821994871"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 47px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 47px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478804546851331986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgay2kLnAVXxZWraXwBDYMk4RY8cLFeu6pwmqDk53TDun1NyrHnaazZ8j0f_xraaRQFmHAznj8PcS4mRwMZkUeoPA_aW7MPqpbLIgHDk38qeJR53nSsXva-2ucCh5VJPVev2-1tIBG02NQ/s200/Facebook+icon.gif" /></a></p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://twitter.com/chicks_picks"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 48px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 48px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478804739212456306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhme83gJda1R6WDtzwQLLFSR4vNrvhPrgWgNO-rKY-YGRAUwv61pVhELtAxYK_Zced0dCxFUEd2_KZ5jOfNKMmkSFEKft_2doYBz4OOKsQkXkm3m7K9w2Q0UVUIIVTuOFreKk0Qw-BddLM/s200/Twitter+icon.gif" /></a></div><p align="left"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 50px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 50px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478915542092891570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWdDYxb_IHKvPjIFwhyphenhyphencVIb8nxqDDPVxkGFg38JFfL-sQ50Uel9oGerZ5cvdBkKt9qJ2Gzh0ziEztmwkLI8fncz3iFMbxoXQVSIYHvQVheOWd-r3eny-Pm6tsBhRiSS5O5uLsD1Jgc8o/s200/shopping+cart+icon.jpg" /></a></p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left"></p><p align="left"><br />Browse my online store! </p>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-66683836033991684192010-07-09T18:05:00.003-04:002010-07-11T00:01:53.364-04:00my other blog<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjag8UCpZOiEA97fvaIm8hNU5rGEvCMY_Ce6QKOGvRqXJcC9vh3EbZrucWkSh0X4TFIh2lhNSDpghW8gtmAFG-gafm33uR2WBpoAfvYhTGqp2nSaCUXUj0SletHRLvGypOEAuTVX9jWuGQ/s1600/style_blogs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 315px; display: block; height: 177px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492032960504597954" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjag8UCpZOiEA97fvaIm8hNU5rGEvCMY_Ce6QKOGvRqXJcC9vh3EbZrucWkSh0X4TFIh2lhNSDpghW8gtmAFG-gafm33uR2WBpoAfvYhTGqp2nSaCUXUj0SletHRLvGypOEAuTVX9jWuGQ/s320/style_blogs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >I guess I am officially two-timing. I write a blog for an award wining local (e)magazine. (they have both - glossy and cyber.) <em>I Am Modern Magazine</em> has asked me to write about style and fashion for the modern woman and her home. Sometimes I stay on-topic, sometimes I don't (like when I wrote about my trip to the <em>Desperate Housewives</em> set.) I just wanted you to hear about it from me ....<br /><a href="http://www.iammodern.com/style-blogs.html">http://www.iammodern.com/style-blogs.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">~ Hillary ~</span></span><br /><p><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >"Specializing in creating, discovering & showcasing hip, vintage, & unique fashion & home accessories. Online Store & Private Boutique Shows highlight original creations" </span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicks-Picks-by-Hillary/249821994871"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 47px; float: left; height: 47px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478804546851331986" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgay2kLnAVXxZWraXwBDYMk4RY8cLFeu6pwmqDk53TDun1NyrHnaazZ8j0f_xraaRQFmHAznj8PcS4mRwMZkUeoPA_aW7MPqpbLIgHDk38qeJR53nSsXva-2ucCh5VJPVev2-1tIBG02NQ/s200/Facebook+icon.gif" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://twitter.com/chicks_picks"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 48px; float: left; height: 48px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478804739212456306" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhme83gJda1R6WDtzwQLLFSR4vNrvhPrgWgNO-rKY-YGRAUwv61pVhELtAxYK_Zced0dCxFUEd2_KZ5jOfNKMmkSFEKft_2doYBz4OOKsQkXkm3m7K9w2Q0UVUIIVTuOFreKk0Qw-BddLM/s200/Twitter+icon.gif" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 50px; float: left; height: 50px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478915542092891570" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWdDYxb_IHKvPjIFwhyphenhyphencVIb8nxqDDPVxkGFg38JFfL-sQ50Uel9oGerZ5cvdBkKt9qJ2Gzh0ziEztmwkLI8fncz3iFMbxoXQVSIYHvQVheOWd-r3eny-Pm6tsBhRiSS5O5uLsD1Jgc8o/s200/shopping+cart+icon.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Browse my online store!<br /><p></p></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-49194210440707032572010-07-01T09:39:00.010-04:002010-07-11T00:04:02.248-04:00do earrings= personality?mood?weather?