the lovely poppy [[the blog]]

a little more about the lovely poppy

i'm so happy today to be posting a little intro about the lovely poppy.
the lovely poppy has been around since may of this year and i've already learned an incredible amount and have connected with some pretty amazing bloggers/indie business owners.

currently my husband and i live in milwaukee, wisconsin, with our puppy (treated like a child) bailey.

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during the day i work for a local non-profit, managing an early intervention program for children with autism. i absolutely love what i do and helping children with disabilities is a huge passion of mine. i recently blogged about a football camp that i put together with a local high school.

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at night and on the weekends i run the lovely poppy. i decided to open up a shop because of my obsession with dressing bailey in a new collar every week and my love for shopping for fabric. the shop now focuses on accessories, such as necklaces, headbands, blossom pins, camera strap slipcovers, key fobs, pacifier clips, and a few new products are released each month. i enjoy being able to create things for others and have them feel confident wearing it.

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i've recently started focusing more on blogging and connecting with other bloggers. i love waking up in morning and reading posts- which continue to inspire me and help come up with new ideas to grow the lovely poppy. i'm currently hosting a giveaway to increase followers and have had an overwhelmingly awesome amount of new followers.

i've shared a few quick and easy tutorials...

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and love linking up for what i wore wednesdays and instafridays.

thank you so much for stopping by, let me know if you follow me, so i can make sure to follow you back. xoxo nicole

Labels: b, bailey, giveaway, instafriday, milwaukee, products, tutorial, wiww, work

honeypie

one of my favorite things to do is try new restaurants. if i had an unlimited amount of money to spend and a high metabolism- i'd go out to eat 3 meals a day. my favorite meal to go out for is breakfast. b & i usually try to go out for breakfast once a week, however we are much better at going out for dinner :-). one of our new favorite places is called honeypie. it's located about 30 minutes from where we live, but well worth the drive.

the main reason why we went there was to try the chocolate bacon cupcakes. b is a HUGE fan of chocolate cupcakes and bacon, so i thought it would be the perfect combination for him to try.

of course, i had to take a picture of him and his food before he touched it. sorry honey.

mmmmmm

we needed a side of fruit to make it healthy :-)

since the bacon cupcake was an appetizer, we had to get one for dessert as well.

why wouldn't we eat dessert for breakfast?

Labels: b, food, milwaukee

weekend recap w/ [new] products ..and bailey

i'm not particiualry a fan of mondays, but after a great and somewhat relaxing weekend, it's actually fairly enjoyable (however it's only 7:10am). the hubby and i got to spent a lot of time together outside, walking around downtown shops and trying new foods (my two favorite things). bailey had a good weekend as well, she got to come with us most of the time and saw her first duck.