The first Fashion By Mayhem email I ever marked as important started off simply “Hi – This is Jenna Lyons. From J.Crew.” Wait. What? (Lemme read that again…) It went on that she had read our story and was excited by what we were doing. Huh? *looks around for hidden camera*…
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Ice Bucket Challenge Turns Mayhem Blue
Our friend Lauren nominated us for the #ALSIceBucketChallenge last week and Mayhem was more than excited to participate. (while I was happy to make a donation 😉 ) I thought it was really important for Mayhem to understand WHY people were dumping the ice buckets on their heads, so we sat…
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Back To School Paperwork Hack
Back to school paperwork got you feeling a little crazy? Here’s a quick hack that may work to alleviate at least a little bit of the trauma (especially if you have more than one child). Use address labels on forms instead of painstakingly filling out the forms by hand. Or…
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Weekly Wrap Up
Here’s what we’ve been up to this week: We started our week dancing in a fountain. Which is awesome. Especially when it’s not planned. We attended the local National Night Out and Mayhem got to check out the inside of an ambulance. I keep warning her to stop jumping off the…
About Yesterday’s Instagram Post…
When I posted this: With the caption: This morning she made ME a dress. And insisted that I post it. I negotiated the right to not post my dirty hair and make-up-less face. Because I’m teaching her that business decisions should always be win-win or no deal 😉 #fashionbymayhem …. I was…
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The Thing About This Week’s Dresses…
Is that they’re 100% Mayhem. Meaning she constructed them entirely on her own. All of them. Sure, she asked me to help her put them on. And tie that bow. But I was no part of the design or construction this week. It’s been a pretty emotional week for me as…