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9AVgOFoBTyeqnCWnC7N9DY0aBm2QVtwGTF0ioXdbxl54w_BUOE3mePfqyYtvq_1REpN7AUYLSnsHEKkXRFaUYufyzHGWTnj-IJXVZkYXPGRm82rBwBB_mQI_iJUMkOCC9J3lgdhyYXPg/s1600/jewelry+frames+002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 202px; display: block; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488945961862322786" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9AVgOFoBTyeqnCWnC7N9DY0aBm2QVtwGTF0ioXdbxl54w_BUOE3mePfqyYtvq_1REpN7AUYLSnsHEKkXRFaUYufyzHGWTnj-IJXVZkYXPGRm82rBwBB_mQI_iJUMkOCC9J3lgdhyYXPg/s320/jewelry+frames+002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsiWQPDS-77ZYhSYPRqpG53PBVLaz8aX8UrAK0G4OMbCeKEgVsRFkObLHa9x7H6S_kJBsJ9YViRco8Kt86hWrwBktR2tQ0yNW3PvKZyXzIUmeUybQzrCmY2xCa3b4JbTXrP9F7l1kGaw/s1600/ex+152.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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text-align: center; width: 167px; display: block; height: 250px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488942537428442354" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcNjDeYqsEUD_188WFNdrVHq5NtMiuw7rZgsKt5skEHy7uvQRSb-Uvk9qcmvhlVASpp42d4QdAes7l3cCQXmc3nTDemYFGZfePtTWCQv5LsQvaKN5FKlnF1YgK_lwpp9rnaGraUrhxsE/s320/DSC_0007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivN_UWja79zXqluP3duaCGuA608GZ2-fPQzrUR8DLcuGIBhg1C9Vf_u_MCzo39kUO12I6Ad_s1BxYWeT2LgkECjTuWIK-kschMa6Sy6N-VINPTMRSqnT_0QzOmwNLRHFJb0E0nBDqlRG0/s1600/DSC_0008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 251px; display: block; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488942525125199714" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivN_UWja79zXqluP3duaCGuA608GZ2-fPQzrUR8DLcuGIBhg1C9Vf_u_MCzo39kUO12I6Ad_s1BxYWeT2LgkECjTuWIK-kschMa6Sy6N-VINPTMRSqnT_0QzOmwNLRHFJb0E0nBDqlRG0/s320/DSC_0008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >why do you put on a CERTAIN pair of earrings?<br /></span></div><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >is it the same pair, every day? or are you a FREAK like me, and change daily?</span></div><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >I honestly cannot say what is my determining factor?? </span></div><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >my outfit? </span></div><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >the weather? </span></div><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >my mood? </span></div><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >my daily itinerary?</span></div><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >feel sorry for the little guys, since they haven't been out for awhile?</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;">themes?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;">a color ?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;">diamond studs because they were an expensive gift?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;">Aren't we lucky that we have that choice.</span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></div><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><div><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">~ Hillary ~</span></span><br /><p><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >"Specializing in creating, discovering & showcasing hip, vintage, & unique fashion & home accessories. Online Store & Private Boutique Shows highlight original creations" </span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicks-Picks-by-Hillary/249821994871"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 47px; float: left; height: 47px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478804546851331986" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgay2kLnAVXxZWraXwBDYMk4RY8cLFeu6pwmqDk53TDun1NyrHnaazZ8j0f_xraaRQFmHAznj8PcS4mRwMZkUeoPA_aW7MPqpbLIgHDk38qeJR53nSsXva-2ucCh5VJPVev2-1tIBG02NQ/s200/Facebook+icon.gif" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://twitter.com/chicks_picks"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 48px; float: left; height: 48px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478804739212456306" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhme83gJda1R6WDtzwQLLFSR4vNrvhPrgWgNO-rKY-YGRAUwv61pVhELtAxYK_Zced0dCxFUEd2_KZ5jOfNKMmkSFEKft_2doYBz4OOKsQkXkm3m7K9w2Q0UVUIIVTuOFreKk0Qw-BddLM/s200/Twitter+icon.gif" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 50px; float: left; height: 50px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478915542092891570" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWdDYxb_IHKvPjIFwhyphenhyphencVIb8nxqDDPVxkGFg38JFfL-sQ50Uel9oGerZ5cvdBkKt9qJ2Gzh0ziEztmwkLI8fncz3iFMbxoXQVSIYHvQVheOWd-r3eny-Pm6tsBhRiSS5O5uLsD1Jgc8o/s200/shopping+cart+icon.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Browse my online store!