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we’re headed to Alt Summit! 01.23.2013

We’re on our way to Alt Summit!! Hope to see many of you there, and for those who are not on their way, we promise to take lots of pictures and give a full update on the way back! If you ARE headed there, make sure to stop by our “Going Into Business with Friends” talk on Friday morning at 9am!

PS–Follow our entire trip with us on instagram!!! Here’s a link to Carrie’s and here’s a link to Morgan’s!

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  1. Ashley Fine

    Enjoy! Can’t wait to hear all about it:) My dream is to go one of these days!!!

    January 23, 2013 6:32 pm
  2. Jessica

    great blog. this alt summit thing looked awesome wish I could’ve gone.

    January 31, 2013 7:44 pm

on my mind: a day in the mountains 06.06.2012

As Morgan said, summer vacation and getting away from our hectic schedules is front of mind for both of us, and in my case it will be a reality before long. We aren’t hitting the beach though; we’re heading to the mountains. So, I thought I’d share my wishlist for the trip. The only thing that didn’t make the cut here is a hiking backpack/ baby carrier. I’m not sure which one to get for toting around our guy on our (not-so-challenging) hikes.

links: 1. Camp Pop-over in navy stripe  2. The Beach Boys: That’s Why God Made the Radio  3. Women’s Baby Fringe Scarf in Blue Sky  4. Sunland Rancher 5. WT10 Minimus Trail Leather Shoes 6. Chai Spice Handcrafted Granola

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  1. rachel

    Just wanted to say hi ladies! So fun to work next to you this past weekend. Keep up the lovely work.

    June 6, 2012 2:05 pm
  2. Ashlie

    I was just asking my family yesterday if they wanted to meet for a mountain vacation next month! I hope it works out – I could use a relaxing vacation, too! Enjoy yours!

    June 6, 2012 3:26 pm
  3. carrie

    rachel! we loved working next to you, too! thanks for saying hi!

    ashlie! thank you! i hope your mountain vacay happens. it’s so good to get away especially to the relaxing scenery. fingers crossed for you.

    June 7, 2012 5:32 am

print & pattern: Moroccan inspiration 01.31.2012

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oh yes, we kind of feel like we NEED both of these little numbers…although, we have to let you know right off the bat, the prices are not the most friendly. So for now, we can dream….we spotted these Sass & Bide shorts on pinterest last night and had already been dreaming of this gorgeous Agadir Twists Rug. We’re thinking we might need to be sent to Morocco to get inspired for some future surface patterns, right? These are just perfection!

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  1. Courtney Lane - Blog

    >I've loved that rug since the first time I saw it! So lovely. Have a great day girls!

    Courtney Lane

    January 31, 2012 6:30 pm
  2. Mrs. P Vega

    >cute & cute! I really really need those shorts!

    January 31, 2012 7:44 pm
  3. Ampersand Design Studio

    >i think we all should get the shorts AND the rug! deal?

    February 2, 2012 5:24 am

Alt Summit Round-up 01.23.2012

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 (here we are with our good friends and roomies, Tobe of Because It’s Awesome and Laura of A Girl Who Makes)

Hello there, friends! We hope you had a great weekend. We’re back from Alt Summit! As you can see, we had tons of fun meeting new friends and putting faces with names for others we’d only connected with virtually before. There were so many inspiring people there and the whole mood was one of sharing ideas and advice! We are just filled to the brim with inspiration for our creative business and many great thoughts for how we can make the blog better for you, our readers! Sooo, we have some exciting new things planned (one in particular that we can’t wait to share soon!!! We hope you’ll love it.) More than anything, we realized that what’s most important to us is building more of a community here and getting to know all of you better (yes, you….and you,….and you, too)!

For both of us, perhaps our favorite part was hearing Ben Silberman, the founder of Pinterest, talk about How Pinterest Became the Next Game Changer. He was so well-spoken and humble and above all, INSPIRING. If you follow us on twitter, you may have seen a few of his quotes that we tweeted last week, but here is a little collection of noteworthy thoughts from Ben that we thought you would enjoy:
“Be close to the people that inspire you.” (For him this meant moving to be near Google and Apple and the minds that are making things happen in the technology world)
“If you don’t bet on yourself, no one else will.”
“Collections say so much about who you are.” (one of his motivations for starting Pinterest)
“If it’s not beautiful, the rest won’t matter.” (in discussing the process of designing the look of the Pinterest grid.)
“Move Fast and Break Things *except data *and hearts.” (Pinterest Motto)
Another wonderful speaker was Gretchen Rubin, the author of The Happiness Project. 

A few of her many words of wisdom:
The circular idea that there are 2 parts to happiness: one is making other people happy and the other is being happy yourself makes other people happy. 
“Cram your life with the things you love.” (then you don’t have room for the things you don’t!)
We are SO excited for all the fun things we have planned! We hope you all come along on the ride with us :)
PS–we’ll share many more photos with so many friends, new and old, on facebook as we get them all compiled!
(Thanks to Method & Smilebooth and Rue La La for the fun photobooth pics!)


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  1. Michelle

    >Cute pics :) So glad to have met you fun girls!!

    January 23, 2012 6:47 pm
  2. Josephine

    >LOVE!! SO wish I was able to go too, and see you girls. Can't WAIT to hear more about the Summit, and to see what new things you've got in store for your blog! YAY!!!!!

    January 23, 2012 10:37 pm
  3. Drew {Coral Cafe}

    >What great advice!!
    So glad to see you both had such a great time and an inspirational experience!

    Looking forward to your surprises!!

    January 24, 2012 1:46 am
  4. Uncle Beefy

    >Morgan & Carrie! It was SO nice to meet both of you! Take care and be in touch! xo Uncle Beefy

    January 24, 2012 3:08 am
  5. Jeanee

    >CUTE!

    January 24, 2012 4:44 pm
  6. Ampersand Design Studio

    >Michelle! Ditto! We are so ready for our Thai date!

    January 24, 2012 6:54 pm
  7. Ampersand Design Studio

    >Yes, Josephine, you have to go with us next year. You, too, Jeanee! It was such a good experience.

    January 24, 2012 6:56 pm
  8. Ampersand Design Studio

    >Thanks, Drew!!

    January 24, 2012 6:59 pm
  9. Ampersand Design Studio

    >Uncle Beefy! We loved meeting you! Our little dinner group Wednesday was such a good one! We will definitely be in touch!

    January 24, 2012 7:01 pm