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Jeff Rodgers
Allison Rodgers Photography
kelly moore
a superb site to go to and chat with many about what you would like to know about des moines or your kids or events or sssooo many things you could ever want to know..a great gal with a great wholesome site to bring families together and share many things that you want to know..if you own a local business, contact kelly on there she will gladly welcome you to dsm family world...

great shopping

ooh la la mama
cute tees with a touch of pretty and a bit of roughness, to bring out the girly girl and the wild child all in one..check out all the new stuff they have come out with... you will see some on my site as I photograph for this great company with passion..
kandi
of my, what beautiful petticoats and dresses and diapers covers.. and so much more.. I am so honored to be their photographer. they cater to the stars and the price is not cheap, but is so worth the happiness on your little girls faces.. I have girls cry when they have to take them off to go home..you will not get a better product that will withstand the wear and tear it will go through just so they can wear it from morning till bedtime..you will see many of these all over my website,blog,her site and my images all over stores in the the U.S.with her tutus and other pretties..
your designed squared
I love love love this place. what an image in a tile, or a bunch of tiles that make an image.. this is my place of unique local handmade items that are fab for your hard people to give gifts to..or easy, it is quite the memory to get a unique gift with great gals to work with.. they are so sweet and are so into their work. true artist here..ask for karen or erin, tell them I sent you.. shh! we maybe offering our artwork with their in the near future..
hat attack
you ask quite often of where I get my cute sofisticated and fun hats? mostly here, they are in ny, and my really adoreable navy hat, is from there, I wehre it everywhere and am oftened ask if it is from london..it is so european!
I cloth set
so as you may know I adore true releigion jeans, and am so addicted to the horseshoe in rainbow!!! so I buy the acrosss the world at a crazy cheap price, when I do not find some around here..it takes some time getting them from whereever they come from,but I love the fit!
etsy
a great place for afforable unique handmade stuff from all over the world.. from jewelry, rings kids clothes, and anyting you could want to give as gifts!!I havbe purchase stuff from there for a couple years for gifts for my clients as we.ll as my family adores the gifts I give to them from there..they can not live without "their etsy"
anthropologie
if you are my clients, you know that this is my favorite store and I invest all my extra money into this place. a great funky yet can be conservative place for fun people to shop...even have some great houseware and children's clothing
Simply for Giggles
the best boutiques in town, for fine children's furniture and unique gifts, as well as, tee's, shoes, accessories for a child's room that have some great meaning from each vendor that she has purchased from... she has a great story for every item in this store that has helped with some special cause for a business, and I find that wonderful to invest in something like that, to give back in some way!!
SlickSugar
a very unique tee-shirt line, that has the best saying for any child to display their true personality with a tee-shirt..My favorite tee-shirts any where!!!
Kitchen Collage
a fabulous culinary store full of great things for a fab cooker and entertainer.located at 430 E. Locust st in Des Moines

sweet tooth central

sweet binneys
cute quaint and hidden, and yummy treats, from cakes to cookies to brownies to anything she can create. that is stephanie.. with a talent you can rarely find..just off of 86th and university, by taco johns and in a little shopping area.. the east side of university off 86th not off 22nd..
joan milosevich
ok, just becaue she is my aunt, does not mean I have to tell you she is the best..SHE IS THE BEST! truly, she makes the most incredible sweets know to man kind, and if you know my family,, you know were are perfectionists all the way...wow, she has perfected each and every ingredient you can find and create with...I can not believe, all the sweetheart in her can make the sweet tooth out of you,she is doing some work for some wineries,so if uyou want her info for contact please email me till I can get email and phone number when it is all done.I am a spo picky about my sweets and she every time she makes somthing, I have to work off twice as hard for eating the whole thing YES I SAID WHOLE THING!!

March 06, 2008

a few of my favorite things!!

a few of my favos..aveda! I love their products.. anything for my hair..as you can see and you can purchase them at salon seven o.(515 251.7225)I used to do some hairs there:( they have great hairdressers and cool products!really if you want a great hair cut with some fabulous conversation, get there. that is my fav salon, will go there soon and take pics for you.I need a haircut-BAD!!!another is kiddy towels from my fav store -target.. they have the cutest and are the best gifts too..new season. new bath towels..
variety children's charity. thanks for asking me to donate...
marilyn and I from the reception..marilyn works for meredith and worked very hard to put the silent auction together..thanks marilyn and a few cuties I met that day..
miss j(the cutest bebe and her momma

and at my house clothes are over-rated for sure!this is what we do for fun.every night!!(and the sheets I have target-organic.yeah, they are the softest ever..I mean ever..we all have them.better than 1000 count, do those even exist? they would be 1000 count if made:)we all take naps together.my boys love them, they want to read books eat do about anything in my bed, as kaia says"I need my mama and softie sheet ki-ki(another word for ki-ki- we live by code words) to snuggle with!"

and one more fav item..slick sugar tees, the softest and most adorable and cool of course tees. my boys refuse to take them off

and one more thing?? do just my boys do this or do ALL BOYS DO THIS???
and I love this boy,but does he love me
or love me not?
and thank you-st.francis, variety childrens charity, american heart association, and wine fest... I feel very honored you asked me to donate for your events.. and thrilled I can help make a difference...sorry so long of a journal entry today.but I have so much to share.. soon there are more things that I would love for you to see in my life of the many things that you may like for your children or to spoil all you mommies!
"take this time to pray, not for tomorrow, but for today...to make a better world and be a daymaker-every minute of today!'--danielle fox