<br /></div><p></p></span></div></div></div></div></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-20136842932443320642010-06-25T10:40:00.011-04:002010-06-26T10:57:03.760-04:00my annual review<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3uO3NSnNic_mTMzRNOVBTmdxi1tCEi3bNMIPCIce42fhay6sFlJDF5TLZAAVR71xVinKcCjO0mFUEY3ifIf9MJVWMorrxM9t3c7Qm6ktm-WbGti_ON9icNdSFV2SnvINNIpDRxIlidM/s1600/beach+051.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 214px; display: block; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486730778528053586" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3uO3NSnNic_mTMzRNOVBTmdxi1tCEi3bNMIPCIce42fhay6sFlJDF5TLZAAVR71xVinKcCjO0mFUEY3ifIf9MJVWMorrxM9t3c7Qm6ktm-WbGti_ON9icNdSFV2SnvINNIpDRxIlidM/s320/beach+051.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KP744MC5WtrHxaWDD5z49m2Tu_xYzQ8-Uz_rIdyG8AveN_ZqITvFOsFrt4aA4aA1hyyCY5WN5bWO_o74UVhPewJKTAScd66OK95M2OH2csMGbkG-TAkr_Uu-f8zk5lZ10YIBtqmApr4/s1600/beach+048.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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text-align: center; width: 214px; display: block; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486730754786583186" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5v7DIau_7X4s7bAD-8bPsJA6RC9RH90fJsFtkXHF9JsJm8zLxQmVv5k1xBnX0Ea7cCrlcX74_XR2bcftq9DXsHSm3opDIMaOro81yDqV2gU4U5dXDvV2H8jn9aVDK1_dpojlJZLYUDQ/s320/beach+042.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWxu6wu9eSJbhyphenhyphenKR3EIXHClErBGWZDRlBhGvaS2UcV7Jnr4hssUaGV-Xe7xFNyg1POxzpY13gnIBrKXTDqV-0y1CRDd6G-QQw0wbWC2HKzLd_ioZJUnTYstuNyKKUVwS3IpcoowNGH5g/s1600/beach+047.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px; display: block; height: 214px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486730749061001522" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWxu6wu9eSJbhyphenhyphenKR3EIXHClErBGWZDRlBhGvaS2UcV7Jnr4hssUaGV-Xe7xFNyg1POxzpY13gnIBrKXTDqV-0y1CRDd6G-QQw0wbWC2HKzLd_ioZJUnTYstuNyKKUVwS3IpcoowNGH5g/s320/beach+047.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >So thrilling to see your name in print (remember Steve Martin in <em>The Jerk</em>, when he saw his </span></div><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >phonebook listing: "I am somebody!") The Chick's Picks' products that appear in <em>Country Living Magazine</em> is sorta my Annual Review. When you work for yourself, there is no boss that schedules a meeting to tell you how you are faring .... succeeding, or failing .... at your job. No one to review how you did on last year's goals, and ask what you are planning next year. No </span></div><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >body language to read, paperwork to sign, raise to get excited about. So, when a national home, (and starting to be more fashion) magazine gives a nod in my direction ... that about sums up my work, my year, my relationships ... my little business' success. </span></div><br /><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >I actually want to thank all of you who support Chick's Picks ... you give me the nerve to keep going ... and give me my TRUE annual review!!<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">~ Hillary ~</span></span><p><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >"Specializing in creating, discovering & showcasing hip, vintage, & unique fashion & home accessories. Online Store & Private Boutique Shows highlight original creations" </span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicks-Picks-by-Hillary/249821994871"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 47px; height: 47px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgay2kLnAVXxZWraXwBDYMk4RY8cLFeu6pwmqDk53TDun1NyrHnaazZ8j0f_xraaRQFmHAznj8PcS4mRwMZkUeoPA_aW7MPqpbLIgHDk38qeJR53nSsXva-2ucCh5VJPVev2-1tIBG02NQ/s200/Facebook+icon.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478804546851331986" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://twitter.com/chicks_picks"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 48px; height: 48px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhme83gJda1R6WDtzwQLLFSR4vNrvhPrgWgNO-rKY-YGRAUwv61pVhELtAxYK_Zced0dCxFUEd2_KZ5jOfNKMmkSFEKft_2doYBz4OOKsQkXkm3m7K9w2Q0UVUIIVTuOFreKk0Qw-BddLM/s200/Twitter+icon.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478804739212456306" border="0" /></a></div><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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text-align: center; width: 262px; display: block; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483780483499522722" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWFBdJSUsGFvkh8rWvHIayX9hPQEEM2Tg2injPf1bMWs5ls0oyQhuZryFSLDLMgZxyBqC4PZvJa2gnZUTXTQT_HPUXmNWm-3MqkZ-qmu2ZPGIzxY57Cp41Af_HTNSUv5syBpeICfPKbU/s320/June+Web+2010+033.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Took pictures for my web site yesterday. 350 of them. Wore bare feet. That was a mistake. Seeing the results of 12 hours of shooting & editing was not. Truly, women are so creative and so talented. It is my daily joy to bring these fabulous products to market. So many of these products I take personally as they are collaborations -- pics above. Maybe one of my fav things to do is sit at my dining room table with the designers and create on the spot. Ok, Trina and I go to Starbucks, ok Dara and I ... over Thai food, Shelley and I ... facebook, Anne Marie and I ... on the phone, Amy and I text, Jean .... while we are at her house looking at buttons, Lane ... in beach chairs, Teressa & Michelle ... via mail, Jules ... via Iphone pictures, Deb ... while we are unloading our trunks, Kristen ... while her kids are petting my beagle, Cheryl ... at the salon, Barb ... in front of Tiffanys....I mean it is 300 designers ... you get the idea. (Isn't that weird, I didn't mention wine? I save that for Beth.) </span></div><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ></span> </div><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Women should run the world.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">~ Hillary ~</span></span><p><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >"Specializing in creating, discovering & showcasing hip, vintage, & unique fashion & home accessories. Online Store & Private Boutique Shows highlight original creations" </span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicks-Picks-by-Hillary/249821994871"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 47px; height: 47px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgay2kLnAVXxZWraXwBDYMk4RY8cLFeu6pwmqDk53TDun1NyrHnaazZ8j0f_xraaRQFmHAznj8PcS4mRwMZkUeoPA_aW7MPqpbLIgHDk38qeJR53nSsXva-2ucCh5VJPVev2-1tIBG02NQ/s200/Facebook+icon.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478804546851331986" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://twitter.com/chicks_picks"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 48px; height: 48px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhme83gJda1R6WDtzwQLLFSR4vNrvhPrgWgNO-rKY-YGRAUwv61pVhELtAxYK_Zced0dCxFUEd2_KZ5jOfNKMmkSFEKft_2doYBz4OOKsQkXkm3m7K9w2Q0UVUIIVTuOFreKk0Qw-BddLM/s200/Twitter+icon.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478804739212456306" border="0" /></a></div><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 50px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWdDYxb_IHKvPjIFwhyphenhyphencVIb8nxqDDPVxkGFg38JFfL-sQ50Uel9oGerZ5cvdBkKt9qJ2Gzh0ziEztmwkLI8fncz3iFMbxoXQVSIYHvQVheOWd-r3eny-Pm6tsBhRiSS5O5uLsD1Jgc8o/s200/shopping+cart+icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478915542092891570" border="0" /></a></p><br />Browse my online store! </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-69108281024585712562010-06-11T09:22:00.011-04:002010-06-11T11:10:36.162-04:00Chanel means success.<a href="https://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/#searchresults/catalog.cfm?st=chanel"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 251px; display: block; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481506790370061170" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIQLYNwF114g0eg_FnAE5EMivc-6ewoEuYZU1KOJuG8Hnqub4dd7ZrBPcbwSO3Qk86a6yLw821NNJQUcpZIj3riHKJMihy8R5AUn2f44jz1MyeLwjA5zhEii82SWUefZrzJ7gjg_G3FA/s320/cc+005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">It happens on occasion, some of the best jewelry arrives the day after the show. Thank goodness our quest for gorgeous Chanel Button rings is not satiated. And the fact that I have a web site, that goes to thousands who cannot make the show. These rings are one of the main reason I have a relationship with Country Living. Which has totally meant success for the designer, and for my web site.</span></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;">I was wearing one of the original CCs when I registered at the CL Women's Entrepreneur event in Chicago last spring. The CL staffer had a keen eye --- hundreds registering, very loud, eye candy everywhere ... but she saw my finger. And the rest is history. I will be having my 6th product placement in the July CL magazine that comes out ... well, any day now!</span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">~ Hillary ~</span></span><p><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >"Specializing in creating, discovering & showcasing hip, vintage, & unique fashion & home accessories. Online Store & Private Boutique Shows highlight original creations" </span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicks-Picks-by-Hillary/249821994871"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 47px; height: 47px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgay2kLnAVXxZWraXwBDYMk4RY8cLFeu6pwmqDk53TDun1NyrHnaazZ8j0f_xraaRQFmHAznj8PcS4mRwMZkUeoPA_aW7MPqpbLIgHDk38qeJR53nSsXva-2ucCh5VJPVev2-1tIBG02NQ/s200/Facebook+icon.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478804546851331986" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://twitter.com/chicks_picks"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 48px; height: 48px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhme83gJda1R6WDtzwQLLFSR4vNrvhPrgWgNO-rKY-YGRAUwv61pVhELtAxYK_Zced0dCxFUEd2_KZ5jOfNKMmkSFEKft_2doYBz4OOKsQkXkm3m7K9w2Q0UVUIIVTuOFreKk0Qw-BddLM/s200/Twitter+icon.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478804739212456306" border="0" /></a></div><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 50px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWdDYxb_IHKvPjIFwhyphenhyphencVIb8nxqDDPVxkGFg38JFfL-sQ50Uel9oGerZ5cvdBkKt9qJ2Gzh0ziEztmwkLI8fncz3iFMbxoXQVSIYHvQVheOWd-r3eny-Pm6tsBhRiSS5O5uLsD1Jgc8o/s200/shopping+cart+icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478915542092891570" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><br />Browse my online store!<p></p></div></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749757832202149098.post-82085557422914623912010-06-10T12:20:00.018-04:002010-06-10T21:56:18.929-04:00One door closes, Another opens.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXUwjkYE-BpubgH9Mi33YKvnP7wXt-QxhWSGmsE_aAJ-Lu8HroMNNnofdpw7QUpo1tGSMfst6cFD65IavxI8VPL6rUvjftEE6G77rNY6RIk8HRdoq0QRzz66v4iYvUPNmzMJ_2I3PT4Q/s1600/at+june+023+-+Copy.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 218px; display: block; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481194991537347810" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXUwjkYE-BpubgH9Mi33YKvnP7wXt-QxhWSGmsE_aAJ-Lu8HroMNNnofdpw7QUpo1tGSMfst6cFD65IavxI8VPL6rUvjftEE6G77rNY6RIk8HRdoq0QRzz66v4iYvUPNmzMJ_2I3PT4Q/s320/at+june+023+-+Copy.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;">As <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">exhausting</span> as a Chick's Picks show is -- 60 vendors, 500 ladies, 4 days of videotaping, greeting, talking, standing, SMILING -- I was so sad saying goodbye to customers for the summer. I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">usually</span> take a few months off to play, regroup, find and interview new designers! But when the door shut -- and you know me, my door never shuts!!-- for the last time on Saturday, I was feeling a bit melancholy. The creative energy isn't in hibernation, my interaction with you is.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">So, I am starting a blog. And, I hope you post, so I can still talk to you! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">~ Hillary ~</span><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Specializing in creating, discovering & showcasing hip, vintage, & unique fashion & home accessories. Online Store & Private Boutique Shows highlight original creations." </span><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicks-Picks-by-Hillary/249821994871"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 47px; float: left; height: 47px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478804546851331986" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgay2kLnAVXxZWraXwBDYMk4RY8cLFeu6pwmqDk53TDun1NyrHnaazZ8j0f_xraaRQFmHAznj8PcS4mRwMZkUeoPA_aW7MPqpbLIgHDk38qeJR53nSsXva-2ucCh5VJPVev2-1tIBG02NQ/s200/Facebook+icon.gif" border="0" /></a></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://twitter.com/chicks_picks"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 48px; float: left; height: 48px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478804739212456306" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhme83gJda1R6WDtzwQLLFSR4vNrvhPrgWgNO-rKY-YGRAUwv61pVhELtAxYK_Zced0dCxFUEd2_KZ5jOfNKMmkSFEKft_2doYBz4OOKsQkXkm3m7K9w2Q0UVUIIVTuOFreKk0Qw-BddLM/s200/Twitter+icon.gif" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chickspicksbyhillary.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 50px; float: left; height: 50px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478915542092891570" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWdDYxb_IHKvPjIFwhyphenhyphencVIb8nxqDDPVxkGFg38JFfL-sQ50Uel9oGerZ5cvdBkKt9qJ2Gzh0ziEztmwkLI8fncz3iFMbxoXQVSIYHvQVheOWd-r3eny-Pm6tsBhRiSS5O5uLsD1Jgc8o/s200/shopping+cart+icon.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Browse my online store!</span><br /><p></p></div>Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659026700165076314noreply@blogger.com